Appeal No. 1999-1899 Page 3
Application No. 08/932,090
THE INVENTION
The appellant's invention relates to an apparatus into
which particulate material may be charged for further
processing, conveying, handling or storage, commonly referred
to as bag dump stations (specification, p. 1). A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellant's brief. Claim 1, the sole independent claim on
appeal, reads as follows:
1. An apparatus into which particulate material may be
charged for further handling, comprising:
a housing having a support wall including a primary inlet
through which said particulate material may be charged,
producing portions of settling and airborne particles of said
material within and outside said housing, and at least one
secondary inlet, and an outlet through which said particulate
material may be discharged;
a filter unit having an inlet communicating with an
interior of said housing; and
means for producing an airflow through said primary and
secondary inlets, said housing and said filter unit whereby
ambient air will be caused to flow from outside the housing
directly into said primary and secondary inlets, leading to
the interior of said housing and said filter unit, entraining
airborne particles disposed within and outside said housing
which further are caused to be filtered out by said filter
unit to be discharged through said housing outlet.
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