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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1980
Johan C Richter, Nice, FR;
Kamyr, Inc., Glens Falls, NY (US);
Abstract
A vessel is provided for holding and discharging loose bulk material, such as cellulosic chips. The vessel includes a cylinder main body with a conical discharge extending downwardly from the body. Chips are fed into the top and discharge from the bottom, with a vibrating discharge structure disposed interiorally of the bottom. In order to prevent hang-up of the chips which might block the outlet a number of prismatic elements are provided attached to the interior side walls of the vessel which terminate generally at the bottom of the main vessel body. The prismatic elements provide void volumes in the loose bulk material flowing downwardly from the inlet to the outlet, so that as the material is being funnelled down for discharge it can fill the void volumes and will not hang-up and block the bulk material outlet.