Invention Grant
US07988386B2 Split collar with offset hook and hinge hopper assembly 有权
带有偏置钩和铰链料斗组件的分体式轴环

  • Patent Title: Split collar with offset hook and hinge hopper assembly
  • Patent Title (中): 带有偏置钩和铰链料斗组件的分体式轴环
  • Application No.: US12364643
    Application Date: 2009-02-03
  • Publication No.: US07988386B2
    Publication Date: 2011-08-02
  • Inventor: David E. Sisk
  • Applicant: David E. Sisk
  • Applicant Address: US MO Park Hills
  • Assignee: Bulk Tank, Inc.
  • Current Assignee: Bulk Tank, Inc.
  • Current Assignee Address: US MO Park Hills
  • Agent Paul M. Denk
  • Main IPC: B65G53/46
  • IPC: B65G53/46
Split collar with offset hook and hinge hopper assembly
Abstract:
A mounting assembly uses one hinge and one cam bolt mutually offset upon a two piece collar. A hopper tee has a member usually a vertical pipe and occasionally a horizontal pipe that connects to a hopper flange to receive bulk material. This assembly has two collars that mutually engage and surround a hopper flange. Pins pass through the collar pieces and the hopper flange then secure to tapped holes in the collar pieces to prevent rotation. A collar piece mounts a hook bolt and the other collar piece mounts a hinge in a spaced apart and offset manner. The other collar piece has a pivotal connection to a hinge arm and opposite the hinge arm, the hook bolt engages a cam. Opening the cam unfolds the tee downwardly while the hook bolt remains engaged. This partially open position allows for removal and installation of a valve. In opening and closing the assembly, the hinge arm spaces the flange below a hopper to admit a valve. The present invention fits standard hopper tee flanges, has a ground clearance below the horizontal member of at least 7 inches, and aids in the unloading of bulk materials.
Public/Granted literature
Information query
Patent Agency Ranking
0/0