US 7,543,700 B2
Drive drum for a belt conveyor
Dietmar Simke, Cottbus (Germany); Boris Rathmann, Cottbus (Germany); Rüdiger Bude, Cottbus (Germany); and Gilbert Lilienthal, Cottbus (Germany)
Assigned to ABB AG, Mannheim (Germany)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/222,041.
Application 12/222041 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2007/000543, filed on Jan. 23, 2007.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2006 005 158 (DE), filed on Feb. 04, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0308392 A1, Dec. 18, 2008
Int. Cl. B65G 23/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 198—835  [198/788; 492/16; 492/46] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. A drive drum arrangement for gearlessly driving a conveyor belt, the arrangement comprising:
a drum casing, the drum casing being sealed at both ends using an end-side base, the bases being provided with centrally arranged bearings which are used for accommodating a fixed drum spindle;
at least one motor being arranged within the drum casing, which motor is fastened on the drum casing via a casing-side motor frame and is fastened on the fixed drum spindle via a fixed spindle-side motor frame, the two ends of the fixed base spindle being fitted using spindle fastenings;
an electrical power supply;
at least one electrical connecting line, which is routed within or on the drum spindle, runs between a winding, which is fastened on the fixed spindle-side motor frame, of the motor and the electrical power supply, and
a cooling apparatus for the winding, wherein a coolant feedline and a coolant discharge line of the cooling apparatus and/or a coolant connecting line are routed within or on the drum spindle.