Abstract: A particle spacing and metering device having a supply hopper above a pair of contra-rotating rollers. An aperture in the floor of the hopper is provided with a regulator which controls the flow of particles to the rollers. The regulator has a body fixed to a shaft rotatably mounted in the aperture. A cam-type metering face has a groove of increasing depth and width to enable selected variation of a throat through which the particles flow.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 3, 1979
Date of Patent:
March 10, 1981
Assignees:
Owen Michael Davis, Henry Lincoln Davis