Patent ID: 6640965
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An installation for conveying bulk materials, comprising:a conveyor belt extending between a loading station and an unloading station; a support track extending between the loading station and the unloading station; a multiplicity of mutually spaced-apart support rollers laterally supported along said conveyor belt and configured to move along said support track; a first deflection drum disposed at the loading station and a second deflection drum disposed at the unloading station; a turning device for turning said conveyor belt through substantially 180Â° about an axis along a travel direction of said conveyor belt following said second deflection drum in the travel direction; a turning device for turning back said conveyor belt through substantially 180Â° in front of said second deflection drum in the travel direction; each of said turning devices including a support structure substantially of hollow-cylindrical form, and two spiral guides disposed inside said support structure and configured to support thereon said support rollers, said two spiral guides lying substantially diametrically opposite one another and executing a helical turn of about 180Â° over a length of said support structure.