Movement Out Of Path Is About Rotating Pivot Patents (Class 173/99)
  • Patent number: 4519817
    Abstract: A rapper for striking a target in a precipitator includes a hammer having a hub pivotally attached to a frame. The rapper also has a drive sprocket rotatably mounted in the frame. The sprocket has a driving plurality of spaced teeth distributed on the sprocket along a given peripheral sector. The latter cover less than the entire periphery of the sprocket. The teeth of the sprocket are distributed to mesh with and then release spokes on the hub of the hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Belco Pollution Control Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. Gibbons