Blowing device for a rotary airlock
AssigneeZeppelin Systems GmbH
InventorsHermann BAIER, Ernst GRAMM, Robert MÜLLER, Thomas HILEBRAND, Björn FEDER
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Abstract
Disclosed is a blowing device for a rotary air lock, comprising a flushing gas stream that is fed by a gas supply line (12) in order for adhering material to be flushed and blown out of at least one compartment (20-24) of the rotary air lock (20-24) when said compartment is located next to a product outlet of the rotary air lock. A blowing unit (30), which comprises at least one blowing tube (32) and is located in a feeding shoe (10) that is arranged at the product outlet, directs the flushing gas stream to at least one compartment (20-24) of the rotary air lock.
Claims10
A blowing device for a rotary airlock (1) having a flushing gas stream (33, 33a), which originates from a gas supply (12), for flushing and blowing out adhering material from at least one airlock chamber (20-24) when it is located closest to a product outlet (7) of the rotary airlock (1), wherein the blowing device (30) having at least one blowing tube (32, 32a) orients the flushing gas stream (33) onto at least one airlock chamber (20-24), wherein a feeding shoe (10) is arranged at the product outlet (7), in which the blowing device (30) is arranged, and the gas supply of the blowing device (30) is supplied by a conveying gas stream applied at the inlet to the blowing device (30).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.