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A handling system to move material and particularly manure from a collection area to a holding or storage station. The manure handling system includes a manure pump assembly having a hopper mounted over a pump housing which defines a triangularly shaped pumping chamber. An outlet valve located at th

A handling system to move material and particularly manure from a collection area to a holding or storage station. The manure handling system includes a manure pump assembly having a hopper mounted over a pump housing which defines a triangularly shaped pumping chamber. An outlet valve located at the end of the chamber is urged closed by a rubber spring internally connected in the chamber. A triangular ram or piston shaped to conform to the shape of the chamber reciprocates in the pumping chamber to push manure delivered from the hopper past the outlet valve to a discharge pipe leading to a holding station. Means are provided for heating the discharge pipe and the pumping chamber, thus to permit year-round and above-ground use of the system.

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A manure handling system for movement of manure from a collection location to a storage location, including: a manure pump having a pump housing with walls defining an elongate, longitudinal pumping chamber having a triangular cross sectional shape with a downwardly directed apex; one-way valve mean

A manure handling system for movement of manure from a collection location to a storage location, including: a manure pump having a pump housing with walls defining an elongate, longitudinal pumping chamber having a triangular cross sectional shape with a downwardly directed apex; one-way valve means normally closing one end of said pumping chamber and movable to an open position to provide a discharge passage to permit discharge of manure from the chamber; one of said pump housing walls having an inlet opening to said pumping chamber located toward the end of the pumping chamber opposite said one-way valve means; a collection hopper mounted on said pump housing in communication with said inlet opening for collection of manure for transfer to the pumping chamber through the inlet opening; a ram located in said pumping chamber reciprocally movable between one end of said pumping chamber proximate the inlet opening to the other end of said pumping chamber towards said one-way valve means to move manure through the discharge passage against the influence of the one-way valve means; said ram having a working face triangular in shape in conformance with the shape of said pumping chamber, said ram including a front, plow-like brace comprising a pair of triangularly shaped plates joined in a V configuration with an apex situated in and conforming to the apex of the pumping chamber, said plates extending forward from the working face of said ram and having rear edges integrally secured to the side edges of the working face of said ram; and means for reciprocation of said ram in said pumping chamber.