Material transfer station
AssigneeEHS Solutions, L.L.C.
InventorsTim Schwind, Robert Herrmann, Galen Rocke
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Abstract
According to embodiments of the present invention, a material transfer station provides a base frame equipped with a table member, a container tipper, an operator interface, and a connection to a power source. In operation, a destination container is positioned beneath the table member, and the container tipper holds a supply container. Solid matter may be conveyed from the supply container into the destination container through an opening in the table member. Modules may be attached to provide additional functionality, such as a receiving module, a containment module, a vibratory screener, a flexible film isolator, and a nitrogen purge system.
Claims16
A system comprising:
- a base frame 100 comprising a table member 110, a base member 120, and an operator interface 140;
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- a container tipper 160 secured to the base frame 100, comprising a cradle 161, a pivoting arm 164, and a powered actuator 165;
- wherein the table member 110 is suspended by the base member 120 over a clearance 112;
- wherein an opening 111 through the table member 110 opens over the clearance 112;
- wherein the powered actuator 165 is configured to shift the cradle 161 to an uptilted position by elevating the pivoting arm 164, and to shift the cradle 161 to an upright position by lowering the pivoting arm 164;
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- wherein the operator interface 140 provides a control manipulable to send a command signal to the powered actuator 165 causing the powered actuator 165 to raise the pivoting arm 164;
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- wherein the operator interface 140 provides a control manipulable to send a command signal to the powered actuator 165 causing the powered actuator 165 to lower the pivoting arm 164.
A method comprising:
- rendering a base frame 100 stationary on a ground surface;
- fastening a containment module 400 to the base frame 100 beneath a table member 110 of the base frame 100 such that the containment module 400 is suspended over a clearance 112 beneath the table member 110;
- loading a supply container onto the base frame 100;
- positioning a destination container with respect to the clearance 112;
- establishing a passage from an opening 111 through the table member 110 to the interior of the destination container;
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- transferring solid matter from the supply container to the destination container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.