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An apparatus for transporting particulate material includes a housing having an inlet for receiving particulate material and an outlet through which particulate material is discharged in a moving dynamic mass. A rotor is supported for rotation within the housing, adjacent a stationary glide surface.

An apparatus for transporting particulate material includes a housing having an inlet for receiving particulate material and an outlet through which particulate material is discharged in a moving dynamic mass. A rotor is supported for rotation within the housing, adjacent a stationary glide surface. The rotor has a plurality of disks spaced apart by hub sections and defining a plurality of transport channels between the disks, adjacent the glide surface. Each transport channel extends between the inlet and the outlet. The rotor is rotated while particulate material is fed into the housing inlet. The particulate material is received within the transport channels and, by the action of the rotating disks and the stationary glide surface, the particulate material in each of the transport channels interlocks with the disk walls and bridges across transport channel. The material is transported by the motion of the disk walls and, at the same time, forms a moving dynamic mass. The moving dynamic mass from each transport channel is conveyed out of the outlet of the housing.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An apparatus for transporting particulate material, comprising:a housing having an inlet for receiving particulate material, an outlet for expelling particulate material and a stationary wall extending between the inlet and the outlet; anda rotor having a plurality of d

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An apparatus for transporting particulate material, comprising:a housing having an inlet for receiving particulate material, an outlet for expelling particulate material and a stationary wall extending between the inlet and the outlet; anda rotor having a plurality of disks spaced apart by hub sections and, with the stationary wall, defining a plurality of transport channels between said disks and along the stationary wall, said transport channels extending between said inlet and said outlet, said rotor supported within said housing interior for rotation relative to said housing interior;wherein each transport channel is configured to receive particulate material from the inlet and, by rotation of the rotor, cause the particulate material to form an interlocked mass of particles which bridges across the transport channel, contacts both disks that define the transport channel and moves toward the outlet.