Patent ID: 7470101
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A telescoping support strut configured to support a conveyor assembly of a portable conveyor system relative to a base frame, the support strut comprising: a first strut section having a first beam and a second beam and a plurality of braces coupled therebetween, the first and second beams being generally parallel to one another, the first and second beams of the first strut section each having a connector at a first end configured to pivotally connect to the conveyor assembly of the portable conveyor system and a second end; a second strut section having a first generally C-shaped channel beam and a second generally C-shaped channel beam, the first and second channel beams having a generally equal length and being generally parallel to one another, the first and second channel beams each comprising a perimeter wall and an elongate opening that extends the length of the first and second channel beams, the elongate opening of the first channel beam facing the elongate opening of the second channel beam, the first and second channel beams defining an open space between the respective elongate openings, and a plurality of braces coupled between the first and second channel beams outside of the open space, the first and second channel beams each having a first end configured to pivotally connect to the base frame of the portable conveyor system and a second end configured to receive the second ends of the first and second beams, respectively, of the first strut section, the first strut section movable within the second strut section; and first and second telescoping hydraulic cylinders extending along the second strut section in the open space between the first and second channel beams, the first and second hydraulic cylinders connected to the first strut section to telescopically extend the first strut section relative to the second strut section.