Patent ID: 8925717
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: B61B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A conveying installation for transporting bulk material, the conveying installation comprising: three pairs of carrying cables disposed substantially vertically above one another, said pairs of carrying cables including lower carrying cables, central carrying cables, and upper carrying cables; an endless conveying belt movably disposed along said central carrying cables and said lower carrying cables, between a loading station and an unloading station and guided over deflecting drums in the loading and unloading stations; carrying frames disposed at a spacing distance from one another in a longitudinal direction of the conveying installation and connecting said carrying cables to one another; a maintenance vehicle for displacement along said upper carrying cables, said maintenance vehicle having an undercarriage and at least one maintenance platform on each of two sides thereof disposed laterally outside said carrying cables, and said maintenance vehicle further having at least one carrying framework on at least one of the two sides, and at least one drive subassembly on said at least one carrying framework for moving said maintenance vehicle, said drive subassembly on said at least one carrying framework being located laterally outside said carrying cables and beneath said undercarriage of the maintenance vehicle.