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US 2014/0023466 A1Published application
Gyrator feeder
AssigneeDynamic Air Inc.
InventorsRichard Christianson, Richard Kraus
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Abstract
A gyrator feeder that gyrates a dispensing member to uniformly and circumnavigating dispense material by generating a true circular orbital vibratory motion in the dispensing member by either rotating an offset weight along a vertical central axis of the dispensing member or by positioning vibratory motors diametrical opposite from each other on a gyrator housing and synchronizing the vibratory motors with each other to thereby dispense material.
Claims26
A gyrator feeder comprising:
- a hopper having an outlet;
- a gyrator having a dispensing member partially obstructing the outlet with the dispensing member having a lip for retaining a material thereon when said gyrator is in an off condition and for dispensing material thereover when the gyrator is gyrating.
A gyrator feeder comprising:
- a gyrator housing flexibly suspended;
- a gyration unit affixed to said gyrator housing and located along a vertical central axis of the gyration housing;
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- a motor radially off set from the gyration unit for propelling the gyration unit to generate a true circular orbital vibratory motion of the gyrator housing.
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The method of dispensing material comprising the steps of:
- placing a dispensable material on a dispensing member having a retaining lip;
- generating a true circular orbital vibratory motion in the dispensing member by either rotating an offset weight along a vertical axis of the dispensing member or by positioning vibratory motors diametrical opposite from each other on a gyrator housing and synchronizing the vibratory motors with each other to dispense material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.