US 12,187,545 B2
Sand conveying apparatus and control method thereof, control device, and storage medium
Kaishen Liu, Shandong (CN); Dawei Zhao, Shandong (CN); and Zhuqing Mao, Shandong (CN)
Assigned to Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd., Yantai (CN)
Filed by YANTAI JEREH PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shandong (CN)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/336,619.
Claims priority of application No. 202110361552.5 (CN), filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315347 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 17/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 43/00 (2013.01) [B65G 17/20 (2013.01); B65G 2201/045 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sand conveying apparatus, comprising:
a storage device, located above an area where sand needs to be input;
a conveying device, connected with the storage device, wherein the conveying device comprises a hopper, the hopper is configured to receive the sand, and the conveying device is configured to convey the sand to the storage device; and
a hoisting device, located above the conveying device, wherein the hoisting device comprises a hoist, the hoist is configured to hoist a sand container, the hoisting device is configured to transport the sand in the sand container to the conveying device through an action of the hoist, and the hoist of the hoisting device is configured to move simultaneously along a plurality of route segments in different directions, so as to realize a linear movement between a first position where the hoist is located and a position where the hopper is located,
wherein a coordinate system is established based on an action range of the hoisting device, and according to a scale information, positions of the hoist and the hopper are marked in the coordinate system and updated in real time, and a moving range of the hoist is set in the coordinate system.