A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material includes a plurality of hoppers rotatable about a common vertical axis serially among material filling and heating, vacuum drying and material discharge positions; pneumatic piston-cylinder means for rotating the hoppers about said axis among said filling and heating, vacuum drying and discharge positions; means for heating contents of a hopper at said filling and heating positions; means for sealing a hopper at said vacuum and drying positions; means for drawing vacuum within a hopper at said vacuum drying position and means for selectably permitting downward flow of dried granular or powdery material out of a hopper at said discharge position where said hoppers move collectively and unitarily one with another.
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4. A hopper for use in a low pressure granular or powdery material dryer comprising:
a. a vertically-oriented cylindrical shell having open ends, adapted to be sealingly closed by selectably contacting top and bottom plates thereagainst, enabling vacuum to be drawn within said shell when said shell is at a vacuum drawing position;
b. a funnel within said cylindrical shell proximate the bottom thereof;
c. an internal material flow control plate located within said cylindrical shell beneath said funnel, pivotally connected to said cylindrical shell for movement about said connection away from a downwardly opening discharge orifice in said funnel to a position permitting downward granular resin material flow from said hopper.
1. A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material, comprising:
a. a plurality of hoppers rotatable about a common vertical axis serially among material filling and heating, vacuum drying and material discharge positions;
b. a plurality of pneumatic piston-cylinder combinations for rotating said hoppers about said axis among said filling and heating, vacuum drying and discharge positions;
c. means for heating contents of a hopper at said filling and heating position;
d. means for sealing a hopper at said vacuum drying position;
e. means for drawing vacuum within a hopper at said vacuum drying position; and
f. means for selectably permitting downward flow of dried granular or powdery material out of a hopper at said discharge position.
18. A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery plastic resin material, comprising:
a. (a) a plurality of sealable closeable shells collectably spaced one from another, each being movable serially among material filling/heating, drying and discharge positions;
b. (b) means for moving said shells among said filling/heating, drying and discharge positions;
c. (c) means for heating shell contents prior to arrival at said drying filling/heating position by blowing hot air through the shell contents;
d. (d) means for sealing said shells at said drying position;
e. (e) means for drawing vacuum of at least about 27.5 millimeters of mercury over the shell contents within said sealed shells at said drying position; and
f. (f) means for emptying opening bottoms of said sealed shells at said discharge position to permit downward flow of dried granular or powdery plastic resin material from said shells at said discharge position.
9. A method for continuously drying granular or powdery plastic resin material in batches preparatory to mixing, molding, or extruding or other processing of that material into intermediate or finished products, comprising the steps of:
a. supplying granular or powdery material to a closeable shell at a fill position;
b. heating said material within said shell while at the fill position by introduction of heated air thereinto;
c. moving said shell to a vacuum drying position and sealing said shell thereat;
d. drawing a preselected level of vacuum within said sealed shell for time sufficient to evaporate moisture from said heated material to a desired degree of dryness;
e. moving said shell to a discharge position at which said shell is opened;
f. discharging said dried material from said shell; and
g. moving said shell to said fill position and sequentially repeating steps (a) through (f) for so long as said such granular plastic resin material is to be continuously dried.
0. 20. A hopper for use in a granular plastic resin material vacuum dryer comprising:
a. a shell having an opening, for discharge of granular plastic resin from the bottom of the shell, that is sealingly closeable by selectably movably contacting sealing means thereagainst, enabling vacuum to be drawn within said shell;
b. a downwardly tapering funnel, the upper extremity of the funnel contacting the shell interior, for collecting and channeling downwardly flowing granular plastic resin material towards said opening, positioned within said shell proximate the bottom thereof;
c. a dump flap located within said shell beneath said funnel, pivotally connected to the shell interior for movement about said connection away from a position blocking downward flow of granular plastic resin material towards a downwardly opening discharge orifice in said funnel, to a position remote from downwardly opening discharge aperture in the funnel thereby permitting downward granular resin material flow through the funnel and the opening in the shell, thereby exiting said hopper.
