Adjustable Loading Conveyor Belt for Bulk Material Handling

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing storage wagons for transporting bulk goods have limited loading conveyor belt width and length, restricting efficient loading capabilities.

Innovation Solution

The loading conveyor belt is adjustably mounted on a longitudinal guide in the upper end region of the container, with a drive mechanism allowing it to change between working and transfer positions, enabling a broader and more efficient design.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the loading conveyor belt is made broader for greater performance, then loading efficiency is improved, but the weight and complexity of the conveyor belt increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveloading efficiencyVSAvoidconveyor belt weight
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The loading conveyor belt is made dynamically adjustable in width through telescopic sections that can extend and retract. This allows the conveyor to achieve greater width for improved loading efficiency when needed, while maintaining a more compact, lighter configuration during transport or when full width is not required, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity and weight.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If the loading conveyor belt is made broader for greater performance, then loading efficiency is improved, but the structural complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveloading conveyor performanceVSAvoidconveyor belt structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The loading conveyor belt is divided into modular telescopic sections that can independently extend and retract. This segmentation allows the conveyor to achieve greater width and performance when needed, while maintaining structural simplicity during normal operation, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity and device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If the loading conveyor belt is made heavier for greater performance, then loading capacity is improved, but the ease of operation and position change deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveloading capacityVSAvoidposition change capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The loading conveyor belt incorporates telescopic sections with adjustable width capability. This dynamic design allows the conveyor to achieve greater loading capacity when extended, while maintaining ease of operation and position change capability when in a more compact configuration, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP2443285B1Storage cart for transporting bulk goods
Publication Date: 2015.01.07 PLASSER & THEURER EXPORT VON BAHNBAUMASCHINEN GMBH
  • EP2443285B1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP2443285B1 patent drawingFigure 2~4

AI summary

The invention relates to a storage cart (1) for transporting bulk goods, having a floor conveyor belt (3) running in a longitudinal axis of the car (5) and disposed within a container (2) and serving as a floor surface, and having a transfer conveyor belt (4) positioned at a front end (5) of the cart and protruding beyond said end. A loading conveyor belt (17) displaceable in the longitudinal axis of the cart, and a lifting device (21), and an operator cab (20) are provided at a rear end (29) of the cart. A front end (25) of the loading conveyor belt (17) is adjustably supported on a longitudinal guide (39) running in an upper end area (16) of the container (3), forming a first belt support (28), by means of a drive (41) in the longitudinal axis of the car (5).