Conveyors: fluid current – Intake to fluid current conveyor – Load receptacle type
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-02
2011-08-02
Dillon, Jr., Joe (Department: 3651)
Conveyors: fluid current
Intake to fluid current conveyor
Load receptacle type
C406S144000, C285S365000, C285S133110
Reexamination Certificate
active
07988386
ABSTRACT:
A mounting assembly uses one hinge and one cam bolt mutually offset upon a two piece collar. A hopper tee has a member usually a vertical pipe and occasionally a horizontal pipe that connects to a hopper flange to receive bulk material. This assembly has two collars that mutually engage and surround a hopper flange. Pins pass through the collar pieces and the hopper flange then secure to tapped holes in the collar pieces to prevent rotation. A collar piece mounts a hook bolt and the other collar piece mounts a hinge in a spaced apart and offset manner. The other collar piece has a pivotal connection to a hinge arm and opposite the hinge arm, the hook bolt engages a cam. Opening the cam unfolds the tee downwardly while the hook bolt remains engaged. This partially open position allows for removal and installation of a valve. In opening and closing the assembly, the hinge arm spaces the flange below a hopper to admit a valve. The present invention fits standard hopper tee flanges, has a ground clearance below the horizontal member of at least 7 inches, and aids in the unloading of bulk materials.
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Bulk Tank, Inc.
Denk Paul M.
Dillon, Jr. Joe
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