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Debridging apparatus

US4611921A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 24, 1984
Grant dateSep 16, 1986
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Expiry dateDec 24, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01F35/79
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A debridger for finely divided solids fed from a hopper to a screw feed by gravity. It has a heavy base that can rest on the threads of the screw feed and will be moved up and down over succeeding threads. There is a member attached to the base for extending up centrally in the hopper with radial arms reaching near the walls of the hopper.

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