A sediment capping system is adapted to create, and distribute, a homogenized mixture of capping material. Where distributing the capping material, the system is configured to militate against the capping material forming clumps of a size and weight that would disturb the sediment on a bottom of a body of water. This in turn militates against the sediment being disturbed, and a disturbing of pollutants and toxins into the water surrounding the sediment. The sediment capping system militates against the clumping of capping material through a vibrating spreader and baffle system, producing a sediment cap with a more consistent depth that will minimally disturb the sediment on the floor of the body of water where the sediment cap is being deposited.

A distribution head of a gravimetric loading system for spreadable bulk materials with a rotatably driven spreader plate, which is composed of a bottom side base plate, which is connected in the central region with the one end of a drive shaft and on which a number of blades evenly distributed on the circumference and with their blade edges approximately in a radially outward direction is arranged. The blade edges of blades are interrupted in the direction of the central axial drive shaft and thus a ring channel extending in the axial direction and free from structures is formed, which channel forms an additional filling and receiving space for the bulk material to be distributed.

A grain bin has a top opening with a hopper for receiving grain that is directed downwardly to a spreader supported for rotation by a vertical tubular center shaft. The spreader has an elongated inclined chute having a V-shape cross-section. The chute has a center portion having an opening with a trap door pivoted or controlled from a mechanism operable from the top opening of the bin. A deflector is positioned under the trap door opening and rotates the chute in response to the flow of grain through the opening. The tubular center shaft encloses an electrical cable that supports a temperature sensing element within the grain in the bin, and a temperature monitoring device is connected to the cable outside the grain bin.

A disperser including: a main body; a rotating shaft disposed in the main body; a dispersion plate provided on the rotating shaft and disposed in a flow path of an object to be treated that is to be charged into the main body; and a receiving blade body including a plurality of receiving blades provided on the rotating shaft at an angle formed with a vertical direction, the angle being a first angle, the receiving blade body being disposed on an upstream side of the dispersion plate in the flow path, in which the receiving blade body receives horizontal directional force from the object to be treated that flows down, and rotates the dispersion plate via the rotating shaft, and the disperser is not mounted with a power source for rotating the dispersion plate.

An overhead material handling system is provided. The system comprises a leveler having a cover defining an interior, and a screw having a shaft and a screw portion positioned within the cover interior. The system further comprises a lift structure comprising a plurality of hydraulic stabilizing legs, the lift structure being connected to the leveler wherein the plurality of hydraulic legs extend and retract to raise and lower the lift structure, at least one sensor, and a safety mechanism comprising at least one extension off of an end of the leveler.

The invention relates to a filling system (1) for a container intended to store solid particles, the system (1) being arranged to cooperate with a supply device for feeding solid particles and comprising a device (5) for distributing the solid particles, which has at least one separator element (9) intended to receive and selectively distribute the solid particles toward a dispensing device (7), the separator element (9) comprising a receiving body (11) for receiving solid particles, one end of which has an axial opening (13) for continuously feeding the dispensing device (7), the dispensing device (7) comprising at least one scattering element (21) for homogeneously filling the container with solid particles, which is driven by a drive shaft passing through the axial opening (13). According to the invention, the receiving body (11) comprises a frustoconical part (11a) which has the axial opening (13) and flares away from the axial opening (13), the frustoconical part (11a) being extended by a tubular part (11b) comprising at least one radial opening (15) which is located upstream of the axial opening (13) and is arranged to direct the solid particles without encountering those exiting the axial opening (13) before arriving in the dispensing device (7) from a predetermined amount of solid particles stored in the frustoconical part (11a) of the receiving body (11) in order to guarantee a minimum flow of solid particles even in the event of variations in the flow rate of the supply device.

A friction driven beltless grain spreader system is presented that includes a spreader cone having a pulley and a grain deflector configured to disperse the flow of grain. A motor having a driven wheel and an idler wheel are pivotally connected to the spreader cone in operative engagement with the pulley such that the idler wheel is positioned between the driven wheel and the pulley. A tension member applies a force that pulls the driven wheel and intermediary wheel into the pulley. As the motor rotates the driven wheel rotates the idler wheel which rotates the pulley. When forces spike, such as when the motor is turned on or a heavy flow of grain hits the system, one or more of the driven wheel, intermediary wheel and/or pulley slip with respect to the other wheels thereby preventing breakage of the system.

A disperser including: a main body; a rotating shaft disposed in the main body; a dispersion plate provided on the rotating shaft and disposed in a flow path of an object to be treated that is to be charged into the main body; and a receiving blade body including a plurality of receiving blades provided on the rotating shaft at an angle formed with a vertical direction, the angle being a first angle, the receiving blade body being disposed on an upstream side of the dispersion plate in the flow path, in which the receiving blade body receives horizontal directional force from the object to be treated that flows down, and rotates the dispersion plate via the rotating shaft, and the disperser is not mounted with a power source for rotating the dispersion plate.

A distribution head (20) of a gravimetric loading system for spreadable bulk materials with a rotatably driven spreader plate (40), which is composed of a bottom side base plate (53), which is connected in the central region with the one end of a drive shaft (21) and on which a number of blades (33-35) evenly distributed on the circumference and with their blade edges (52) approximately in a radially outward direction is arranged, wherein the blade edges (52) of blades (33-35) are interrupted in the direction of the central axial drive shaft (21) and thus a ring channel (43) extending in the axial direction and free from structures is formed, which channel forms an additional filling and receiving space for the bulk material to be distributed.