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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2001
Lennart Gustavsson, Växjö, SE;
Valmet Fibertech AB, , SE;
Abstract
A sluice ( ) for discharging bulk material, in particular fibers, from a cyclone device comprises a circumferential wall ( ) in the form of a curved bendable band, which defines a generally cylindrical chamber ( ) with an inlet ( ) for receiving bulk material from the cyclone device and an outlet ( ) for discharging bulk material substantially tangentially from the cylindrical chamber. A sluice wheel ( ) is rotatable in the chamber about a vertical axis ( ) extending through the center of the sluice wheel for sluicing the bulk material in batches from the inlet through the chamber to the outlet. The inlet ( ) is situated centrally above the sluice wheel for supplying bulk material substantially axially to the slice wheel.