Patent ID: 7413388

Claim:
Apparatus for pneumatically conveying bulk material which does not flow readily, which comprises one or more input device(s) ( 8 ) having a means for variable metering, a lateral conveyor ( 1 ) having a material inlet and outlet and having a mechanical conveyor ( 9 ) having a discharge end, said end extending to said outlet, a geared motor ( 7 ) for the mechanical conveyor ( 9 ), a compressed gas inlet line ( 11 ) and a compressed gas outlet line ( 10 ), at opposite ends of the lateral conveyor, respectively, ( 1 ), and a transport line ( 19 ) for the bulk material or compressed gas ( 17 ) downstream from the compressed gas outlet line ( 10 ), whereby the mechanical conveyor ( 9 ) is installed in the lateral conveyor ( 1 ) in such a way that it has a narrow clearance with respect to the lateral conveyor.