Patent ID: 7651007
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of uniformly supplying a mixture of particulate solids, the method comprising: receiving a supply of the mixture from a supply source; directing the mixture to a deposition aperture configured to receive the mixture and deposit the mixture on a rotating plate in the form of a deposited trail as the rotating plate rotates; displacing the deposited trail radially and progressively outwardly along the rotating plate to a plurality of pass through apertures disposed in the plate; discharging the mixture from the plurality of pass through apertures and through a discharge aperture; wherein displacing the deposited trail comprises using a fixed cam plate having a contoured periphery configured to displace the deposited trail radially and progressively outward to the plurality of pass through apertures of the rotating plate as the rotating plate rotates, supplying the mixture forming the deposited trail to the discharge aperture.