Bulk handling apparatus
OwnerKeith Van Gorpinventor
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Abstract
A storage apparatus suitable for storing granular material in a large tank-like storage container into which material is introduced from an material inlet at a top of the storage container to pile up in a normal manner. A height adjustable leveling apparatus in the form of a rotary scraper is supported within the storage container which engages the uppermost portion of the heaped material and spreads it for leveling the upper surface of the material. Whereby the storage container may be filled to an upper level surface maximizing the useful volume of the storage container. Discharge from a central or peripheral port is likewise maximized by ensuring all material in the container to the discharge level is fed for reclamation.
Claims16
A storage apparatus suitable for storing bulk material, comprising:
- a storage container having a round perimeter wall, said round perimeter wall having an axis;
- a material inlet at a top of said storage container;
- a material outlet at a base of said storage container;
- a rotary scraper rotatable about said axis, said rotary scraper being capable of vertical motion, said rotary scraper including a plurality of radial arms which extend from an inner annular hub to an outer annular rim;
- a plurality of vertical adjustable mountings being disposed on an inner side of said round perimeter wall, each said vertical adjustable mounting moving vertically in tandem with each other to raise or lower said rotary scraper;
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- at least one drive apparatus being used to rotate said rotary scraper, a single said drive apparatus being mounted on at least one of said plurality of vertically adjustable mountings.
An apparatus for storing or blending bulk materials comprising:
- a material inlet disposed on a top of the bulk materials;
- at least one material outlet at a base of the bulk materials;
- a rotary scraper rotatable about an axis, said rotary scraper being capable of vertical motion, said rotary scraper including a plurality of radial arms which extend from an inner annular hub to an outer annular rim;
- a plurality of vertical adjustable mountings being disposed on a plurality of support towers, each said vertical adjustable mounting moving vertically in tandem with each other to raise or lower said rotary scraper;
- at least one drive apparatus being used to rotate said rotary scraper, a single said drive apparatus being mounted on at least one of said plurality of vertically adjustable mountings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.