Patent ID: 7476060

Claim:
A bulk material handling system comprising: a container having an upper wall, side walls and an opening in one of said side walls; a support frame detachably mountable on said upper and one of said side walls of said container; a hopper mounted on said support frame; a material conveying conduit mounted on said support frame having an inlet communicating with an outlet of said hopper for receiving material therefrom and an end portion provided with an outlet insertable through said side wall opening of said container when said frame is detachably mounted on said container; and a conduit supported on said support frame having an outlet communicating with said material conveying conduit and an inlet communicable with a source of gas under pressure, functional to supply said gas under pressure to said material conveying conduit for pneumatically conveying material fed from said hopper into said material conveying conduit, therethrough, into said container.