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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
John S. Stevenson, Anaheim, CA (US);
Derek L. Aldred, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Jeffery A. Rader, Burbank, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system is provided with a segmented solid feed pump having a plurality of pump segments coupled together in series along a path. Each pump segment of the plurality of pump segments has opposite side walls disposed about a holding receptacle. The segmented solid feed pump also includes a first transport section disposed along a first portion of the path, wherein the first transport section includes a first inlet duct, a first outlet duct, and first opposite guides extending between the first inlet duct and the first outlet duct.