Conveyor for particulate materials

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1993-06-15

1995-07-25

Huppert, Michael S.

Material or article handling

Self-loading or unloading vehicles

Successive handling means

1988363, 414503, 414523, 414537, 414920, B60P 136

Patent

active

054356890

ABSTRACT:
A conveyor for particulate material such as grain comprises a conveyor duct with an improved hopper section which has side walls which can fold down flat to allow passage over the hopper section of a vehicle. The conveyor is the type including a belt Which passes through a tube. The belt passes underneath the side walls of the hopper section to carry the material out of the hopper section. The side walls are mounted for pivotal movement about pins at a bottom edge of the side walls and are held in an upwardly and outwardly inclined position by springs. The structure is mounted on a base frame with ramps so that the vehicle can pass over the base frame and flatten the side walls, following which the side walls are pulled upwardly to the hopper position by the springs.

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patent: 2415013 (1947-01-01), Kubitz
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patent: 3939958 (1976-02-01), Pyles
patent: 4884937 (1989-12-01), Braunius
patent: 5154280 (1992-10-01), Mott

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