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US 7,360,655 B2Granted
Material handling system having a scoop wheel
AssigneeThor Global Enterprises Ltd.
InventorThor J. Johannsen
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Abstract
A material handling system is provided. The material handling system includes a tank defining a reservoir for receiving a solid material, and a wheel including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart scoops for scooping solid material from the tank and subsequently discharging scooped solid material from the tank during rotation of the wheel.
Claims19
A material handling system, comprising:
- a reservoir for receiving material, the reservoir including an angled sidewall;
- a scoop wheel rotatably positioned within the reservoir substantially parallel to the sidewall to rotate about a wheel axis that is tilted relative to a horizontal reference, the scoop wheel being mounted to permit movement of the scoop wheel in directions both parallel to and perpendicular to the sidewall during rotation thereof and including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart scoops for scooping material from the reservoir tank and subsequently discharging scooped material from the reservoir during rotation of the scoop wheel about its wheel axis.
A material handling system, comprising:
- a support frame;
- a tank mounted to the support frame and having an angled side wall and a bottom wall, the tank defining a reservoir for receiving material;
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- a scoop wheel rotatably positioned within the tank substantially parallel to the side wall to rotate about a wheel axis that is tilted relative to a horizontal reference, the scoop wheel including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart scoops for scooping material from the tank and subsequently discharging scooped material from the side wall of the tank during rotation of the scoop wheel about its wheel axis, the scoop wheel being suspended from a drive belt with the side wall supporting some of the weight of the scoop wheel wherein the scoop wheel can float relative to the sidewall during rotation thereof.
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