Patent ID: 7717522

Claim:
Conveyor segment assembly for use in a train of conveyor segments for high wall mining, comprising a conveyor segment and an assisting driving assembly detachably coupled to the conveyor segment; wherein the conveyor segment comprises: a conveyor for transporting mined material from and to opposite adjacent conveyor segments in a train of conveyor segments, and a transmission for transmitting power from and to opposite adjacent conveyor segments in a train of conveyor segments and for transmitting power to the conveyor, wherein the transmission is provided with a coupling assembly for cooperation with the assisting driving assembly, and wherein the assisting driving assembly comprises a motor and a mechanical coupling for conveying mechanical power from the motor to the coupling assembly of the conveyor segment, the assisting driving assembly transmitting power to the opposite adjacent conveyor segments of the train and being transported with conveyor segment to which it is detachably coupled.