Material or article handling – Wheeled – load-transporting type vehicles forming a train,...
Patent
1991-02-19
1993-03-30
Werner, Frank E.
Material or article handling
Wheeled, load-transporting type vehicles forming a train,...
414528, 414398, 414505, 1988362, 198813, 1051571, B61D 700
Patent
active
051978458
ABSTRACT:
A self-unloading train for the transfer of bulk commodities having a plurality of hopper cars coupled together, a train conveyor having an endless belt supported on the hopper cars in a position so as to receive material discharged from the hopper cars, and a conveyor guide positioned adjacent the discharge end of the train conveyor. The conveyor guide exerts a downward force onto the upper surface of the train conveyor. The conveyor guide comprises a frame affixed generally adjacent the discharge end of the train conveyor and a rotatable wheel connected to the frame. The rotatable wheel is in surface-to-surface contact with the upper surface of the train conveyor. A strut is connected to the rotatable wheel so as to adjust the angle of travel of the wheel relative to the curvature of the track and the curvature of the conveyor at the discharge end. Each of the hopper cars is connected to an adjacent car by an articulated coupling and by overlapping side bearings. The discharge end of the train conveyor is movable so as to overlap an adjacent hopper car in another plurality of hopper cars.
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