Patent ID: 9604262
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A47L,B08B,G10K

Claim:
1. A combination air cannon and sonic horn for dislodging accumulated bulk material, the apparatus comprising: an air cannon having a pressure vessel operatively connected to a discharge passageway, the pressure vessel being configured and adapted to store pressurized gas and to abruptly discharge the pressurized gas into and through the discharge passageway; a sonic horn having a sound generator operatively connected to a sound passageway, the sound generator being configured and adapted to generate sound waves that travel from the sound generator and through the sound passageway; and a shared portion having a gas outlet and a gas passageway, the gas passageway being configured and adapted to fluidly connect the gas outlet to the discharge passageway and to the sound passageway in a manner such that the sound waves and the pressurized gas can be discharged from the combination air cannon and sonic horn via the gas outlet.