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US 2003/0113420 A1Published application
Flowable solids dispensing apparatus and method of use
AssigneeThe Proctor & Gamble Company
InventorsJeffrey Wes Martin, Mark Joseph Fiteny
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for depositing flowable solids onto articles located on a moving conveyor. A flowable solid is placed on a vibrating trough and dispensed to an article on the moving conveyor through a slot in the trough. A third planar surface placed beneath the slot receives the flowable solid from the slot and provides an even dispersing pattern of the flowable solid onto the articles.
Claims20
A flowable solids dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a first surface disposed about an axis;
- a second surface disposed about said axis, said surface being disposed below said first surface;
- wherein said first surface and said second surface form a slot therebetween;
- wherein said first and second surface form an angle therebetween;
- and;
- wherein a flowable solid progresses from said first surface to said second surface through said slot.
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A flowable solids dispensing apparatus comprising:
- (a) a first surface disposed about an axis and,
- (b) at least two second surfaces disposed about said axis, both of said least two second surfaces being disposed below said first surface;
- wherein said first surface and both of said second surfaces form at least one slot therebetween;
- wherein said first and second surface form an acute included angle therebetween;
- and;
- wherein a flowable solid progresses from said first surface to at least one of said second surfaces through said at least one slot.
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A method of applying a flowable solid to a substrate comprising the steps of:
- (a) supplying first surface disposed about an axis;
- (b) supplying a second surface disposed beneath said first surface and forming an angle therebetween, wherein said first surface and said second surface form a slot therebetween;
- (c) disposing a substrate upon a conveyor proximate to said second surface, said conveyor having an axis substantially parallel to said axis of said first and second surface;
- (d) supplying a flowable solid to said first surface;
- (e) vibrating said first surface with a vibrator wherein said vibrator progresses said flowable solid substantially along said first surface;
- (f) substantially disposing said flowable solid from said slot disposed on said first surface to said second surface;
- and,
- (g) substantially disposing said flowable solid from said second surface to said substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.