Batch processing apparatus
Abstract
Abstract A DRUM ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS THROUGH ITS ENDS HAS OPENINGS IN ITS SIDE WALL WHICH DEFINE A PASSAGEWAY. AN INNER CONTAINER FITS WITHIN THIS PASSAGEWAY SUCH THAT ITS END WALLS ARE FLUSH WITH THE SIDE WALLS OF THE DRUM. THE INNER CONTAINER OPENS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE DRUM SO THAT PARTS TO BE PROCESSED ARE SPILLED OUT WHEN THE ASSEMBLY IS ROTATED. THE INTERIOR OF THE DRUM IS FIRMED SO ALL OF THESE PARTS SPILL BACK INTO THE INNER CONTAINER WHEN IT IS ROTATED TO THE LOWER POSITION OF THE DRUM. A BLAST OF PROCESSING MATERIAL IS ADMITTED IN THE REGION OF THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE DRUM AND THE END WALLS OF THE DRUM ARE PERFORATED SO THAT THE PROCESSING MATERIAL MAY BE EXPELLED FROM THE DRUM. A HOUSING ENCLOSING THE END WALLS OF THE DRUM COLLECTS THE PROCESSING MATERIAL WHICH IS THEN RECIRCULATED BACK THROUGH THE DRUM. THE DRUM IS COUPLED WITH A CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH INSURES THAT THE DRUM STOPS WITH THE INNER CONTAINER POSITIONED HORIZONTALLY BELOW THE AXIS OF ROTATION.
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- 👤 Vincent S Bobkowski
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