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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2022
Petsmart Home Office, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);
PETSMART HOME OFFICE, INC., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
A method for measuring dustiness of a product. The method can include providing the product onto a ramp. The method further can include allowing gravity to move the product down the ramp, toward a discharging end of the ramp, and to exit the ramp through a dam at the discharging end of the ramp. The dam can be configured to control a mass flow rate of the product exiting the ramp. The method additionally can include measuring, by a sensor, airborne particles to determine the dustiness of the product, wherein the airborne particles are generated by the product exiting the ramp and freely falling onto a support surface. Other embodiments are disclosed.