Slack separation apparatus and method
AssigneeIshida Europe Limited
InventorKevin Young
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Abstract
A dispersion feeder for distributing a product stream to a plurality of receiving devices arranged about the periphery of the dispersion feeder, the dispersion feeder comprising a dispersion table; wherein the dispersion table comprises: a product receiving region at the centre of the dispersion table configured to receive a product stream comprising product and slack, and a product dispensing region surrounding the product receiving region; wherein the dispersion table is configured to transfer the product radially from the product receiving region to the product dispensing region; characterised in that the dispersion table further comprises: one or more apertures extending through the dispersion table, the one or more apertures being positioned between the product receiving region and the product dispensing region.
Claims22
A dispersion feeder for distributing a product stream to a plurality of receiving devices arranged about the periphery of the dispersion feeder, the dispersion feeder comprising a dispersion table;
- wherein the dispersion table comprises:
- a product receiving region at the centre of the dispersion table configured to receive a product stream comprising product and slack, and a product dispensing region surrounding the product receiving region;
- wherein the dispersion table is configured to transfer the product radially from the product receiving region to the product dispensing region;
- characterised in that the dispersion table further comprises:
- one or more apertures extending through the dispersion table, the one or more apertures being positioned between the product receiving region and the product dispensing region;
- and in that the dispersion feeder further comprises:
- one or more slack receiving containers arranged to receive slack which has passed through the one or more apertures, wherein at least one slack receiving container comprises an extraction point through which slack may be removed and a base surface inclined towards the extraction point such that slack is collected toward the extraction point.
A system comprising a dispersion feeder, and a plurality of receiving devices arranged about the periphery of the dispersion feeder;
- the dispersion feeder being configured to distribute a product stream to the plurality of receiving devices, the dispersion feeder comprising a dispersion table;
- wherein the dispersion table comprises:
- a product receiving region at the centre of the dispersion table configured to receive a product stream comprising product and slack, and a product dispensing region surrounding the product receiving region;
- wherein the dispersion table is configured to transfer the product radially from the product receiving region to the product dispensing region;
- characterised in that the dispersion table further comprises:
- one or more apertures extending through the dispersion table, the one or more apertures being positioned between the product receiving region and the product dispensing region
- and in that the dispersion feeder further comprises:
- one or more slack receiving containers arranged to receive slack which has passed through the one or more apertures, wherein at least one slack receiving container comprises an extraction point through which slack may be removed and a base surface inclined towards the extraction point such that slack is collected toward the extraction point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.