According to one aspect of the disclosure, a bulk material handling method includes receiving bulk material on a first level of a system at receiving stations equipped with dust control filtration equipment, pneumatically conveying the bulk material up to a third level into bulk material storage hoppers, storing the bulk material, dispensing the stored bulk material to a bulk material transporter on the first level, including dosing the stored bulk material to an interior of a bulk material dosing hopper to create a bulk material dose, docking the dosing hopper with the transporter via a docking apparatus, and releasing the dose into the interior of the transporter, through a reduced pressure region in an internal volume of the docking apparatus. Other disclosed aspects include a related system, subsystems, and apparatuses.

The present invention relates to an outlet system for transporting comminuted lignocellulosic material from a vessel, said bottom portion (1) having an upper circumference (15) that is essentially circular and a lower circumference (16) comprising at least two essentially straight portions (16a, 16c) opposite each other. The invention also relates to a vessel having such an outlet system.

The present invention relates to an outlet system for transporting comminuted lignocellulosic material from a vessel, said bottom portion (1) having an upper circumference (15) that is essentially circular and a lower circumference (16) comprising at least two essentially straight portions (16a, 16c) opposite each other. The invention also relates to a vessel having such an outlet system.

Controlling the dust emissions from the discharge of bulk materials from a container provides many benefits. A container engages a support structure that includes a frame. The frame includes a dust control enclosure coupled to an outlet or a hopper at the top of the frame and the container or a discharge gate of the container. The dust control enclosure comprises a collapsible and flexible material so that a tight seal is formed between the container and the hopper or the outlet of the frame. Dust from the discharged of the bulk material from the container is contained within the support structure. A dust control panel may also be disposed at the top of the frame to prevent any dust from migrating through the frame. The container may comprise a plurality of dust enclosure panels to further prevent the escape of dust during discharge of the bulk material.

A container assembly comprises a container and a base and is configured to be transported horizontally to a work site where it is raised to a vertical working orientation. A hoppered container floor directs material to a discharge opening in a center of the floor of the container. A plurality of chutes is fixed to the container assembly and each slopes downward and outward from a chute input, located under a central portion of the hoppered floor, to a corresponding chute output. A distributor assembly mounted under the discharge opening receives granular material from the discharge opening and directs same into any one of the chute inputs. When loaded on a gooseneck trailer the container extends over the hitch assembly providing increased volume and capacity.

An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a process chamber housing with a process chamber. A powder storage vessel is in the process chamber. The powder storage vessel includes a vessel body including a powder storage volume, a floor including a powder delivery opening extending therethrough and a bottom cap including a powder delivery opening extending therethrough. In an open configuration, the powder delivery opening of the bottom cap is aligned with the powder delivery opening of the floor to allow powder material to flow from the powder storage vessel through the powder delivery openings. In a closed configuration, one or both of the vessel body and the bottom cap is rotated relative to the other to misalign the powder delivery openings and inhibit powder material from flowing from the powder storage vessel through the powder delivery openings.

A cosmetic receptacle system consisting of a receptacle (2), which is self-supporting or consists of flexible film over a majority of its volume and one end of which constitutes a withdrawal opening in the form of a tapered neck (4), and a cap (4a), whereas the system also has several concealing sleeves (5) with different outer cross-sectional shapes and several adapter rings (8), each adapter ring (8) having a socket for the neck (4) of the receptacle (2), enclosing the latter in the circumference direction, and constituting at least one stop, which prevents the receptacle (2) from being pulled outward through the adapter ring (8), and each adapter ring (8), at its end oriented toward the bottom (7) of the receptacle (2), having an adapter section (11) whose outer cross-section essentially corresponds to the outer cross-section that a concealing sleeve (5) that corresponds to this adapter ring (8) has at its free end oriented toward the neck (4) of the receptacle (2).

A hopper bottom a grain bin above a foundation includes a conical wall tapering inwardly to a bottom discharge opening. An outer cylindrical wall is joined to the top peripheral edge of the conical wall. Upright support legs are connected to the outer wall for supporting the cylindrical grain bin walls thereabove. A bottom wall is connected radially between the outer wall and the conical wall so as to define a manifold passage bounded by the conical wall, the outer wall and the bottom wall which is generally annular in shape and which is located externally of the conical wall. Vent openings are formed in the conical wall to receive aeration air from a blower connected to the manifold passage. A cover member is supported above the vent openings in the conical wall in connection with the outer wall above the conical wall to prevent material entering the vent openings.

A variable height fill station for filling containers with ready mixed compositions, includes a hopper, a dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the hopper, an inner tube having a first inner end, and an opposite second inner end, an outer tube having a first outer end telescopingly receiving the second inner end of the inner tube, and an opposite second outer end, a support frame supporting the second outer end, and providing an actuator mounting point, and a linear actuator connected at a work end to the second inner end, and at an opposite end to the support frame, so that linear reciprocation of the actuator moves the inner tube relative to the outer tube, thus adjusting an operational height of the dispensing nozzle.

A variable height fill station for filling containers with ready mixed compositions, includes a hopper, a dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the hopper, an inner tube having a first inner end, and an opposite second inner end, an outer tube having a first outer end telescopingly receiving the second inner end of the inner tube, and an opposite second outer end, a support frame supporting the second outer end, and providing an actuator mounting point, and a linear actuator connected at a work end to the second inner end, and at an opposite end to the support frame, so that linear reciprocation of the actuator moves the inner tube relative to the outer tube, thus adjusting an operational height of the dispensing nozzle.