Patent ID: 7938348
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: B02C,B65B,E04F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A machine for distributing blowing wool from a bag of compressed blowing wool, the machine comprising: a chute having an inlet end, an outlet end, a top extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and having a top curved segment and a bottom extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and having a bottom curved segment, the bottom curved segment having a deflection ridge, the deflection ridge having an arcuate cross-sectional shape and including a peak segment, the deflection ridge having a slope extending upwardly to the peak segment, the slope of the deflection ridge configured to guide the blowing wool in a direction that includes an upward vertical component toward the peak segment, the chute configured to receive the bag of compressed blowing wool; a shredder mounted at the outlet end of the chute and configured to shred and pick apart the blowing wool; and a discharge mechanism for distributing the blowing wool into an airstream; wherein the combined minimum length from the inlet end of the chute to the peak segment and from the outlet end of the chute to the peak segment is the nominal length of a person's arm.