Patent ID: 7066207
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: B65G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A flowable material handling system comprising a flow development chamber, an inlet pipe coupled to the flow development chamber, and an outlet pipe coupled to the flow development chamber, the flow development chamber comprising: an outer chamber an inner barrel located inside the outer chamber to define a flow space between the outer chamber and the inner barrel; an inlet portion of the outer chamber the inlet portion having an inlet opening configured to allow flowable material from the inlet pipe into the flow space between the outer chamber and the inner barrel; a deflector adjacent the inlet opening to direct flow tangentially around the inner barrel; wherein the inlet pipe, the outlet pipe, the inlet opening and the deflector are arranged to set-up a flow pattern in the flow space such that substantially all of a flowable material flowing through the inlet opening into the outer chamber will circulate around the inner barrel from a location adjacent the inlet opening to an outlet end of the outlet chamber, and flow out through the outlet pipe.