APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING FREE-FLOWING AND VISCOUS MATERIALS FROM A BELT CONVEYOR

摘要

An apparatus for discharging free-flowing and viscous materials from a belt conveyor comprises a discharge end of a conveyor having a discharge roll. a frame means is provided at the discharge end of the conveyor and supports a guide means provided downstream the discharge roll. A feed funnel-like means is provided on the frame means under the guide means. A tubular guide member made of a flexible material in the form of a hollow cylinder has one end thereof secured to the funnel-like means and is made with a longitudinal cut extending along the whole length thereof. The tubular guide member has means for interconnecting the extremities of the cut extending along the whole length thereof on either side of the cut, said means being disengageable when the load thereon becomes greater than a predetermined value.