Portable system and methodology that facilitates dust collection within a silo apparatus

Abstract

Aspects to facilitate dust collection are disclosed. In one aspect, a chute provides a dust seal between a bulk bag of material and a silo loading hatch. Here, the dust seal comprises a first seal between a first end of the chute and the bulk bag, and a second seal between a second end of the chute and the silo loading hatch. In another aspect, a collapsible chute is extended between a silo loading hatch and a discharge chute of a bulk bag such that the collapsible chute forms a dust seal between the silo loading hatch and the bulk bag. Contents of the bulk bag are released via the discharge chute so that the contents of the bulk bag flow into the silo loading hatch. For this embodiment, the dust seal prevents airborne dust associated with the flow from escaping into an exterior portion of the collapsible chute.

1 . An apparatus to facilitate dust collection comprising:
 a chute configured to provide a dust seal between a bulk bag of material and a loading hatch of a silo,
 wherein the dust seal comprises a first seal between a first end of the chute and a bottom portion of the bulk bag, and 
 wherein the dust seal further comprises a second seal between a second end of the chute and a top portion of the loading hatch.