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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2005
Applicants:
H. Mark Hanna, Urbandale, IA (US);
Paul M. Boyd, Glenwood, IA (US);
Inventors:
H. Mark Hanna, Urbandale, IA (US);
Paul M. Boyd, Glenwood, IA (US);
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 23/00 (2006.01); B05B 1/34 (2006.01); B05B 3/04 (2006.01); B05B 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, method, and system for distributing gas and/or liquid phase substance from an inlet to multiple outlets with reduced variations and distribution. The apparatus includes a body having an inlet and a plurality of outlets. In one aspect, a rotatable impeller is positioned between inlet and plurality of outlets. The impeller includes a spiral fluid pathway relative to direction of substance through the inlet so that the substance passes through the impeller and is distributed to the outlets through a spinning impeller.