Portable batch blending system
AssigneeCoronado Engineering, Inc.
InventorsThomas L. Westall, Thomas Nowak, David R. Griffith, Earl L. Maltbie, Curtis L. Crandall
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Abstract
A portable PVC resin blending system mounted in a semi-monocoque steel silo having multiple levels therein. The various components of the blending system are mounted within and attached to the silo and lifting lugs on the silo capable of lifting and tilting the silo from a vertical to a horizontal position for transportation and re-erection.
Claims15
A portable batch blending system for multiple dry ingredients comprising:
- a structural silo having multiple levels therein with the height of the silo being at least twice its width;
- structural floors attached to the silo defining the levels;
- a blending system vertically mounted within and attached to the silo including conventional receivers, airlocks, scales and at least one mixer, all of which are connected by tubes for gravity transfer of ingredients through the blending system;
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- lifting means on the silo capable of lifting and tilting the silo from a vertical to a horizontal position for transportation and re-erection.
In combination with a batch blending system of the type wherein conventional receivers, airlocks, scales and at least one mixer, all of which are connected by tubes for gravity transfer of ingredients through the blending system, the improvement which comprises:
- a structural silo having multiple levels therein with the height of the silo being at least twice its width;
- structural floors attached to the silo defining the levels;
- the blending system vertically mounted within and attached to the silo;
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- lifting means capable of lifting and tilting the silo from a vertical to a horizontal position for transportation and re-erection.
A method of providing a portable batch blending system comprising the steps of:
- mounting a conventional resin batch blending system at various levels in a structural silo;
- lifting the blending system containing silo and tilting it horizontal for transportation to the erection site;
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- lifting the silo and its blending system to a vertical position at its place of erection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.