US 12,402,555 B2
Incline belt conveyor with longitudinal belt guards and methods of preventing seed entering between the belt and a curvilinear structure
Jason P. Kaeb, Sabetha, KS (US); Paul A. Kaeb, Sabetha, KS (US); and Matthew J. Edelman, Sabetha, KS (US)
Assigned to KSi Conveyor, Inc., Sabetha, KS (US)
Filed by KSi Conveyor, Inc., Sabetha, KS (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/046,691.
Application 18/046,691 is a continuation of application No. 17/595,531, granted, now 11,483,961, previously published as PCT/US2020/070324, filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/879,940, filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068629 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A01C 1/06 (2006.01); A01C 1/00 (2006.01); B01F 23/50 (2022.01); B01F 23/60 (2022.01); B01F 25/431 (2022.01); B01F 35/53 (2022.01); B29B 7/30 (2006.01); B29B 7/58 (2006.01); B29B 7/60 (2006.01); F26B 3/06 (2006.01); F26B 15/12 (2006.01); F26B 15/22 (2006.01); F26B 21/00 (2006.01); F26B 25/14 (2006.01); A01C 1/08 (2006.01); B01F 101/09 (2022.01)
CPC A01C 1/06 (2013.01) [A01C 1/00 (2013.01); B01F 23/54 (2022.01); B01F 23/60 (2022.01); B01F 25/4316 (2022.01); B01F 25/43161 (2022.01); B01F 25/431971 (2022.01); B01F 35/531 (2022.01); B29B 7/30 (2013.01); B29B 7/584 (2013.01); B29B 7/60 (2013.01); F26B 3/06 (2013.01); F26B 15/12 (2013.01); F26B 15/22 (2013.01); F26B 21/004 (2013.01); F26B 25/14 (2013.01); A01C 1/08 (2013.01); B01F 2101/09 (2022.01); B01F 2215/0422 (2013.01); F26B 2200/06 (2013.01); F26B 2200/08 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. An agricultural incline conveyor comprising:
a. a curvilinear structure comprising:
i. a sidewall;
b. a belt partially in contact with and conformed to the curvilinear structure and comprising:
i. a first linear belt edge; and
c. a first longitudinal guard attached to the sidewall, wherein the first longitudinal guard overlaps the first linear belt edge and extends along the sidewall longitudinally through the agricultural incline conveyor from a tail inlet to a head outlet, and a carrying surface of the first linear belt edge is parallel to a vertical plane defined by the sidewall and in contact with an outside surface of the first longitudinal guard.