IP Library Granted Patent US 10,632,472
Granted Patent B2
US 10,632,472 · App. 15/750,239 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Machine for transporting a liner into a grinding mill body

Inventors: Jeff Belke (Mt Pleasant, AU); Rory Soutar-Dawson (North Beach, AU)
Assignee: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
B02C17/22
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Patent No.
US 10,632,472
App. No.
15/750,239
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A machine and a method for transporting a liner into a grinding mill body wherein the machine includes a housing for insertion through an opening of the grinding mill body. The housing has a first end, a second end and a conduit in communication with the first end and the second end, and a conveying device for conveying the liner along the conduit between the first and second ends.

Claims (4)

1. A method for transporting a liner into a grinding mill body having an opening, the method comprising:

inserting a housing through the opening and into the grinding mill body, the housing comprising a first end, a second end and a conduit in communication with the first end and the second end, wherein a first portion of the housing is cut away adjacent the first end and a second portion of the housing is cut away adjacent the second end such that the conduit is partly enclosed;

conveying the liner along the conduit between the first end inserted inside the grinding mill body and the second end; and

further comprising locating a conveying device inside the conduit.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 19, 2025
From: METSO OUTOTEC FINLAND OY
To: METSO FINLAND OY
Reel/Frame 072909/0754 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 16, 2022
From: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
To: METSO MINERALS OY
Reel/Frame 061685/0481 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 16, 2022
From: METSO MINERALS OY
To: METSO OUTOTEC FINLAND OY
Reel/Frame 061685/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: BELKE, JEFF; SOUTAR-DAWSON, RORY
To: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
Reel/Frame 045176/0252 →
Priority Claims (1)
AU 2015903367 · Aug 19, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180311676A1 · Nov 1, 2018