Material or article handling – Device for emptying portable receptacle – Rotary cradle
Patent
1997-04-09
1999-09-14
Keenan, James W.
Material or article handling
Device for emptying portable receptacle
Rotary cradle
414420, 414424, 414642, 414645, B66F 912
Patent
active
059512300
ABSTRACT:
A self dumping hopper includes a base; a container having a pair of runners sized and configured to enable the container to rock upon the base, along a path and between a non-dumping rest position and a rearwardly angled dumping position; a guide assembly connected to either the base or the container, the guide assembly defining at least one guide path opening and being for engaging with a guide pin to restrain the container to rock within a desired path; at least one guide pin connected to the other of the base and the container and positioned to extend into and follow the at least one guide path opening; and, a latch mechanism connected to the base and container for releasable holding the container in the rest position, the latch mechanism having latched and unlatched positions and having a biasing assembly for urging the latch mechanism to the unlatched position when in the unlatched position.
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Bailey, Sr. Dann L.
Kruzick Kent
Galbreath, Inc.
Keenan James W.
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