Patent ID: 11970345
Assignee: S-M ENTERPRISES, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An adjustable guide system for a bucket elevator, comprising:
a head housing with an interior space, a first opening adapted for receiving particulate material to be dispensed from a bucket elevator and a second opening adapted for discharging the particulate material;
an adjustable guide member disposed at least partially within the interior space for guiding the particulate material to the second opening;
a plurality of shafts connected to the adjustable guide member;
a plurality of actuators, wherein each of the plurality of shafts has a proximal end portion pivotably connected to a portion of the adjustable guide member at a spaced apart location and a distal end portion coupled to one of the plurality of actuators, and wherein each of the plurality of actuators is adapted to independently selectively cause one shaft of the plurality of shafts to adjust a position of the adjustable guide member; and
a remote control adapted to remotely control the plurality of actuators to selectively extend and retract the plurality of shafts to selectively adjust the position of the adjustable guide member in relation to the head housing.