Apparatus for loading material

摘要

Apparatus for loading material onto a conveyor in a mine working comprises two similar bodies interconnected through a short chain and supported for movement along a guide means at one side of the conveyor. Each body has a shaped base member engaging on the guide means and connected through a plate extending beneath the guide means to a drive chain. This base member has an inclined loading surface extending downwardly towards the floor of the working and in the direction of movement. Additional similarly shaped complementary members can be secured side-by-side with the base members to produce composite loading surfaces of any desired width. Attachments with blades resembling plough shares can be secured to the base members to define a guide surface cooperating with the loading surface to direct material into the conveyor and a number of attachments can be built up one upon another to provide a composite guide surface of any desired height.