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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Wilson Trailer Company, Sioux City, IA (US);
Inventor:
Brett Plazek, Sioux City, IA (US);
Assignee:
WILSON TRAILER COMPANY, Sioux City, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 88/54 (2006.01); B65G 67/24 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 88/548 (2013.01); B65G 67/24 (2013.01); F16B 5/02 (2013.01); B65G 2203/02 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0319 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for enabling a commodity trailer having conventional gravity discharge slide gates to operate with a pneumatic discharge configuration on an as-needed basis is provided. A pneumatic discharge gate, which supports a pneumatic discharge assembly, is configured to directly replace the gravity fed hopper gate and to be retained on the same hopper structure that supported the slide gate so that the slide gate and the pneumatic discharge gate, and the uses thereof, are fully interchangeable.