US 11,786,937 B2
Aggregate processing systems, methods and apparatus
Doug Lambert, Maryville, TN (US); Mark Crooks, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Lafe Grimm, Morris, MN (US); and Matt Gordon, Northglenn, CO (US)
Assigned to Superior Industries, Inc., Morris, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/271,855
Filed by Superior Industries, Inc., Morris, MN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/048614
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/047131, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/870,339, filed on Jul. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,257, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/724,011, filed on Aug. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0197230 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. B07B 1/46 (2006.01); B07B 13/16 (2006.01)
CPC B07B 1/46 (2013.01) [B07B 13/16 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aggregate processing plant, comprising:
a vibratory screen comprising at least a first screen deck, said first screen deck comprising a first deck portion and a second deck portion, said first deck portion having a different screening characteristic than said second deck portion; and
a flume disposed to receive undersize material from said vibratory screen, said flume having a first side and a second side, said first side disposed at least partly beneath said first deck portion, said second side disposed at least partly beneath said second deck portion, said flume having a lower surface disposed between said first side and said second side, said flume having at least a first diverter, said first diverter repositionable from a first position to a second position about a diverter axis, wherein in said second position of said first diverter, a subset of undersize material entering said flume is diverted from said first side to said second side, said first diverter having a lower edge extending along said lower surface of said flume, said lower edge extending along said lower surface away from said diverter axis from a first end proximal to said diverter axis to a second end distal from said diverter axis, wherein a height of said first diverter decreases from the first end to the second end along a direction normal to said diverter axis, wherein said height is measured from said lower surface of said flume to an upper edge of said first diverter.