Silo for loose material in powder form
AssigneeKrupp Polysius AG
InventorsNorbert Ahrens, Otto Heinemann, Heinrich Klockenbusch, Wolfgang Kluger
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Abstract
A silo for loose material in powder form having a base provided with a central conical section projecting upwards to form an annular discharge zone having floor portions inclined in a direction leading to an opening in a discharge chamber and in such manner that the material flows approximately tangentially towards the material discharge openings.
Claims14
In a loose material silo having a cylindrical wall and a base the central region of which is formed by an upwardly projecting conical section, said base having a number of material discharge openings distributed symmetrically over its periphery between said conical section and said wall, said base having zones between the material discharge openings provided with loose material-supporting inclined surfaces, the improvement wherein said inclined surfaces are inclined peripherally of the silo and toward the material discharge openings in such manner that loose material may flow approximately tangentially of said zones of said base towards the respective material discharge openings.
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