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US 6,685,060 B1Granted
Material handling apparatus
AssigneeMatcon (R&D) Limited
InventorCharles Lee
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AssigneeMatcon (R&D) Limited
InventorCharles Lee
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Material handling apparatus for gravity discharge of flowable particulate material through an outlet (2) of a container (3) (shown dashed) for such material which outlet (2) is normally obturated by a hollow cone valve member (4), the apparatus (1) comprising actuator means (5) having a flat surface (6) and being adapted to engage the cone valve member (2) adjacent the base (7) thereof for raising and lowering same whereby to provide that the interior volume of the cone valve member (4) remains substantially empty. In the embodiment, the apparatus (1) is a component of a materials handling system in the form of a discharge station “D”, which is fixed for example in the floor of a facility for transferring flowable material from a (transportable) IBC (3) to a process “P” such as mixing, blending, tableting the like which is below the discharge station D.
Material handling apparatus for gravity discharge of flowable particulate material through an outlet of a container of such material which outlet is normally obturated by a hollow cone valve member, and actuator means (5) adapted to engage the cone valve member (4) adjacent the base (7) thereof for raising and lowering same, characterized in that the actuator means (5) comprises an end plate member (6) adapted such that upon engagement with the cone valve member, the interior volume of the cone member (4) remains substantially empty,
Material handling apparatus for gravity discharge of flowable particulate material through an outlet of a container of such material, which outlet is normally obturated by a hollow cone valve member, and an actuator device (5) adapted to engage the cone valve member (4) adjacent the base (7) thereof for raising and lowering same, characterized in that the actuator device (5) comprises an end plate member (6) adapted such that, upon engagement with the cone valve member, the interior volume of the cone valve member remains substantially empty, said apparatus further comprising a cone valve member leveling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.