Patent · US Expired

Bag dumping station vacuum

US5769572A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 1996
Grant dateJun 23, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G53/14
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bag dumping station for receiving particulate materials from rupturable bags or other portable containers is provided with a vacuum facility with a direct inlet to the hopper of the station and includes an ejector for providing motive gas for vacuum conveying particulate solids from a drum or spilled materials from broken bags.

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