Source material delivery system
US5098229A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G53/525
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for repeatedly supplying a predetermined quantity of solid particulate material, e.g. solid, spherical silicon particles, to a location remote from the area where the particulate material is stored. The system includes a container for storing solid particulate material, a receiving chamber coupled with the container and sized and configured to admit only a predetermined quantity of particulate material from the container, and means for applying at least one stream of a pressurized fluid so as to entrain and transport said predetermined quantity of particulate material from the receiving chamber to the remote location.
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