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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2015
United States Gypsum Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Stanley C. Brown, Redmond, UT (US);
Steven Johnson, Elsinore, UT (US);
Christopher Shumway, Richfield, UT (US);
Phillip Parker, Salina, UT (US);
James R. Wittbold, Des Plaines, IL (US);
UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A discharge gate for a gypsum slurry mixer is provided, and includes a gate adapter having an inlet opening configured for receiving the slurry, and an outlet opening configured for delivering the slurry to a dispensing device. The gate adapter has two different transitioning cross-sectional geometries at opposite ends. Specifically, the gate adapter includes an inlet section having a quadrilateral inlet opening; an outlet section having a substantially circular outlet opening; and a transition section sandwiched between the inlet and outlet sections.