US 12,447,647 B2
Gunite feed wheel
Brooks Strong, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Brooks Strong, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/511,571.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/425,921, filed on Nov. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0158186 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B28C 7/16 (2006.01); B05C 5/02 (2006.01); B65G 53/10 (2006.01); B65G 53/46 (2006.01); B65G 53/50 (2006.01); B65G 53/52 (2006.01)
CPC B28C 7/16 (2013.01) [B05C 5/02 (2013.01); B65G 53/10 (2013.01); B65G 53/4616 (2013.01); B65G 53/4658 (2013.01); B65G 53/50 (2013.01); B65G 53/52 (2013.01); B65G 2201/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feed wheel comprising:
a body that is operable to rotate about a central axis, wherein the body includes a top surface and a bottom surface;
a plurality of material ports formed in the body operable to receive material;
a plurality of outer pressure ports formed in the body, the plurality of outer pressure ports being positioned radially outward in relation to the plurality of material ports,
wherein each of the plurality of outer pressure ports is operable to receive pressurized gas when in registration with a pneumatic supply as the body rotates about the central axis,
wherein each of the plurality of outer pressure ports are in fluid communication with a corresponding material port of the plurality of material ports such that when an outer pressure port of the plurality of outer pressure ports receives the pressurized gas, the pressurized gas discharges the material from the corresponding material port of the plurality of material ports out of the top surface of the body.