Feeding device for feeding fluff and granules into an extruder
AssigneeWindmoeller & Hoelscher KG
InventorSimon Haselmann
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Abstract
A feeding device for feeding fluff and granules into an extruder includes a supplying apparatus with an outlet-side pipe piece for the granules, with which the granules can be fed while forming a granule column, the pipe piece being connected to an inlet opening of the extruder, a funnel with a funnel outlet for supplying fluff, an auger being provided within the funnel for conveying fluff, which projects through the funnel outlet and into the pipe piece, the fluff being conveyable within the granule column, and the auger being configured to be a double-start and so as to also convey parts of the granules and/or to compact the fluff with a compacting device.
Claims5
A feeding device for feeding fluff and granules into an extruder, said feeding device comprising:
- a supplying apparatus with an outlet-side pipe piece for the granules, with which the granules can be fed while forming a granule column, the pipe piece being connected to an inlet opening of the extruder;
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- a funnel with a funnel outlet for supplying the fluff, an auger being provided within the funnel for conveying the fluff, the auger projecting through the funnel outlet and into the pipe piece, the fluff being conveyable within the granule column,
- the auger including an auger first part that is disposed within the funnel, and an auger second part that is disposed within the pipe piece below the funnel outlet, with the auger second part having a width that is wider than the width of the funnel outlet so as to convey within the pipe piece parts of the granules and/or to compact the fluff by functioning as a compacting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.