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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:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Krupp Polysius AG, Beckum, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27D / ; F23H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
432 78 ; 432 77 ; 1261 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for preventing the accumulation of fines and the resulting formation of snowmen in a clinker cooler by applying short duration blasts of high pressure, high velocity air from openings in the cooler inlet grate. The cleaning air can be selectively supplied to a portion or portions of the cooler inlet grate. Monitoring may be provided to aid in the selective application of the cleaning air.