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US RE32,798 EGranted
Method of material distribution and apparatus for use in the method
AssigneeNAT Shipping Bagging Services Limited
InventorsJan Van Der Wal, Gerardus L. Nederpel
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Abstract
A method of material distribution for distributing freeflowing material is provided which consists of transporting the material in bulk from one location to another, siting a mobile bagging apparatus at the second location, unloading the transported material into the bagging apparatus, and bagging the material for use. In a preferred arrangement the mobile bagging apparatus has a receiving hopper for material, a weighing and bagging machine for metering the material into bags in predetermined quantities by weight, and a stitching machine for closing the bags. The material is suitably transported in bulk by transport ship.
Claims14
A mobile bagging plant for bagging free-flowing material in bags, comprising:
- at least one transportable module of standard shipping container dimensions and being readily movable from a first site to a second site, said module being compatible with other like standardized containers so that said module is stackable on and among said other like containers;
- and
- a bagging apparatus housed in said module, said bagging apparatus including
- an inlet means for receiving the material and closable by a first valve means,
- weighing means including a receptacle having an inlet and an outlet, and means for measuring the weight of the material within the receptacle, said inlet of said receptacle being positioned to receive material from said inlet means,
- second valve means for closing said outlet,
- bag retention means for positioning bags under said outlet of said receptacle when said second valve means is opened and for removing the bags after the bags have been filled,
- control means for closing said first valve means and then opening said second valve means when the weight of the material in said receptacle reaches a predetermined weight such that predetermined weights of material are fed into the bags from said receptacle, and
- closure means for closing the bags after filling.
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A method of distributing free-flowing material, comprising the steps of:
- transporting free-flowing material in bulk and a bagging apparatus with weighing means and housed in at least one transportable module of standard shipping container dimensions from a second location to a first location, said module being compatible with other like standardized containers so that said module is stackable on and among said other like containers;
- siting said bagging apparatus at said first location;
- supplying the material to the bagging apparatus;
- weighing the material into batches of predetermined weight in said receptacle;
- positioning bags to receive the batches from said receptacle;
- and
- delivering the batches of material into the bags.
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A mobile bagging plant for bagging free-flowing material in bags, comprising:
- a first transportable module of standard shipping container dimensions and being readily movable from a first site to a second site, said first module being compatible with other like standardized containers so that said first module is stackable on and among said other like containers;
- a second transport module of standard shipping container dimensions and being readily movable from a first site to a second site, said second module being compatible with other like standardized containers so that said second module is stackable on and among said other like containers;
- a receiving hopper formed in said second module, said second module being interlockable with and positionable above said first module;
- and
- a bagging apparatus housed in said first module, said bagging apparatus including
- an inlet means for receiving the material from the receiving hopper and closable by a first valve means,
- weighing means including a receptacle having an inlet and an outlet, and means for measuring the weight of the material within the receptacle, said inlet of said receptacle being positioned to receive material from said inlet means,
- second valve means for closing said outlet,
- bag retention means for positioning bags under said outlet of said receptacle when said second valve means is opened and for removing the bags after the bags have been filled,
- control means for closing said first valve means and then opening said second valve means when the weight of the material in said receptacle reaches a predetermined weight such that predetermined weights of material are fed into the bags from said receptacle, and
- closure means for closing the bags after filling.
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A method of distributing free-flowing material, comprising the steps of:
- transporting free-flowing material in bulk, a bagging apparatus with weighing means and housed in a first transportable module of standard shipping container dimensions, and a receiving hopper formed in a second transportable module of standard shipping container dimensions, from a second location to a first location, said modules being compatible with other like standardized containers so that said modules are stackable on and among said other like containers;
- siting said bagging apparatus at said first location;
- locating the second transportable module above said first module;
- supplying the material to the receiving hopper;
- metering the material from the receiving hopper to the bagging apparatus;
- weighing the material into batches of predetermined weight in said receptacle;
- positioning bags to receive the batches from said receptacle;
- and
- delivering the batches of material into the bags.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.