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US 11,371,494 B2Granted
Solid particulate pump
AssigneeGas Technology Institute
InventorsTimothy W Saunders, Joseph Caravella
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Abstract
A pump for transporting particulate material that includes a first conveyor and a second conveyor together defining a passage, wherein a working surface of each of the conveyors are canted with respect to each other. The pump includes an inlet for introducing the particulate material into the passage and an outlet for expelling the particulate material from the passage, wherein the outlet is positioned out of line with the inlet.
Claims17
A pump for transporting particulate material comprising:
- a first belt assembly and a second belt assembly together defining a passage, wherein a working surface of each of the first belt assembly and the second belt assembly are canted with respect to each other relative to a plane of conveyance;
- an inlet for introducing the particulate material into the passage;
- an outlet for expelling the particulate material from the passage, the outlet positioned out of line with the inlet, the first belt assembly and the second belt assembly each having lateral ends at the working surface with a distance between the ends closest to the outlet being greater than a distance between the ends farthest from the outlet such that the wherein working surfaces of the first belt assembly and the second belt assembly are angled toward the outlet.
A particulate transporting pump comprising:
- an inlet for introducing particulates;
- an outlet for expelling the particulates, the outlet offset relative to the inlet, wherein the outlet comprises a side exit upward discharge that discharges from a side of the pump and includes walls that divert the particulate matter upward relative to the outlet;
- a first belt assembly positioned between the inlet and the outlet;
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- a second belt assembly positioned between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the first belt assembly and the second belt assembly are positioned opposite each other to form a particulate passageway, the passageway narrowed away from the outlet, the outlet adjoining the passageway at a lateral side of the first and second belt assemblies.
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A pump for transporting particulate material comprising:
- a first belt assembly and a second belt assembly together defining a passage, wherein a working surface of each of the first belt assembly and the second belt assembly are canted with respect to each other;
- an inlet for introducing the particulate material into the passage;
- an outlet for expelling the particulate material from the passage, the outlet positioned out of line with the inlet, wherein the outlet comprises a side exit upward discharge that discharges from a side of the pump and includes walls that divert the particulate matter upward relative to the outlet, wherein the walls extend toward a discharge port aligned at an angle relative to horizontal and wherein the walls form a roof positioned above the discharge port wherein the roof includes a relief that terminates at a height sufficient to permit the particulate material to flow at its angle of repose, the outlet adjoining the passage at a lateral side of the first and second belt assemblies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.