Conveyor belts for transporting tar sands

Details Conveyor belts for transporting tar sands Conveyor belts for transporting tar sands

1975-08-20

1976-06-15

McCamish, Marion E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor system for arranging or rearranging stream of items

By laterally or vertically moving successive items in...

428114, 428295, 428461, B65G 1530

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039631133

ABSTRACT:
A method for transporting tar sands in an open pit mine utilizing novel flexible belt conveyors between a receiving area and a discharge area which comprises providing a conveyor belt having an upper surface layer of a novel elastomeric material which is flexible at low temperatures and is substantially resistant to excess swelling when exposed to petroleum liquids containing up to 30 volume percent aromatics at temperatures in the range of -60.degree.F to +100.degree.F, applying a thin layer of said petroleum liquid to the surface of said belt and thereafter transferring tar sands on said belt from a receiving area to a discharge area.

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patent: 3872036 (1975-03-01), Todani et al.
patent: 3900627 (1975-08-01), Angioletti et al.

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