Patent ID: 9481011
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: B01F,B05B,B05C,B05D

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising the steps of: blowing air out of an output of an air blower and through a first input of a first rotary airlock, into a bottom section of the first rotary airlock; receiving a portion of a plurality of first colored colorant particles from an output of a first receptacle at a second input of the first rotary airlock; rotating a rotor shaft of the first rotary airlock to cause a portion of the plurality of first colored colorant particles to be transported by a chamber of the first rotary airlock from the second input of the first rotary airlock to the bottom section of the first rotary airlock; mixing the air blown into the bottom section of the first rotary airlock with the portion of the plurality of first colored colorant particles transported into the bottom section of the first rotary airlock to form an air and first colored colorant particles mixture; blowing the air and first colored colorant particles mixture out of the first output of the first rotary airlock; mixing water from a water supply with the air and first colored colorant particles mixture from the first output of the first rotary airlock to form a water, air, and first colored colorant particles mixture; and receiving a material and the water, air, and first colored colorant particles mixture at an input of a mixing chamber and producing a mixture of the material and the water, air, and first colored colorant particles at an output of the mixing chamber; and wherein the air and first colored colorant particles mixture is supplied to a first inlet of a pipe; wherein the water supply provides water in at least first and second branches; wherein the first branch of the water from the water supply is supplied to a second inlet of the pipe, wherein the second branch of the water from the water supply is supplied to a third inlet of the pipe; wherein the first inlet of the pipe is between the second and the third inlets of the pipe; and wherein the first and the second branches of the water from the water supply mix with the air and first colored colorant particles mixture in the pipe to form the water, air, and first colored colorant particles mixture.