Portable sand bag hopper

Abstract

A highly portable sand bag hopper has the shape of a cabinet with the front open. The top of the cabinet has a loading opening for loading sand into a lower cone. The loading cone has a larger upper end attached to the top opening and a lower, smaller tapered end inside the cabinet. A horizontal sliding door is located near the lower, smaller tapered end of the cone and opens and closes the lower discharge opening. The sliding door is rotatably attached to a horizontal lever by a pin. The lever arm and door are normally biased closed by a spring. The upper part of the cone is loaded with sand at a predetermined level and a sand bag is attached or held under the lower discharge opening. As the lever arm is pulled towards the back of the cabinet, the lower door slides open, discharging the sand into the sand bag. The upper part of the cone may be marked to measure discreet amounts of sand to be discharged into the sand bag. A seal may be located around the lower opening to sweep sand or debris from the top of the discharge door.