System and method for handling containers of bulk particulate materials
AssigneeThe Young Industries, Inc.
InventorsJohn W. Pfeiffer, James E. Mothersbaugh, Anthony Boroch
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Abstract
A system for unloading a container of bulk particulate material, having attachment means for lifting the container and a spout for discharging material therefrom, generally consisting of an unloading apparatus including a material hopper, a mobile apparatus and a carrier member including an arrangement for detachably connecting a container thereto, an arrangement for detachably mounting on a mobile apparatus and an arrangement for detachably mounting on the unloading apparatus.
Claims37
A system for unloading a container of bulk particulate material, having attachment means at an upper end thereof for supporting said container in suspended relation, and a spout at a bottom end thereof for discharaing material therefrom comprising:
- an unloading apparatus including a support frame, a hopper mounted on said support frame and a single column mounted on said support frame and displaced laterally relative to said hopper;
- a mobile apparatus;
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- a carrier member having means for detachably connecting said container thereto in suspended relation, therewith, means for detachably mounting on said mobile apparatus and
- means for detachably mounting on said column in cantilever relation thereto, said carrier member having connecting means positioned so that upon detachably mounting said carrier member on said column, the spout of said container will be aligned with said hopper
- including a slide member mounted on said column, displaceable along a portion of the length thereof, means disposed on said slide member for detachably connecting said carrier member, and means operatively interconnecting said frame and said slide member for displacing said slide member along said column.
An apparatus for unloading a container detachably connected to a carrier member, holding a bulk particulate material and having a discharge spout, comprising:
- a support means
- a hopper mounted on said support means;
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- a single column mounted on said support means and displaced laterally relative to said hopper, having means for detachably connecting said carrier member thereon, disposed in cantilevered relation therewith
- including a slide member mounted on said column, displaceable along a portion of the length thereof, means disposed on said slide member for detachably connecting said carrier member, and means operatively interconnecting said support means and said slide member or displacing said slide member along said column.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.