Dispensing – With discharge assistant – Rotary
Patent
1982-06-09
1985-03-26
Tollberg, Stanley H.
Dispensing
With discharge assistant
Rotary
198778, B65G 2118
Patent
active
045068119
ABSTRACT:
In a rotary feeder for feeding granular material downwardly with gravity assist through a feed aperture: a stationary container having a side wall and having a generally horizontal wall in which the feed aperture is located; a rotatable feed assembly located above the feed aperture, the assembly including a vertical shaft and a plow blade secured to the shaft for contacting granular material and urging it over the edge of the feed aperture; a support fixture fixedly connected to the container, the fixture including a stationary, vertically-elongated, stiff support axle coaxial with the feed assembly shaft; vertically spaced-apart bearings coaxial with the feed assembly shaft and connected to the feed assembly shaft and to the stationary support axle such that the feed assembly is rotatable about a vertical axis relative to the stationary support axle and such that the weight of the feed assembly is supported by the stationary support axle; and a drive device supported independently of the support fixture, the drive device being drivably connected to the feed assembly to rotate the same relative to the support fixture.
REFERENCES:
patent: 243716 (1887-07-01), Marks
patent: 2100216 (1937-11-01), Hughes
patent: 2814399 (1957-11-01), McIlhenny et al.
Tollberg Stanley H.
UFI Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
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