摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent even an article prone to adhesion such as a bean sprout from being left inside a hopper, in a hopper which stores articles thrown in from above and which discharges them from below.SOLUTION: A gate 6 is swingably pivoted to ends of both facing wall surfaces 3, 4 of a hopper body 1 in a manner to incline downward. An inner surface 61 of the gate 6 is formed in a manner to increasingly incline downward toward a lower end. The gate 6 is opened until the inner surface 61 looks down. |