Horizontal rotating drum with elevated discharge
AssigneeKSi Conveyors, Inc.
InventorsTerry N Kaeb, Todd William Kaeb, Paul Arthur Kaeb
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Abstract
A rotating drum with elevated discharge chute to lower the height requirement of a stacked seed treatment system. The height requirement of stacked seed treatment systems can be lowered by elevated the discharge point of the treated seed without requiring additional expense transfer components. The elevated discharge drum incorporates a series of lifting flights at the discharge end of the drum. These flights elevate the seed onto a discharge chute, which facilitates transfer to the discharge conveyor.
Claims12
An apparatus for decreasing the clearance height requirement of a stacked treater system, the apparatus comprising:
- a. a horizontal rotating drum that mixes and dries treated seed with an inlet end and a discharge end;
- b. the horizontal rotating drum has an inlet opening in the inlet end for receiving seed from an inlet chute;
- c. the horizontal rotating drum has a discharge opening in the discharge end;
- d. a discharge chute disposed within the discharge opening;
- e. a series of lifting flights disposed at the discharge end of the horizontal rotating drum that elevates the dried seed into the discharge chute and are capable of lifting the dried seed while the horizontal rotating drum rotates in either direction;
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- f. the discharge chute discharges dried seed from the horizontal rotating drum at a higher point than the inlet chute receives seed into the horizontal rotating drum.
An apparatus for transferring seed from a horizontal rotating drum to a discharge conveyor, the apparatus comprising:
- a. a horizontal rotating drum that mixes and dries treated seed with a discharge end;
- b. the horizontal rotating drum has an inlet opening in the inlet end for receiving seed from an inlet chute;
- c. the horizontal rotating drum having a discharge opening in the discharge end;
- d. one or more lifting flights capable of lifting the dried seed while rotating in either direction and disposed at the discharge end of the horizontal rotating drum;
- e. a discharge chute that is disposed within the discharge opening;
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- f. the series of lifting flights elevate the dried seed onto the discharge chute.
A method for decreasing the clearance height requirement of a stacked treater system, the method comprising:
- a. positioning a horizontal rotating drum on a frame, where the horizontal rotating drum has an inlet end and a discharge end;
- b. receiving treated seed into the inlet end of the horizontal rotating drum;
- c. drying the treated seed in the horizontal rotating drum;
- d. rotating a series of lifting flights that are disposed at the discharge end of the horizontal rotating drum;
- e. elevating the dried seed onto a discharge chute with the series of lifting flights;
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- f. discharging the dried seed through a discharge opening in the discharge end for discharging seed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.