US 12,251,742 B2
Coating apparatus comprising a cleaning arrangement
Nicholas Andrew Smith, Wendouree (AU)
Assigned to GRAINTECH INNOVATION PTY LTD, Wendouree (AU)
Appl. No. 17/059,966
Filed by GRAINTECH INNOVATION PTY LTD, Wendouree (AU)
PCT Filed May 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050559
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/227171, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018901980 (AU), filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0252564 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B05C 3/08 (2006.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01); B08B 1/16 (2024.01); B08B 1/32 (2024.01); B08B 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 9/0808 (2013.01) [B05B 13/0257 (2013.01); B05C 3/08 (2013.01); B08B 1/165 (2024.01); B08B 1/32 (2024.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning arrangement of a coating apparatus for seeds or granules in the form of a loose material, wherein the coating apparatus is a rotary batch coater having a base configured to carry the loose material the base including a conical outer wall for surrounding the loose material;
the base being rotatable to coat the loose material;
the cleaning arrangement including a base-scraping arrangement; and a mounting arrangement by which the base-scraping arrangement is mounted to be reversibly lowered, from a coating position, to a scraping position at which the base-scraping arrangement is positioned to scrape a build-up from the base and includes a portion for scraping the conical outer wall, and wherein the base-scraping arrangement is a non-rotating portion mounted and pivotally lowerable from the coating position to the scraping position for scraping the rotating base, and the coating apparatus having a coating chamber defining a space for holding the loose material, and wherein the base-scraping arrangement is mounted within the coating chamber via the mounting arrangement.