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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
May. 24, 2011
Matthew S. Naylor, Saskatoon, CA;
Matthew S. Naylor, Saskatoon, CA;
CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA;
Abstract
A splitter divides an air/product mixture flow, delivered thereto in an air-powered distribution line, between a primary and a secondary distribution channel, which may be flow-coupled to a product hopper or a hose flow-coupled to another product hopper or another splitter. The air/product mixture enters the inlet of the splitter along a first flow path and exits a primary outlet, flow-coupled to the primary distribution channel, along a second flow path generally in-line with the first flow path. Air/product flow is exhausted by a secondary outlet, which is flow-coupled to the secondary distribution channel, at a sideward flow path relative to the first and second flow paths. The velocity flow vector along which the air/product mixture is exhausted from the secondary outlet is at an angle perpendicular to the velocity flow vector along which the air/product mixture is received by the inlet of the splitter.