Silo for storage of powder-like commodities
AssigneeFa. Johannes Moller Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG
InventorHermann Moller
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Abstract
A silo for storage and homogenization of powder-like commodities includes a housing with a peripheral wall defining an interior chamber in which a cone facilitating the flowing movement of the commodity is located. The cone has an apex formed with a ventilation opening which is surrounded by an aerating device to which air is supplied. A bottom wall arranged within the housing has an outlet for discharging the commodity from the silo and is provided with pneumatic chutes sloped towards the outlet. A number of sector-like ventilation elements are mounted on the bottom wall which are adapted to admit air to the silo which air rises through the interior of the cone, passes through the ventilation opening and enters the commodity located above the cone.
Claims24
A silo for storage and homogenization of powder-like commodities, such as flour, comprising a housing defining a chamber and having an outlet;
- inlet means for receiving the commodity into said housing;
- means communicating with said outlet for discharging the commodity from said housing;
- a bottom wall inclined downwardly towards said outlet;
- a hollow cone positioned in said housing and upwardly spaced from said bottom wall and having an open underside and an apex formed with a ventilation opening communicating with said chamber;
- means for admitting air in upward direction into the commodity beneath said cone, so that the air rises therein and escapes through said ventilation opening;
- and aerating means surrounding said ventilation opening for aerating the commodity in said chamber in the region about said ventilation opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.