Patent ID: 9718609
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B60P,B65D,B65G

Claim:
1. A proppant discharge system comprising: a plurality of proppant containers, each having a bottom, a pair of sidewalls, a pair of end walls, a top, an inlet positioned in the top, an outlet positioned in the bottom, and a gate affixed adjacent the outlet and positioned within a track so as to be movable within the track between a first position covering the outlet and a second position opening the outlet, the gate having a continuous surface so as to block the outlet when the gate is in the first position; and a support structure having a top surface and at least one actuator, each of the plurality of containers being removably positioned on the top surface on the support structure, the actuator being engageable with the gate of one or more of the plurality of containers so as to move the gate from the first position to the second position.