WO1996041761A1 - Distributeur pour des substances solides de texture peu coherente - Google Patents

Distributeur pour des substances solides de texture peu coherente Download PDF

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WO1996041761A1
WO1996041761A1 PCT/EP1996/002501 EP9602501W WO9641761A1 WO 1996041761 A1 WO1996041761 A1 WO 1996041761A1 EP 9602501 W EP9602501 W EP 9602501W WO 9641761 A1 WO9641761 A1 WO 9641761A1
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chamber
cover
discharge opening
central member
funnel
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Antoon Van Geeteruyen
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Antoon Van Geeteruyen
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G65/00—Loading or unloading
    • B65G65/30—Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like containers, of interest apart from their use in particular chemical or physical processes or their application in particular machines, e.g. not covered by a single other subclass
    • B65G65/34—Emptying devices
    • B65G65/40—Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top
    • B65G65/48—Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top using other rotating means, e.g. rotating pressure sluices in pneumatic systems
    • B65G65/4809—Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top using other rotating means, e.g. rotating pressure sluices in pneumatic systems rotating about a substantially vertical axis
    • B65G65/4872—Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top using other rotating means, e.g. rotating pressure sluices in pneumatic systems rotating about a substantially vertical axis through which material passes, e.g. fan-like wheels

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  • the present invention relates to a system and a device or apparatus to dispense or feed controlled quantities of loose solid substances in powder, grain, or other form e.g.: crushed, chunked material.
  • This feeding apparatus can be driven either manually or by mechanical or electrical means.
  • Sales sector as a feeding system to sell goods in bulk such as rice, corn ⁇ flakes, cereals, pulses,etc.
  • Another object is to provide a dispensing apparatus for loose solid substances through which the feeding time and the required quantity can be carried out automatically. This is of particular importance for feeding on regular intervals animals like dogs, cats, chickens, etc.. in the absence of their caretakers
  • the system can also be combined with automatic weighing apparatus.
  • the characteristics of the system of the present invention are so that loose solid material will fall first through gravity via one or more inlet openings in a, at least at the bottom, funnel-shaped chamber.
  • a central member situated in the center of the funnel shaped chamber will be presented, with one ore more ingresses, in front of the material that has fallen into the funnel -shaped chamber, whereby the material will drop out of the said chamber.
  • Fig.1 represents a perspective drawing of the basic principle of the invention.
  • Fig.2 represents an embodiment with manual drive and a collector for domestic use (feeding of coffee, rice, beans, etc..)
  • Fig.3 represents an embodiment which can be used as an independent dispenser unit, and which can be coupled directly or via an intermediate coupling to hoppers.
  • Fig.4 represents an embodiment with particular cover.
  • This cover is a variant of a flat disc or cylindrical part as cover.
  • the cover is a flat disc combined with a conical part.
  • Fig.5 represents an embodiment with motor drive and automatic control. This can be useful for instance for automatic feeding of chickens, turkeys, horses, sheep, etc., briefly all the animals which can be fed with dry food.
  • the system comprises a vessel (A).
  • cover (C) is situated which closes a funnel-shape chamber.
  • the cover connected to a central member ( D ).
  • the funnel shaped chamber (F) has a discharge opening (B).
  • the funnel shaped chamber itself can be a one volume space or can be devided in compartments which are mutually connected or completely separated.
  • the cover is provided with one or more inlet openings (E) through which the solid substances, fall by gravity from a stored amount into the funnel-shaped chamber (F).
  • the funnel-shaped chamber (F) is filled up with the medium.
  • the central member (D) there are one or more ingresses like openings or grooves (G).
  • the ingresses (G) can be provided with means for closing from the outside when the device is in standstill.
  • the discharge opening itself can also be provided with a lid, to be closed on standstill.
  • the angle of rest is the angle of maximum slope at which a heap of any loose solid material will stand without sliding (Webster's Third International Dictionary ).
  • the funnel shaped chamber with discharge opening, the cover for said chamber with one or more inlets and the central member with one or more ingresses form the heart of the system of the dispensing device of the present invention.
  • the cover with central member can be a separate, independent unit called feeding head that can be placed in any vessel having funnel shaped bottom region with discharge opening the said bottom region functioning as the funnel-shaped chamber.
  • One suitable form for the cover is the form of a flat disk like a lid for a container.
  • the cover usually carries the weight of the total supply of loose solid material which may hinder rotational movement, th ;over can be a cylindrical tube, a cone either or not truncated, etc ..
  • a disk as cover the upper surface of which is connected to a cylindrical tube or cone , to alleviate the pressure on the cover.
  • the inlet(s) in the cover is (are) preferably formed by (an) opening(s) in the periphery of the cover.
  • the central member is usually a hollow tube and the ingresses therein is formed by part of the wall that is taken away e.g. over the whole length from the cover to the end .
  • the central member may also be a solid cylindrical or conical bar having one or more grooves forming the ingresses, the said grooves preferably running over the whole lenght.
  • the supply of loose solid material to be dispensed by means of the device according to the present invention can occur by means of a container or hopper placed on top of the cover of the device of the invention.
  • the container can take the form of a funnel shaped vessel or can be so designed that its bottom part has such shape.
  • the independent unit formed by cover and central member can be placed in a vessel with funnel shaped bottom region, the upper region of the vessel serving as receptacle for the supply.
  • a hopper (01 ) whose size and contents is in proportion to the requested storage capacity, has preferably a funnel shape at the botom (Fig.2) so that a slope appears, called: entrance slope (1 6). At least a part of this inclinating part can form a part of the funnel-shaped chamber (10) of the system according to the present invention, called: exhaust slope (17).
  • the entrance slope ( 16) can pass into a cylindrical part, which in its turn passes again into a sloping part called : exhaust slope ( 17) (see Fig.4).
  • the funnel-shaped chamber(I O) is then formed by this cylindrical part, the exhaust slope, the lower surface of the cover and the side of the central member.
  • the funnel-shaped chamber can in some versions be split up in several compartments. Underneath the exhaust slope the discharge opening ( 1 2) is situated.
  • the hopper (01 ) can also be provided with adjustable compartments (03) so that different media can be fed simultaneously in an adjustable proportion (Fig.5).
  • the container is preferably on top closed with a lid (02) which sometimes can be useful as manual drive for the system (Fig. 2).
  • the system can be integrated in a feeding unit (Fig.3) which in some embodiments can be carried out as independent unit, and in others it forms an integrated part of the hopper.
  • the discharge opening (12) can drop or flow in a receptacle (21 )(Fig. 2).
  • This receptacle depends on the application and can vary from a closed collecting system to an open exhaust to different recipients so that more places can be supplied at the same time.
  • the loose material leaving the discharge opening (12) can fall onto a dispersing means (23) distrbuting the material e.g. in a feeding trough for animals (24) and a lattice work (25) on the one hand prevents the animals from soiling the material but on the other hand still permits eating in between the bars.
  • the real feeding is done by moving the cover and the central member relative to the wall of funnel-shaped chamber or vise versa.
  • the medium fills the space in the hopper around the feeding system placed in the hopper, unit. At the same time, it flows via the entrance opening (1 5) through the inlets (09) in the cover(07) to the underlying funnel-shaped chamber (10).
  • This chamber is only filled partially till the angle of rest of the loose solid material is reached.
  • the construction of the cover with fixed central member is such that no medium can enter into the discharge opening via the ingress (1 1 ).
  • Feeding goes on as long as the feeding head formed by the cover and the central member are rotating. When it stops, the feeding of the medium stops at the same time.
  • the finally dispensed amount depends on:
  • the system can also be provided with a pressure regulating part, situated on top of the cover and that can influence the pressure of the medium in the container on the feeding head.
  • An embodiment for the feeding unit as independent unit is as follows: (Fig.3) An external casing (14) called feeding house consists of: • a part (04) acting as pressure regulator on the cover (07) and which can serve to put a drive motor in (05).
  • a hollow central member (08) which is cylindrical or conical, and provided with one or more openings as ingresses (1 1 ).
  • the cover (07) and central member (08) are fixed to each other.

