Vibratory filler for powders
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsPaul M. Wegman, Mikhail Vaynshteyn, Oleg Y. Abramov, Sergei D. Ryabov, Yuri A. Yudin, Alexander G. Kashkarov, Alexander N. Gerasimov, Victor A. Kouzmitchev
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Abstract
A method for filling a powder container is provided. The method includes the steps of placing a first powder container to be filled in filling relationship to a supply of powder in a vessel, mechanically exciting the powder in the vessel to improve its flow properties, dispensing powder from the vessel into the first container, removing the first container from the vessel, and placing a second container to be filled in filling relationship to the vessel.
Claims12
An apparatus for assisting the flow of powder from a hopper, comprising:
- a first member operably associated with the hopper and configured to be cyclically driven to provide an acceleration to the powder in a upwardly direction;
- a second member secured to the hopper;
- a shaft rotatable secured to said second member, said first member being pivotably connected to said second member and extending downwardly therefrom, said first member being rotably connected to said shaft;
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- an eccentric bushing between said shaft and said first member so as to permit said first member to precess about said shaft.
An apparatus for assisting the flow of powder from a hopper, the hopper defining an aperture in the lower portion thereof, the apparatus comprising:
- a body defining a body longitudinal axis thereof and rotatably mounted to the hopper;
- a shaft defining a shaft longitudinal axis thereof and rotatably mounted at least partially within said body;
- a flexible coupling extending from one end of said body;
- and secured thereto;
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- a member pivotably secured to and extending downwardly from said flexible coupling, said member operably associated with said flexible coupling and said shaft so as to permit said member to precess about said shaft longitudinal axis.
An apparatus for assisting the flow of powder from a hopper containing a supply of powder, comprising:
- a first member rotatably and pivotably mounted about an axis with respect to the hopper, said first member including a surface thereof perpendicular to the axis, said surface of said first member providing an acceleration to the powder in a upwardly direction;
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- a shaft rotatably mounted about the axis, said first member eccentrically mounted to said shaft so that said surface of said first member moves cyclically in a direction along the axis to provide an acceleration to the powder in a upwardly direction.
An apparatus for assisting the flow of powder from a hopper containing a supply of powder, comprising:
- a shaft, rotatably connected to the hopper about an axis;
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- a first member rotatably and pivotably mounted with respect to the hopper and eccentrically and rotatably mounted to said shaft so as to permit said first member to precess about said shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.