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US 10,563,966 B2Granted
Vibratory powder trickler
AssigneeHornady Manufacturing Company
InventorDavid Haberman
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Abstract
A powder trickier is provided. The trickier includes a hopper for containing powder in bulk. A dispensing tube has a portion thereof in flow communication with the hopper. A vibrator is associated with the dispensing tube to induce powder flow from the hopper into and through the tube for dispensing powder from a tube outlet.
Claims12
A vibratory powder trickler including:
- a base housing;
- a hopper removably mounted to said housing and having an open top and a powder storage chamber;
- a feed tube extending transversely through said hopper and mounted to a vibrator housing and having a powder flow passage therein and powder feed opening for powder flow communication between said passage and said storage chamber, said tube having a discharge opening positioned exteriorly of the hopper;
- a vibrator assembly within said vibrator housing associated with said hopper and said feed tube and operable to selectively vibrate said hopper and said feed tube, said vibrator assembly including a motor;
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- control means coupled to the vibrator assembly and operable to control powered operation of the vibrator assembly, said control means including an electronic controller associated with a plurality of control elements usable by an operator of said trickler, at least one of said control elements being operable to set a motor rotational speed from a plurality of available speeds through the electronic controller.
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