US 12,404,116 B2
Method and device for collecting litter or scrapings
Johannes Josephus Antonius Van Blokland, Culemborg (NL)
Assigned to Radie B.V., Culemborg (NL)
Filed by Radie B.V., Culemborg (NL)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,974.
Claims priority of application No. 2031488 (NL), filed on Apr. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312266 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 45/14 (2006.01); B65G 45/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 45/14 (2013.01) [B65G 2201/0202 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Device for collecting litter or scrapings of flour or meal, including:
A collecting chute for receiving litter or scrapings,
A movable receiving body that extends diagonally from a highest portion to a lowest portion over an area in which the litter or scraps are to be collected and where the lowest portion is adjacent to or connects to the collecting chute or flows into the collecting chute; and
A drive for moving the receiving body, wherein the receiving body is movable in a plane parallel to a tangent plane to said receiving body at the level of the lowest portion of said receiving body, wherein the drive is arranged to move the receiving body with at least one directional component in the direction of the collecting chute.