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US 9,938,972 B2Granted
Distributor apparatus with a pair of intermeshing screw rotors
AssigneeFish Engineering Limited
InventorDavid Michael Walley
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Abstract
A distributor apparatus 10 for distributing a plurality of portions or streams of a flowable material. The apparatus 10 comprises an enclosure 16 which locates rotors 48, 50. An inlet port 66 is provided in an upper part of the enclosure, which connects to a manifold 34 with five spaced inlets 36 through which material can pass to drive the rotors 48, 50. Material can pass round the rotors 48, 50 to a plurality of spaced outlets 38 for discharging to and from the apparatus 10.
Claims18
A distributor apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a pair of adjacent inter engaging rotors such that rotation of one rotor causes or requires rotation of the other rotor in an opposite direction, each rotor comprising a hub with a plurality of lobes extending outwardly therefrom, the rotors being configured such that by virtue of the lobes there is no line of sight between the adjacent inter engaging rotors;
- an inlet at least generally adjacent to the inter engagement of the rotors such that material entering through the inlet engages with the rotors and is then carried round with the rotors to move in a direction away from the inter engagement of the rotors, the material being located between adjacent lobes on the rotors;
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- an outlet being provided substantially on an opposite side of the rotors from the inlet to receive material after being carried with the rotors wherein a plurality of adjacent spaces are defined along a length of the rotors, and each rotor member comprises a single axle with a plurality of spaced parts along the length thereof, the rotor parts being interconnected by the spaced parts, in which the spaced parts extend through dividers between spaces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.