Patents Assigned to Coalair Systems Limited Partnership
  • Patent number: 4697962
    Abstract: An apparatus for feeding product to a pipeline via a venturi assembly has first and second tanks adapted to separately hold a quantity of product. The product is fed to the tanks from a supply hopper and enters each tank through an upper opening which accommodates a feed chute. The open end of each feed chute is closable by a flapper door which is swingable between open and closed positions. Pressurized air from a compressor is used to selectively close the flapper doors via a set of pressure valves which control the flow of air into the tanks. The product is fed from each tank to the pipeline through a Y-shaped housing and the venturi assembly. The housing has respective lower openings for each tank, also closable by swingable flapper doors. When the upper doors are closed by the air pressure, the product is forced out of the tank into the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Assignee: Coalair Systems Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Richard M. Dunbar, Charles E. Wynosky, Henry E. Stoiber