摘要 |
<p>Freshly dredged gravel is washed free of loamy and organic impurities while being continuously conveyed through a wash zone which includes a delivery chute and a plane endless conveyor band entrained in a direction opposite to that of the material delivery. The conveyor band is mounted in a housing which includes side walls closely adjacent the lateral edges of the conveyor band and a hopper below the conveyor band. The conveyor band is trained over a vertically adjustably mounted drive roller and a tensioning roller defining an upper and a lower course of the conveyor band therebetween. Two additional rollers are arranged in vertical alignment and between the first-named rollers, a lower one of these rollers guiding the lower conveyor band course and an upper one of these rollers being vertically adjustably mounted and arranged to depress the upper conveyor band course to form a basin in the wash zone to which the chute delivers the granular material.</p> |