Patent ID: 9676554
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B65G,E21B

Claim:
1. A system for conveying proppant, the system comprising: a conveyor assembly having a conveyor belt and a control system to measure the flow of proppant into the blending hopper, the conveyor belt receiving proppant from one or more containers having proppant stored therein distributed along the conveyor assembly and carrying the proppant away from the conveyor system; a conveyor auxiliary unit connected to an end of the conveyor assembly having one or more joints to enable expansion and collapse of the conveyor belt from the conveyor assembly so as further to extend along the conveyor auxiliary unit; and a proppant chute positioned at an end of the conveyor auxiliary unit, the proppant chute having an opening to direct the proppant from the conveyor belt into the blending hopper, the proppant chute being positioned at a higher elevation than an inlet of the blending hopper such that the proppant exits the proppant chute into the blending hopper via gravity feed.