Patent ID: 6123224
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A system for conveying particulates, the system comprising:a trough adapted for receiving and holding the particulates being conveyed;means for oscillating said trough, said means for oscillating said trough comprising a piston within a cylinder, and means for delivering a fluid at an increasing rate and or pressure to the cylinder, the piston being connected to said trough so that the fluid delivered to the piston at the gradually increasing rate drives the piston to a desired speed; andmeans for rapidly decelerating said trough, so that particulates received in said trough may be accelerated to a desired speed by said means for oscillating said trough and then rapidly decelerated so that the momentum gained by said particulates received in said trough as said trough is accelerated allows the particulates to move relative to said trough when the trough is rapidly decelerated.