Manually Initiated Discharge Patents (Class 177/72)
  • Receiver actuation system for opening a gate on a portable bulk material container
    Patent number: 10766693
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a discharge actuation apparatus that is configured to not only fully open and close a sliding gate of a bulk material container, but also move the gate pin to a neutral position with respect to a keeper slot of the bulk container and a receiver slot of the discharge actuation apparatus to ensure proper alignment of the receiver slot and the keeper slot with the gate pin of the bulk container to reduce the likelihood of damage to the receiver or the bulk container during the container's replacement on to the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Chapman Lucas, Wesley John Warren, Chad Adam Fisher