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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Gea Process Engineering NV, Halle, BE;
Bart Verhoest, Niel, BE;
Guido Vital Judith Geukens, Meerhout, BE;
Alexander Clemens Henricus Josef Schaepman, Breda, NL;
Johannes Adrianus Jozef Maria Vugts, Gravenmoer 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
GEA PROCESS ENGINEERING NV, Halle, BE;
Abstract
A feeder device for feeding powder, having a barrel feeding channel with a downstream end. The feeding channel including at least one conveying element for conveying the powder material to the downstream end. A rotatable exit element provided at the downstream end of the feeding channel. The rotatable exit element includes an annular portion defining exit openings defined by powder engaging edges. The rotatable exit element is positioned transversally outside the barrel in a proximity of the downstream end of the feeding channel. The feeding channel has a first, inner diameter and the rotatable exit element has a second, outer diameter, where the second, outer diameter is equal to or larger than the first inner diameter.