Claims
- 1. A conveyor for waste, comprising:
- a waste feed shaft;
- a conveyor channel being connected to said waste feed shaft, said conveyor channel having an interior, a longitudinal direction and being formed of an upper shell part and a lower shell part, said upper shell part being releasably connected to said lower shell for allowing access to said interior of said conveyor channel;
- a screw conveyor disposed in said interior of said conveyor channel and extending in the longitudinal direction of said conveyor channel;
- a motor connected to and driving said screw conveyor;
- a housing into which said conveyor channel discharges;
- said screw conveyor and said conveyor channel forming a unit being disconnectably secured to said housing for engaging and disengaging said housing; and
- a traveling mounting supporting said unit and said traveling mounting assisting in removal of said unit from said housing.
- 2. The conveyor according to claim 1, wherein said housing is a pyrolysis reactor.
- 3. The conveyor according to claim 1, including at least one rail, said traveling mounting being a carriage movable on said at least one rail.
- 4. The conveyor according to claim 1, wherein said traveling mounting is manually movable.
- 5. The conveyor according to claim 1, wherein said traveling mounting is movable by machine.
- 6. The conveyor according to claim 1, wherein said traveling mounting is horizontally movable.
- 7. The conveyor according to claim 1, wherein said traveling mounting has at least three wheels.
- 8. The conveyor according to claim 1, wherein said conveyor channel is a screw conveyor trough, said screw conveyor is disposed in said conveyor channel, and including a seal securing said conveyor channel to said housing.
- 9. The conveyor according to claim 8, including a connection disconnectably securing said waste feed shaft to said conveyor channel.
- 10. A method for inspecting the contents of a conveyor channel receiving waste and discharging into a housing, which comprises:
- a) disconnecting the conveyor channel from the housing;
- b) driving the conveyor channel away with a traveling mounting; and
- b) opening the conveyor channel.
- 11. The method according to claim 10, which comprises disconnecting the conveyor channel from a pyrolysis reactor forming the housing.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a Continuation of International Application Serial No. PCT/DE94/00904, filed Aug. 4, 1994.
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