Excavating – Scoop or excavating and transporting container – Supported on vehicle between longitudinally spaced ground...
Patent
1996-10-11
1999-04-13
Will, Thomas B.
Excavating
Scoop or excavating and transporting container
Supported on vehicle between longitudinally spaced ground...
404 91, A01C 300, A01D 5500
Patent
active
058932259
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a mobile device for working and/or moving heaps, preferably stacks in the manner of an embankment, of compostable materials (ricks) or of materials which are suitable for a landfill, in particular for organic processing, comprising a travelling gear which can be moved on two tracks, an implement which can preferably be driven in a rotating fashion and is arranged essentially transversely with respect to the direction of travel within the space between the tracks of the travelling gear and within a tunnel for the material to pass through, and two (track) clearing apparatuses which are mounted in front of the two tracks of the travelling gear in the direction of travel, take up approximately the width of the respective track and force the material located in front of the tracks into the space between the tracks, in which case each clearing device comprising a blade is capable of being pivoted and also raised from a working position pointing approximately in the direction of travel into a position of rest approximately transverse with respect to the direction of travel.
A device of the abovementioned generic type is known from the European Patent 0 346 642.
A device of the generic type serves to work preferably compostable material, which is heaped in the form of an embankment or a plurality of parallel embankments. The device is realized in its front view, which however in road traffic forms the side view, essentially in the form of a letter C, U or V with the opening at the bottom, in that namely the device can be moved on two tracks, the device being realized in its entirety approximately in the shape of a gate and spanning the space between the tracks such that the two tracks can run, and can be moved, to the left and right of an embankment-like heap, and the embankment-like heap itself can run within the arch of the gate through the tunnel. In order to work the heaped-up material, the device is moved from one end of the embankment-like heap to the other end. The implement, which is realized essentially in the form of a roller which can be driven so as to rotate about its longitudinal axis, extends transversely with respect to the direction of travel in the tunnel for the embankment-like heap to pass through, the said roller having arranged on its outside tools, for example worms, teeth, plates, blades or the like which mix, churn up or throw up the material to be worked and, in doing so, also displace it counter to the direction of travel so that the embankment-like heap is moved longitudinally in each case by a specific linear measure as a result of the working of the material of the said heap. In the case of compostable material, the working of the material serves in particular to aerate it in order to promote aerobic microorganisms and suppress anaerobic microorganisms. However, such a device is certainly not only used to work pure shredder material or the like; it may also be used to work other materials which are suitable for a landfill, for example soils which may be interspersed with foreign bodies.
The device of the generic type also has clearing apparatuses in the region of its two tracks, the said clearing apparatuses being mounted in front of the travelling gear in the track areas in order to force any material which may be located in, or have fallen down into, the tracks (back) into the space between the two tracks, that is to say onto the embankment-like heap, in order to avoid compaction by the travelling gear. The known device from the quoted European patent has, for this purpose, an active clearing apparatus, for example clearing tools rotating in front of a guiding blade.
When they are not needed, for example when manoeuvring the device, the clearing apparatuses of the known device can be pivoted from their working position in which they point approximately in the direction of travel, into a position of rest in which they point outwards approximately transversely with respect to the direction of travel. Moreover, they can be raised to avoid striking any unevennes
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Backhus Friedrich
Gerdes Stefan
Friedrich Backhus Kompost-Technologie
Pezzuto Robert
Will Thomas B.
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