System for loading large fluid containers and pumping fluid therefrom
AssigneeMagnum Venus Products
InventorsEdgar Cossio-Rojo, Michael D. Walch
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Abstract
A drum loading and unloading system and method for loading and unloading a drum. The system includes a portable base unit having pedestals for holding a drum at a predetermined position for loading and unloading material from the drum; a pair of pneumatic cylinders attached to the portable base supporting a cross-beam; a pumping piston attached to the cross-beam for pumping material into and out of the drum; and a lifting device attached to the cross-beam for lifting the drum onto the pedestals of the portable base.
Claims14
A drum loading and unloading station comprising:
- a portable base having slidably positionable pedestals for holding a drum at a predetermined position for loading and unloading material from the drum;
- a pair of pneumatic cylinders attached to the portable base supporting a cross-beam;
- a plunger attached to the cross-beam for pumping material into and out of the drum;
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- a lifting device attached to the cross-beam for lifting the drum onto the slidably positionable pedestals of the portable base, the lifting device comprising two or more lifting hooks and a cable for each lifting hook attached to the cross-beam for engaging a top rim of the drum, wherein each lifting hook comprises a bracket attached to the cable and a hook tale pivotally attached to the bracket.
A method for loading and unloading a drum using a high pressure piston plunger comprising:
- providing a drum loading and unloading station including:
- a portable base having slidably positionable pedestals for holding a drum at a predetermined position for loading and unloading material from the drum;
- a pair of pneumatic cylinders attached to the portable base supporting a cross-beam;
- a plunger attached to the cross-beam for pumping material into and out of the drum;
- and
- a lifting device attached to the cross-beam for lifting the drum onto the pedestals of the portable base;
- positioning the drum adjacent to the loading and unloading station;
- lifting the drum off of a floor using the lifting device;
- positioning the pedestals to support a lower rim of the drum;
- lowering the drum onto the pedestals;
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- activating the plunger to load or unload the drum.
A drum loading and unloading station comprising:
- a portable base having slidably positionable pedestals for holding a drum at a predetermined position for loading and unloading material from the drum;
- a pair of pneumatic cylinders attached to the portable base supporting a cross-beam;
- a plunger attached to the cross-beam for pumping material into and out of the drum;
- a lifting device attached to the cross-beam for lifting the drum onto the slidably positionable pedestals of the portable base;
- and
- one or more drum sensors for sensing drum position on the portable base,
- wherein downstroke power to the plunger is limited when one or more of the one or more drum sensors are not engaged with the drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.