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US 4,059,310 AGranted
Apparatus and method for uniform powder feed
AssigneeOutboard Marine Corporation
InventorsJohn J. Waskiewicz, John H. Winston
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AssigneeOutboard Marine Corporation
InventorsJohn J. Waskiewicz, John H. Winston
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Disclosed herein is an apparatus for uniformly feeding particulate matter into a carrier gas, which apparatus includes a particulate matter inlet duct communicating with a carrier gas conduit, a device for introducing into the conduit upstream of the inlet duct, a flow of carrier gas which is maintained under constant pressure prior to introduction, a particulate matter pump communicating with the inlet duct and operable at a variable pumping rate to supply particulate matter through the inlet duct to the conduit, a device for sensing the pressure in the conduit, and a control connected to the pressure sensing means for varying the pumping rate of the pump in accordance with pressure variation in the conduit to maintain a uniform feed of particulate matter into the carrier gas flowing in the conduit.
Apparatus for uniformly feeding particulate matter into a carrier gas, said appratus including a carrier gas conduit, a particulate matter inlet duct communicating with said conduit, means for supplying, into said conduit upstream of said inlet duct, a flow of carrier gas which is under constant above atmospheric pressure prior to introduction into said conduit, a particulate matter pump communicating with said inlet duct and operable at a variable pumping rate to supply particulate matter through said inlet duct to said conduit for conveyance therein solely in response to the introduction into said conduit of the carrier gas, means for sensing the pressure in said conduit downstream of the introduction into said conduit of the carrier gas, and means connected to said pressure sensing means for maintaining a uniform feed of particulate matter into the carrier gas flowing in said conduit by varying the pumping rate of said pump in accordance with pressure variation in said conduit.
A method of uniformly feeding particulate matter into a carrier gas, said method comprising the steps of introducing a flow of carrier gas at a constant above atmospheric pressure into a conduit upstream of the introduction of particulate matter into the conduit by a pump operable at a variable pumping rate so as thereby to deliver the particulate matter through the conduit solely in response to the introduction of the carrier gas, sensing the pressure in the conduit downstream of the introduction of the carrier gas, and maintaining uniform particulate matter feed into the carrier gas flowing in the conduit by varying the pumping rate of the pump in accordance with the pressure sensed in the conduit.
Apparatus for uniformly feeding a substance into a carrier gas, said apparatus including a carrier gas conduit, a duct communicating with said conduit for feeding the substance into the conduit, means for supplying into said conduit upstream of said duct, a flow of carrier gas which is maintained under a constant pressure condition above atmospheric prior to supply into said duct, a feed device communicating with said duct and operable at a variable feed rate to supply the substance through said duct to said conduit for delivery in said conduit solely in response to the introduction of carrier gas, means for sensing one of the conditions in said conduit, and means connected to said condition sensing means for maintaining a uniform feed of the substance into the carrier gas flowing in said conduit by varying the feed rate of said feed device in accordance with variation of said one condition in said conduit.
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