High volume excavating and loading apparatus and method

摘要

An excavating and loading apparatus and method. The excavating and loading apparatus includes an excavator and a stacker conveyor. The excavator includes paired crawler tracks and an articulated boom with a bucket. The excavator further includes an inclined feeder conveyor with an intake end and a discharge end. A wide apron is positioned at the intake end of the feeder conveyor. The apron includes a left-hand side and right-hand side load receiving area that are arranged on opposing sides of the feeder conveyor. Two double hinged feeder blades are positioned at the apron. The feeder blades are arranged to operate asynchronously. Each feeder blade includes a main blade and a wing blade. The stacker conveyor is on paired crawler tracks and includes an intake end and a discharge end. The excavator includes a control cabin that is turreted to the crawler tracks.

主权项

1. An excavating and loading apparatus comprising:
an excavator including an upper stage and crawler tracks, said upper stage rotatable with respect to said crawler tracks; an inclined feeder conveyor extending under said upper stage of said excavator; an articulated boom extending from said upper stage; a stacker conveyor for receiving material from said feeder conveyor; a bucket on said articulated boom; power and control means for running said crawler tracks, said articulated boom including said bucket, and said inclined feeder conveyor, and a second power and control means for running said stacker conveyor; a front end on said excavator; an apron on said front end of said excavator, said apron including a front and a rear; said feeder conveyor includes an intake end on said apron of said conveyor, a discharge end, and a feeder conveyor framework; and two double-hinged feeder blades at the rear of said apron.