Abstract: A silo filling apparatus includes a fill tube for discharging a stream of silage along a flow path into a silo, a silage spreader adapted to undergo movement between operating and non-operating positions for causing and ceasing distribution of silage in the silo, and a flow diverter mechanism having a base and swivel vane rotatably mounted to the base. The base is adapted to undergo movement between retracted and extended positions in which correspondingly the base is displaced from and disposed along the flow path of the silage stream. The swivel vane is disposed in the flow path of the silage stream, when the base is disposed in the extended position, and can undergo rotational movement in opposite directions for selectively diverting silage to one side or the other side of the flow path to level off a top of a silage column.

Abstract: A hose fitting for filling tank cars comprising a t-shaped pipe defining a bore therethrough, the t-shaped pipe comprising a body member with one or more pairs of opposingly directed tubular legs, and an intermediate leg extending substantially perpendicular from the body member, the intermediate leg comprising an intermediate leg end adapted to couple with a hose; and one or more tube extensions for coupling with the tubular legs, each of the one or more tube extensions connected to one of the tubular legs by a connecting wire so that the tube extensions remain connected to the tubular legs when the tube extensions are uncoupled from the tubular legs. A method for filling tank cars with pellet-shaped particles is also provided, the method comprising transporting the t-shaped pipe to the roof of a tank car, the tank car roof having one or more openings for receiving materials.

Abstract: A storage apparatus suitable for storing granular material in a large tank-like storage container into which material is introduced from an material inlet at a top of the storage container to pile up in a normal manner. A height adjustable leveling apparatus in the form of a rotary scraper is supported within the storage container which engages the uppermost portion of the heaped material and spreads it for leveling the upper surface of the material. Whereby the storage container may be filled to an upper level surface maximizing the useful volume of the storage container. Discharge from a central or peripheral port is likewise maximized by ensuring all material in the container to the discharge level is fed for reclamation.

Abstract: A stone metering system for a railroad track maintenance vehicle providing improved accuracy in stone delivery. The system includes a surge hopper, a number of metering augers, and a corresponding number of splitters. The metering augers convey ballast stones from the surge hopper to the corresponding splitters, which divide the stones evenly between a number of blow tubes. The pitch of the auger screw flights is increased from the inlet end of the screw to "expand" the stone and reduce the production of fines. In addition, the diameter of the final screw flight is reduced at the outlet end of the auger to provide a consistent and even flow of stone into the splitters. The splitters are dynamically adjustable to provide even distribution between the blow tubes regardless of the cant to the rails. The desired amount of stone is delivered to the tubes by rotating the auger screw the number of full or partial revolutions associated with the amount.

Abstract: A multi-slot closed type powerful garbage compression structure including a housing, an inner cylinder internally provided with guide plates and being inclined forwardly, and a push bar behind the inner cylinder. The housing is provided with four slots at a rear section adapted to receive garbage, and a garbage outlet at a front end, the outlet being provided with a slide plate, and a waste water receiving trough at a bottom side. When garbage is dumped into the housing via the slots, the push bar rotates to push the garbage into the inner cylinder which rotates to compress the garbage. When the garbage inside the inner cylinder is full, the push bar may prevent reverse flow of the garbage. By the use of both the push bar and the guide plates inside the inner cylinder, better compression effects are achievable to reduce garbage storage space and eliminate use of hydraulic cylinders and thrust devices.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to packaging and storage containers suitable particularly for the packaging and storage, with optimum filling, of remote-handled hazardous waste; a process for filling the containers; and the implementation of the process for the packaging and storage of compacted nuclear waste. The containers are equipped inside, along one or more axial walls, over substantially the whole of their height h, with locking elements capable of undergoing elastic radial deformation on direct contact with the products introduced therein, the locking elements allowing the introduction and movement of products inside the containers only when force is applied to the products.

Abstract: A loading apparatus for bulk material includes a loading tube having a longitudinal axis, an outer tube surface, an inner tube surface and a material discharge end; a deflection body having an outer body surface and being arranged generally coaxially with the loading tube at the material discharge end thereof. The deflection body is situated partially inside and partially outside of the loading tube. The outer body surface and the inner tube surface together define an annular channel surrounding the longitudinal axis. The outer body surface and the inner tube surface each has a terminal peripheral portion together defining a circumferential, deflecting and accelerating duct forming part of the annular channel and terminating in an annular outlet slot surrounding the longitudinal axis. The terminal peripheral portion of the outer body surface is oriented away from the longitudinal axis such as to effect a radially outward flow of the bulk material from the loading tube.

