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Device for expelling drops of a flowable product, and method for operating one such device

US10994253B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

IPCO GERMANY GMBH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Schmidt · Kirchberg, CH
Sviatoslav Piddubnyi · Stuttgart, DE
Dietmar Hafele · Bad Sobernheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2017
Grant date	May 4, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01J2/26
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for dropletizing a flowable product, having an outer tube which is arranged in a rotatable manner on a core, wherein, in the core, a feed device for the product to be dropletized and a distribution apparatus bearing against the inner circumference of the outer tube are provided. A device for cleaning an outer circumference of the outer tube is provided, wherein the device has a cleaning spatula, a guide rail for the cleaning spatula, which guide rail extends parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the outer tube, and a first drive for moving the cleaning spatula along the guide rail.

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