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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Xeros Limited, Rotherham, GB;
Thomas Andrew Cobb, Rotherham, GB;
Joseph Mattley, Rotherham, GB;
Liam Roberts, Rotherham, GB;
Gareth Evan Lyn Jones, Bath and North East Somerset, GB;
Xeros Limited, Rotherham, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus for use in the treatment of substrates with a solid particulate material, said apparatus comprising: (a) a housing having mounted therein a rotatably mounted drum () having an inner surface and an end wall; and (b) access means for introducing said substrates into said drum, wherein said drum comprises storage means () for storage of said solid particulate material and a plurality of flow paths to facilitate flow of said solid particulate material between said storage means and the interior of said drum (), characterised in that: said drum () comprises a dispensing flow path () to facilitate flow of said solid particulate material from said storage means () to the interior of said drum (), and a collecting flow path () to facilitate flow of said particulate material from the interior of said drum () to said storage means (), wherein said dispensing flow path () and said collecting flow path () are different flow paths.