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US 5,181,633 AGranted
Container for bulk material with discharge chute
AssigneeBergwerksverband GmbH
InventorsRaymond Weber, Wolfgang Wunnenberg
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Abstract
A container for bulk material includes a hollow glide body provided with inner walls forming an orifice opening into a bottom of the container, outer walls formed shorter than inner walls and a distribution cone formed with respective walls.
Claims11
A container for bulk material comprising:
- a container body;
- a discharge chute extending downwardly from said body along an upright axis and formed with a peripheral wall and bottom means forming an exit for the bulk material;
- a tapered distribution body centered on said axis in said chute;
- a hollow glide body centered on said axis in said chute and surrounding said distribution body, said glide body comprising:
- an inner wall spaced from said distribution body and formed with a bottom edge defining an outlet opening spaced axially upwardly from said exit,
- outer walls at least partially surrounding said inner wall, and
- a top wall bridging said inner and outer walls, said peripheral, inner, and outer walls being spaced from one another and being generally parallel to one another, said outer walls terminating at a distance above said bottom edge of said inner wall;
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- fastening means for mounting said distribution body and said hollow glide body on said chute.
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