Patent · US Expired

Tube mill

US4078730A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 17, 1976
Grant dateMar 14, 1978
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Expiry dateNov 17, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB02C17/06
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A tube mill is disclosed for grinding and drying granular material which comprises an elongated shell having one or more grinding chambers, and downstream of the first chamber, a dispersing compartment for receiving hot gases and material and bounded by a sieving diaphragm defining a central opening therethrough. A frustoconical sieve drum is attached to the sieving diaphragm for rotation therewith and forms a portion of an end wall of the discharge compartment.

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