Particulate metering and alignment apparatus
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorKent A. Kreider
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Abstract
A particulate metering and alignment apparatus and to a method of producing a plurality of parallel streams of nested particulates for distribution onto a substrate at a desired discharge rate using the apparatus of the invention. The apparatus puts a product feeder in functional communication with a vibrating bed feeder. The discharge rate of the apparatus is controlled by adjusting the angle of tilt of one or more nozzles that distribute particulate material from the product feeder onto the vibrating bed feeder portion of the apparatus.
Claims6
A method of producing a plurality of parallel streams of nested particulates for distribution onto a substrate at a desired discharge rate, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing particulate material having a weight into a product feeder hopper;
- discharging the particulate material from the hopper through at least one tubular nozzle onto a vibrating bed feeder at a discharge rate determined by an angle of tilt of the nozzle relative to the vibrating bed feeder;
- adjusting the angle of tilt to obtain the desired discharge rate;
- forming a plurality of parallel streams of the particulate material on the vibrating bed feeder;
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- distributing the particulate material from the vibrating bed feeder onto a substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.