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US 11,685,606 B2Granted
Tube conveyor system
AssigneeValco Industries, Inc.
InventorsPhilip E. Risser, Logan Auker, Jacob D. Byer
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Abstract
Provided is an improved animal feed distribution system and components, specifically tube belt conveyor system, that provides more efficient manner of delivering feed to the animals, such as poultry by using tube conveyor belt to distribute feed in a re-circulating loop.
Claims13
A material conveyance system comprising:
- two tube sections;
- a loop of conveyor belt, wherein the conveyor belt has a first side and a second side;
- at least one driving mechanism that is configured to move the conveyor belt through the two tube sections;
- wherein the conveyor belt is arranged in a configuration that allows the conveyor belt to continuously loop through the two tube sections, whereby a portion of the conveyor belt is inside one of the tube sections and another portion of the conveyor belt is inside another of the tube sections,
- wherein the two tube sections are arranged in a non-coaxial relationship to each other so that they form two opposing sides of a quadrilateral,
- wherein the portion of the conveyor belt that is inside the two tube sections is cupped by the tube,
- whereby when the conveyor belt is conveying some amount of material through the two tube sections, the material is carried on the first side of the conveyor belt in both of the two tube sections, wherein each of the two tube sections comprises a plurality of dispensing holes provided along at least a portion of the tube section, and the conveyor belt comprises a plurality of holes provided along at least a portion of the loop of the conveyor belt.
4 more elements
A material conveying apparatus comprising:
- at least one tube section;
- a conveyor belt that is configured to travel through the at least one tube section, whereby a portion of the conveyor belt is inside the at least one tube section;
- at least one driving mechanism that is configured to move the conveyor belt through the at least one tube section;
- wherein the portion of the conveyor belt that is inside the at least one tube section is cupped by the tube,
- wherein the at least one tube section comprises a plurality of dispensing holes provided along at least a portion of the at least one tube section, and the conveyor belt comprises a plurality of holes provided along at least a portion of the conveyor belt's length,
- whereby when the conveyor belt is conveying some amount of material through the at least one tube section, an amount of the material is dispensed through any one of the plurality of dispensing holes in the tube section as the holes in the conveyor belt pass over the plurality of dispensing holes.
3 more elements
An animal feed distribution system comprising:
- a tube conveyor comprising:
- at least one tube section;
- a conveyor belt loop that is looped through the at least one tube section, whereby a portion of the conveyor belt loop is inside the at least one tube section;
- at least one driving mechanism that is configured to move the conveyor belt loop through the at least one tube section;
- wherein the at least one tube section comprises a plurality of dispensing holes provided along at least a portion of the at least one tube section, and the conveyor belt loop comprises a plurality of holes provided along at least a portion of the conveyor belt loop,
- whereby when the conveyor belt loop is conveying some amount of material through the at least one tube section, an amount of the material is dispensed through any one of the plurality of dispensing holes in the tube section as the holes in the conveyor belt loop pass over the plurality of dispensing holes.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.