Powder provisioning device for a powder doser
AssigneeHarro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH
InventorsJonas Hoepfer, Marco Weigel
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Abstract
A powder provisioning device is for a powder doser, in particular for a tamping pin station. The powder provisioning device comprises a powder container, which can be driven in rotation, for receiving a powder bed, and a stationarily mounted smoothing device for the powder bed. The stationarily mounted smoothing device includes a stirring unit having at least one stirrer which projects into the interior of the powder container and can be driven in rotation.
Claims9
A method of operating a powder provisioning device for a powder doser, the powder provisioning device having a powder container, which can be driven in rotation, for receiving a powder bed, and the powder provisioning device further having a stationarily mounted smoothing device for the powder bed, the stationarily mounted smoothing device including a stirring unit having at least one stirrer which projects into the interior of the powder container, the method comprising the step of:
- driving the at least one stirrer which projects into the interior of the powder unit in rotation.
A powder provisioning device for a powder doser, the powder provisioning device comprising:
- a powder container for receiving a powder bed;
- said powder container defining an interior and being configured to be driven in rotation in a first rotating movement;
- a stationarily mounted smoothing device for said powder bed;
- said stationarily mounted smoothing device including a stirring unit having at least one stirrer which projects into said interior of said powder container;
- said at least one stirrer being configured to be driven in rotation in a second rotating movement;
- said second rotating movement of said at least one stirrer being coupled in a synchronized manner to said first rotating movement of said powder container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.