Patent ID: 8182190
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B61D,B61K,B65G

Abstract:
1. An unloading station for unloading bulk material from a moving railcar with a bottom discharge, the station comprising: a) a track having a pair of rails alignable with a railroad track with the railcar movable on the track with the bulk material receivable around the pair of rails when the bottom discharge is opened; b) a synchronized parallel conveyor disposable below the railcar and oriented parallel with the pair of rails and forming a movable platform capable of receiving the bulk material in a pile extending into the railcar and drawing the pile along in synchronization of direction and speed with the railcar as the railcar moves along the track to resist force from the pile against bottom discharge gates of the railcar; c) a break in or end of the parallel conveyor disposed away from a proximal end of the parallel conveyor and configured to allow the bulk material to pass therethrough; d) a hopper disposed below the break in or end of the parallel conveyor configured to receive the bulk material; and e) a lateral conveyor disposed under the hopper and oriented transverse to the parallel conveyor configured to convey the bulk material away from the hopper.