Conveyors: fluid current – With diverse power-driven conveyor – Rotary
Patent
1990-12-14
1992-04-21
Focarino, Margaret A.
Conveyors: fluid current
With diverse power-driven conveyor
Rotary
406 62, 406 66, 406 73, 222252, 222349, 222370, 222636, B65G 5340
Patent
active
051062399
ABSTRACT:
A precision powder hopper comprises a canister for storing particulate material and a rotatable carrier wheel that accurately meters small amounts of the material to a powder out port. The carrier wheel has slots therethourgh that receive definite quantities of material, which is tamped into the carrier wheel slots by a tamper assembly. The tamper assembly includes a deflectable leaf spring that mounts to the same shaft that rotates the powder carrier wheel. A cam and spoke arrangement cause the leaf spring to deflect cyclically in response to rotation of the powder carrier wheel. A cupped spring washer cooperates with the leaf spring to absorb some of the deflection thereof, thereby decreasing the bending stress in the leaf spring and increasing its service life. Powder in the carrier wheel slots is wiped by a novel seal that has at least one circular line contact with the carrier wheel. The circular line is created by the intersection of a frusto-conical surface and a bottom surface of a first seal lip that is pressed against the carrier wheel. A second circular line contact between a second seal lip and the carrier wheel may be created by pressing the carrier wheel against the intersection of the bottom surface and outer frusto-conical surface of the second seal lip.
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Cayen Donald
Focarino Margaret A.
Kannofsky James M.
Miller Thermal, Inc.
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