Material or article handling – Vertically swinging load support
Patent
1989-11-03
1991-02-26
Spar, Robert J.
Material or article handling
Vertically swinging load support
222166, 53314, 414917, B65G 6900
Patent
active
049957813
ABSTRACT:
A movably mounted auxiliary hopper and a platform therefor are provided for discharging small articles contained in the container to a cooperably associated dispensing hopper mounted on the platform, the dispensing hopper being adapted to feed articles in an oriented position to a cooperably associated chute directed to a receiving station. The auxiliary hopper comprises a container having bottom, side and end walls and an open top for receiving a charge of small articles therein, the container being adapted to provide gravity flow of the articles to a discharge end of the container. A U-shaped trough extends from the discharge end of the container and which communicates with the interior of the container. A pair of legs is pivotally mounted to one side of the container and a complementary pair pivotally mounted on the other side thereof, the legs of the container extending to and being pivotally connected to the platform, such that the container forming the movable auxiliary hopper is capable of being moved to an upper position for discharging articles to the dispensing hopper and to a lower accessible position for charging articles to or to remove residual articles from the container.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1986864 (1935-01-01), Tolley
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patent: 4599035 (1986-07-01), Goodlad et al.
patent: 4824315 (1989-09-01), Naab et al.
Eller James T.
Spar Robert J.
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