Abstract: An air permeable pad to help load a bulk cargo into or unload a bulk cargo from a cargo container including a body and a hose. The body, in turn, includes a first, gas permeable layer and a second, gas impermeable layer. The two layers of the body are connected together and form an interior and a seal extending around that interior. The hose is connected to the body of the pad in communication with the interior thereof to conduct gas into or out from that interior. In use, one or more of these pads is installed in or on a cargo container or vehicle to help load a bulk cargo into the container and/or to help unload a bulk cargo from the container. More specifically, to help load a bulk cargo into a container, air is drawn from that cargo, via the air permeable pads and associated hoses, to compact the cargo therein, reducing the volume of space occupied by a given mass of the bulk cargo.

Abstract: A system and method for loading particulate material into a dispenser. This system includes a dispenser for receiving and dispensing particulate material, and a deflection assembly to deflect particulate material fed into the dispenser. The deflection assembly is located adjacent an inlet of the dispenser, and includes a deflection cone and a plurality of outside fins or ribs. In use, a supply of a particulate material is directed onto the deflection cone, and this cone and the ribs connected thereto then direct that material outward and around the interior of the dispenser.

Abstract: In a loading system for containers, tank vehicles, or other containers that can be flange-mounted to the discharge hopper of a silo, with a tube slide, the inner casing of a double-walled dump pipe that is secured to the discharge hopper is used as a guide for this tube slide. The loading system is arranged beneath this discharge hopper. Apart from the closed position and the dump position, the tube slide can also be locked in a flushing position by means of an operating system. The lower end of the tube slide is configured as an opener for a closing plate of the filler opening of the container or the like that can be closed by the action of a spring.

Abstract: A device for depositing particulate matter into a storage silo having a system of containers which are alternately filled at the top of said silo and lowered into said silo where the particulate matter is deposited, free falling only a short distance onto the top of previously deposited particulate matter. In a second embodiment, the particulate matter is deposited onto a conveyor having containers formed thereon, transporting said particulate matter down into said silo and depositing said particulate matter onto a second conveyor which distributes particulate matter onto the previously deposit particulate matter, said second conveyor being maintained at a certain height above the level of the previously deposited particular matter.

Abstract: A grain storage device is provided with an outer retaining wall which extends about a lower base. In the center of the retaining wall is a vertically-extending aeration tower which has a central, hollow interior through which air may be supplied for flow into grain which is piled in a generally conical pile beneath a vertically movable cover of flexible material which is raised and lifted along the tower as the pile beneath grows. To uniformly distribute the grain to have a symmetrically even pile, there is provided a distributor means on the tower which has the plurality of discharge ports which have valves for selectively controlling the size of the openings through the ports so as to control the amount of grain flowing about the tower and in different directions. Preferably, a deflecting means in the form of troughs are also used to deflect the streams at different angles so that to provide more uniform and symmetry for the pile being formed.

Abstract: Modular apparatus for mixing, storing, metering and dispensing flowable materials wherein the modules constitute standard containers for shipment of bulk and other goods and the containers confine and/or support various material treating units. The apparatus can treat and/or store two or more different types of flowable material which are stored separately or in admixture to one another. The containers can be assembled into a group which contains superimposed horizontal and/or upright containers.

Abstract: This invention relates to a dust suppressing device for use in the discharge of granular bulk materials, such as crushed rock, ore, and the like, for example, during the loading of such material onto a transport vehicle such as a ship. The device comprises(a) a central hopper;(b) a first outer tubular member, coaxially disposed and concentrically spaced outward with respect to the hopper; and(c) a second tubular member coaxially disposed and concentrically spaced outward with respect to the hopper and the first tubular member. The spacing between the central hopper and the first tubular member and the spacing between the first and second tubular members are such as to provide alternate path for the discharge of granular material when the flow rate of the granular material into the hopper exceeds the capacity of the hopper.

Abstract: A particle deflector located between a particle feed stream of dissimilar particles and a collection receptacle. The deflector has a deflector surface facing the on coming particle feed stream. The particles are deflected by the surface and are collected in the receptacle. The surface defined by the collected particles is substantially flat and the dissimilar particles do not segregate.

Abstract: Apparatus for charging materials under compression into a receptacle, from a hopper, with the aid of charging and compressing means displaceable on guides, by means of actuating units, particularly jacks, characterized in that the charging and compressing means are constituted by two components (1,6) hinged (3) to one another at the lower end of an upper component (6).

