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US 12,404,116 B2Granted
Method and device for collecting litter or scrapings
AssigneeRadie B.V.
InventorJohannes Josephus Antonius Van Blokland
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Abstract
Device for collecting litter or scrapings, in particular flour or meal, comprising a collecting chute for receiving litter or scrapings, extending in a width direction, a movable catching body extending diagonally from a highest part to a lowest part over an area in which the litter or granule is to be collected and where the lowest part is adjacent to the collecting chute or connects to the collecting chute or discharges into the chute, and a drive unit for moving the receiving body.
Claims12
Device for collecting litter or scrapings of flour or meal, including:
- A collecting chute for receiving litter or scrapings,
- A movable receiving body that extends diagonally from a highest portion to a lowest portion over an area in which the litter or scraps are to be collected and where the lowest portion is adjacent to or connects to the collecting chute or flows into the collecting chute;
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- A drive for moving the receiving body, wherein the receiving body is movable in a plane parallel to a tangent plane to said receiving body at the level of the lowest portion of said receiving body, wherein the drive is arranged to move the receiving body with at least one directional component in the direction of the collecting chute.
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Method of collecting litter or scrapings, comprising:
- collecting the litter or scrapings on a receiving body extending obliquely to a collecting chute;
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- moving the receiving body, in alternate motion;
- wherein steps of the method are performed using a device for collecting litter or scrapings for flour or meal, including:
- the collecting chute for receiving litter or scrapings;
- the movable receiving body that extends diagonally from a highest portion to a lowest portion over an area in which the litter or scraps are to be collected and where the lowest portion is adjacent to or connects to the collecting chute or flows into the collecting chute;
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- a drive for moving the receiving body, wherein the receiving body is movable in a plane parallel to a tangent plane to said receiving body at the level of the lowest portion of said receiving body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.