Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular storage bin sweep system
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Application No.: US15440345Application Date: 2017-02-23
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Publication No.: US10676294B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Joe Harrenstein , Brian Schuelke , Leroy B. Stumpe , Eric Schuld
- Applicant: SIOUX STEEL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US SD Sioux Falls
- Assignee: Sioux Steel Company
- Current Assignee: Sioux Steel Company
- Current Assignee Address: US SD Sioux Falls
- Agency: Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, PC
- Agent Jeffrey A. Proehl
- Main IPC: A01F25/20
- IPC: A01F25/20 ; B65G65/42 ; B65G65/48 ; B65G19/08 ; B65G65/28

Abstract:
A modular storage bin sweep system utilizing paddles to sweep particulate matter across a floor may comprise a sweep assembly including at least two units connectable together. The assembly may comprise a plurality of interconnected paddles, a power unit configured to the paddles, a drive unit configured to move the sweep assembly with respect to a surface of the bin below the sweep assembly. In some embodiments, a traction enhancement structure may increase traction of the drive unit on the floor. In some embodiments, a pivot unit is configured to permit a degree of pivotability of the axes of the units with respect to each other, and may be combined with a drive unit. In some embodiments, the power unit includes a rotary electrical power transfer structure configured to transfer electrical power to the power unit when rotating in the bin.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170158443A1 MODULAR STORAGE BIN SWEEP SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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