Incinerator ash dumping container
OwnerRoger L. McIntyreinventor
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Abstract
A dumping container for collecting, transporting and dumping primarily ashes removed from an incinerator. A pair of pivoted fore and aft frame members, of hollow box like crossection engage the tines of a manual cable operated hoist. The cable hoist provides the mobility needed to transport the dumping container to the incinerator, elevate it to the open top receiving vessel, and provide tilting and dumping in cooperation with a pair of hooking members on the bottom of the dumping container and the pivotal action of the dumping container fore and aft frame members. An integral water spray bar, connectable to an external water supply, provides water to wet down the ashes during the removal operation.
Claims8
A self-emptying dumping apparatus to effect removal, transport and dumping of loose, particulate material such as ashes located at a bottom of a conventional incinerator, said apparatus comprising:
- a container of generally rectangular configuration including a generally flat bottom having a forward edge, a pair of vertical side walls having forward edges, a back wall, a partially open, top covering member, and an open, material receiving front end defined by said bottom and side wall forward edges, said open, top covering member enabling entry of an ash removing tool from above said container though a clean out opening whereby said particulate material may be removed through said clean out opening into said container by said ash removing tool;
- means for supporting said container with said bottom being normally rearwardly sloped when said container is resting upon a horizontal surface, to retain said removed particulate material within said container by gravity;
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- at least two pivoted frame members, extending fore and aft of said container bottom, being of hollow, boxlike construction, and dimensioned to receive tines of an otherwise conventional, manually operated cable hoist means, said manually operated cable hoist means being operable for lifting, transporting and emptying said container into an open receiving vessel, each said frame member being pivotally mounted on said container bottom, adjacent said bottom forward edge, to enable said container to be emptied into said open receiving vessel without disengaging said tines from said frame members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.