Conveyor for dung

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR CONVEYING MANURE WITHOUT MANUAL HANDLING FROM A STABLE TO A REMOTE PREDETERMINED STORAGE POINT WHICH COMPRISES THE COMBINATION WITH A STABLE FLOOR OF A CONDUIT EMBEDDED IN THE SOIL BELOW SAID FLOOR AND THUS COMPLETELY UNDERLYING SAID FLOOR AND HAVING AN INLET COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID FLOOR AND AN OUTLET COMMUNICATING WITH SAID STORAGE POINT WHEREBY THE CONTENTS OF SAID CONDUIT WILL BE DISCHARGED UPWARDLY TO SAID STORAGE POINT, SAID INLET BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FUNNEL-SHAPED AND BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE MANURE TO BE CONVEYED, PRESSURE MEANS IN SAID CONDUIT ADJACENT SAID INLET FOR FORCING THE MANURE CHARGED IN SAID INLET THROUGH SAID CONDUIT IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID STORAGE POINT, SAID PRESSURE MEANS BEING EFFECTIVE TO COMPACT THE MANURE IN SAID CONDUIT WHEREBY IT IS GRADUALLY CONVEYED TOWARD SAID STORAGE POINT AS A SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID MASS, AND SAID PRESSURE MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CONDUIT TO INSURE UNIDIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID MANURE IN SAID CONDUIT AND PREVENT REVERSE MOVEMENT, SAID STORAGE POINT HAVING A SUPPORTING FLOOR AND A PLURALITY OF DISCHARGE PITS THEREIN, AND SAID CONDUIT BEING PROVIDED AT ITS OUTLET END WITH A PLURALITY OF BRANCH CONDUITS, EACH OF SAID BRANCH CONDUITS BEING CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY AT ITS OUTLET END WITH THE BOTTOM OF ONE OF SAID DISCHARGE PITS, WHEREBY SAID OUTLET END OF EACH BRANCH CONDUIT IS ALWAYS COVERED BY THE MANURE DISCHARGE INTO ITS ASSOCIATED PIT, AND EACH OF SAID BRANCH CONDUITS BEING PROVIDED WITH CLOSURE MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CLOSING OFF EACH BRANCH INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER BRANCHES.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR CONVEYING MANURE WITHOUT MANUAL HANDLING FROM A STABLE TO A REMOTE PREDETERMINED STORAGE POINT WHICH COMPRISES THE COMBINATION WITH A STABLE FLOOR OF A CONDUIT EMBEDDED IN THE SOIL BELOW SAID FLOOR AND THUS COMPLETELY UNDERLYING SAID FLOOR AND HAVING AN INLET COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID FLOOR AND AN OUTLET COMMUNICATING WITH SAID STORAGE POINT WHEREBY THE CONTENTS OF SAID CONDUIT WILL BE DISCHARGED UPWARDLY TO SAID STORAGE POINT, SAID INLET BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FUNNEL-SHAPED AND BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE MANURE TO BE CONVEYED, PRESSURE MEANS IN SAID CONDUIT ADJACENT SAID INLET FOR FORCING THE MANURE CHARGED IN SAID INLET THROUGH SAID CONDUIT IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID STORAGE POINT, SAID PRESSURE MEANS BEING EFFECTIVE TO COMPACT THE MANURE IN SAID CONDUIT WHEREBY IT IS GRADUALLY CONVEYED TOWARD SAID STORAGE POINT AS A SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID MASS, AND SAID PRESSURE MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CONDUIT TO INSURE UNIDIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID MANURE IN SAID CONDUIT AND PREVENT REVERSE MOVEMENT, SAID STORAGE POINT HAVING A SUPPORTING FLOOR AND A PLURALITY OF DISCHARGE PITS THEREIN, AND SAID CONDUIT BEING PROVIDED AT ITS OUTLET END WITH A PLURALITY OF BRANCH CONDUITS, EACH OF SAID BRANCH CONDUITS BEING CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY AT ITS OUTLET END WITH THE BOTTOM OF ONE OF SAID DISCHARGE PITS, WHEREBY SAID OUTLET END OF EACH BRANCH CONDUIT IS ALWAYS COVERED BY THE MANURE DISCHARGE INTO ITS ASSOCIATED PIT, AND EACH OF SAID BRANCH CONDUITS BEING PROVIDED WITH CLOSURE MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CLOSING OFF EACH BRANCH INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER BRANCHES.