A chute assembly for directing cement from a cement truck is disclosed. The chute comprises an elongate chute of generally u-shaped cross section fabricated from UHMWPe and comprising an upper end and a lower end, a plurality of reinforcing rods arranged along a length of and encased within the UHMWPe, one end of each of the rods adjacent the upper end and another end of each of the rods adjacent the lower end, a pair of u-shaped collars, an upper one of the collars adjacent the upper end and a lower one of the collars adjacent the lower end, and a fastener for securing each of the collars to their respective rod ends. A method of fabrication is also disclosed.

A material handling hopper includes an integrally formed handling body that defines an inlet, an outlet, and an axis. The handling body has a seamless sidewall extending between the inlet and the outlet. The sidewall is circular in cross section in a plane perpendicular to the axis. The sidewall is curvilinear and defines a first height between an axial location of a first inner diameter and an axial location of a second inner diameter.

A sorting device comprises a sorting apparatus moving along a predetermined path and a container conveyer located below the sorting apparatus. The sorting apparatus comprises a plurality of sorting stations arranged in a predetermined path, wherein a first discharge port and a second discharge port are formed on two sides of each sorting station along the predetermined path, respectively. A plurality of containers is placed on the container conveyer and is arranged in a linear array. The direction of the linear array is the direction of the connecting line of the first discharge port and the second discharge port where the containers reciprocate, so that two of the plurality of containers are aligned with the first discharge port and the second discharge port.

Provided is a raw material supply device and a device for processing electronic and electrical device part scraps, which can control dropping positions of a raw material containing substances having different shapes and specific gravities, as well as a method for processing electronic and electrical device part scraps using those devices. A raw material supply device 4 includes an accommodating portion 41 for feeding a raw material 100 to a predetermined position, wherein the raw material supply device 4 includes: a receiving port 43 having a first opening 433 for receiving the raw material 100 on a top surface of the accommodation portion 41; a discharge port 42 having a second opening 422 for discharging the raw material 100 on a bottom surface of the accommodating portion 41, the second opening 422 having a cross-sectional area lower than that of the first opening 433; a first guide surface 412 in a front of a side surface of the accommodating portion 41, the first guide surface 412 extending in a vertical direction through the discharge port 42 from the receiving port 43 so as to be contacted with the raw material 100 dropped toward a front of a conveying unit 2 to guide the raw material 100 downward; and a second guide surface 411 on a surface opposing to the first guide surface 412, of the side surface of the accommodating portion 41, the second guide surface 411 being provided with an inclined surface 411a that is continuous with the discharge port 42 and is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, and wherein the first guide surface 412 extends such that a lowermost end portion of the first guide surface 412 is located below an intersection P of an extended line extending in an inclination direction of the second guide surface 411 with the first guide surface 412.

A diversion assembly for use with a feed material. The diversion assembly includes a plurality of movable gate chutes, a first conveyor, and a second conveyor. The plurality of movable gate chutes are each positionable in a retracted position and an extended position. The first conveyor is configured to carry, for each of any of the plurality of movable gate chutes in the retracted position, a first portion of the feed material to a first area. The second conveyor is configured to carry, for each of any of the plurality of movable gate chutes in the extended position, a second portion of the feed material to a second area. The second area is spaced apart from the first area.

A support apparatus includes a frame assembly with an elevated load surface for supporting a modular proppant container in a position above a ground level. A chute assembly is supported by the frame assembly beneath the elevated load surface. A gate actuator has a coupling configured to engage with a gate assembly of the modular proppant container supported on the elevated load surface and a drive mechanism extending between the frame assembly and the coupling to selectively position the coupling for adjusting the gate assembly. The support apparatus may include a base frame section having a recessed region beneath the elevated load surface providing a feed station, an on-board subsystem attached to the frame assembly for operating the support apparatus in a stand-alone mode or an in-situ weigh station configured to measure the weight of the modular proppant container supported on an elevated surface in the rectangular container bay.

A method and apparatus to facilitate the loading of a grain bin such that the level in the grain bin increases generally uniformly and the distribution of grain size in the grain bin is generally uniform as well. The method includes redirecting the flow of the grain from the conveyer as it flows into the grain bin. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an adjustable leveling band for redirecting the grain uniformly to a plurality of radially extending chutes. In one embodiment, the angle of the chutes can also be easily adjusted.

An unloading apparatus for unloading a load contained in a tray of a load carrying vehicle having a transporter adapted to releasably receive the tray, the unloading apparatus comprising a rotator having a support surface for parking of the load carrying vehicle according to the second aspect of the invention, and a plurality of frames arranged in a spaced apart relationship with respect to each other along the support surface, the frames being adapted to secure the tray to the rotator and lifting the tray from the transporter, and means for rotating the rotator about the longitudinal axis of the tray for unloading of the load. There is also provide a load carrying vehicle including a transporter and a tray releasably attached to the transporter as well as a system and method from loading load from a first location into the tray and unloading the load at a second location using the unloading apparatus.

A diversion assembly for use with a feed material. The diversion assembly includes a plurality of movable gate chutes, a first conveyor, and a second conveyor. The plurality of movable gate chutes are each positionable in a retracted position and an extended position. The first conveyor is configured to carry, for each of any of the plurality of movable gate chutes in the retracted position, a first portion of the feed material to a first area. The second conveyor is configured to carry, for each of any of the plurality of movable gate chutes in the extended position, a second portion of the feed material to a second area. The second area is spaced apart from the first area.

A flume for supplying vegetable pieces in a supply of liquid, the flume extending between a flume inlet and a flume outlet, the flume comprising: a gulley section having an upstream inlet end at the flume inlet and a downstream outlet end, the gulley section having opposed sidewalls and a gulley floor therebetween, and a spreader section having opposed first and second lateral walls and a spreader floor therebetween, the spreader section having an upstream end connected to the downstream outlet end of the gulley section, the spreader section progressively increasing in width between the opposed first and second lateral walls in a downstream direction from the upstream end to a downstream end of the spreader section, wherein the opposed first and second lateral walls are each outwardly inclined away from a longitudinal axis of the spreader section by a respective angle α° for the first lateral wall and β° for the second lateral wall, in respective opposite directions, which extends from the upstream end of the spreader section to the downstream end of the spreader section, wherein the gulley section has a width of the gulley floor at the downstream outlet end of W1, the length of the spreader section between the upstream and downstream ends of the spreader section is N, and the dimensionless ratio N/W1 is within the range of from 2 to 15, and wherein the sum of α° and β° is from 10 to 25°.