Patent ID: 7770383

Claim:
A device for dosing and transporting dry urea, comprising: a storage vessel adapted to store dry urea in the form of pellets, a wall of the storage vessel having an opening to which a transport line is connected from outside; a compressed air nozzle arranged inside the storage vessel at a distance from the opening and aligned with the opening; and a portioning element having an upper side pointing to the inside of the storage vessel and a lower side arranged opposite to the wall of the storage vessel, at least one continuous channel having a cross-section greater than dimensions of the pellets connecting the upper side and the lower side arranged to form at least one receiving element for the pellets, the portioning element movably supported between the compressed air nozzle and the wall of the storage vessel to alternatingly be brought from one position in which the receiving elements are freely accessible from the upper side of the portioning element into a position in which the receiving elements are arranged in an aligned manner between the compressed air nozzle and the opening.