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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Jerome I. Paulson, Millersville, PA (US);
Jerome I. Paulson, Millersville, PA (US);
Pelletron Corporation, Lancaster, PA (US);
Abstract
An elbow fitting is used in a pneumatic product conveying system in which the fitting expands from the inlet pipe along the outer side of the elbow fitting to enable a layer of accumulated product particles to be formed so as to move at a lower velocity than the velocity of the incoming product stream while establishing a moving contact surface for deflecting incoming product particles toward the outlet pipe with a minimum of pressure resistance and product attrition. The accumulated product particles are discharged from the elbow fitting by incorporating a step in the outer surface of the elbow fitting to create a Bernoulli effect causing the accumulated product particles to enter the air flow after the incoming flow of product particles has ceased. The particles in the accumulated layer are replenished from the incoming flow during operation of the elbow fitting.