Wig wag bin flow directors

US8061526B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventor

• Deane Henderson · Salmon Arm, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0282
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The flow director apparatus according to the present invention in such bins include a plurality of the flow directors which are pivotally mounted or mountable beneath said plurality of diverter gates and to said upper end of said frame so as to depend a free end of each flow director of said plurality of said flow directors downwardly from said upper end into an entrance cavity of said bin defined by said upper end of said frame. Each flow director is elongate and has a base end opposite said free end. Each flow director pivotally is mounted or mountable to said upper end of said frame at said base end of the flow director.