US 12,378,082 B2
Portable telescopic conveyor belt
Peter A. Ligman, Darien, WI (US); Bradley Alan Davis, Janesville, WI (US); and Carey A. Zielinski, Janesville, WI (US)
Assigned to Ligchine International Corporation, Floyds Knobs, IN (US)
Filed by Ligchine International Corporation, Floyds Knobs, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,536.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/271,600, filed on Oct. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0126101 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 41/00 (2006.01); B65G 21/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 41/002 (2013.01) [B65G 21/14 (2013.01); B65G 41/005 (2013.01); B65G 41/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyor apparatus for conveying a material, said apparatus capable of attachment to a skid loader, said skid loader having an accessory mounting assembly, a hydraulic system for supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid, and an electrical system for providing a source of electrical power, said conveyor apparatus comprising:
a mounting frame having a mounting plate disposed on a rear portion hereof for securing said mounting frame to said skid loader mounting assembly, said mounting frame having a rotatable slew drive secured thereto that includes a rotatable upper plate;
a boom frame having a rear and front end, said rear end thereof secured to said slew drive upper plate, said boom frame housing a plurality of connected conveyor sections, said sections connected by a belt that is rotatably disposed around a plurality of rollers;
at least one conveyor hydraulic motor operably coupled to said skid loader hydraulic system, said hydraulic motor operatively coupled to at least conveyor drive roller for rotating said conveyor belt; and
a plurality of replaceable wear slides positioned at a plurality of points along a bottom portion of said boom frame, said first conveyor section, said second conveyor section, and said third conveyor section.