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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
May. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Horst Minor, Neukirchen-Vluyn, DE;
Bogdan A Galas, Randburg, ZA;
Assignee:
Krupp Fordertechnik GmbH, Essen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222 56 ; 222 58 ; 222 64 ; 222-1 ; 141196 ;
Abstract
A container, normally a vehicle such as a hopper car or truck, capable of holding a predetermined maximum weight and a predetermined maximum volume with a bulk material is filled by feeding a batch of the material from a supply to a bin, weighing the batch in the bin, and then feeding the batch from the bin to the container. The volume of the material in the bin is measured the feed of the material is controlled in accordance with the measured volume.
Minor, Horst. (1999). System for filling containers with bulk material (U.S. Patent No. 5957331). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5957331
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