# US 10,245,723 B2 · Portable dry chemical delivery robot

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- Number: US 10,245,723 B2
- Document ID: US10245723B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/620,873
- Filed: 2017-06-13
- Published: 2018-12-13
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2017-06-13
- Applicants: Jose Luna; Burl Fuller; Jerry Fuller
- Inventors: Jose Luna; Burl Fuller; Jerry Fuller
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245723B2

## CPC

- B25J 9/1602: {characterised by the control system, structure, architecture}
- B25J 9/0021: {All motors in base}
- B25J 9/0078: {actuated by cables}
- B25J 9/102: {Gears specially adapted therefor, e.g. reduction gears (gearings in general F16H)}
- B65D 88/30: specially adapted to facilitate transportation from one utilisation site to another (collapsible hoppers B65D88/52)
- B65D 88/32: in multiple arrangement
- B66F 7/02: with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains {or screws and movable along pillars}
- B66F 9/063: {Automatically guided}
- B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50})
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B66F: HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD ({invalid lifting devices A61G7/10; } mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00)

## Abstract

A portable dry chemical delivery robot comprised of a cart, a hoist mounted to the top brace; a moveable hopper with a flared inlet tapering to an outlet and connected to the hoist and contained within the cart, a screw conveyor connected to the outlet of the moveable hopper, a motor with transmission connected to the screw conveyor with a remote power supply, a flow controller connected to the motor for regulating operation of the screw conveyor, the flow controller being in communication with a network for providing both local and remote control of the screw conveyor from at least one client device connected to the network.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable dry chemical delivery robot comprising:
a. a cart comprising:
(i) a rear frame comprising a vertical guide with aligned pin holes and two rear frame wheels;
(ii) a bottom brace assembly attached at a right angle to the rear frame comprising two angled wheels configured to support both the rear frame and the bottom brace assembly and two bottom wheels for supporting the bottom brace assembly and a U brace integral with and extending from a plane of the bottom brace assembly;
(iii) a first vertical support and a second vertical support connected to the bottom brace assembly;
(iv) a top frame with a top central brace connected to the rear frame and to each of the first vertical support and the second vertical support;
(v) a sliding locking assembly attached to the first vertical support, the second vertical support, and the vertical guide for sliding up and down the first vertical support, the second vertical support, and the vertical guide;
b. a hoist mounted to the top central brace;
c. a moveable hopper with a flared inlet tapering to an outlet, the moveable hopper connected to the hoist and contained within the cart;
d. a screw conveyor connected to the outlet of the moveable hopper;
e. a motor with transmission connected to the screw conveyor, the motor engaged by a remote power supply; and
f. a flow controller connected to the motor for regulating operation of the screw conveyor, the flow controller in communication with a network;
g. a plurality of client device connected to the network providing both local and remote control of the screw conveyor wherein each client device contains a command screen enabling increase of flow rates, decrease of flow rates, stop and removal of dry chemicals from the moveable hopper.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The portable dry chemical delivery robot of claim 1, wherein the sliding locking assembly comprises:
a. a plurality of beams;
b. a plurality of sleeve integrally attached to a pair of beams of the plurality of beams, each sleeve of the plurality of sleeves configured to slide around the first vertical support, the second vertical support, and the vertical guide, each sleeve of the plurality of sleeves having a pair of aligned locking holes to engage a holding pin through the sleeve of the plurality of sleeves and through a pair of aligned pin holes in the vertical guide or the vertical support.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The portable dry chemical delivery robot of claim 1, comprising a hopper sway brace comprising:
a. alignment beams connected to the beam of the plurality of beams;
b. a sway beam connected to the alignment beams at an angle between 90 and 60 degrees (75 degrees) between the moveable hopper and the vertical guide;
c. a sway sleeve integrally attached to the sway beam, the sway sleeve configured to slide around the vertical guide.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The portable dry chemical delivery robot of claim 1, wherein the hoist comprises:
a. a hopper brace fixedly attaching the movable hopper to the sliding locking assembly;
b. a sliding locking assembly brace fixedly attached to sliding locking assembly;
c. an attaching device attached to the hopper brace;
d. a cable secured to the attaching device;
e. a first sheave attached to the top central brace receiving the cable and the second sheave attached at an intersection of two members of the top frame excluding the top central brace receiving the cable from the first sheave;
f. a winch, wherein the winch receives the cable from the second sheave enabling the moveable hopper to be raised and lowered within the cart.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The portable dry chemical delivery robot of claim 1, comprising a lid positioned over the flared inlet.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The portable dry chemical delivery robot of claim 1, comprising a grate disposed over flared inlet preventing large objects from entering the moveable hopper.