Patent ID: 8435022
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: B27N

Abstract:
1. A particle spreader for strewing particles onto a conveyor belt for making a particle mat for the manufacture of wood material boards, the spreader comprising: a particle supply above the conveyor belt for the particles to be strewed on the conveyor belt and having at least one upper fill opening, a horizontally extending belt feeder underneath the fill opening, and discharge rollers at an end of the belt feeder; a scattering head underneath the discharge rollers and above the conveyor belt; a chute opening downward at the fill opening and through which the particles enter the particle supply; and two rotationally driven brake rollers in the chute, the chute with its brake rollers, the supply with its belt feeder and discharge rollers, and the scattering head being relatively oriented such that particles entering the chute pass down in the chute between the brake rollers to drop onto the belt feeder and then pass out through the discharge rollers to the scattering head that strews the particles on the conveyor belt to form the mat.