BUCKET WHEEL FOR A DREDGE OR THE LIKE

IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKET WHEEL FOR A DREDGE OR THE LIKE An improved bucket wheel for a dredge is disclosed having a flush jet arrangement for clearing the buckets of sticky material, an improved divider arrangement for preventing entrance of oversized objects into the buckets and means for expelling a...

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Main Author MCDOWELL, ALEXANDER W.K
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 24.04.1984
Edition3
Subjects
DREDGING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
FOUNDATIONS
GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
SOIL SHIFTING
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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Summary:IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKET WHEEL FOR A DREDGE OR THE LIKE An improved bucket wheel for a dredge is disclosed having a flush jet arrangement for clearing the buckets of sticky material, an improved divider arrangement for preventing entrance of oversized objects into the buckets and means for expelling air trapped in buckets when the wheel is operating only partially submerged. The flush jet operates through the open bottom of each bucket to expel matter from the buckets substantially radially outwardly. The air expeller is an escape path, such as a chordal flat, between the hub and rim of the wheel in the region where air might be trapped by the buckets. The divider is a plate securely attached to each bucket of adjacent pairs of buckets and lying in the mid-plane of the wheel.
Bibliography:Application Number: CA19820405568