Patent ID: 7959697
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A01D,B65G

Abstract:
1. A bulk loader comprising: a) a suction mechanism in communication with an air-particulates separating chamber for providing suction thereto, the suction for moving air and particulates into the air-particulates separating chamber; b) a separating mechanism disposed in the air-particulates separating chamber for separating the air from the particulates; c) an auger for conveying the particulates to a remote location from the air-particulates separating chamber, the auger being in communication with the air-particulates separating chamber by way of an auger opening in the air-particulates separating chamber; and, d) a screen positioned across a portion of the auger opening adapted to permit air to flow therethrough and adapted to prevent particulates disposed in the auger from being drawn therethrough back into the air-particulates separating chamber, wherein the screen is positioned across only a portion and not the whole portion of the auger opening.