Patent ID: 7115170

Claim:
A bulk product melt system comprising: a portable support platform positionable with respect to a bulk product source vessel; a hot water heating system positioned with respect to the portable support platform and including a water tank, the water tank containing a volume of water heated to a selected process water temperature; a mixing eductor in fluidic communication with the water tank and receiving the heated water at a controlled water flowmeter rate from the water tank; a water flowmeter positioned between the water tank and the mixing eductor, the water flowmeter in control communication with the water tank and monitoring a water flowmeter rate of the heated water from the water tank to the mixing eductor and controlling the water flowmeter rate at a selected flowmeter rate; a bulk product receiver having an inlet portion in fluidic communication with an outlet of the bulk product source vessel; a continuous weigher in fluidic communication with an outlet portion of the product receiver and in discharge communication with the mixing eductor, a bulk product discharged from the bulk product receiver into the continuous weigher, the bulk product weighed in the continuous weigher and discharged into the mixing eductor, the bulk product mixed within the mixing eductor with the heated water to produce a melted product mixture; and an inlet of the bulk product source vessel in discharge communication with the mixing eductor, the bulk product source vessel inlet receiving the melted product mixture from the mixing eductor.