0. 23. A method for continuously drying granular plastic resin material in batches preparatory to molding or extruding that material into intermediate or finished products, comprising the steps of:
a. supplying granular plastic resin material to a movable closeable shell while the shell is at a first location;
b. heating said material within said shell while at the first location by recycling heated air around a closed loop of which said shell forms at part only when at said first location;
c. drawing a preselected level of vacuum within said closeable shell while at a second location at which said shell is closed for time sufficient to evaporate moisture from said heated material to a desired degree of dryness;
d. discharging said dried material from said shell by opening the closed shell and permitting the dried material to flow downwardly out of the shell: and
e. sequentially repeating steps (a) through (d) for so long as said granular plastic resin material is to be continuously dried in batches to thereafter be molded or extruded into intermediate or final products.
6. A method for continuously drying granular or powdery material preparatory to mixing, molding, extruding or other processing of that material, comprising the steps of:
a. supplying granular or powdery material to a vertically-oriented cylindrical shell at a fill and heat position and heating said material within said shell by introduction of heated air into said cylinder;
b. moving said vertically-oriented cylindrical shell through an arc about a vertical axis outboard of the shell periphery to a vacuum drying position and sealing open ends of said shell thereat;
c. drawing a preselected level of vacuum within said sealed shell for time sufficient to evaporate moisture from said heated material to a desired degree of dryness;
d. moving said shell to a discharge position at which said shell is open;
e. discharging said dried material from said cylindrical shell responsively to a pneumatic piston-cylinder combination actuating a material discharge gate proximate the bottom of said shell; and
f. moving said shell through an arc about said vertical axis to a fill and heat position and sequentially repeating steps (a) through (d) (e) for so long as said such granular plastic or powdery material is to be continuously dried.
0. 22. A method for drying granular plastic resin material in batches preparatory to molding or extruding of that material into intermediate or finished products, without heating the material to above a preselected desired temperature, comprising the steps of:
c. supplying granular plastic resin material to a movable closeable shell while the shell is at a first location;
d. heating said material to a desired temperature within said movable closeable shell while at the first location by;
i. heating air to the desired material temperature;
ii. blowing the heated air through the material in the shell;
iii. measuring the temperature of the air as it exits the shell;
iv. comparing the exit air temperature to the desired material temperature;
v. capturing the heated air as it exits the shell and recycling the air through the shell after heating step āiā, and
vi. halting heating and blowing the air when the exit air temperature equals the desired material temperature;
e. drawing a vacuum of at least 27.5 millimeters of mercury within said movable closeable shell while at a second location at which said shell is closed for time sufficient to evaporate moisture from said heated material to a desired degree of dryness;
f. discharging said dried material from said shell by opening the closed shell and permitting the dried material to flow downwardly out of the shell: and
g. sequentially repeating steps (a) through (d) for so long as said granular plastic resin material is to be dried in batches to thereafter be molded or extruded into intermediate or final products.
2. dryer The dryer of
a. a vertical shaft defining said vertical axis;
b. said pneumatic piston-cylinder combinations being equiangularly positioned about said shaft for rotating said shaft and thereby said hoppers.
3. dryer The dryer of
5. Hopper The dryer of claim 4 1 in which said means for sealing said hopper at said vacuum drying position further comprising comprises:
a. top and bottom plates for selectively sealing said a cylindrical shell of said hopper allowing vacuum to be drawn therein;
b. pneumatic piston-cylinder means for urging said top and bottom plates into sealing contact with said shell; said shell being adapted to selectively dispense granular material stored therein at a dispense position removed from said vacuum drawing position.
0. 7. A method for continuously supplying dried granular resin material for processing from a supply of material which is excessively moist, comprising substantially simultaneously performing the steps of:
a. heating a portion said moist material to a selected temperature at which said moisture evaporates therefrom at a preselected level of vacuum;
b. drawing and maintaining said preselected level of vacuum for a second portion of said material which has been heated to said selected temperature for a time sufficient to cause said moisture to evaporate therefrom and result in said second portion of material being at a preselected dryness; and
c. supplying to granular resin material processing equipment a third portion of said material which has been dried to said preselected dryness by evaporation in said preselected level of vacuum after being heated to said selected temperature.
