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US 2017/0304840 A1Published application
A hopper and a mineral material processing plant
AssigneeMetso Minerals, Inc.
InventorsMikko PAJUNEN, Jouni RAJALA
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Abstract
A hopper and a mineral material processing plant. The hopper includes hinged side walls configured to be pivoted into a first position and a second position and a connection wall attached between the hinged side walls. The connection wall includes a flexible member and is configured to fold together in response to the hinged side walls being pivoted from the first position to the second position.
Claims14
A hopper, comprising:
- hinged side walls configured to be pivoted into a first position and a second position;
- a connection wall attached between the hinged side walls, wherein the connection wall comprises:
- a flexible member;
- wherein
- the connection wall is configured to fold together in response to the hinged side walls being pivoted from the first position to the second position.
2 more elements
A method for operating a hopper, comprising:
- pivoting hinged side walls from a first position inwards towards a second position;
- wherein
- in response to the hinged side walls being pivoted, a connecting wall comprising a flexible member and a support member folds together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.