Feed processing device

Claim 1

IN POWER OPERATED EQUIPMENT FOR PROCESSING PULVERULENT MATERIAL HAVING A TUBULAR BLENDER WITH AN OUTLET OPENING IN THE SIDE WALL OF THE BLENDER AND WHEREIN THE MATERIAL IS FINALLY MIXED AND CONTINUOUSLY DISPLACED TOWARD THE BLENDER OUTLET OPENING, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED LATERALLY EXTENDING ADAPTOR HOUSING OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE FORMED OF TOP, BOTTOM, OUTER AND INNER END WALLS, AND SIDE WALLS, A FIRST OPENING FORMED IN THE INNER END WALL OF SAID ADAPTOR, MEANS JOINING THE END WALL OF THE ADAPTOR TO SAID BLENDER WHEREBY THE FIRST OPENING IS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID BLENDER OUTLET OPENING FOR PASSAGE OF THE MATERIAL FROM THE BLENDER INTO THE ADAPTOR HOUSING, A SHUTTER PLATE DISPLACEABLE BETWEEN BLOCKING AND UNBLOCKING POSITION BETWEEN SAID ADAPTOR AND BLENDER OPENINGS TO SEAL OFF THE OPENING WHEN IN BLOCKING POSITION AND TO ENABLE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE OPENINGS WHEN IN UNBLOCKING POSITION, AN OUTLET OPENING IN THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE ADAPTOR THROUGH WHICH THE PULVERULENT MATERIAL ENTERING THE ADAPTOR GRAVITATIONALLY IS ADAPTED TO FLOW, A PNEUMATIC CONVEYOR IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOTTOM WALL OPENING OF THE ADAPTOR FOR PNEUMATIC DELIVERY OF MATERIAL PASSING THROUGH THE BOTTOM WALL OPENING, A SECOND OPENING IN THE OUTER WALL OF SAID ADAPTOR ADJACENT THE OUTLET OPENINGS IN THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE ADAPTOR, MEANS CONNECTING SAID SECOND OPENING TO A CHUTE AND A SCREW CONVEYOR IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHUTE FOR REMOVAL OF MATERIAL PASSING FROM SAID BLENDER THROUGH SAID SECOND OPENING, A SHUTTER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN THE ADAPTOR HOUSING ADJACENT THE OUTER END PORTION OF THE BOTTOM WALL OPENING AND ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF THE OUTER END WALL OPENING AND DIMENSIONED TO COVER SAID BOTTOM WALL OPENING WHEN IN LOWERED POSITION AND TO BLOCK THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE ADAPTOR HOUSING WHEN IN RAISED POSITION TO SEAL OFF SAID END WALL OPENING, AND MEANS EXTERNAL OF THE ADAPTOR HOUSING FOR DISPLACEMENT OF THE SHUTTER BETWEEN RAISED AND LOWERED POSITIONS.