Patent ID: 9011071
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for loading metal scrap material into an ISO standard-compliant shipping container having opposed inside walls, an internal width, an internal height and an external length, and securably mountable to a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a first component having opposing side walls having an external height less than the internal height of the ISO standard-compliant shipping container, the first component comprising a hopper for receiving the metal scrap material, the hopper comprising a bottom having an external width less than the internal width of the ISO standard-compliant shipping container, a first end and a second end positioned opposite said first end, an open top spanning from the first end to the second end, wherein the first end, the second end, the bottom and the side walls define a metal scrap material holding volume in the hopper, [which is substantial relative to a volume of the container,] and said hopper is fixed in position and oriented so as to enable said container to be backed into engagement with said hopper to thereby receive said hopper therein; a plate disposed within said hopper having a width just less than an internal width of said hopper, and configured to move between said first end and said second end of said hopper; and a driver configured for moving said plate between said first end and said second end to shift said material out of said hopper; wherein the side walls of the first component are dimensioned to extend into the container and to prevent the inside walls of the container from coming into contact with the metal scrap material when the metal scrap material is shifted out of the hopper and into the container.