Material or article handling – Static receptacle and means for charging or discharging – or... – Charging or charge-distributing means
Patent
1978-02-21
1983-02-01
Sheridan, Robert G.
Material or article handling
Static receptacle and means for charging or discharging, or...
Charging or charge-distributing means
47 11, 198750, 222200, 222226, 414272, A01G 104, B65G 320, B65G 1528
Patent
active
043713050
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus is provided for depositing material, such as mushroom casing, on a horizontally moving belt from which the material is discharged to a surface beneath said belt. The material may be deposited first in a conveyor box which contains an element capable of moving the material in the box from one end of it to its other end, the said conveyor box having an outlet through which the material is passed to a distributing container. If preferred, the material may be deposited directly in the distributing box. This container also has in it means for moving the material from one of its ends to the other, as desired, in order to achieve a substantially uniform distribution in it of the material. The container has in it an outlet which comprises a slot of uniform gap. This gap is located in a position to be in delivery relationship with said moving belt. The gap is formed through the use of a cut-off plate that may be constructed of adjustable sections. The container also is equipped with a means to discharge the material through said gap onto said belt to form a layer thereon that is substantially uniform in its width and thickness. The discharging means used in getting a uniform layer comprises, in the main, the moving belt but the means for moving the material in the distributing box participate in the effective discharge. One end of the belt is fixed to a roller on which most of the belt is wound. The other end is fixed to a platform near and underneath the distributing box. As the belt moves forward horizontally, it is in effect unwinding, and the material on it falls off at the reversal point of the belt onto a surface, usually a prepared bed of compost.
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