Device for the metered removal of bulk material
US8047409B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G65/4818
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for the metered removal of bulk material from a bin, the apparatus having a top bulk-material-filling opening, bottom bulk-material-removal opening, and a rotor that is connected in a driven manner to at least one sweeping arm disposed inside the bin near the bin's rotationally symmetrical floor and directed towards the removal opening. In order to create an apparatus for the removal of bulk material from a bin in which the mass of the removed bulk material not only can be metered very precisely, but which is also of simple design and easy to maintain, provision is made whereby the sweeping arm is attached on the bottom side of a separating element connected in a driven manner to the rotor, and whereby a settling zone is provided below the separating element in front of the sweeping arm, this zone only being open on one side to the bulk material through a feed opening, and on the other side to the removal opening.
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