Patent · US Expired

Dispenser for granular or powdered product with crenellated dispensing blade

US4280639A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
7References
7Claims
0Family size

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJun 18, 1979
Grant dateJul 28, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 18, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F11/24
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dispenser is provided which is adapted to be used in connection with a hopper for distribution of a granular and/or powdered product, said dispenser having a rotary star-shaped distributor on which is mounted a plurality of crenellated radial blades which upon rotation move between two parallel walls at right angles to the axis of rotation, one wall being an upstream wall and the other a downstream wall, each having at least one cut-out nonaligned with the cut-out in the other, one cut-out being an inlet on the upstream wall and another one an outlet on the downstream wall, the upstream wall having on its inner face at least one stud which is disposed in line with the outlet and the edge of each crenellated radial blade being so crenellated that the recessed surface of the crenellation matches the projecting stud or studs of the upstream wall whereby a constant measured quantity of granular and/or powdered product is dispensed. PAC BACKGROUND

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.