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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2009
Oscar L. Mathis, Jr., Cary, IL (US);
Richard P. Kempf, Woodstock, IL (US);
Oscar L. Mathis, Jr., Cary, IL (US);
Richard P. Kempf, Woodstock, IL (US);
General Kinematics Corporation, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Abstract
A conveyor for conveying hot ash may include a frame, a trough supported on the frame to receive a quantity of hot ash, the trough including a trough wall with a plurality of semi-circular steel plates that define a surface of the trough wall and a plenum disposed beneath the semi-circular steel plates, and a vibratory generator operatively coupled to the trough. The conveyor may also include a first plurality of apertures in the trough wall in fluid communication with the plenum, and a plurality of baffles spaced above the first plurality of apertures in the trough wall, the baffles defining a second plurality of apertures through which air exiting the first plurality of apertures may pass in a direction along the surface of the trough wall.