US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 174
.~.~.~.~ Thrower and at least one feeder conveyor therefor


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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

147  DF  CHAMBER OF A TYPE UTILIZED FOR A HEATING FUNCTION AND MATERIAL CHARGING OR DISCHARGING MEANS THEREFOR {6}
160  DF  .~ Charging of chamber {7}
172  DF  .~.~ By driven device for transporting material to and/or into, or into and within, chamber {9}
173  DF  .~.~.~ Plural, successive, driven devices {2}
174.~.~.~.~ Thrower and at least one feeder conveyor therefor {2}
175  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Including screw conveyor
176  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Including pusher conveyor


DEFINITION

Classification: 414/174

Thrower and at least one feeder conveyor therefor:

(under subclass 173) Apparatus in which one of the driven devices comprises means for projecting material by exerting a force on said material to move the same and then causing said force to be released from said material, whereby said material will be projected and continue to move unsupported, in a trajectory, over a horizontal distance to, into, or within the chamber, and the other driven device comprises one or more conveyors which feed material to the former device.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

110, Furnaces,

104+, for a blower feeding fuel to a furnace.

198, Conveyors: Power-Driven,

638+, for thrower-type conveyors.