Abstract: An apparatus for use in reclaiming bulk material such as bean meal or the like from a pile of such material. A self-propelled wheeled vehicle is equipped with an elongated boom. An endless belt-like member is movably positioned along the length of the boom. A plurality of platelike blades are attached to the endless belt-like member for movement along the length of the boom so that when the boom is positioned against or adjacent a pile of bulk material, the platelike blades will scrape, rake or otherwise convey portions of the bulk material from the pile to an under-floor conveyor or the like.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of reclaiming refuse from a stored pile thereof which basically includes a vertically swingable drag type conveyor mechanism mounted upon a traveling support which is movable lengthwise along one side of the refuse pile, the conveyor being swingable into work-engaging contact with the surface of the pile to drag refuse therefrom. The conveyor when swung into such contact with the pile surface is shiftable by means of its support lengthwise of the pile so as to enable it to scan the pile surface from end to end thereof and so remove from the pile incremental strata of the refuse to be reclaimed. The swingable conveyor, operating in the manner of a boom, transfers the refuse reclaimed from the storage pile to a second conveyor disposed in a trench extending parallel to the direction of movement of the traveling support for the boom conveyor, from which trench the reclaimed refuse by means of said second conveyor is discharged for transport to a point removed from the storage pile.

Abstract: An improved bulk extracting apparatus comprises a pivoted chain scraper conveyor which in the horizontal position acts to remove material from the transverse face of a dump. Various clearing means are provided to loosen material from the face of the dump which is then carried by gravity to feed the scraper conveyor. Alternatively, the scraper conveyor may be pivoted upwardly to clear the dump so that the apparatus may be easily moved either to a different dump or to a different position on the same dump. The scraper conveyor may also be partially lowered to act to remove material from a lateral side of the dump. Finally, stacking means may be additionally provided for adding material onto the dump such as for mixing purposes.

Abstract: An apparatus for unloading particulate material, especially from ships, having an arm system comprising a horizontal conveyor section and a vertical conveyor section, which sections are interconnected in a torsionally rigid but pivotal manner for mutual relative movements in a common plane. The horizontal conveyor section is pivotally and swingably connected to a frame or foundation for raising and lowering of the horizontal conveyor section and for swinging of the complete arm system relative to the frame or foundation. In addition to being pivotally and swingably connected to the frame or foundation the horizontal conveyor section is tiltably connected thereto for inclination of the plane common to the vertical and horizontal conveyor sections relative to a vertical plane.

Abstract: A device for the removal of bulk materials from bulk material storage sites or dumps. A breakup unit is attached to a pick up arrangement and is adaptable to the inclination of the bulk material storage dump. The breakup unit has a rotatable roller provided with buckets which are inclined with respect to the axis of the roller and function as conveying elements. These conveying elements are arranged in a helical manner about the roller, and are connected to the roller by means of pins. Each conveying element has two legs arranged symmetrical with respect to the axis of rotation of the roller.

Abstract: An apparatus for reclaiming material from a blending bed, storage bed or the like, comprises a movable bridge, a unitary rotatable means secured to the bridge for loosening material from a face of the bed and moving the loosened material across the face of the bed as a function of the rotation of said unitary means, the material so moved being discharged down a side of the bed abutting the face of the bed, and means adjacent the side of the bed for collecting and conveying the discharged material.