Patent ID: 6948888
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: B05B,B05C

Abstract:
1. Reservoir for powdery media, comprising: a) a housing including a base, an interior, at least one inlet and at least one outlet for a powdery medium; b) a fluidising floor of porous, air-permeable material arranged in the interior of the housing at a distance from its base thereof; and c) a pressure chamber chargeable with compressed air and located between the fluidising floor and the base of the housing, wherein the cross-section of the housing narrows downwardly towards the fluidising floor, and means for reducing compressed air consumption and increasing homogeneity of said powdery medium wherein the cross-sectional area of the housing in the region of the fluidising floor is substantially one of less than equal and to approximately one-tenth of the maximum cross-sectional area of the housing.