Drive over bulkweigher transload system
AssigneeMobil Grain Ltd.
InventorSheldon Affleck
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Abstract
A system and method for weighing and loading particulate material while the particulate material is passing through the system is provided. The system can include a roadway, an opening positioned in the roadway and at least one bulkweigher provided below the opening. A rail car or a trailer can be positioned above the opening in the roadway and particulate material discharged from the rail car or trailer through the opening into the at least one bulkweigher. The bulkweigher can weigh the particulate material as it is being discharged and, after the particulate material has been weighed by the at least one bulkweigher, the bulkweigher can discharge the particulate material onto a conveyor to be loaded into another rail car or trailer.
Claims27
A system for weighing and loading particulate material while the particulate material is passing through the system, the system comprising:
- a roadway;
- an opening positioned in the roadway;
- at least one bulkweigher provided below the opening, the at least one bulkweigher having an outlet;
- and
- a conveyor having an intake end and a discharge end, the intake end of the conveyor positioned below outlet of the bulkweigher to receive particulate material that has been weighed by the bulkweigher and discharged from the bulkweigher.
A system for weighing and loading particulate material while the particulate material is passing through the system, the system comprising:
- a roadway;
- an opening positioned in the roadway;
- a plurality of bulkweighers positioned below the opening and a garner connected to the opening, the garner positioned to direct particulate material discharged through the opening to the plurality of bulkweighers, bulkweigher having an outlet;
- and
- a plurality of conveyors, each conveyor associated with one of the bulkweighers so that a discharge end of the material conveyor is positioned below the outlet of the associated bulkweigher to receive particulate material that has been weighed by the bulkweigher and discharged from the bulkweigher.
A method of simultaneously weighing and loading particulate material, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a roadway positioned above at least one bulkweigher,
- providing an opening in the roadway;
- positioning one of:
- a rail car;
- and a trailer above the opening in the roadway and discharging the particulate material through the opening into the at least one bulkweigher;
- weighing the particulate material with the at least one bulkweigher as it is being discharged;
- and
- after the particulate material has been weighed by the at least one bulkweigher, discharging the particulate material onto a conveyor and using the conveyor to load the particulate material into at least one of:
- an other railcar;
- and an other trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.