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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Frederick Leininger, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 53/52 (2006.01); B65G 53/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 53/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application provides a back mixing device for use with a pneumatically conveyed flow of solids having a varying flow rate. The back mixing device may include a nozzle, a chamber in communication with the nozzle, and an exit. The chamber may include an expanded area leading to a restriction such that the chamber creates a recirculation pattern in the flow of solids so as to smooth the varying flow rate though the back mixing device.