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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1986
Donald W Van Doorn, Columbus, GA (US);
James B Hawkins, Columbus, GA (US);
Francis W Carpenter, III, Columbus, GA (US);
Wilbur G Hudson, Columbus, GA (US);
Tommy W Webb, Columbus, GA (US);
William D Beeland, Columbus, GA (US);
Lummus Industries, Inc., Columbus, GA (US);
Abstract
A bin transport system for a fiber baling apparatus utilizes a plurality of portable upwardly opening bins which have openable bottoms. The bins are transported from a plurality of fiber filling stations to a single compression staton by a four-part transport means utilizing a dual carriage cross shuttle which moves the portable bins to and from positions adjacent the filling stations and the compression station. A pair of dedicated bin transporters are utilized to transport the bins such that one transporter delivers full bins from the filling stations to a position adjacent the compression station while the other transporter delivers empty bins from the compression station to a position adjacent each filling station.