US 12,234,096 B2
Chute liner
Martin James Barnes, New Lambton Heights (AU); Liam Michael Elliott Fry, Brabham (AU); and Heath Sewell, Wallsend (AU)
Assigned to METSO OUTOTEC FINLAND OY, Tampere (FI)
Appl. No. 17/928,969
Filed by Metso Outotec Finland Oy, Tampere (FI)
PCT Filed Jun. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/AU2021/050546
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/243408, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020901815 (AU), filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0322492 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 11/166 (2013.01) 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chute liner for mounting on a shelf of a chute with shelves including at least one locking formation aperture formed therein, the chute liner comprising:
a base for mounting on the shelf and an arm extending away from the base to a free end, the base having an operatively lower surface and an opposed operatively upper surface that contacts material passing through the chute, the base and the arm being configured to retain a portion of material passing through the chute thereon, at least one mounting formation depending from the operatively lower surface of the base that is in use passed through the locking formation aperture in the shelf, wherein the mounting formation forms a passage extending therethrough below the shelf, with one side of the passage being formed by a lower surface of the shelf; and
a locking member that is displaced into the passage of the mounting formation in use to operatively engage the mounting formation and lock the base to the shelf.