US 12,466,670 B2
Bucket wheel chute assembly
Hubert Pfandl, Styria (AT); Alexanda Damion Bozward, Perth (AU); Rudolf Pletz, Styria (AT); Christopher Robert Muller, Perth (AU); and Georg Leitner, Styria (AT)
Assigned to KOCH SOLUTIONS GMBH, Wadgassen (DE)
Appl. No. 18/268,969
Filed by KOCH SOLUTIONS GMBH, Wadgassen (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/062010
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/137074, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2020 01439 (DK), filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059509 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 65/20 (2006.01); E02F 3/18 (2006.01); E02F 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 65/20 (2013.01) [E02F 3/181 (2013.01); E02F 7/06 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bucket wheel chute assembly comprising:
a frame and a bucket wheel chute, the bucket wheel chute comprising a plurality of wear plates forming a chute surface, the bucket wheel chute comprising a first chute section and a second chute section, each of the first chute section and second chute section comprising at least one wear plate and is detachably attached to the frame, and wherein at least one of the first chute section and second chute section is detachably attached to the frame by a first movable attachment means configured for moving relative to the frame, such that the first chute section and second chute section may be at least partially separated while being attached to the frame, wherein the first chute section is detachably attached to the frame by a first moveable attachment means and the second chute section is detachably attached to the frame by a second movable attachment means.