Abstract: A tobacco harvester discharge system is provided for uniformally distributing tobacco leaves into a tobacco bin. A set of rolls positioned over the discharge intercepts a substantial portion of the discharged tobacco leaves and directs them radially outward over the width of the bin. A fan located below the discharge blows air under the discharged tobacco leaves to extend the trajectory of the leaves over the length of the bin by a distance roughly proportional to the flow rate of air from the fan from time to time. The flow rate is controlled in a predetermined pattern to obtain uniform distribution of the discharged leaves over the bin.

Abstract: An apparatus for distributing particulate material includes a feeder having a charging inlet and a discharge outlet duct having converging walls. Coaxially aligned with the discharge outlet duct is a deflector including a first spreader having diverging outer walls, and a second spreader contiguous with the diverging walls of the first spreader and having diverging walls of an angular inclination to the direction of flow of the particulate material greater than that of the first spreader. The charging inlet may have attached thereto an extension and an expansion chamber into which a feed pipe projects, the expansion chamber and the feed pipe being external to a receiving vessel. The particulate material may be fed into the feeder entrained in air. The material leaving the second spreader is uniformly distributed and may form a hollow curtain of uniformly distributed particulate material. The curtain may fall into a spray mixing vessel, and a circular baffle may contain the curtain.

Abstract: Apparatus for transferring solid particles to a receptacle comprises a primary loading tube (2) containing at its lower end an annular gas supply chamber (3) coaxially aligned within it. The innermost surface of the annular chamber (3) forms a secondary loading tube (6) which has a Coanda surface (12) at its lower end. A slot (11) is provided between the innermost surface of the gas supply chamber (3) and the Coanda surface (12) to form a Coanda nozzle.The apparatus is particularly suitable for use in loading catalyst to a reactor and achieving a high packing density with a low voidage.In use, particles falling near the center of the primary loading tube are entrained and separated by gas emerging from the Coanda nozzle and have a high velocity imparted to them.

Abstract: In a grader device grain is fed down a slide which ejects the grain outwardly and forwardly into an airstream. The slide is provided by a resilient flexible sheet, the contour and inclination of which is adjusted by a plurality of support rods against which the sheet presses and the positions of which are adjustable. A plurality of transverse collecting troughs with adjustable baffles, receive the separated grains according to the weight thereof with the top quality grain being heaviest, collecting in the forward trough. A suction fan extracts dust before it reaches the main airstream and diverts it into a cyclone or the like. Accurate airstream control is achieved by a plurality of adjustable wind boards strategically situated within the grader device.

Abstract: A storage silo, for agricultural products and the like is provided, particularly adapted for use with silos of the bottom unloader type, and which are filled through a fill pipe extending from about ground level, to the upper end of the silo. A particularly unique connection is provided between the top and bottom of the silo, for substantially eliminating a pressure differential between the top and bottom that could otherwise have adverse affects on the silage upon filling at the side. The interconnection between the top and the bottom is through the silo fill pipe, and a vent line, and additionally may be provided for including silage gas bags in common interconnection with the fill pipe. The bottom end of the fill pipe is telescopically extendable for attachment to a silage blower, and a closure for the bottom end of the fill pipe is adapted to sealingly close the fill pipe with the telescopically extendable member within the fill pipe.

Abstract: Refuse compaction apparatus includes a hopper with two opposite side walls and with two shafts, one in each side wall. A torque tube is disposed on the first shaft for rotation and is independent of the second shaft and is constructed to withstand high forces. A packer panel is constructed to transmit torque and to withstand twisting moments. The packer panel may be provided with an elliptical configuration in cross-section with the major axis of the ellipse extending toward the torque tube. Means couple the packer panel to the torque tube in a rigidified relationship to rotate the packer panel with the torque tube. Means also mount the packer panel on the second shaft in a stiffening relationship. A second packer panel may be disposed in the hopper for movement with the first packer panel and for independent movement relative to the first packer panel.

Abstract: In successive cycles of movement of packing panel means in a hopper, refuse is stuffed at high pressures into a progressively narrowed throat in the hopper and is churned, fragmented and compacted during such stuffing operation. At positions beyond the throat, the refuse is directed at reduced pressures through the passage into a storage body. When the pressure of the refuse in the passage reaches a particular value, a servo obtains the movement of an ejection panel in a direction to relieve such pressure. A retainer panel is movable, in accordance with the cyclic movement of the packing panel means through the hopper, between a first position opening the passage and a second position closing the passage and is disposed in the first position to define an extension of the passage. A distance accommodating human fingers is provided between the edge on the packing panel means and a curved inner surface in the hopper at a point adjacent to a sill in the hopper.

