Bulk cargo handling method
CA 1206909 A · Owner: Walsh, Myles A. · Inventors: Walsh, Myles A.
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A method is disclosed which facilitates the handling of bulk cargos of minerals (particularly coal) agricultural and forest products and their unloading from a storage or shippng container. In accordance with the disclosed method the bulk material is coated with a release agent in a peripheral zone surrounding its mass in areas adjacent the interior wall surfaces of the container. To form such a zone of bulk material coated with release agent, that area of the bulk material is continuously sprayed or dusted with a release agent during loading. Preferably the interior surfaces of the container are likewise coated with a release agent, either prior to loading or simultaneous with the coating …
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- Granted July 2, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 2, 2003.
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