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Granted Patent B2
US 12,145,895 · App. 16/977,982 · Granted Nov 19, 2024

Sorting device

Inventors: Yasushi Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiaki Maeda (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Kunio Motoyoshi (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Kouji Kamada (Tokyo, JP); Kazushi Izumi (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Ueno (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: TAIHEIYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION TAIHEIYO CEMENT CORPORATION
C04B7/365B65G11/206B65G33/08B65G33/24C04B7/436C04B7/438F27B7/3205F27D3/0033F27D3/08F27D3/10F27B2007/3288
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Patent No.
US 12,145,895
App. No.
16/977,982
Granted
Nov 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a fractionating device capable of stably fractionating powders such as cement raw materials by a simple configuration. A fractionating device 1 for fractionating some of a powder (cement raw material) R falling in a chute (main body) 2 , wherein the fractionating device is equipped with a screw conveyor 5 which passes through the chute, a part of a casing 5 a opening inside the chute, and receives part of the powder from an opening (inlet) 5 b , and a collision separation member (collision separation rod) 4 which is provided above the screw conveyor in the chute and collides with an object when an object of a predetermined size or larger falls, and prevents the object from falling directly onto the screw conveyor. A rotation shaft 5 d of the screw conveyor may be inclined from 5° to 20° with respect to the horizontal plane so that the end of the discharge port side of the screw conveyor is positioned above the other end and may be equipped with a guide member 3 that guides the powder falling in the chute in the direction of the opening of the screw conveyor.

Claims (16)

1. A fractionating device for fractionating some of a powder falling in a first chute into a second chute, comprising:

a screw conveyor passing through the first chute and being configured to extend to the second chute, a part of a casing opening inside the first chute, and receiving part of the powder from the opening, the screw conveyor having a discharging port side, an end of which is positioned above another end of the screw conveyor, and an inclination angle of a rotation shaft of the screw conveyor with respect to a horizontal plane is between 5° and 20°;

a guide member for guiding the powder falling in the first chute in a direction of the opening of the screw conveyor; and

a collision separation member, which is mounted above the screw conveyor in the first chute, for colliding with an object when an object of a predetermined size or larger falls, and preventing the object from falling directly onto the screw conveyor,

wherein rotation speed of a rotation shaft of the screw conveyor is variable.

2. The fractionating device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a cooling water passage formed in the rotation shaft of the screw conveyor, and means, positioned outside the first chute, for feeding a cooling water to the cooling water passage.

3. The fractionating device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the collision separation member extends transversely to a longitudinal direction of the first chute.

4. The fractionating device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the collision separation member includes a plurality of separation rods arranged in an apex configuration.

5. The fractionating device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the guide member comprises a guide board positioned above the screw conveyor in the first chute, the guide board configured to be moveable relative to the first chute.

6. A fractionating device for fractionating some of a powder falling in a first chute into a second chute, comprising:

a screw conveyor passing through the first chute and being configured to extend to the second chute, a part of a casing opening inside the first chute, and receiving part of the powder from the opening, the screw conveyor having a discharging port side, an end of which is positioned above another end of the screw conveyor, and an inclination angle of a rotation shaft of the screw conveyor with respect to a horizontal plane is between 5° and 20°, a cooling water passage formed in the rotation shaft of the screw conveyor, and means, positioned outside the first chute, for feeding a cooling water to the cooling water passage; and

a collision separation member, which is mounted above the screw conveyor in the first chute, for colliding with an object when an object of a predetermined size or larger falls, and preventing the object from falling directly onto the screw conveyor,

wherein rotation speed of a rotation shaft of the screw conveyor is variable.

7. The fractionating device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the collision separation member extends transversely to a longitudinal direction of the first chute.

8. The fractionating device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the collision separation member includes a plurality of separation rods arranged in an apex configuration.

9. The fractionating device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising a guide board positioned above the screw conveyor in the first chute, the guide board configured to be moveable relative to the first chute.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2020
From: YAMAMOTO, YASUSHI; MAEDA, YOSHIAKI; YAMAGUCHI, KAZUHIKO; MOTOYOSHI, KUNIO; KIMURA, TAKAYUKI; KAMADA, KOUJI; IZUMI, KAZUSHI; UENO, NAOKI
To: TAIHEIYO ENGINEERING CORPORATION; TAIHEIYO CEMENT CORPORATION
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