Apparatus for conveying granular plastic material
AssigneeMann & Hummel ProTec GmbH
InventorGerhard Goth
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Abstract
An apparatus for conveying granular plastic materials, for example silicone granulate, including a storage tank, a device for loosening granular plastic material positioned within the storage tank, as well as a discharge device for indirectly or directly transporting granular material to an extruder antechamber. Even granular plastic materials that are difficult to pour can be conveyed in a reliable and economical way due to the process of loosening the granular plastic materials by means of a suitable device.
Claims16
An apparatus for conveying a granular plastic material comprising a storage tank, a device for loosening granular plastic material disposed within said storage tank, a discharge device for transporting the granular material to an extruder antechamber, a conveying device arranged between said storage tank and the extruder antechamber, and an intermediate hopper arranged to receive said granular plastic material from said conveying device;
- wherein the discharge device is a suction pipe extending horizontally or in a descending direction from said storage tank to said conveying device;
- said conveying device is supplied with granular plastic material by said suction device;
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- and said intermediate hopper consists essentially of a vertical pipe having an elongated configuration, said intermediate hopper receiving all of the granular plastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.