Patent ID: 7988386

Claim:
An assembly connecting a valve to a flange of a container, the valve regulating the flow of bulk material from said container located above a horizontal surface or ground, the bulk material having a temperature, into a horizontal unloading system using pressurized air, the horizontal unloading system having an upstream and an opposite downstream flow of bulk material therein, said connecting assembly increasing the rate of unloading the bulk material from the container while operating from one side only of the container, comprising: a collar, including a first collar and a second collar, said first collar having a generally semi-circular shape and said collar having a generally semi-circular shape wherein said first collar and second collar mutually connect around the flange; said first collar having two opposite ends and a pair of hinge flanges extending perpendicular to one end of said collar, said hinge flanges having coaxial apertures therein; said second collar having two opposite ends and a pair of hook flanges extending perpendicular to one end generally opposite said hinge flanges and spaced away from said hinge flanges, said hook flanges being mutually parallel to said hinge flanges; a hook bolt pivotally connecting to said hook flanges, having a bight generally locating opposite said hook flanges; a hinge arm pivotally connecting to said hinge flanges; a flange mutually parallel to and spaced away from said collar and extending beneath said collar when assembled and said hinge arm extending from said flange; said flange including at least one lug extending away from said flange, said lug adapted to retain the valve placed therein upon said flange, and a pair of bight flanges extending away from said flange generally opposite said at least one lug, said bight flanges being mutually parallel and opposite said hinge arm; a cam pivotally connecting to said bight flanges, said cam locating generally offset from said hinge arm, and said cam receiving said bight of said hook bolt for attaining a partially closed and a closed position of said assembly from one side of the assembly.