Patent ID: 9187247
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A method of outputting a material, comprising: feeding the material into an inlet of a rotary valve device; directing a first portion of the material into a tapered first outlet with a rotatable discharge chute, wherein a fraction of the first portion of the material is also directed into the first outlet with a funnel trough to prevent splashing or bounce-back of the material into an unintended outlet; rotating the rotatable discharge chute from the first outlet to a tapered second outlet; and directing a second portion of the material into the second outlet with the rotatable discharge chute, wherein a fraction of the second portion of the material is also directed into the second outlet with the funnel trough to prevent splashing or bounce-back of the material into an unintended outlet and the funnel trough is above the first outlet and the second outlet.