US 12,330,890 B2
Organic material handling system storage module
Gary Wayne Teichrob, Rosedale (CA); Kevin Brent Thiessen, Rosedale (CA); James Ryan Brezden, Lindell Beach (CA); Eric Milton Clegg, Chilliwack (CA); Ian Breeweg, Fort Macleod (CA); and Dennis Keith Ho, Abbotsford (CA)
Assigned to TY-CROP MANUFACTURING LTD., Rosedale (CA)
Filed by TY-CROP MANUFACTURING LTD., Rosedale (CA)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,540.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312273 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 65/30 (2006.01); B65D 88/54 (2006.01); B65D 90/02 (2019.01); B65D 90/48 (2006.01); B65G 3/04 (2006.01); B65G 69/04 (2006.01); C05F 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 65/30 (2013.01) [B65D 88/546 (2013.01); B65D 90/024 (2013.01); B65D 90/48 (2013.01); B65G 3/04 (2013.01); B65G 69/0416 (2013.01); C05F 9/04 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0233 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0258 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An organic material storage module comprising:
a hollow enclosure having an inlet for receiving organic material and an outlet for discharging organic material;
a removal component disposed within the hollow enclosure and configured to move organic material within the enclosure toward the outlet, wherein the removal component is a continuous loop conveyor;
a leveling component disposed within the hollow enclosure above the removal component and comprising one or more movable components configured to laterally push organic material which is stacked to a height of said movable components, for distribution of said organic material within the hollow enclosure, and
a bottom containment system configured to inhibit the organic material from contacting ground, the bottom containment system comprising a capture surface located below the removal component, the capture surface configured to catch organic material that fails to be transferred to the outlet, the removal component configured to pull said organic material that fails to be transferred to the outlet toward an end of the organic material storage module opposite the outlet and to reintroduce said organic material that fails to be transferred to the outlet into the hollow enclosure.