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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2019
Air-cure Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael R. Harris, Andover, MN (US);
Air-Cure Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A truck dumper including a material receiving hopper, a tilt table configured to dump a load from the truck or truck trailer into the material receiving hopper. The invention includes a stilling shed positioned above the material receiving hopper and at least one curtain baffle suspended below the roof of the stilling shed. The curtain baffles are positioned such that there is a gap located near the roof and an upper margin of the at least one curtain baffle through which air can flow. The invention further includes an air exhaust structure configured to exhaust dust laden air from the interior of the stilling shed.