Patent ID: 7537122

Claim:
A portable processing plant apparatus for receiving gross agricultural commodities and discharging clean agricultural commodities into a clean commodity receptacle, the apparatus, when set up in an operating position, comprising: a receiving station operative to receive a gross commodity from a truck; a first conveyor operative to convey gross commodity from the receiving station to a selected one of first and second storage bins; a second conveyor operative to convey gross commodity in a gross commodity stream from a selected storage bin to a receiver of a gross commodity scale operative to weigh the gross commodity stream as same moves from the receiver to a gross scale discharge; a third conveyor operative to convey the gross commodity stream from the gross scale discharge to a receiver of a cleaning module operative to remove dockage from the gross commodity stream and discharge a clean commodity stream at a cleaner discharge thereof and discharge a dockage stream at a dockage discharge thereof; a fourth conveyor operative to convey the clean commodity stream from the cleaner discharge to a receiver of a net commodity scale operative to weigh the clean commodity stream as same moves from the receiver to a net scale discharge; a fifth conveyor operative to convey the clean commodity stream from the net scale discharge to the clean commodity receptacle; a dockage bin connected to receive dockage from the dockage discharge; and a computer operative to control flow of a first gross commodity stream from the first storage bin and flow of a second gross commodity stream from the second storage bin to create a gap between a rear end of the first gross commodity stream and a front end of the second gross commodity stream; wherein the apparatus is movable from the operating position to a transport position supported on wheels for movement along the ground.