Sioux Steel Company

Elliott Strain

Andrew Grass

John Steever

A system may include a bin sweep apparatus for moving particles across a floor surface of a storage bin with a forward side for orienting toward a primary direction of movement and a rearward side for orienting toward a secondary direction of movement for the sweep apparatus. The secondary direction may be oriented away from the primary direction. The sweep apparatus may include a housing segment and a paddle sweep assembly carried on the segment. The sweep assembly may include a plurality of interconnected paddles and an endless loop member on which the paddles are mounted. The sweep apparatus may be effective to move particles across the floor surface in the primary direction of movement and in the secondary direction of movement.

Bin sweep apparatus effective in two directions of movement

A system for moving particles across a floor surface of a storage bin having a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the floor surface. The system may comprise a bin sweep apparatus having an inboard end for locating toward to a central area of the bin and an outboard end for locating toward a peripheral area of the bin. The system may also comprise a peripheral sweeping apparatus configured to mount on the bin sweep apparatus to sweep particles on the floor surface adjacent to the peripheral wall toward the bin sweep apparatus. The peripheral sweeping apparatus may be mounted on the bin sweep apparatus toward the outboard end thereof.

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Sioux Falls, SD, United States of America

Elliott Strain