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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Maurice Jarold Hunking, Little Elm, TX (US);
Brian Dale Turley, Garland, TX (US);
Maurice Jarold Hunking, Little Elm, TX (US);
Brian Dale Turley, Garland, TX (US);
Heat and Control, Inc., Flower Mound, TX (US);
Abstract
A system to fluidize and convey finely divided particulate matter comprises a container with a top and bottom portion separated by a pan with apertures there through and a hatch to receive a volume of particulate matter into the container to be supported on the pan. The pan is funnel-shaped and has a discharge port at the lowermost portion of the pan. A bridging conveyor tube receives fluidized flow of the particulate matter from the discharge port and conveys the matter to a riser conveyor tube, which elevates the fluidized flow to a receiving bin remove from the container. The bridging conveyor tube and the riser conveyor tube receive gas streams provided through apertures from a bridging gas passage and a riser gas passage, respectively, to sustain fluidized flow from the discharge port of the pan to the receiving bin to minimize the air required to convey the matter.