Device for discharging particulate materials
AssigneeSwiss Aluminium Ltd.
InventorGunther Friese
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Abstract
A device for discharging particulate materials, especially when wet and in specific quantities, allows uniform discharging across the cross section of a container through a number of ports in the floor of the container. A device underneath and at a distance from the ports is such that it exhibits plates having nozzles connected to an air or liquid supply under pressure and the application of the said device allows control of the formation of a cone of material whereby the discharging process can be easily controlled and stopped as desired.
Claims7
A device for controlling the discharging of particulate material, comprising, in combination:
- a container including a bottom for storing said materal;
- a pluraity of outlet ports defined in said bottom for the discharge of said material;
- receiving means disposed below each of said outlet ports and operable for receiving and accumulating a sufficient amount of the discharged material to block controllably the continued discharge of said material from said outlet ports;
- fluid expulsion means associated with each of said receiving means and being controllably operable to eject a fluid under pressure into the accumulating material for restraining the accumulation of said material on said receiving means and
- movable support means connected to said receiving means, whereby the position of said receiving means with respect to said outlet ports can be adjusted within a predetermined range of settings.
A device for controlling the discharging of particulate material, comprising, in combination:
- a container including a bottom for storing said material;
- a plurality of outlet ports defined in said bottom for the discharge of said material;
- receiving means disposed below each of said outlet ports and operable for receiving and accumulating a sufficient amount of the discharged material to block controllably the continued discharge of said material from said outlet ports;
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- fluid expulsion means associated with each of said receiving means, including a nozzle, and being controllably operable to eject a fluid under pressure into the accumulating material thereby restraining the accumulation of said material on said receiving means wherein each of said receiving means includes a disc-like plate with the nozzle of said fluid means arranged in the middle of said plate for directing the ejected fluid across the upper surface of said plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.