Apparatus for distributing particulate material
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorLars G. A. Wadell
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Abstract
Particulate material falling from an end of a belt positioned within a rotatable hollowed drum is distributed over an axial width of the interior wall of the drum by a guiding device.
Claims10
An apparatus for distributing particulate material comprising a rotatable drum having an interior circumferential wall which is positioned to have a horizontal axis and which defines a hollowed drum interior, a first endless belt for conveying particulate material, a second endless belt positioned to extend end-to-end with the first belt so that adjacent ends of the first and second belts terminate within the drum interior and are separated by a gap so that particulate material conveyed on the first belt falls off the end of the first belt into the gap, and a guiding device which comprises an oscillable plate which is positioned so that an edge of the plate extends in a direction parallel to the end of the first belt for guiding and distributing particulate material which falls into the gap substantially evenly over an axial width of a portion of the interior wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.