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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2011
William Thomas Hockett, Kennewick, WA (US);
Frederick D. Webb, Hermiston, OR (US);
Michael Christopher Metcalf, Kennewick, WA (US);
Ronald R. Huff, Kennewick, WA (US);
Charles Denio Kirkbride, Richland, WA (US);
Greg Robert Lambier, Kennewick, WA (US);
Dave Hufford, Walla Walla, WA (US);
William Thomas Hockett, Kennewick, WA (US);
Frederick D. Webb, Hermiston, OR (US);
Michael Christopher Metcalf, Kennewick, WA (US);
Ronald R. Huff, Kennewick, WA (US);
Charles Denio Kirkbride, Richland, WA (US);
Greg Robert Lambier, Kennewick, WA (US);
Dave Hufford, Walla Walla, WA (US);
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
A fluid-based radial distribution system includes an internal passageway and a plurality of openings radially spaced around the internal passageway. A plurality of gate members are associated with at least some of the plurality of openings, with the gate members are configured to move between an open position that allows product to move through the opening associated with that gate member and a closed position that restricts product from moving through the opening associated with that gate member.