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US 2021/0229929 A1Published application
Air assisted hopper system for pellet-shaped articles
AssigneeAckley Machine Corporation
InventorsVincent M. DELUCCIA, Jr., James T. McNAMEE
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Abstract
An apparatus that conveys pellet-shaped articles may include a hopper that receives a quantity of the pellet-shaped articles. The hopper may include one or more openings to direct a flow of air into the hopper to dislodge jamming or bridging of pellet-shaped articles within the hopper.
Claims22
An apparatus comprising:
- a conveyer path;
- a hopper configured to receive a plurality of pellet-shaped articles and direct the pellet-shaped articles towards the conveyer path, the hopper having at least one opening to direct a flow of air into the hopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.