Patent ID: 9663303
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. A portable conveyor system for receiving particulate material from a transport vehicle and conveying said particulate material to an elevated location, the portable conveyor system comprising: a transportable frame comprising ground wheels for rolling support of the transportable frame on a ground surface during transport of said transportable frame; a main conveyor carried on the transportable frame and movable into and out of an operational position in which an outlet of the main conveyor is at a greater elevation relative to an inlet of the main conveyor than in a storage position in which the main conveyor is less upright than in said operational position; a feeder conveyor operable to convey material from an input region of the feeder conveyor to an output end of the feeder conveyor for feeding said material into the inlet of the main conveyor; and a conveyor framework movably connected to the transportable frame for movement of said feeder conveyor between a stowed position and a use position extending laterally outward from the transportable frame; and a drive-over assembly carried on the conveyor framework and comprising a bridging portion spanning transversely across the feeder conveyor at the inlet region thereof; and a flow-through area in the bridging portion having at least one opening therein to allow passage of particulate material through the flow-through area of the bridging platform to the inlet region of the feeder conveyor.