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US 5,685,216 AGranted
Continuous vessel deflection monitor device
AssigneeFMC Corporation
InventorsJoost Veltman, Andrew Carl Prins, Scott R. Cavanaugh
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Abstract
The invention provides a rotary processor which uses a linear motion detector to measure the deflection of the rotary processor as the rotary processor is heated. The linear motion detector measures the deflection of the rotary processor to prevent damage caused by excessive vessel deflection. The linear motion detector is placed to measure deflection near the center of a rotary processor.
Claims7
An apparatus for processing filled containers, comprising:
- a vessel with a central cavity with a first end and a second end and a top and a bottom;
- a trough extending along the bottom of the central cavity;
- an axle with a length extending from the first end of the central cavity to the second end of the central cavity;
- a reel connected to and extending along the length of the axle wherein the reel has an outer edges, which are parts of the reel displaced furthest from the axle, wherein the outer edges of the reel are able to rotate around the axle within the central cavity;
- means connected to the outer edges of the reel and extending along the length of the reel for pushing the containers around the reel as the reel is rotated;
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- a spiral piece on the inside of the central cavity around the reel;
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- a linear motion detector mechanically connected to the vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.