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Bulk bag unloading station

CA 1292717 C · Owner: Vac-U-Max · Inventors: Pendleton, Stevens P.; Worsfold, Herbert Alfred

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A bulk bag unloading station having a frame from which a bag containing powdery, granular or fibrous material and having a bottom spout, may be suspended; a base plate with an opening; and a mechanism above the base plate for intermittently shaking a bottom portion of the bag to aid the flow of material from the spout. The mechanism has a number of liftable petals actuated pneumatically.

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  • Granted December 3, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 3, 2008.
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FiledDecember 9, 1987
GrantedDecember 3, 1991
Term endedDecember 3, 2008
Patent numberCA 1292717 C
Classification (IPC)B65G65/23 +1 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedDec 9, 1987Patent grantedDec 3, 1991Term endedDec 3, 2008

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