Patent ID: 8967363
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B02C,E02F

Abstract:
1. An excavating and loading apparatus comprising: an excavator including an upper stage and crawler tracks, said upper stage rotatable with respect to said crawler tracks; an inclined feeder conveyor extending under said upper stage of said excavator; an articulated boom extending from said upper stage; a stacker conveyor for receiving material from said feeder conveyor; a bucket on said articulated boom; power and control means for running said crawler tracks, said articulated boom including said bucket, and said inclined feeder conveyor, and a second power and control means for running said stacker conveyor; a front end on said excavator; an apron on said front end of said excavator, said apron including a front and a rear; said feeder conveyor includes an intake end on said apron of said conveyor, a discharge end, and a feeder conveyor framework; and two double-hinged feeder blades at the rear of said apron.