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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2024
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 33/14 (2006.01); B65G 33/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 33/265 (2013.01); B65G 33/14 (2013.01); B65G 2207/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adjustable screw conveyor includes a plurality of adjustable helical blades disposed in an enclosure having an inlet at a first end of the enclosure and an outlet at a second end of the enclosure, where the plurality of adjustable helical blades includes a first blade and a second blade. The adjustable screw conveyor further includes the plurality of adjustable helical blades being coupled to a first shaft via a plurality of pitch adjustment modules, where a pitch between the first blade and the second blade of the plurality of adjustable helical blades is adjustable.