Patent ID: 7954520

Claim:
A portable sandbag hopper for filling sand bags at a remote location, comprising: (a) An essentially rectangular cabinet having an open front and essentially vertical sides and back connected to a solid essentially horizontal top, said top having an essentially circular opening adapted to receive the upper, larger part of a loading cone; (b) A loading cone inside of said cabinet wherein the upper, larger part of said cone is attached to said upper top opening, the lower, smaller tapered part of said cone having a discharge hole wherein said lower part of said cone further comprises a frustro-conical discharge piece with a central hole therein having a door slot cut therefrom adapted to receive the semi-circular end of a discharge door; (c) A horizontal, slidable flat discharge door having a rectangular end and a semi-circular end located in the lower part of said cone, wherein said semi-circular end of said door is adapted to slide into said door slot and wherein said door is adapted to slide to open or close the lower discharge hole; (d) A hand-operated discharge lever pivotably connected to one side of said cabinet, connected to said discharge door and biased towards the closed position by a spring; (e) A circular seal next to the upper surface of said discharge door to sweep sand or other debris from the upper surface of said discharge door; wherein when a workman manually pulls said discharge lever towards the back of said cabinet said lever opens said discharge door and allows sand to be discharged from said loading cone; wherein said portable hopper may be manually operated by hand at remote emergency locations.