US 10,457,486 B1Granted

Double portable drive-over hopper

AssigneeSudenga Industries, Inc.

InventorCraig Curtis Ulmer

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Abstract

An apparatus includes a first transverse conveyor, first and second pairs of foldable parallel ramps, and first and second foldable longitudinal conveyors. The transverse conveyor moves material in a first direction. The first pair of foldable parallel ramps extend from a first side of the transverse conveyor. The first foldable longitudinal conveyor is positioned between the ramps of the first pair, and is configured to move material toward the transverse conveyor in a second orthogonal direction. The second pair of foldable parallel ramps extend from a second side of the transverse conveyor and are in alignment with the ramps of the first pair. The second foldable longitudinal conveyor is positioned between the ramps of the second pair and is configured to move material in a third direction that is substantially opposite the second direction.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a transverse conveyor configured to move material in a first direction;
a first pair of foldable parallel ramps extending from a first side of the transverse conveyor, the ramps of the first pair being spaced apart for reception of vehicle wheels thereon;
a first foldable longitudinal conveyor extending from the first side and positioned between the ramps of the first pair and configured to move material toward the transverse conveyor in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the transverse conveyor comprises an inlet, and wherein the first foldable longitudinal conveyor extends from the first side of the transverse conveyor proximate the inlet;
a second pair of foldable parallel ramps extending from a second side of the transverse conveyor, the ramps of the second pair being in alignment with the ramps of the first pair;
a second foldable longitudinal conveyor extending from the second side and positioned between the ramps of the second pair and configured to move material toward the transverse conveyor in a third direction that is substantially opposite the second direction;
and
a plate disposed over the inlet, wherein:
the plate has a top surface and a bottom surface;
the plate has a first position configured so that at least some material moving in the second direction impinges the bottom surface;
and
the plate has a second position in which the plate extends upwardly and outwardly from the inlet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/437,070Filed 20 Feb 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 23 Feb 2016
Granted: 29 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

B65G 15/00
Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to
B65G 19/08
The impellers being scrapers similar in size and shape to the cross-section of the trough or channel: and attached to a single belt, rope or chain
B60P 1/435
Using a loading ramp mounted on the vehicle: the ramp being attached to or making part of the side- or tailboards of the vehicle
B65G 19/12
For moving bulk material in open troughs or channels: the impellers being plates having an area substantially smaller than that of the trough of…