Patent ID: 8631929
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A conveyor for transporting bulk materials, comprising: three pairs of supporting cables disposed respectively approximately vertically one above another and including lower supporting cables, middle supporting cables and upper supporting cables; mounted rollers; a self-contained conveyor belt being movable along said supporting cables from a loading station to an unloading station and in said loading station and said unloading station being guided over return drums, said conveyor belt having supporting beams disposed at a distance apart and aligned transversely to a longitudinal extent of said conveyor belt and at ends of said supporting beams are disposed said mounted rollers, said mounted rollers rolling along said middle and said lower supporting cables; and supporting frames disposed at a distance apart in a longitudinal direction of the conveyor and by means of which said supporting cables being mutually connected, each of said supporting frames formed from at least two at least approximately vertically aligned supporting struts and at least two at least approximately horizontally aligned connecting struts and, said supporting struts having upper ends respectively connected to one of said upper supporting cables, said connecting struts connected to said middle and said lower supporting cables, said supporting struts on said upper supporting cables being pivotable about an at least approximately horizontal axis aligned transversely to said supporting cables, and said supporting struts are formed by two supporting strut parts, which are mutually pivotable about at least approximately horizontal axes aligned transversely to said supporting cables.