Tumbling machine with automatic discharge
Abstract
Abstract A VESSEL WITH AN ANNULAR TREATMENT CHAMBER, RESILIENTLY AND NONROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON A PLATFORM, IS SET IN WOBBLING MOTION BY A REVERSIBLY ROTATABLE, ECFENTRICALLY WEIGHT CENTRAL SHAFT WHEREBY A MASS OF MOBILE PARTS IN THE CHAMBER IS AGIATED TO CIRCULATE ALONG THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE VESSEL IN A DIRECTION CONFORMING TO THE SENSE OF SHAFT ROTATION. AN OUTLET PORT, DISPOSED TANGENTIALLY IN A WALL OF THE TREATMENT CHAMBER. LEADS TO A DISCHARGE DUCT WHICH RECEIVES THE TREATED PARTS ONLY WHEN THE SENSE OF ROTATION IS IN THE DIRECTION OF DIVERGENCE OF THE OUTLET PORT FROM THE TREATMENT CHAMBER, THE DISCHARGE DUCT MAY INCLUDE A SCREENING SECTION FOR THE SEPRATION OF LARGER AND SMALLER PARTS, WITH RETURN ON EITHER FRACTON TO THE TREATMENT CHAMBER.
Inventors
- 👤 Ernst Huber
- 👤 Simon Jacot
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