Dispensing – With casing or support – Bracket or suspension supported
Patent
1998-09-10
1999-12-07
Kaufman, Joseph A.
Dispensing
With casing or support
Bracket or suspension supported
2221851, 222413, 414326, B67D 506, G01F 1120, B65G 100
Patent
active
059968524
ABSTRACT:
A material transport system for conveying water softener salt to a water softener brine tank located within a structure is disclosed. The material transport system includes a loading hopper having a removable lid that is secured to or adjacent a wall of the structure. Salt is fed into the upper end of the loading hopper and travels through the hopper to the lower end of the hopper where a downwardly sloping gravity feed sleeve is connected to the loading hopper. The feed sleeve is formed of a non-corrosive material and extends from the loading hopper through floors and walls of the structure to a lower level of the structure. At its lower end, the feed sleeve is connected to a storage hopper suspended in the lower level of the structure by a hanging framework attached to the underside of a floor of the structure located directly above the storage hopper. The feed sleeve is attached adjacent the upper end of the storage hopper, allowing the salt to migrate through the storage hopper to a dispensing spout connect to the lower end of the storage hopper. The dispensing spout is, in turn, connected to a feed mechanism located beneath the storage hopper. The feed mechanism includes a connecting sleeve forming the exterior of the mechanism and containing a feed system used to selectively dispense the salt from the feed mechanism through a tank sleeve connected between the feed mechanism and the water softener brine tank.
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Kaufman Joseph A.
Quinalty Keats
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