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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph W Connelly, Creston, IA (US);
Clive R Barlow, Foster City, CA (US);
Clark K Benson, Millbrae, CA (US);
Assignee:
Heat and Control, Inc., So. San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414298 ; 414299 ; 414300 ;
Abstract
Rows of rectangular bins for crop storage have open tops along which an overhead shuttle carriage moves for filling the bins one at a time. An auger on the carriage removes the contents from the incoming conveyor belt for deposit in an assigned bin. An array of declined baffles positioned in the path of the falling product buffers the fall. A product support over the discharge auger minimizes the product bridging effect between the vertical walls of the bin.