Patent ID: 9056731
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B30B,B60P,B65F,B65G

Abstract:
1. A system for packing bulk material in a transport container through an end opening of the transport container, which system comprises: a transfer base including proximate and distal ends and a container packer guide; a container packer including a proximate end, a distal end with an opening, opposite sidewalls, a floor and an interior adapted for receiving bulk material; said container packer being movable longitudinally along said container packer guide between a retracted position on said transfer base and an extended position extending at least partly from said transfer base distal end; a container packer drive connected to said transfer base and to said container packer and configured for moving said container packer between its extended and retracted positions; a material transfer assembly mounted in said container packer interior and configured for discharging bulk material through said container packer distal end opening; a material transfer assembly drive connected to said material transfer assembly and configured for operating said material transfer assembly; said material transfer assembly comprising a push blade assembly located in and affixed to said container packer and movable longitudinally between a refracted position closer to said container packer proximate end than said container packer distal end and an extended position closer to said container packer distal end than said container packer proximate end; said push blade assembly including a push blade extending transversely across said container packer interior; said transfer base being configured for placement with said transfer base distal end positioned adjacent to said transport container end opening; said transport container being configured for receiving at least a portion of said container packer with said container packer in its extended position; said push blade assembly being configured for extending and retracting between an extended position distally beyond said transfer base distal end and a retracted position within said container packer interior, said push blade assembly movement sequentially cooperating with said container packer movement whereby said push blade assembly is configured for compacting bulk material in said transport container; each said container packer sidewall including an interior face; said container packer including a pair of structural rails each mounted on a respective container packer sidewall interior face; and said push blade assembly further including at least a pair of rollers each engaging a respective container packer structural rail and configured for guiding said push blade through longitudinal movement between its extended and retracted positions.