US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 311
.~.~.~.~.~ Including means for loosening packed material

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

288  DF  STATIC RECEPTACLE AND MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING, OR FACILITATING THE CHARGING OR DISCHARGING OF, THE RECEPTACLE {7}
304  DF  .~ Nongravity discharging means {4}
305  DF  .~.~ Including at least one discharge assistant of the compound motion type {2}
306  DF  .~.~.~ Having compound motion assistant located proximate to bottom of receptacle and displaceable generally parallel thereto {4}
310  DF  .~.~.~.~ Comprising screw conveyor {2}
311.~.~.~.~.~ Including means for loosening packed material

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/311

Including means for loosening packed material:

(under subclass 310) Apparatus wherein either the material-moving element of the screw conveyor, or a device which undergoes movement simultaneously with the conveyor, is provided with means (e.g., teeth) for penetrating and dislodging material in the receptacle, which material (e.g., ensilage) comprises particles which adhere sufficiently to one another to resist, at least in part, gravity-induced flow.

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321, for a loosening means in the environment of a top-located, compound motion discharge assistant.