Modular auto-cleaning hopper assembly
AssigneeDimension Product Solutions LP
InventorsGeorge T. Cook, Burt Lusk
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Abstract
A modular hopper assembly is provided and includes a plurality of pre-fabricated upper hopper modular units, a plurality of pre-fabricated middle hopper modular units, a plurality of pre-fabricated lower hopper modular units and a plurality of support members configured as a base, where the upper hopper modular units, the middle hopper modular units and the lower hopper modular units are each assembled, and then the assembled upper hopper modular units, the assembled middle hopper modular units and the assembled lower hopper modular units are connected together to form a hopper, where the hopper is mounted on the base.
Claims16
A modular hopper assembly comprising:
- a plurality of pre-fabricated upper hopper modular units;
- a plurality of pre-fabricated middle hopper modular units;
- a plurality of pre-fabricated lower hopper modular units;
- and
- a plurality of support members configured as a base,
- wherein the upper hopper modular units, the middle hopper modular units and the lower hopper modular units are each assembled, and then the assembled upper hopper modular units, the assembled middle hopper modular units and the assembled lower hopper modular units are connected together to form a hopper, and wherein the hopper is mounted on the base.
A method of assembling a modular hopper assembly at a site, the method comprising:
- assembling a plurality of pre-fabricated upper hopper modular units as an assembled upper hopper structure;
- assembling a plurality of pre-fabricated middle hopper modular units as an assembled middle hopper structure;
- assembling a plurality of pre-fabricated lower hopper modular units as an assembled lower hopper structure;
- assembling a plurality of support members as a base unit;
- and
- connecting the assembled upper hopper structure, the assembled middle hopper structure and the assembled lower hopper structure to form a hopper, and mounting the hopper on the base unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.