Dosing device for bulk material including liquids
AssigneeCarl Schenck AG
InventorsHarald Heinrici, Uwe Bachmann, Ludger Toerner
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Abstract
A bulk material dosing or feeder device has at least one upright post mounted to a base and carrying a horizontal head section. A supply hopper is supported by the head section. Modular units such as a stirrer, a weigher or feeder or the like are vertically aligned, vertically below the hopper. At least one, preferably each modular unit is mounted on a respective swivel arm. The swivel arm is journalled to the upright post whereby the modular unit may be tilted into an operative position below the hopper or into an out position for easy access to and exchange of the modular units.
Claims12
A dosing device for bulk materials including liquids, comprising a frame structure having a vertical frame axis and including a head section and upright post means supporting said head section, a supply container supported by said head section in alignment with said vertical frame axis, dosing means (1, 13, 16, 23, 32) for dosing said materials, swivel mounting means for mounting said dosing means in said frame structure, said swivel mounting means including journal means for journalling said swivel mounting means to at least one of said upright post means, said dosing means and said swivel mounting means being so dimensioned that a central axis of said dosing means coincides with said vertical frame axis when said dosing means are in an operative position below said supply container, and wherein said journal means permit horizontally swivelling said dosing means out of said frame structure for providing easy access to said dosing means.
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