Method for evacuating a storage silo for bulk goods, E.G. cereal grain, and an evacuation conveyor thereto
US6299387A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 23, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D88/72
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A conveyor comprises perforation bands arranged in the floor of a storage space. Some of the bands emit an air stream that in quantity or pressure differs from the air stream in the remaining bands and have apertures with a larger flow area than the apertures in the remaining bands. The larger apertures are provided: along with a first perforation band placed in the middle of a sector of the floor and extending across the entire sector; along one further band arranged on one side of the first band with a shorter extension than in the first band; and in portions of bands which portions are closest to the walls of the storage space.
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