Patent ID: 8714363

Claim:
An apparatus for supplying filtered granular material, comprising: a longitudinally extending feeder having a feeder loading region, a feeder unloading region longitudinally spaced from the feeder loading region, and a feeding member configured to move dry slush molding powder from the feeder loading region to the feeder unloading region; a sieve positioned below the feeder unloading region, the sieve comprising a mesh for separating out larger granules of the dry slush molding powder, the mesh being positioned at an angle of inclination greater than 0 degrees with respect to horizontal; and an agitator configured to induce vibration into the sieve, wherein the feeder is a screw conveyor and the agitator is a flap coupled to a screw blade of the screw conveyor and configured to rotate with the screw blade and contact the sieve with each rotation of the screw blade to induce the vibration into the sieve.