公开(公告)号：US20170267386A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-21

申请号：US15309915

申请日：2015-05-13

Applicant: FLSmidth A/S

Inventor： Vladimir Meleg ,  Miroslav Okénka

IPC: B65B37/20 ,  B08B5/02 ,  B08B5/04 ,  B08B9/023

CPC classification number: B65B37/20 ,  B08B5/02 ,  B08B5/04 ,  B08B9/023 ,  B65B2210/08 ,  G01F11/18

Abstract: Disclosed, is a dosing apparatus [1] which is configured to provide a predetermined amount of material from one vessel to another vessel. The dosing apparatus [1] may comprise a dosing head having a dosing tube [9] and a dosing rod [12] which is movable within said dosing tube [9]. The dosing rod [12] may comprise a dosing chamber [10] which may be filled with a predetermined amount of material. Also described, is a method of dosing which utilizes the dosing apparatus [1] disclosed. In some embodiments, the method may comprise providing a dosing apparatus [1], extending the dosing rod [12] with respect to the dosing tube [9], loading the dosing chamber [10] with a predetermined amount of material, and, retracting the dosing rod [12] with respect to the dosing tube [9] to close the dosing chamber [10]. One or more air and/or liquid cleaning steps may be employed, wherein a cleaning unit [17, 117] may be utilized to clean the dosing rod [12] and/or a funnel [4].