Bulk bag discharge assembly including a conditioning assembly

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United States of America

PATENT NO 11230401
APP PUB NO 20160340071A1
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15207466

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A bulk bag discharge assembly comprising a main frame assembly and a bag conditioning assembly. The main frame assembly defines a bulk bag receiving region having a discharge support base structurally configured to receive a bulk bag thereon for discharging. The bag conditioning assembly comprises opposing conditioner frames, each having a proximal end, a distal end, and an impact face, and at a proximal end, pivotably coupled to the main frame assembly. A powered cylinder is pivotably coupled to the main frame assembly at a first end, and to the first conditioner frame at a second end. The conditioning assembly is structurally configured to impact a side of a bulk bag positioned on the discharge support base, without impacting a bottom of a bulk bag, wherein the distal end of the first conditioner frame is directed at least partially in an upward direction within the bulk bag receiving region.

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MATERIAL TRANSFER & STORAGE INC1214 LINCOLN ROAD P O BOX 218 ALLEGAN MI 49010-0218

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hofman, Thomas J Holland, US 5 24
Nyhof, Scott L Hamilton, US 9 62

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