Patent ID: 9718620
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. A method for conveying bulk goods by means of a conveying device comprising a conveying channel and at least two conveying elements loosely arranged in the conveying channel, the method comprising the following: mechanically driving the conveying elements in the conveying direction in a first section of the conveying channel; feeding bulk goods into the conveying channel in a second section of the conveying channel; conveying the bulk goods by moving the conveying elements along the conveying direction in a third section of the conveying channel; and in the third section of the conveying channel, the first conveying element being pressed by the second conveying element and/or the bulk goods through the conveying channel in the conveying direction, wherein each of the at least two conveying elements has a longitudinal axis that is parallel to the conveying direction; each of the at least two conveying elements comprises a first surface element longitudinally spaced apart from a second surface element, each of the first and second surface elements extending transversely in relation to the longitudinal axis and at least one of the first and second conveying elements having a carrier surface configured to push bulk goods in the conveying direction; a strut extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and connecting the first and second surface elements to each other; and a spacer arm connected to and extending away from at least one of the first and second surface elements in the conveying direction, or away from the conveying direction, thereby creating a minimum distance between a pair of successive surface elements of respective ones of the at least two conveying elements during said conveying of the bulk goods at least in the third section of the conveying channel.