Abstract: A particulate material feeder includes a hopper sectioned into two receptacles for accommodating two different kinds of particulate materials. Each particulate material falling down through a bottom opening of the receptacle is introduced into a feed channel defined between a feed roller having a frictional periphery and a control gate having a semi-circular cross-section. Thus, a pair of feeding systems for two different kinds of the particulate materials are symmetrically provided within a single apparatus. An opening degree of the feed channel may be controlled separately and independently in each feeding system so that a definite mixing rate of the two kinds of particulate material can be obtained as desired. On the contrary, the feed rollers provided in the two feed systems are driven by a single driving source and are thus rotated at the same speed.

Abstract: A method of continuously mixing and kneading pulverulent bodies such as pulverized coal, oil coke to prepare a slurry thereof. Pulverulent bodies supplied continuously at a fixed rate from a supply tube are spattered and dispersed by a rotary mixing disk rotating in a mixing chamber covered with a base plate. A flow of a main liquid is directed as an annular overflow film downward along an overflow tube to the spattered and dispersed pulverulent bodies while a small amount of liquid such as additives is injected from a plurality of nozzles. The pulverulent bodies are uniformly humidified with a plurality of upper surface scrapers provided on the rotary mixing disk and disposed to cross the injection nozzle ports as the rotary mixing disk rotates and side face scrapers provided on the rotary mixing disk and turning along the inner wall of the mixing chamber.