Storage bin sweep system with enhanced peripheral sweep capability
AssigneeSioux Steel Company
InventorsAndrew Grass, Elliott Strain
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Abstract
A system for moving particles across a floor surface of a storage bin having a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the floor surface. The system may comprise a bin sweep apparatus having an inboard end for locating toward to a central area of the bin and an outboard end for locating toward a peripheral area of the bin. The system may also comprise a peripheral sweeping apparatus configured to mount on the bin sweep apparatus to sweep particles on the floor surface adjacent to the peripheral wall toward the bin sweep apparatus. The peripheral sweeping apparatus may be mounted on the bin sweep apparatus toward the outboard end thereof.
Claims16
A system for moving particles across a floor surface of a storage bin, the storage bin having a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the floor surface, the system comprising:
- a peripheral sweeping apparatus configured to mount on a bin sweep apparatus toward an outboard end of the bin sweep apparatus and being further configured to contact the floor surface of the bin to sweep particles on the floor surface adjacent to the peripheral wall toward the bin sweep apparatus, the peripheral sweeping apparatus being configured to mount on the bin sweep apparatus and trail behind the outboard end of the sweeping apparatus during movement of the sweeping apparatus across the floor surface to sweep the particles;
- wherein the peripheral sweeping apparatus comprises:
- a broom structure configured to rest upon the bin floor surface;
- and
- a tether structure mounted on the broom structure and being configured for mounting on the bin sweep apparatus.
A system for moving particles across a floor surface of a storage bin, the storage bin having a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the floor surface, the system comprising:
- a bin sweep apparatus having an inboard end for locating toward a central area of the bin and an outboard end for locating toward a peripheral area of the bin;
- and
- a peripheral sweeping apparatus configured to mount on the bin sweep apparatus to sweep particles on the floor surface adjacent to the peripheral wall toward the bin sweep apparatus, the peripheral sweeping apparatus being mounted on the bin sweep apparatus toward the outboard end thereof and trailing behind the bin sweep apparatus during movement of the bin sweep apparatus across the floor surface to sweep the particles;
- wherein the peripheral sweeping apparatus comprises:
- a broom structure configured to rest upon the bin floor surface;
- and
- a tether structure mounted on the broom structure and mounted on the bin sweep apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.