Patent ID: 9545616
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B01J,B05B,B05C,B65G,F16K

Claim:
1. An operator adjustable feeding apparatus for delivering a quantity of super absorbent particulate in a specific pattern to a specific area in an intermittent delivery to a substrate wherein some areas of the substrate receive more super absorbent particulate than others and wherein said operator adjustable feeding apparatus does not rely on recirculating a portion of unused super absorbent particulate, said operator adjustable feeding apparatus comprises: a feeder tube for storage of the super absorbent particulate and delivering a constant supply of the super absorbent particulate, said feeder tube having a longitudinal axis and having a top and a bottom; a lip circumscribed below the bottom of said feeder tube; a rotary gate valve assembly aligned with the longitudinal axis of said feeder tube to receive super absorbent particulate from said feeder tube, said rotary gate valve assembly comprising: a rotating disc having a top and a bottom; wherein said rotating disc also having at least one opening having a size and a shape wherein the size and shape of said at least one said opening in said rotating disc is predetermined to provide different patterns of coverage of super absorbent particulate on said substrate; and wherein the rotation of said rotating disc provides an open condition when said at least one opening of said rotating disc is aligned with the longitudinal axis of said feeder tube and provides a closed condition when said at least one opening of said rotating disc is not aligned with the longitudinal axis of said feeder tube; wherein the open and closed condition provided by said rotating disc provides the intermittent supply of super absorbent particulate; a top sealing plate for sealing the top of said rotating disc to said lip and wherein said top sealing plate is adjacent to said lip; an adjustable gap between said lip associated with said top sealing plate and said rotating disc to provide a chamber such that when said rotating disc is in the closed condition, super absorbent particulate is accumulated in the chamber to provide a controllable amount of bypass of super absorbent particulate and when said rotating disc is in the open position, the accumulated super absorbent particulate is then deliverable to the substrate.