Discharge arrangement for a transport apparatus

An apparatus for transporting particulate materials comprising a frame structure, a first and a second container mounted on the frame structure, each container having two parallel vertical end walls and two parallel vertical side walls arranged at right angles to the end walls, a hopper bottom connected at an upper edge of the hopper bottom to the side walls and end walls and a cover wall connected to upper edges of the side walls and end walls, the containers being joined to each other along one end wall of each of the containers so as to stand end to end on the frame structure and to define a common inner end wall and an outer end wall of each of the containers, a first discharge duct mounted relative to the first container so as to extend from a feed end of the duct at the hopper bottom of the first container to a discharge spout outside the first container, a second discharge duct mounted relative to the second container so as to extend from a feed end of the second duct at the hopper bottom of the second container to a discharge spout outside the second container, each of the first and second ducts having transport means mounted therein for moving material longitudinally of the duct from the feed end to the discharge spout, each of the first and second ducts being mounted such that the discharge spouts of the first and second ducts are located on a side of the outer end wall of the second container remote from the inner end wall wherein the first duct is arranged such that the discharge spout thereof is arranged to one side of the discharge spout of the second duct and wherein the discharge spouts of the first and second ducts are spaced from the outer end wall of the second container by substantially equal distances.

An apparatus for transporting particulate materials comprising a frame structure, a first and a second container mounted on the frame structure, each container having two parallel vertical end walls and two parallel vertical side walls arranged at right angles to the end walls, a hopper bottom connected at an upper edge of the hopper bottom to the side walls and end walls and a cover wall connected to upper edges of the side walls and end walls, the containers being joined to each other along one end wall of each of the containers so as to stand end to end on the frame structure and to define a common inner end wall and an outer end wall of each of the containers, a first discharge duct mounted relative to the first container so as to extend from a feed end of the duct at the hopper bottom of the first container to a discharge spout outside the first container, a second discharge duct mounted relative to the second container so as to extend from a feed end of the second duct at the hopper bottom of the second container to a discharge spout outside the second container, each of the first and second ducts having transport means mounted therein for moving material longitudinally of the duct from the feed end to the discharge spout, each of the first and second ducts being mounted such that the discharge spouts of the first and second ducts are located on a side of the outer end wall of the second container remote from the inner end wall wherein the second duct lies substantially in a longitudinal vertical central plane of the containers and wherein the first duct is inclined outwardly from the central plane to one side of the central plane.

An apparatus for transporting particulate materials comprising a frame structure, a first and a second container mounted on the frame structure, each container having two parallel vertical end walls and two parallel vertical side walls arranged at right angles to the end walls, a hopper bottom connected at an upper edge of the hopper bottom to the side walls and end walls and a cover wall connected to upper edges of the side walls and end walls, the containers being joined to each other along one end wall of each of the containers so as to stand end to end on the frame structure and to define a common inner end wall and an outer end wall of each of the containers, a first discharge duct mounted relative to the first container so as to extend from a feed end of the duct at the hopper bottom of the first container to a discharge spout outside the first container, a second discharge duct mounted relative to the second container so as to extend from a feed end of the second duct at the hopper bottom of the second container to a discharge spout outside the second container, each of the first and second ducts having transport means mounted therein for moving material longitudinally of the duct from the feed end to the discharge spout, each of the first and second ducts being mounted such that the discharge spouts of the first and second ducts are located on a side of the outer end wall of the first duct extending from the feed end thereof on an outer surface of the hopper bottom of the first container through a side of the hopper bottom of the second container and through the outer end wall of the second container, the second duct being arranged such that the discharge spout thereof is arranged to one side of the discharge spout of the first duct, the discharge spouts of the first and second ducts being spaced from the end wall of the second container by substantially equal distances.