Patent ID: 7850047
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A system for transporting a measured amount of a bulk material from a first site to a remote receptacle, comprising: means for holding a mass of said material to be transported to said receptacle; means for transporting said material from said holding means to said receptacle; means for injecting a gas under pressure into said transporting means for pneumatically conveying material received from said holding means to said receptacle, operable in continuous or intermittent modes; means for sensing the net weight of said receptacle; and a programmable logic controller operatively connected to said sensing means and said injecting means, programmed to operate responsive to a weight of said receptacle up to a first weight for operating said injection means in said continuous mode, a weight of said receptacle between said first weight and up to a second weight greater than said first weight for operating said injection means in said intermittent mode and to said second weight for discontinuing said injection means.