Bulk materials bagger and method
First Claim
1. An apparatus for attachment to a mobile machine and for filling a container with bulk material particles held in the apparatus comprising:
- a receptacle,the receptacle having a bottom, a first wall, and a second wall,a first opening in the first wall,a second opening in the second wall,a first auger positioned within the receptacle for moving bulk material particles from a location in the receptacle towards a first location adjacent the first opening, the first auger mounted in operative relation to the first opening to cause the bulk material particles to exit the receptacle through the first opening, anda second auger positioned within the receptacle for moving bulk material particles from a location in the receptacle towards a second location adjacent the second opening, the second auger mounted in operative relation to the second opening to cause the bulk material particles to exit the receptacle through the second opening,wherein the first and the second auger are configured to rotate independently of each other.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for packaging bulk materials into containers. The apparatus and method are useful in the bagging of bulk products, such as sand, salt, grain, feed and the like, and is particularly useful in rapidly forming sandbags. The bags can be filled at a remote location. The apparatus may be attached to a vehicle, such as a skid steer, tractor or truck, and can replace an existing bucket of a front end loader. The bucket scoops a quantity of bulk material into the bucket. An auger mounted in the bucket is driven by a motor to force a flow stream of bulk material out an opening in the bucket. An open container is placed adjacent the flow stream to rapidly fill the container with bulk material. The apparatus can also be provided as a retrofit kit to convert an existing bucket into a bagging apparatus.
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14 Claims
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1. An apparatus for attachment to a mobile machine and for filling a container with bulk material particles held in the apparatus comprising:
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a receptacle, the receptacle having a bottom, a first wall, and a second wall, a first opening in the first wall, a second opening in the second wall, a first auger positioned within the receptacle for moving bulk material particles from a location in the receptacle towards a first location adjacent the first opening, the first auger mounted in operative relation to the first opening to cause the bulk material particles to exit the receptacle through the first opening, and a second auger positioned within the receptacle for moving bulk material particles from a location in the receptacle towards a second location adjacent the second opening, the second auger mounted in operative relation to the second opening to cause the bulk material particles to exit the receptacle through the second opening, wherein the first and the second auger are configured to rotate independently of each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A retrofit kit for installation in an existing loader bucket for attachment to a vehicle, the bucket having a first and a second sidewall, a bottom wall and a rear wall, the first sidewall having a first opening therethrough and the second sidewall having a second opening therethrough, the retrofit kit for adapting the bucket to fill a container positioned outside the bucket and adjacent the first or the second opening with bulk material particles temporarily held in the bucket by moving the bulk material particles held in the bucket towards and out the opening and into the container comprising:
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a first and a second auger, each auger having a first end and a second end, the augers adapted to be mounted along the bottom wall of a bucket with the first end of the first auger in operative relationship with the first opening in the first sidewall and for moving bulk material particles held in the bucket towards and out the first opening in the first sidewall and the first end of the second auger in operative relationship with the second opening in the second sidewall and for moving bulk material particles held in the bucket towards and out the second opening in the second sidewall, a first motor for turning the first auger, a second motor for turning the second auger, and mounting brackets for mounting the augers to the bucket.
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9. A method of filling a container with bulk material particles from a supply of bulk material particles comprising:
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providing a mobile machine with a receptacle attached thereto, the receptacle having a first and a second opening, providing the receptacle with a first auger positioned within the receptacle to move the bulk material particles from one location in the receptacle to another location within the receptacle adjacent the first opening and a second auger positioned within the receptacle to move the bulk material particles from one location in the receptacle to another location within the receptacle adjacent the second opening, the first and the second auger adapted to rotate independently of each other, loading the bulk material particles into the receptacle, moving the bulk material particles within the receptacle towards a selected opening in the receptacle by rotating the first or the second auger, exiting the bulk material particles out the selected opening at least in part by operation of the first or the second auger, providing a container, positioning the container adjacent the selected opening, and filling the container with bulk material particles exiting out of the selected opening. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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