Cart for bulk filling intermodal containers

US6591875B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deere & Company · US

Inventors

• Richard David Zaun · West Des Moines, US
• Richard Wayne Hook · West Des Moines, US
• Bruce L. Warman · East Moline, US
• Gregory Knott · Davenport, US
• John Robinson · Eagan, US
• Christopher G. Kay · Cedar Rapids, US
• Mark Guterman · Eagan, US
• Dmitry Spivak · Eagan, US
• Thomas E. Sparrow · Hawley, US
• John Madson · Paynesville, US
• Jon Ambuehl · Hawley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G67/06
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cart for filling intermodal shipping containers with a bulk particulate material, such as grain, includes a hopper to receive the bulk material and a belt conveyor to deliver the material to the container. The conveyor is positioned external of the container and throws the material along an arcuate path to the opposite end of the container whereby the container is substantially filled without the need to extend the conveyor into the container. The cart is supported on wheels to be moved where needed. The cart can straddle a standard truck trailer carrying a container so that the container need not be removed from the trailer for filling. The conveyor height is variable to reach a container on a truck trailer or on the ground. The cart width can also be reduced for road transport.