摘要 |
1. A flight conveyor for the steep unloading of ships and other containers, the conveyor comprising a conveyor casing (2) and a return casing (3) which extend between a take-up foot (1) and a discharge head (7), and also a conveyor chain (5) which has flights (6) which are open at the bottom, which runs over a wheel arranged in the discharge head (7) and which forms a conveyor run (2a) arranged in the conveyor casing (2) and a return run (3a) arranged in the return casing (3), wherein the conveyed material discharged between the upper ends of the conveyor casing (2) and the return casing (3) is directed to a duct (13) by falling, partly by gravity emptying via downwardly directed slides (19, 20) and partly by centrifugal emptying, with the entry opening (13) of the duct extending beyond the return casing (3) in the direction parallel to the plane of circulation, characterized in that, with the flights constructed as skeletons (6), the entry opening (13') extends laterally of the plane of circulation adjacent to the return casing (3) and the conveyor casing (2) and at the level of the upper edge of the wall (2') of the conveyor casing (2) which faces the entry opening (13') ; and in that a further slide (21) is provided at the side of the return casing (3) remote from the conveyor casing (2), with the further slide (21) directing the material which is spun-off out of the plane of circulation laterally into the part of the entry opening (13') which extends beyond the return casing (3). |