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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2020
Glatt Gesellschaft Mit Beschränkter Haftung, Binzen, DE;
Dirk Zimmermann, Wehr, DE;
Glatt Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Binzen, DE;
Abstract
A method for emptying a device for producing granules or extrudates. The device includes a container having an inlet for the material to be treated, an inlet for a liquid, a stirring device, an outlet for said intermediate product, and an emptying pipe having an inlet for the intermediate product and an outlet for the granules or extrudate as well as a conveying device conveying the intermediate product from the inlet of the emptying pipe in the direction of the outlet of the emptying pipe. The method includes the steps of: producing the intermediate product from the material to be treated and the liquid in the container; moving the emptying pipe from the closed position with respect to the container into an open position with respect to the container; and conveying the intermediate product from the container and via the conveying devices.