Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for treating granular material by drying, film-coating or coating

US4444810A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 14, 1982
Grant dateApr 24, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 14, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF26B11/028
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a drum which is rotatable about a horizontal axis of rotation, inlet and outlet lines for a gas, for drying a material contained in the drum, are connected to an immersion body. The immersion body has inlet and outlet openings for the gas and is disposed within the drum to be immersed in the material. The immersion body contains a tunnel through which the material can flow and has arranged in its interior at least some of the inlet and outlet openings for the gas.

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