Railcar dewatering unit and method of using the same

    公开(公告)号:US11351483B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16509874

    申请日:2019-07-12

    Inventor: Lowell Cogar

    Abstract: A dewatering unit in the form of a railcar having bogies thereon to move the unit on rail tracks. The dewatering unit has first and second ends, first and second sides, and a bottom that bound and define an interior chamber. A conveyor is provided in the interior chamber and screens are located in the bottom and first and second sides. A grizzly is located below an opening in the unit's top and above the conveyor. Stabilizing assemblies are deployed to contact the ground and lift some weight off of the bogies prior to loading. A solid material/liquid mixture is dropped through the opening and onto the grizzly which partially fractures the solid material. Further fracturing is undertaken by conveyor drag bars and crushers located adjacent the conveyor. Liquid drains from the unit through the screens. The dewatered solid material is lifted out of the unit by the conveyor.

    Method of unloading floating containers

    公开(公告)号:US11123768B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-21

    申请号:US16857783

    申请日:2020-04-24

    Inventor: Lowell Cogar

    Abstract: A system and method of transporting and unloading a load from a floating container that includes placing a load on a floating container at a first location, wherein the load is a mixture of solid material and liquid; moving the floating container with the load on a body of water from the first location to a remote second location; positioning the floating container so that a crane at the second location is within reach of the load; positioning a dewatering unit at the second location proximate the crane; unloading a quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid from the floating container with the crane; depositing the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid into the dewatering unit; and dewatering the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid with the dewatering unit.

    DEWATERING UNIT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210008468A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-14

    申请号:US16509859

    申请日:2019-07-12

    Inventor: Lowell Cogar

    Abstract: A dewatering unit in the form of a railcar having bogies thereon to move the unit on rail tracks. The dewatering unit has first and second ends, first and second sides, and a bottom that bound and define an interior chamber. A conveyor is provided in the interior chamber and screens are located in the bottom and first and second sides. A grizzly is located below an opening in the unit's top and above the conveyor. Stabilizing assemblies are deployed to contact the ground and lift some weight off of the bogies prior to loading. A solid material/liquid mixture is dropped through the opening and onto the grizzly which partially fractures the solid material. Further fracturing is undertaken by conveyor drag bars and crushers located adjacent the conveyor. Liquid drains from the unit through the screens. The dewatered solid material is lifted out of the unit by the conveyor.

    Dewatering unit and method of using the same

    公开(公告)号:US11351482B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16509859

    申请日:2019-07-12

    Inventor: Lowell Cogar

    Abstract: A dewatering unit in the form of a railcar having bogies thereon to move the unit on rail tracks. The dewatering unit has first and second ends, first and second sides, and a bottom that bound and define an interior chamber. A conveyor is provided in the interior chamber and screens are located in the bottom and first and second sides. A grizzly is located below an opening in the unit's top and above the conveyor. Stabilizing assemblies are deployed to contact the ground and lift some weight off of the bogies prior to loading. A solid material/liquid mixture is dropped through the opening and onto the grizzly which partially fractures the solid material. Further fracturing is undertaken by conveyor drag bars and crushers located adjacent the conveyor. Liquid drains from the unit through the screens. The dewatered solid material is lifted out of the unit by the conveyor.

    METHOD OF UNLOADING FLOATING CONTAINERS

    公开(公告)号:US20210009384A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-14

    申请号:US16857783

    申请日:2020-04-24

    Inventor: Lowell Cogar

    Abstract: A system and method of transporting and unloading a load from a floating container that includes placing a load on a floating container at a first location, wherein the load is a mixture of solid material and liquid; moving the floating container with the load on a body of water from the first location to a remote second location; positioning the floating container so that a crane at the second location is within reach of the load; positioning a dewatering unit at the second location proximate the crane; unloading a quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid from the floating container with the crane; depositing the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid into the dewatering unit; and dewatering the quantity of the mixture of solid material and liquid with the dewatering unit.

    RAILCAR DEWATERING UNIT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210008469A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-14

    申请号:US16509874

    申请日:2019-07-12

    Inventor: Lowell Cogar

    Abstract: A dewatering unit in the form of a railcar having bogies thereon to move the unit on rail tracks. The dewatering unit has first and second ends, first and second sides, and a bottom that bound and define an interior chamber. A conveyor is provided in the interior chamber and screens are located in the bottom and first and second sides. A grizzly is located below an opening in the unit's top and above the conveyor. Stabilizing assemblies are deployed to contact the ground and lift some weight off of the bogies prior to loading. A solid material/liquid mixture is dropped through the opening and onto the grizzly which partially fractures the solid material. Further fracturing is undertaken by conveyor drag bars and crushers located adjacent the conveyor. Liquid drains from the unit through the screens. The dewatered solid material is lifted out of the unit by the conveyor.

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