Gunite feed wheel
OwnerBrooks Stronginventor
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Abstract
A feed wheel is provided that includes a body, a plurality of material ports formed in the body, and a plurality of outer pressure ports formed in the body. The body is operable to rotate about a central axis. The material ports are operable to receive material. The outer pressure ports are positioned radially outward in relation to the material ports. Each of the outer pressure ports is operable to receive pressurized gas when in registration with a pneumatic supply as the body rotates about the central axis. Each of the outer pressure ports are in fluid communication with a corresponding material port such that when an outer pressure port receives the pressurized gas, the pressurized gas discharges the material from the corresponding material port s out of the top surface of the body.
Claims20
A feed wheel comprising:
- a body that is operable to rotate about a central axis, wherein the body includes a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a plurality of material ports formed in the body operable to receive material;
- a plurality of outer pressure ports formed in the body, the plurality of outer pressure ports being positioned radially outward in relation to the plurality of material ports,
- wherein each of the plurality of outer pressure ports is operable to receive pressurized gas when in registration with a pneumatic supply as the body rotates about the central axis,
- wherein each of the plurality of outer pressure ports are in fluid communication with a corresponding material port of the plurality of material ports such that when an outer pressure port of the plurality of outer pressure ports receives the pressurized gas, the pressurized gas discharges the material from the corresponding material port of the plurality of material ports out of the top surface of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.