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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2022
Applicant:
United Conveyor Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Charhut, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Keith Johnson, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Robert Ledain, Fox Lake, IL (US);
Ronald Bugar, Chicago, IL (US);
Slawomir Sadowski, Bensenville, IL (US);
Assignee:
United Conveyor LLC, Waukegan, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23J 1/02 (2006.01); B02C 13/10 (2006.01); B02C 13/286 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23J 1/02 (2013.01); B02C 13/10 (2013.01); B02C 2013/28609 (2013.01); B02C 2013/28636 (2013.01); F23J 2700/001 (2013.01); F23J 2900/01003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and mechanism for bottom ash flow turndown from a hopper, through a crusher, and to a conveyor, the system including a fixed flow restrictor and a variable speed side discharge crusher to modulate bottom ash flow in the absence of gate or valve flow from a hopper, the conveyor providing a signal corresponding to an overfeed condition to enable a controller to operate the crusher and/or the conveyor to eliminate overfeed conditions.