Patents Assigned to Stamet, Incorporation
  • Patent number: 6213289
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting particulate material includes a housing having an inlet for receiving particulate material and an outlet through which particulate material is discharged in a moving dynamic mass. A rotor is supported for rotation within the housing, adjacent a stationary glide surface. The rotor has a plurality of disks spaced apart by hub sections and defining a plurality of transport channels between the disks, adjacent the glide surface. Each transport channel extends between the inlet and the outlet. The rotor is rotated while particulate material is fed into the housing inlet. The particulate material is received within the transport channels and, by the action of the rotating disks and the stationary glide surface, the particulate material in each of the transport channels interlocks with the disk walls and bridges across transport channel. The material is transported by the motion of the disk walls and, at the same time, forms a moving dynamic mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Stamet, Incorporation
    Inventors: Andrew G. Hay, Roger L. Peterson