IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0876353
(2007-10-22)
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등록번호 |
US-8104648
(2012-01-31)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Restive, Mario J.
- Birt, Jeffrey James
- Waggoner, Thomas Lowell
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출원인 / 주소 |
- The Fountainhead Group, Inc.
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
0 인용 특허 :
6 |
초록
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An applicator mixes an additive with a fluid stream and dispenses the resultant mixture. The applicator includes a housing having a fluid inlet, a downstream auger chamber, a downstream mixing chamber, and a flow path fluidly connecting the fluid inlet to the mixing chamber. A turbine auger assembly
An applicator mixes an additive with a fluid stream and dispenses the resultant mixture. The applicator includes a housing having a fluid inlet, a downstream auger chamber, a downstream mixing chamber, and a flow path fluidly connecting the fluid inlet to the mixing chamber. A turbine auger assembly including an auger and a rotor is rotatably connected to the housing to move the additive towards the mixing chamber, help mix the additive with the fluid stream, and then disperse the mixture to the auger chamber, which includes a hopper port and a downstream auger chamber exit exposed to the mixing chamber. The turbine auger assembly is rotatably connected to the housing.
대표청구항
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1. An applicator comprising: a housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a flow path fluidly connecting the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet;an auger chamber supported in the housing and having a downstream auger chamber exit proximate the fluid outlet;an additive supply providing an amount
1. An applicator comprising: a housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a flow path fluidly connecting the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet;an auger chamber supported in the housing and having a downstream auger chamber exit proximate the fluid outlet;an additive supply providing an amount of additive to the auger chamber; andan auger rotatably disposed within the auger chamber for advancing additive supplied to the auger chamber to the downstream auger chamber exit,wherein additive exiting the auger chamber exit mixes with fluid exiting the fluid outlet to form a mixture. 2. The applicator of claim 1, further comprising a rotor in communication with the auger, wherein the rotor comprises one or more blades and the blades are disposed in the flow path such that motive fluid passing through the flow path impinges on the blades to impart a rotation on the rotor. 3. The applicator of claim 1, further comprising a rotor in communication with the auger, and a reducing gear intermediate the rotor and the auger. 4. The applicator of claim 1, further comprising a rotor in communication with the auger, and a flow diverter intermediate the fluid inlet and the rotor, the flow diverter directing the flow path to intersect the rotor at a radius from a rotor axis. 5. The applicator of claim 4, wherein the rotor axis is co-axial with an axis of rotation of the auger. 6. The applicator of claim 1, further comprising a cover positioned over a portion of the auger chamber exit, the cover comprising an elastic curtain including one or more elastic bands. 7. The applicator of claim 6, wherein the elastic bands of the elastic curtain are spaced a distance that is approximately twice the size of the additive supplied to the auger chamber exit. 8. The applicator of claim 1, further comprising a cover comprising two portions movable relative to each other to selectively provide an opening through which additive exits the auger chamber exit. 9. The applicator of claim 1, wherein the fluid outlet is positioned below the auger chamber exit and wherein the auger chamber exit is open to the atmosphere such that additive exiting the auger chamber exit falls into a stream of motive fluid emanating from the fluid outlet, thereby mixing the additive and motive fluid and forming a directed stream of the resultant mixture. 10. The applicator of claim 9, further comprising a nozzle downstream of the fluid outlet through which motive fluid communicated from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet exits the applicator. 11. The applicator of claim 9, further comprising first and second nozzles downstream of the fluid outlet through which motive fluid communicated from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet exits the applicator, the first and second nozzles being arranged respectfully above and below each other. 12. The applicator of claim 1, further comprising a backpack, the backpack having at least one of a first reservoir containing a motive fluid and a second reservoir containing the additive supply. 13. An applicator comprising: (a) a housing having a fluid inlet, a downstream mixing chamber, and a flow path fluidly connecting the fluid inlet to the mixing chamber;(b) an auger chamber supported in the housing, the auger chamber having a hopper port and a downstream auger chamber exit exposed to the mixing chamber; and(c) a turbine auger assembly rotatably connected to the housing, the turbine auger assembly having an auger in the mixing chamber and a rotor in the flow path. 14. The applicator of claim 13, further comprising a reducing gear intermediate the auger and the rotor, the reducing gear disposed in at least one of the flow path and the auger chamber. 15. The applicator of claim 13, wherein the rotor rotates about a rotor axis and the auger rotates about the rotor axis. 16. The applicator of claim 13, further comprising a flow diverter intermediate the fluid inlet and the rotor, the flow diverter directing the flow path to intersect the rotor at a radius from a rotor axis. 17. The applicator of claim 13, further comprising a discharge nozzle downstream of the auger chamber exit. 18. The applicator of claim 17, wherein the mixing chamber is within the nozzle. 19. The applicator of claim 13, wherein the fluid inlet is concentric with at least one of the rotor and the auger. 20. A method of entraining an additive with a fluid flow, the method comprising: rotating a turbine blade and a coupled auger by impacting the fluid flow against and past the turbine blade; andintroducing the additive to the fluid flow with the rotating auger;wherein the fluid flow that impacts and moves past the turbine blade flows downstream and mixes with additive. 21. The method of claim 20 wherein introducing the additive includes entraining the additive with the fluid flow downstream of impacting the turbine-driven auger with the fluid flow. 22. The method of claim 20 further comprising diverting an incoming flow stream to produce multiple similar streams to impact the turbine blade. 23. An applicator for entraining an additive in a fluid stream, comprising: a main housing having an auger chamber, a hopper port in the auger chamber, a flow channel and a mixing chamber; anda turbine-driven auger rotatably disposed within the housing wherein at least a portion of the auger is located within the auger chamber;wherein said fluid stream causes rotation of the turbine-driven auger by impacting the fluid stream against and past the turbine, and further wherein the fluid stream that impacts and moves past the turbine blade flows downstream and mixes with additive. 24. An applicator for entraining an additive in a fluid stream, comprising: a main housing supporting an auger chamber and having a fluid inlet, a flow channel fluidly connected to the inlet, and a mixing chamber downstream from the flow channel;an auger disposed in the auger chamber and rotatable relative to the auger chamber; anda turbine, outside the auger chamber, coupled to the auger;wherein said fluid stream causes rotation of the auger by impacting and moving past the turbine, and further wherein the fluid stream that impacts and moves past the turbine flows downstream and mixes with additive in the mixing chamber.
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