Patent ID: 7028824
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A system for delivery of dry bulk material, the system comprising: a downspout, having a top side, a bottom side, a right side and a left side, an inlet end and an outlet end, the downspout for receiving in the inlet end, carrying, and discharging from the outlet end, a dry bulk material along a longitudinal axis; a plurality of flow-retarding members disposed in said downspout, and spanning a space near said bottom side and between said right side and said left side; means for retaining said flow-retarding members at a predetermined location; where a minimum distance between a bottom edge of each of said plurality of flow-retarding means and said bottom side is greater than a predetermined dimension representative of a largest dimension of a typical piece of the dry bulk material; and said downspout configured so that dry bulk material disposed above said plurality of flow-retarding members and flowing generally along said longitudinal axis, may be discharged from said outlet end while remaining above said plurality of flow-retarding members, and while maintaining a flow generally along said longitudinal axis.