Hurdle for malthouses and other material-handling spaces
AssigneeB/u/ hler-Miag GmbH
InventorsKurt Amelung, Manfred Peters
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Abstract
A hurdle for malthouses or other material-handling spaces has a supporting frame and a bottom supported by the supporting frame and including a plurality of hollow sheet shaped members arranged parallel closely near one another and self-supporting, a plurality of openings provided in the hollow sheet shaped members for passage of a material to be handled, and connecting elements for connecting the hollow sheet shaped members with one another.
Claims6
A hurdle for malthouses and other material-handling spaces, comprising an uninterrupted supporting frame;
- and a bottom supported by said supporting frame and permeable for passage of a material treating medium, said bottom including a plurality of hollow sheet shaped members which extend parallel closely near one another and are self-supporting and provided with a plurality of through openings, and connecting means for connecting said hollow sheet shaped members with one another, said hollow sheet shaped members being formed as U-shaped clamping members having downwardly converging flanges with free ends and arresting strips provided at said free ends and extending inwardly toward one another, and said connecting means being arranged to clamp said arresting strips of said flanges of said members.
A hurdle for malthouses and other material-handling spaces, comprising an uninterrupted supporting frame;
- and a bottom supported by said supporting frame and permeable for passage of a material treating medium, said bottom including a plurality of hollow sheet shaped members which extend parallel closely near one another and are self-supporting and provided with a plurality of through openings, and connecting means for connecting said hollow sheet shaped members with one another, said hollow sheet shaped members being formed as U-shaped clamping members having upper horizontal parts provided with said through openings and laterally abutting against one another without gaps therebetween so as to form a completely flat upper surface which is interrupted only by said through openings, said U-shaped clamping members also having downwardly converging flanges with upper ends laterally abutting against one another and with opposite lower free ends, said U-shaped clamping members also having arresting strips provided at said free ends and extending inwardly toward one another, and said connecting means being arranged to clamp said arresting strips of said flanges of said members.
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