Patent ID: 7891930
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: B60P,B65G

Abstract:
1. A mobile transfer system for a flowable bulk material, the system comprising a mobile cargo pick-up trailer comprising (a) a towing connector for removably hitching the mobile cargo pick-up trailer to a tractor, (b) a tank which is effective to hold an amount of the flowable bulk material, (c) a pneumatic pick-up conveyor operative to move the flowable bulk material into the tank from a source separate from the mobile cargo pick-up trailer, (d) a blower mounted on the mobile cargo pick-up trailer, the blower being operative to provide a conveying flow of air to the pneumatic pick-up conveyor, and (e) a hydraulically driven motor mounted on the mobile cargo pick-up trailer and close coupled to the blower such that the motor drives the pneumatic pick up conveyor in which the hydraulically driven motor is operated by hydraulic fluid supplied by a hydraulic power takeoff unit and no hydraulic power takeoff unit is present on the mobile cargo pick-up trailer.