US PATENT SUBCLASS 366 / 131
HAVING INTERRELATED FEED AND DISCHARGE MEANS

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366 /   HD   AGITATING

131HAVING INTERRELATED FEED AND DISCHARGE MEANS {5}
132  DF  .~> Including means to monitor or control operation
133  DF  .~> By single endless or screw conveyor
134  DF  .~> Plural feed or discharge means
135  DF  .~> Rotatable mixing chamber
136  DF  .~> Recirculating from and to mixing chamber {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 366/131

HAVING INTERRELATED FEED AND DISCHARGE MEANS:

(under the class definition) Apparatus and corresponding methods including external means to convey or admit material into the mixing chamber and means to convey or release the material therefrom and wherein said means: (a) are interconnected by a duct or conveyor exteriorly of the chamber for returning discharge material to the chamber; (b) have a common control system for regulating movement of material into and out of the chamber. (c) have a single mechanism for moving the material into and out of the chamber, or (d) are specifically related to each other by their relative size.

(1) Note. The feed and discharge may be through a common opening.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

76.3, for a screw conveyor for feeding material into a rubber or heavy plastic working apparatus.

139, for a device including means to produce a partial vacuum in the mixing chamber which means may also serve to move material into and/or out of the chamber.