Ube Industries, Inc.

Kiyoshi Kuioka

Ryoichi Yamamoto

Koji Inaba

Toyoma Hoshino

Mud is taken into a vertical screw conveyor while an inlet device is rotating or without the use of such an inlet device. The mud is sent from the discharge port of the conveyor into a transport pipe. The mud is forcibly sent by a compressed air. Screens are provided to take only the mud into the screw conveyor. Paddles for stirring mud are provided on the vanes of the screw. A check valve and/or a pressure feeder (transport pump) is provided between the discharge port of the conveyor and the transport pipe.

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Yamaguchi, Japan

Kiyoshi Kuioka