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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Steven Paul Milanowski, Waupaca, WI (US);
Michael Barth Venturino, Appleton, WI (US);
Susan Joan Daniels, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and process for directing particulate material ( ) into a moving gas stream includes a delivering of the particulate material ( ) from a particulate reservoir ( ) along a delivery direction ( ) into a housing ( ) having a housing axis ( ). A housing gas flow is introduced into the housing ( ) through at least one entry gas port ( ) that has been provided in the housing ( ). The housing gas flow is arranged to combine with the particulate material ( ) that is delivered from the particulate reservoir ( ). A swirling motion is imparted to the housing gas flow, and the swirling motion has at least a rotational component ( ) of movement which is directed substantially circumferentially about the housing axis ( ).