Patent ID: 6846134

Claim:
A rotating conveyor device for evacuating metallic shavings resulting from mechanical work processes, comprising a collecting container having an inlet opening for the entry of the shavings, a basket mounted to rotate in said collecting container about a vertical axis of rotation and having a bottom wall located below said inlet opening, motorised means for driving rotation of said basket, an evacuation conduit connected to a suction unit and having a lower end terminating inside said collecting container above said bottom wall of said basket in offset position relative to said vertical axis, and a stationary conveyor member designed, during the rotation of said basket, to convey the shavings underneath said lower end of said evacuation conduit, wherein said conveyor member comprises a shaped blade positioned immediately above the bottom wall of said basket between said vertical axis and said lower end of said evacuation conduit, and wherein said blade conveyor member is angularly adjustable.