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US 9,758,319 B2Granted
Vacuum operated wood pellet handling, filtering and dispensing apparatus, system and methods of use thereof
OwnerCarl D. Celellainventor
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Abstract
A vacuum operated wood pellet management apparatus, systems and methods thereof, capable of handling, transferring, dispensing and filtering wood pellets. The pellet management apparatus and systems comprising a housing having a motor and a vacuum fan, a power supply, wherein the power supply controls an output of the motor, a pellet chamber connected to the housing, wherein the pellet chamber includes an inlet port configured to receive a plurality of wood pellets from a source of wood pellets and an outlet port regulated by a self-closing hinge.
Claims16
A pellet management apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a motor and a vacuum fan;
- a power supply, wherein the power supply controls an output of the motor;
- a pellet chamber connected to the housing, wherein the pellet chamber includes an inlet port connected to an inlet conduit and an outlet port regulated by a self-closing hinge connected to both a door and the pellet chamber, wherein the self-closing hinge is configured to open and close the door while under vacuum, in response to a gravitational force exerted by a plurality of wood pellets within the pellet chamber, on the door.
A pellet management system comprising:
- a first container having an outlet;
- a pellet management apparatus including a housing having a motor and a vacuum fan, a power supply that controls an output of the motor, a pellet chamber connected to the housing, wherein the pellet chamber has an inlet, and an outlet regulated by a self-closing hinge connected to both a door and the pellet chamber, wherein the self-closing hinge is configured to open and close the door in response to a gravitational force exerted on the door by a plurality of wood pellets within the pellet chamber;
- a conduit connected to the outlet of the first container and the inlet of the pellet management apparatus;
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- a second container having an inlet, wherein said inlet of the second container is configured to receive the plurality of wood pellets from the outlet of the pellet management apparatus.
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