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  • Filling Or Emptying Of Bunkers, Hoppers, And Tanks (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention se rapporte à un système de distribution pour des matériaux solides de texture peu cohérente, comportant un récipient (A) avec un couvercle (C) fermant une chambre (F) en forme d'entonnoir et connecté à un élément central (D). La chambre en forme d'entonnoir comprend un passage (B) de sortie. Le couvercle comprend un ou plusieurs passages (E) d'alimentation à travers lesquels les substances solides tombent sous l'effet de la gravité en provenance d'une quantité stockée dans la chambre (F) en forme d'entonnoir. Ainsi, une partie de la chambre (F) en forme d'entonnoir est remplie avec lesdits matériaux solides. Dans l'élément central (D), il existe une ou plusieurs entrées telles que des ouvertures ou des rainures (G). Lorsque l'appareil est au repos, la position relative du/des passage(s) dans le couvercle (C) et de/des entrée(s) dans l'élément central (D) est telle qu'aucun matériau ne tombe hors de la chambre à travers le passage (B) de sortie. Lorsque le couvercle (C) et l'élément central (D) se déplacent par rotation à l'intérieur de la chambre, le matériau solide coule dans la chambre (F) en forme d'entonnoir, le matériau solide qui est piégé dans la chambre (F) en forme d'entonnoir est transporté à travers les entrées dans l'élément central (D) vers le passage (B) de sortie, d'où il s'écoule au dehors.
PCT/EP1996/002501 1995-06-09 1996-06-07 Distributeur pour des substances solides de texture peu coherente WO1996041761A1 (fr)

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BE9500507 1995-06-09
BE9500507A BE1009393A7 (nl) 1995-06-09 1995-06-09 Debiteersysteem.
EP96200980 1996-04-09
EP96200980.9 1996-04-09

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DE390720C (de) * 1923-04-14 1924-02-27 Johann Marius Timm Austragoeffnung fuer runde Behaelter
DE2461696A1 (de) * 1974-12-27 1976-07-08 Polysius Ag Materialschleuse fuer einen im wesentlichen vertikalen materialdurchgang
DE3400595A1 (de) * 1984-01-10 1985-07-18 Herfeld, Friedrich Walter, Dr., 5982 Neuenrade Austragsvorrichtung fuer einen schuettgut-behaelter

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DE390720C (de) * 1923-04-14 1924-02-27 Johann Marius Timm Austragoeffnung fuer runde Behaelter
DE2461696A1 (de) * 1974-12-27 1976-07-08 Polysius Ag Materialschleuse fuer einen im wesentlichen vertikalen materialdurchgang
DE3400595A1 (de) * 1984-01-10 1985-07-18 Herfeld, Friedrich Walter, Dr., 5982 Neuenrade Austragsvorrichtung fuer einen schuettgut-behaelter

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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WO2012115849A1 (fr) * 2011-02-24 2012-08-30 The Procter & Gamble Company Distributeur permettant de délivrer des particules
CN103384633A (zh) * 2011-02-24 2013-11-06 宝洁公司 用于颗粒递送的喂料机
US8727182B2 (en) 2011-02-24 2014-05-20 The Procter & Gamble Company Feeder for particle delivery

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