Portable Material Delivery Apparatus

摘要

A portable material delivery apparatus for transporting and depositing a flowable material at a deposit site, including a vehicle and a hopper mounted on the vehicle for holding the material and having a lower opening for releasing the material. First and second circulating conveyors move the material released from the hopper to the deposit site. The first conveyor is fixed beneath the hopper. The second conveyor is vertically tiltable and laterally rotatable relative to the first conveyor. The apparatus includes a control station with an operator platform and controls for controlling the conveyors. The control station is mounted to and is movable with the second conveyor as it tilts and rotates. The control station is positioned such that a single operator standing on the operator platform can operate the controls while directly observing the material moving on the second conveyor and being ejected toward the deposit site.

主权项

1. A portable material delivery apparatus for transporting and selectively depositing a flowable material at a deposit site, the apparatus comprising:
a vehicle; a hopper mounted on the vehicle for holding the flowable material, the hopper having a lower opening for releasing the flowable material;
a first circulating conveyor belt fixedly mounted on the vehicle for moving the flowable material released from the hopper, the first circulating conveyor belt comprising:
a first receiving portion located below the lower opening of the hopper and configured to receive the flowable material released from the hopper; anda first depositing end from which the flowable material drops as the first circulating conveyor belt circulates; a second circulating conveyor belt mounted on the vehicle for moving the flowable material dropped from the first circulating conveyor belt, the second circulating conveyor belt comprising:
a second receiving portion located below the first depositing end of the first circulating conveyor belt for receiving the flowable material dropped from the first depositing end; anda second depositing end from which the flowable material is ejected toward the deposit site as the second circulating conveyor belt circulates,wherein the second circulating conveyor belt is vertically tiltable and laterally rotatable relative to the first circulating conveyor belt; and a control station having an operator platform and controls for controlling the vehicle and the first and second circulating conveyor belts, the control station mounted on a side of the second circulating conveyor and disposed adjacent to the second depositing end of the second circulating conveyor belt and movable with the second depositing end as the second circulating conveyor belt vertically tilts and laterally rotates, the control station being positioned such that a single operator standing on the operator platform can operate the controls while directly observing the flowable material moving on the second conveyor belt and being ejected toward the deposit site.