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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
George R Cain, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Koppers Company, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222 66 ; 414161 ; 1101 / ; 1101 / ; 110108 ;
Abstract
A gravity operated conical hopper having a sliding closure plate which is pneumatically activated as soon as the hopper has been emptied. An apparatus and method is also disclosed for pneumatically detecting and automatically closing the hopper to stop the flow of contained material after material has been discharged to a particular level.