Synchronized vibrator conveyor
OwnerAllan M. Carlyleinventor
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Abstract
A vibratory conveyor capable of fluidizing particulate material is capable of separate control of direction, velocity and fluidization of material. The material is placed on a conveyor and vibrated by separate vertical and horizontal components of vibration. The frequency of both components is synchronized over an operating range. Various independent changes in amplitudes can affect the degree of fluidization and flow direction for any particular frequency. For any combination of amplitudes, changes in frequency affect fluidization and velocity. The present invention is adaptable for a range of applications that include drying wood wafers, hog fuel or other organic particulate, warming wood chips, scrubbing flue gas, filtering acting as a reactor and as a gas processor.
Claims12
A fluidizer conveyor mountable to a base comprising:
- a trough to hold, fluidize, and convey particulate material;
- at least one reciprocating vector cylinder mounted substantially parallel to the trough and connected between the trough and the base to impart a vibratory motion to the trough to convey material along the trough;
- at least one reciprocating thrust cylinder mounted transversely to the trough and connected between the trough and the base to impart a vibratory motion to the trough to fluidize material in the trough;
- first control means for the at least one thrust and vector cylinders to independently control the amplitude of vibration of each cylinder;
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- second control means for the at least one thrust and vector cylinders to synchronously control the frequency of vibration of the cylinders;
- whereby the first and second control means control movement of the at least one thrust and vector cylinders such that the cylinders co-operate to impart a desired vibration motion to the trough at a resultant vector angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.