US 4,809,883 AGranted

Sand dispensing assembly

AssigneeAMSTED Industries Incorporated

InventorJaime F. Pozo

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Abstract

A sand dispensing assembly is provided wherein two different sands are held in two bins in a top section. The bins are concentric and generally cylindrical. A middle section of the sand dispensing assembly includes a plurality of inner dispensing tubes at a first diameter from the center of the middle section and a plurality of outer dispensing tubes at a second diameter greater than the first diameter from the center of the middle section. A bottom of the sand dispensing assembly includes a plurality of discharge funnels. When the middle section is at a first position, sand fills the inner dispensing tubes from the first bin while sand exits the outer tubes through the discharge funnels. When the middle section is rotated to a second position, sand fills the outer dispensing tubes from the second bin while sand exits the inner tubes through the discharge funnels.

A sand dispensing device comprising

a sand storage section including an inner generally cylindrical storage chamber and an outer generally cylindrical storage chamber concentric with and radially outboard from said inner storage chamber,
a sand dispensing tube assembly located below said sand storage section, said sand dispensing tue assembly including an inner set of tubes arranged in a circular pattern and an outer set of tubes arranged in a circular pattern concentric with and radially outboard from said inner set of tubes,
means to rotate said sand dispensing tube assembly,
a top plate between said sand storage section and said sand dispensing tubes, said top plate having a plurality of inner openings arranged in a circular pattern at a first radial distance around said top plate and a plurality of outer openings arranged in a circular pattern at a second radial distance radially outboard from and concentric with said first radial distance around said top plate such that, upon the rotation of said sand dispensing tube assembly to a first position, each one of said inner set of tubes is aligned with one of said inner openings of said top plate to permit sand to fall from said inner storage chamber through said inner openings and into said inner tubes, and, upon the rotation of said sand dispensing tube assembly to a second position, each one of said outer set of tubes is aligned with one of said outer openings of said top plate to permit sand to fall from said outer storage chamber through said inner openings and into said outer tubes,
a bottom plate below said dispensing tube assembly, said bottom plate including an inner set of openings arranged in a circular pattern at a selected radius around said bottom plate and an outer set of openings arranged in a circular pattern at a second, larger radius such that, upon the rotation of said sand dispensing tube assembly to said first position, said outer set of tubes are at least partially aligned with said outer openings in said bottom plate to permit sand to fall from said outer set of tubes, and, upon the rotation of said sand dispensing tube assembly to said second position, said inner set of tubes are at least partially aligned with said inner openings in said bottom plate to permit sand to fall from said inner set of tubes,
and a plurality of discharge funnels each aligned below each opening of said inner and outer set of openings in said bottom plate.

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