Patent ID: 9156612
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B02C,B30B,B65F,B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for handling material in a pneumatic materials handling system which comprises: at least one input refuse chute and a shaper device arranged to connect with the input refuse chute or in a close proximity to the refuse chute and means for transferring material from the shaper device, onwards to transfer piping, wherein the shaper device is a rotary shaper containing rotatable handling means and stationary handling means, wherein each of the handling means contains an aperture, each of said apertures being arranged eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotatable handling means to shape the handling material, whereby the material to be handled is conducted into the rotary shaper and through it, at least partly by means of gravity and suction or a pressure difference.