US 12,291,410 B2
Bulk material handling methods, systems, subsystems, and apparatuses
Philip J. Rausch, Perrysburg, OH (US); Kirk Holmes, Perrysburg, OH (US); Karin Gabriela Bastarrachea, Perrysburg, OH (US); Steven Will, Sylvania, OH (US); Roger Smith, Perrysburg, OH (US); Manfred Robert Romstöck, Freudenberg (DE); and Guenther Josef Mlynar, Wertheim-Bettingen (DE)
Assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US)
Filed by Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,554.
Application 17/492,554 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/061,302, filed on Oct. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,912,608.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106133 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 53/04 (2006.01); B65G 3/04 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); G01G 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 53/04 (2013.01) [B65G 3/04 (2013.01); B65G 43/00 (2013.01); G01G 17/04 (2013.01); B65G 2201/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bulk material handling system, comprising:
a bulk material storage and dispensing subsystem including
bulk material conduit to receive bulk material from outside the bulk material handling system and convey the bulk material under pressure,
bulk material containers in downstream pneumatic communication with the bulk material conduit to receive and store the bulk material, and
bulk material dispensing equipment in communication with the bulk material containers to receive the bulk material from the bulk material containers and dispense the bulk material within the bulk material handling system;
a bulk material discharging subsystem including
a bulk material transmitting vessel to discharge the bulk material out of the bulk material handling system, and
a transporter handler; and
a bulk material transport subsystem including
a bulk material transporter configured to
receive bulk material from the bulk material storage and dispensing subsystem,
be transported between the bulk material storage and dispensing subsystem and the bulk material discharging subsystem,
be lifted and conveyed by the transporter handler of the bulk material discharging subsystem over the bulk material transmitting vessel of the bulk material discharging subsystem, and
release the bulk material received from the bulk material storage and dispensing subsystem into the bulk material transmitting vessel.