Material or article handling – Static receptacle and means for charging or discharging – or... – Charging or charge-distributing means
Patent
1993-08-12
1995-04-04
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Static receptacle and means for charging or discharging, or...
Charging or charge-distributing means
414299, 193 23, 239687, B65G 6532
Patent
active
054031419
ABSTRACT:
A grain spreader apparatus for use with a silo that has a top and side walls includes a housing with an inlet portion for receiving grain to be stored in the silo and an exit portion communicating with a plurality of chutes. The spreader apparatus has a housing that includes a rotating and a non-rotating portion. The non-rotating portion is affixed to the top of the silo. A motor drive rotates the rotating portion of the housing about a vertical axis of rotation. The plurality of chutes include radially positioned chutes that are arranged along a common radial line, with each lower chute being of a smaller thickness than the previous chute. In this fashion, grain falling from the highest chute is divided into one portion that is received by the lower chute and another portion that falls freely to the floor of the silo. The plurality of chutes are arranged in differing distances from the axis of rotation so that grain falls to the floor of the silo in multiple concentric portions, providing for an even distribution of the grain on the silo floor.
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Bucci David A.
Eller James
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