Blending silo with compartmentalized funnel

US5248197A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Waeschle Maschinenfabrik GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Robert Storf · Weingarten, DE
• Norbert Wohnhas · Ravensburg, DE
• Hans Hoppe · Weingarten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 1992
• Grant date: Sep 28, 1993
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01F25/80
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A blending silo of the type having a silo vessel defining a center axis and provided with a conical bottom ending in a vessel outlet, includes a funnel with its longitudinal axis coinciding with the center axis of the silo vessel and with its interior space being subdivided by a plurality of sheet segments in several compartments which are successively arranged in circumferential direction such that neighboring compartments have differently sized inlet cross sections and/or outlet cross sections to attain a superior homogenizing of bulk material.