Patent · US Expired

In-situ self-cleaning feed system for separation equipment

US5967334A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 9, 1998
Grant dateOct 19, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2590/547
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process and apparatus that allows a portion of a feed system to be cleaned quickly by sequentially closing a feed passageway which leads to a sieve section; rotation of the sieve section to an upside-down position to allow blocking clumps of particles to fall away via gravity and reopening the passageway leading to the sieve section to continue with normal operation.

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