Patent ID: 7811086

Claim:
Feeding device for a belt-type sintering machine, the device comprising: a feeding container configured for receiving material to be sintered, the feeding container including a first and second discharge openings; a sintering belt; a feeding chute connected to the second discharge opening of the feeding container and configured to feed the material to be sintered from the second discharge opening onto the sintering belt; a feeding drum with a drum chute, the feeding drum being connected to the first discharge opening of the feeding container and configured to feed the material to be sintered from the first discharge opening onto the sintering belt; and a conveying device connected to the feeding container and configured to fill the feeding container with the material to be sintered, the conveying device having a point of impingement of the material to be sintered, the point of impingement lying in an area of the feeding container that is located over the first discharge opening, and the second discharge opening being positioned in a lower region of an area of the feeding container located opposite from the point of impingement.