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US 2013/0255199 A1Published application
Loader
OwnerEggo Haschkeinventor
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Abstract
A horn system for an automated loader has horns with upstanding and bottom walls. The horns move from a first, adjacent position in which the bottom walk of the horns completely or almost completely overlap to a second, remote position in which the bottom walls of the horns just barely overlap or do not overlap.
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A horn of a bag-opening device, said horn comprising:
- an upstanding wall having top and bottom ends, forward and rearward ends, and inner and outer surfaces, at least a portion of the inner surfaces comprising textures;
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- a bottom wall which extends inwardly from the bottom end of the upstanding wall.
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A bag-opening device comprising:
- a pair of horns, each said horn having an upstanding wall and a bottom wall, said upstanding wall having top and bottom ends, forward and rearward ends, and inner and outer surfaces, said bottom wall extends inwardly from the bottom end of the upstanding wall, the inner surfaces of the upstanding walls of the pair of horns facing one another;
- a mounting assembly configured to mount the pair of horns in position to provide that the inner surfaces of the upstanding walls of the pair of horns face one another, the mounting assembly further being configured to mount one of the pair of horns higher than the other one of the pair of horns;
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- a horn control mechanism which is configured to move the forward end of at least one of the pair of horns proximate to the forward end of at least the other one of the pair of horns, wherein during such movement the bottom wall of one of the pair of horns will be moved into a generally overlapping position relative to the bottom wall of the other one of the pair of horns due to one of the pair of horns being mounted higher than the other one of the pair of horns.
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A method of bagging material, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing an automated loader having a bag carriage assembly and a pair of horns, wherein the bag carriage assembly is configured to provide a bag into which the material is to be inserted, wherein each said horn has an upstanding wall and a bottom wall, said upstanding wall having top and bottom ends, forward and rearward ends, and inner and outer surfaces, said bottom wall extends inwardly from the bottom end of the upstanding wall, the inner surfaces of the upstanding walls of the pair of horns facing one another;
- b) positioning the material to be bagged rearward of the rearward ends of the horns;
- c) opening a bag;
- d) causing the forward ends of the pair of horns to be positioned within the opening of the bag, wherein the bottom walls of the horns are generally in an overlapping configuration;
- e) causing the forward end of at least one of the pair of horns to move away from the other one of the pair of horns in order to stretch the opening of the bag, wherein the bottom walls of the horns move to a generally non-overlapping configuration;
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- f) moving the material to be bagged over the bottom walls of the horns, past the forward ends of the horns, and into the bag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.