Apparatus for assisting the discharge of slow-flowing bulk goods from containers

US5875935A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• GEI Consultants, Inc. · DE

Inventors

• Martin Koch · Neuenbürg, DE
• Günter Untch · Badenweiler, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 1997
• Grant date: Mar 2, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D88/66
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to promote a gravity flow of bulk goods through a discharge opening of a container, a vibratable body is arranged to project into the container through the discharge opening and is vibrated. The vibratable body is sandwiched between a tubular flexible piece and a tubular connecting flange which together define a passage aligned with the discharge opening. A vibrator vibrates the connecting flange, and the vibrations are transmitted therefrom to the vibratable body. Vibration of the vibratable body is permitted by the flexibility of the flexible piece.