HOPPER FOR GRANULAR MATERIALS Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC B65D88/54 B65D88/66 

FIELD: storage.

SUBSTANCE: hopper for granular materials contains a housing, rectangular upper part of which has vertical walls. Lower part includes inclined walls forming outlet hole. In the housing there is a material flow stimulator made in the form of a flexible sheet having the shape of a body section equipped with horizontal pins attached to it from both planes in staggered order. Device for supporting the stimulator is fixed on the bogies to double bars and is connected to the stimulator drive with ropes, discharge units and limit switches. In lower part weights are suspended on ropes and off-set blocks. Material flow stimulator in the upper part of the hopper is articulated via spring resilient links with the device for its maintenance and with the traveling beam of the overhead crane of the stimulator with vibrators installed symmetrically in relation to the vertical axis.

EFFECT: invention provides increased intensification of the process of caving in the hopper.

1 cl, 5 dwg