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US 7,427,182 B2Granted
Agitator loading system
AssigneeIntray Consolidated Pty Ltd
InventorMichael N. Galijan
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Abstract
An agitator loading system for loading mixture ingredients, the system includes a loading bay, a delivery chute for delivering mixture ingredients from a storage area, and a dust containment apparatus for minimizing the dust dispersion during agitator loading. A method for loading an agitator from an agitator loading system is also described.
Claims21
An agitator loading system, including:
- a loading bay;
- a delivery chute for delivering mixture ingredients from a storage area to an agitator, which delivery chute comprises a longitudinally collapsible tubular sock attached at a bottom end and at an intermediate position to respective frame assemblies each suspended by a respective set of wire ropes from lifting means which is operable to lower and raise the frame assemblies between a fully retracted position of the chute and a fully extended position of the chute or a position in which said bottom end of the chute is partly retracted from said fully extended position;
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- a dust containment apparatus for minimizing the dust dispersion during agitator loading.
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An agitator loading system, comprising:
- a drive through loading bay;
- a delivery chute for delivering mixture ingredients from a storage area to an agitator, which delivery chute comprises a longitudinally collapsible tubular sock and lifting means operable to lower and raise the chute between a fully retracted position of the chute and one or more extended positions of the chute;
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- a dust containment apparatus for minimizing the dust dispersion during agitator loading which dust containment apparatus includes a dust hood and two doors for closing both ends of the loading bay, wherein each door is transparent to an extent to allow vision into the loading bay when the door is closed, is operable vertically and does not extend into or out of the loading bay.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.