Abstract: In successive cycles of movement of packing panel means in a hopper, refuse is stuffed at high pressures into a progressively narrowed throat in the hopper and is churned, fragmented and compacted during such stuffing operation. At positions beyond the throat, the refuse is directed at reduced pressures through the passage into a storage body. When the pressure of the refuse in the passage reaches a particular value, a servo obtains the movement of an ejection panel in a direction to relieve such pressure. A retainer panel is movable, in accordance with the cyclic movement of the packing panel means through the hopper, between a first position opening the passage and a second position closing the passage and is disposed in the first position to define an extension of the passage. A distance accomodating human fingers is provided between an edge on the packing panel means and a curved inner surface in the hopper at a point adjacent to a sill in the hopper.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for tension mooring an offshore platform having a deck and a plurality of buoyancy columns. An anchor system is initially installed upon the bed of a body of water. Permanent mooring lines are then connected to the anchor system and extend upwardly for support by a buoyancy system located below a lowest portion of the offshore platform and a zone of high oxygen content water adjacent the surface of the body of water. Sacrificial mooring lines are connected to an upper portion of the buoyancy system and extend upwardly through internal conduits with the plurality of bouyancy columns of the floating platform. In the event one of the sacrificial mooring lines becomes damaged the line may be selectively released from the buoyancy system, drawn up through a corresponding interior column and replaced from the deck of the platform.

Abstract: An asphalt mixture storage bin in which an anti-segregation device is incorporated to eliminate the segregation of large aggregate pieces in a uniformly blended asphalt mixture as the mixture is transferred to a storage bin. The anti-segregation device is constructed of plate steel and is rolled and welded into a frustrum of a cone and suspended in the stream of aggregate discharging from a conveyor. The arrangement causes the material to form a small central conical pile and an uneven but conically peaked series of deposits forming a donut-like configuration around the central conic pile.

Abstract: A glass melting furnace, especially fully electrically heated glass melting furnace, comprising a wall of refractory material, said wall being circular or having the configuration of a regular polygon, and wherein a supporting frame is provided at the exterior side thereof, comprising a cover or roof of refractory material being supported by overlying tierods or beams including wheels travelling on an annular or circular track rail and permitting said roof to be rotated in a horizontal plane; bin means and conveyor means for feeding the batch material into at least one hopper positioned on said roof; and bin means and conveyor means for the controlled supply of the batch material from said hopper or hoppers into a slot or into openings formed in the refractory material of said roof with different radial spacings from the axis of rotation.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for distributing a downwardly flowing stream of water-containing glass batch agglomerates in such fashion that the stream is diverted so as to form a bed of substantially uniform height on an agglomerate-supporting bottom wall of an enclosed chamber. There is contemplated the use of plural members for this purpose, including a first member, preferably in the shape of a tubular-like, right frusto-conical member and disposed internally thereof a second member, preferably in the form of a right, frusto-pyramidal member.

Abstract: A fluidized-bed seal, formed by a vertical vessel divided with a baffle into two parts, closed at the upper end and having a fluidization grid situated at the lower end of the vessel, two vertical pipes which extend into the upper part of the vessel for inlet and outlet of particles and two pipes situated in the upper part of the vessel for inlet of secondary fluid, the cross sectional area of the fluidization grid being from 30 to 100% of the cross sectional area of the upper part of the vessel. The pipes for the inlet and outlet of particles extend into the upper part of the vessel from one to about three diameters of the pipes. The fluidized-bed seal can be used for continuous transport of cracking catalyst into the fluidization reactor.

Abstract: A device for moving bulk material collected along the length of a chute to a container located outside and below one end of the chute, comprises in combination a scraper means which is brought to reciprocate along the chute the scraper means being arranged to transport the bulk material during its forward motion against said container, the arrangement being such that the scraper means is adapted to project cantilever-wise outside the chute before its forward motion is concluded, means being provided to let the scraper means be lowered during the end period of the forward motion to a level below the chute, further means being arranged to place the scraper means in a position where it will be free during the return movement away from the container to move at a level above material residing in the chute and thereby not moving the the bulk material in both directions.

Abstract: A molding sand feeding device including a first molding sand distribution mechanism constructed of a plurality of partition and bottom or end plates so as to define a plurality of molding sand distribution passages which are in parallel with each other and are inclined downward at angles to the vertical and alternately in the opposite directions, a second molding sand distribution mechanism disposed immediately below the first sand molding distribution mechanism and comprised of a pair of distribution plates assembled in the form of an inverted V so that the molding sand discharged from the first distribution mechanism may be distributed into two flows in opposite directions, and a third molding sand distribution mechanism which is substantially similar in construction to the second distribution mechanism and which is disposed at right angles to the second mechanism so that the molding sand discharged from the second distribution mechanism may be distributed into two flows in opposite directions.