Conveying apparatus

Claim 1

In a bucket wheel reclaiming apparatus which comprises a pair of spaced and supported pulleys, an endless loop belt of flexible and elastic material having an inner loop layer with a surface entrained to pass over and engage said pulleys, and said belt having a plurality of longitudinally extending and laterally spaced reinforcing cables embedded therein with the cables outwardly of the pulley engaging inner surface of the belt, the improvement which comprises: a. the inner loop surface of flexible material inwardly of the cables being formed imperforate and arranged to engage each pulley across the full width of the belt between laterally spaced outer edges of the belt and to continuously engage each pulley along the full longitudinal length of a portion of the belt turning around the periphery of each pulley; b. said belt having a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart discontinuous portions of the flexible material projecting outwardly of the inner continuous loop surface to encompass the cables and project outwardly of the cables; c. clamping means located outwardly of the inner continuous loop surface and in spaces between the discontinuous portions of the flexible material with said clamping means being securely attached directly to said cables, and an outer surface of the clamping means comprising a plate exposed outwardly of said belt along the entire lateral width of the plate and with the plate spanning the entire distance between the edges of said belt; and, d. a bucket removably secured to the exposed outer surface of the clamping means plate and thus to the belt.