US 12,391,496 B2
Unloading conveyor systems, methods and apparatus
Tom Koehl, Morris, MN (US)
Assigned to WM. D. SCEPANIAK INC., Holdingford, MN (US)
Filed by WM. D. SCEPANIAK INC., Holdingford, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/623,927.
Application 18/623,927 is a continuation of application No. 17/003,963, filed on Aug. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,975,930.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,220, filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,744, filed on Aug. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0239620 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65G 69/28 (2006.01); B65G 67/32 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 69/2811 (2013.01) [B65G 67/32 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0326 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating and transporting a truck unloader, comprising:
driving a side-dump truck containing aggregate material over a ramp assembly, the ramp assembly comprises a first ramp and a second ramp, each of the first ramp and the second ramp having a first side;
depositing aggregate material from the side-dump truck laterally to a side conveyor system, wherein the side conveyor system comprises a first side conveyor and a second side conveyor, the first side conveyor and second side conveyor in a conveying configuration, the first side conveyor and the second side conveyor pivotable from the conveying configuration to a transport configuration, wherein the first side conveyor and the second side conveyor are disposed laterally on the first side of the first ramp and the first side of the second ramp;
by said side conveyor system in the conveying configuration, conveying aggregate material from the side-dump truck to an unloading conveyor system, the unloading conveyor system comprising a first unloading conveyor disposed at least partially beneath the side conveyor system; and
pivoting the first side conveyor and the second side conveyor from the conveying configuration to the transport configuration.