Rotating grate with a cleaning device for a biomass heating system
AssigneeSl-Technik GmbH
InventorThilo Sommerauer
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Abstract
A rotating grate for a biomass heating system is disclosed, the grate comprising: at least one rotating grate element; at least one bearing axle, by means of which the rotating grate element is rotatably mounted; at least one cleaning device attached to one of the rotating grate elements, wherein the cleaning device comprises a mass element movable relative to the rotating grate element; wherein the cleaning device is arranged in such a way that, upon rotation of the rotating grate element, an acceleration movement of the mass element is initiated so that the cleaning device exerts a knocking effect on the rotating grate element in order to clean the rotating grate element.
Claims21
A rotating grate for a biomass heating system, the rotating grate comprising:
- at least one rotating grate element;
- at least one bearing axle, by means of which the rotating grate element is rotatably mounted;
- at least one cleaning device attached to one of the rotating grate elements, the cleaning device comprising a mass element movable relative to the rotating grate element;
- wherein the cleaning device is arranged such that upon rotation of the rotating grate element an acceleration movement of the mass element is initiated so that the cleaning device exerts a knocking effect on the rotating grate element to clean the rotating grate element.
A method of cleaning a rotating grate of a biomass heating system, wherein the rotating grate comprises the following:
- at least one rotating grate element;
- at least one bearing axle, by means of which the rotating grate element is rotatably mounted;
- at least one cleaning device attached to one of the rotating grate elements, the cleaning device comprising a mass element movable relative to the rotating grate element;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- Rotating the rotating grate element in a first direction (D1) and moving the mass element of the cleaning device as a result;
- Initiating an acceleration movement of the mass element;
- Impacting the mass element with a knocking effect on an impact face of either the rotating grate element or the cleaning device for cleaning the rotating grate element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.