Abstract: A truck for carrying and dispensing material includes a frame, a hopper mounted on the frame and having an opening along a lower end portion of the hopper, and a conveyor positioned underneath the hopper, wherein the conveyor comprises a conveyor belt and first and second side walls attached to opposing longitudinal side edge portions of the conveyor belt.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 28, 2022
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2023
Assignee:
Conveyor Application Systems, LLC
Inventors:
Arlen Rexius, David Looney, Jack Leroy Fanning
Abstract: In one representative embodiment, a vehicle has a frame, a material hopper mounted on the frame, a swing arm assembly coupled to the frame, and a conveyor mounted on the swing arm assembly. The swing arm assembly can have a support bracket configured to pivot relative to the hopper about a vertical pivot axis, the support bracket also configured to pivot relative to the hopper about a horizontal pivot axis, wherein the support bracket is configured to support the conveyor for pivoting movement of the conveyor relative to the hopper about the vertical pivot axis and about the horizontal pivot axis to move the conveyor from a first, stowed position extending alongside one of the sides of the hopper to a second, use position extending rearwardly away from the rear end of the hopper.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 2, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 23, 2020
Assignee:
Conveyor Application Systems LLC
Inventors:
Arlen Rexius, Jay Dee Werlinger, Brent Whitley, Jeremy Lee Oesterling, David Looney, Matthew Charles Cox
Abstract: In one representative embodiment, a vehicle has a frame, a material hopper mounted on the frame, a swing arm assembly coupled to the frame, and a conveyor mounted on the swing arm assembly. The swing arm assembly can have a support bracket configured to pivot relative to the hopper about a vertical pivot axis, the support bracket also configured to pivot relative to the hopper about a horizontal pivot axis, wherein the support bracket is configured to support the conveyor for pivoting movement of the conveyor relative to the hopper about the vertical pivot axis and about the horizontal pivot axis to move the conveyor from a first, stowed position extending alongside one of the sides of the hopper to a second, use position extending rearwardly away from the rear end of the hopper.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 2, 2018
Publication date:
September 6, 2018
Applicant:
Conveyor Application Systems LLC
Inventors:
Arlen Rexius, Jay Dee Werlinger, Brent Whitley, Jeremy Lee Oesterling, David Looney, Matthew Charles Cox
Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a system for transporting drill cuttings from an offshore drilling platform. In a representative embodiment, a bulk material storage and conveying system for a waterborne vessel comprises a first conveyor system including one or more upper conveyors extending lengthwise of the vessel. The system also comprises a plurality of containers located below the first conveyor system arranged in one or more rows, and a second conveyor system including one or more lower conveyors located below the one or more containers. The first conveyor system is configured to selectively dispense bulk material into the one or more containers, and the plurality of containers are configured to selectively dispense bulk material onto different locations along the length of the one or more lower conveyors. The system can further include an offloading conveyor assembly configured to convey drill cuttings from the lower conveyors to trucks on land.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 3, 2013
Date of Patent:
October 27, 2015
Assignee:
Conveyor Application Systems LLC
Inventors:
Arlen Rexius, David Looney, Matt Mills, Brent Whitley, Edward L. Landis, Jason A. Holbert, John C. Holbert