Device for evenly distributing a flowable mass

Abstract

Abstract A DEVICE FOR OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES IN THE CONTINOUS DISTRIBUTION OF A RELATIVELY QUICKLY SOLIDIFYING FLOWABLE MASS OVER A RELATIVELY BROAD SURFACE WHERE A LAYER OF UNIFORM THICKNESS IS REQUIRED AND NO AIR OR GAS BUBBLES SHOULD BE PRODUCED IN THE MASS. IN PRIOR ART DEVICES DAMMING BY A DISTRIBUTOR CAUSES A GREATER HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE AT THE CENTER WITH CONSEQUENT THICKENING OF THE CENTER PORTION OF THE DISTRIBUTED LAYER. A LARGE CONTAINER WITH A DISCHARGE SLIT CANNOT BE USED WHERE THE MASS SOLIDIFIED TOO QUICKLY TO BE WHOLLY DISCHARGED BEFORE SOLIDIFICATION. THE DEVICE COMPRISES A DISTRIBUTOR PLATE HAVA SURFACE INCLINED IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW, A FEED LINE FOR DISCHARGING THE FLOWABLE MASS ONTO THE INCLINED SURFACE OF THE DISTRIBUTION PLATE, A PREDISTRIBUTOR NARROWER THAN THE DESIRED FINAL EXTENT OF SPREADING LOCATED DOWNSTREAM OF THE FEED LINE AND SPACED FROM THE SURFACE OF THE PLACE FOR INITIALLY SPREADING THE FLOWABLE MASS WIDTHWISE OF THE PLATE, AND A MAIN DISTRIBUTOR ARRANGED DOWNSTREAM OF THE PREDISTRIBUTOR AND SPACED FROM THE SURFACE OF THE PLATE FOR DISTRIBUTING TO THE FULL WIDTH THE INITIALLY DISTRIBUTED MASS, AND MEANS FOR VARYING THE SPACING OF THE DISTRIBUTORS FROM THE PLATE SURFACE FOR CONTROLLING THE THICKNESS OF THE LAYER TO BE FORMED.

Inventors

• 👤 Robert E Sherwood

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