Segment wheel feeder

• US 2,962,381 A
• Filed: 07/02/1957
• Issued: 11/29/1960
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1957
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph F. Dobry, Walter E. Bendict
• Original Assignee: Joseph F. Dobry, Walter E. Bendict
• Inventors: Dobry, Joseph F., Bendict, Walter E.
• Application Number:
  US03/669,655
• Time in Patent Office: 1,246 Days
• US Class Current: 427/180
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 19/001 Flocking
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 31/02 Dispensing from vessels, e.g. hoppers into a mould cavity B29C31/04; large containers characterised by discharge means B65D88/28, B65D88/54
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 2814/0325 with rotating drums, cylinders or cones in or beneath the opening
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 65/00 Loading or unloading of vehicles B65G67/00

Claims

1. A METHOD OF UNIFORMLY DEPOSITING THIN FLAKES OF MATERIAL UPON A MOVING WEB IN A CONTROLLABLE MANNER, WHICH COMPRISES MAINTAINING A SUPPLY OF SAID FLAKES IN CONTACT WITH AN UPWARDLY MOVING CYLINDRICAL SURFACE HAVING HORIZONTAL SLOTS ALONG ITS SURFACE SO THAT THE PORTION OF SAID FLAKES ARE PICKED UP AND FILL SAID SLOTS, CONTINUING THE UPWARD MOTION OF THE CYLINDRICAL SURFACE FOR BETWEEN ONE-FOURTH AND ONE-HALF ITS TOTAL UPWARD MOVEMENT WHILE THE FILLED SLOTS ARE OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID SUPPLY OF FLAKES THEREBY LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF FLAKES RETAINED BY SAID SLOTS TO THE FLAKES RESTING ON THEIR SMALLEST EDGE WHICH IS LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE FLAKES ORIGINALLY PICKED