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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
James P Diebold, Lakewood, CO (US);
John W Scahill, Golden, CO (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F / ; B65G / ; G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
366241 ; 414324 ; 222228 ; 222229 ;
Abstract
A flexible whip or a system of whips with novel attachments is suspended in a hopper and is caused to impact against fibrous and irregularly shaped particulates in the hopper to fluidize the particulates and facilitate the flow of the particulates through the hopper. The invention provides for the flow of particulates at a substantially constant mass flow rate and uses a minimum of energy.