Inventors:
Robert F. Jones - Winston-Salem NC
Assignee:
Nabisco Brands, Inc. - East Hanover NJ
International Classification:
B60P 160
Abstract:
An apparatus for unloading bulk materials from hopper-type rail cars and, more particularly, a pneumatic unloading apparatus or device incorporating a dual outlet for the pneumatically-actuated discharging of flowable bulk materials from the bottom of a hopper structure, and in which the bulk material is aspirated from the hopper structure into a pair of parallel conduits through spaced discharge orifices designed to minimize or eliminate any possible damage to the bulk material during the procedure of being conveyed therethrough.