0. 8. The method of
10. The method of
11. The method of
12. The method of
0. 13. A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material, comprising:
a. a shell movable among material filling and heating, vacuum drying and material discharge positions;
b. means for moving said shell serially among said filling and heating, vacuum drying and discharge positions;
c. means for heating contents of said shell at said filling and heating position;
d. means for drawing vacuum within a said shell at said vacuum drying position; and
e. means for selectably permitting downward flow of dried granular or powdery material out of a shell at said discharge position.
0. 14. The dryer of
a. means for sealing said shell at said vacuum drying position.
0. 15. A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material, comprising:
a. a plurality of shells movable among material filling and heating, vacuum drying and material discharge positions;
b. means for moving said shells serially simultaneously among said filling and heating, vacuum drying and discharge positions;
c. means for heating contents of a shell at said filling and heating position;
d. means for drawing vacuum within a shell at said vacuum drying position; and
e. means for selectably permitting downward flow of dried granular or powdery material out of a shell at said discharge position.
0. 16. The dryer of
a. means for sealing a shell at said vacuum drying position.
0. 17. The dryer of
0. 19. A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material, comprising;
a. a plurality of shells serially movable around a circuit along which said shells are filled emptied, heated and vacuum dried;
b. means for moving said shells around said circuit for filling and emptying said shells and heating and vacuum drying of material in said shells;
c. means for heating said shells prior to drying;
d. means for sealing said shells for drying;
e. means for drawing vacuum within said shells during drying; and
f. means for emptying dried granular or powdery material from said shells after drying.
0. 21. The hopper of claim 20 wherein said shell is cylindrical and further comprises concentric inner and outer tubes and a second downwardly tapering funnel positioned above the first funnel and having funnel angle in common therewith, the upper extremity of the second funnel contacting the interior of the inner tube, for collecting and channeling downwardly flowing granular plastic resin material towards said first funnel.
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Shaft 24 is journaled in suitable bearings mounted on upper and lower shaft suspension plates 112 to define upper and lower shaft bearing assemblies 114 as indicated in
Referring to
Conduit 144 includes a telescoping portion 148 for connecting moist material supply hopper 64 with a hopper top sealing plate 150 at fill and heat position 100. Positioned around the outer periphery of hopper top sealing plate 150 is an annular lip 152. An aperture 154 is within hopper top sealing plate 150 and facilitates communication between telescoping portion 148 of conduit 144 and the interior of a hopper 14 12 when at the fill and heat position.
Still referring Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3 9, 10 and 11, a hopper 14 12 is illustrated in position as a result of having been rotated to that position by rotation of vertical shaft 24 in response to first, second and third driving rotation piston-cylinder combinations 34, 36 and 38.
At material fill and heating position 100, a blower 76 facilitates recirculation of heated air through material 74 resident within hopper 14 12 to heat material 74. Blower 76 has an intake aperture 78 and an exhaust aperture 80. Exhaust aperture 80 connects to conduit 156 within which there are a plurality of heater elements 82 to heat air exhausted from blower 76 prior to flow through material within hopper 12. Conduit 156 includes a telescoping portion 158 connecting with and exhausting into a supply plenum designated generally 86 via a plenum inlet 90 which is visible in both
Plenum 86 includes an outlet screen 88 92 mounted at the upper end thereof, as illustrated generally in
A pneumatic piston-cylinder combination 106 is mounted on a suitable cross-member, not illustrated in the drawings but forming a part of frame 22. When actuated, piston-cylinder combination 106 serves to close the bottom of hopper 12 in the fill and heat position by moving supply plenum 86 vertically upwardly, from the position illustrated in
Heated air, having passed through granular or powdery material within hopper 14 12, exhausts from hopper 14 12 via telescoping portion 148 of conduit 144. A butterfly valve 66 having closed conduit 144 so that heated air passing through telescoping portion 148 of conduit 144 cannot escape through supply hopper 64, causes the heated, moist air to flow into heated air recirculator 70 at heated recirculation intake 72. A thermocouple 68 positioned at heated air recirculation intake 72 senses temperature of heated air leaving hopper 14 12. A second thermocouple 84 is positioned proximate the outlet of the heated air supplied by blower 76, after the heated air has passed along heating elements 82. When the temperature temperatures sensed by thermocouples 68 and 84 are substantially equal, this is indicative of the granular or powdery material within hopper 14 12 having reached the desired temperature, namely the selected temperature of the air entering into supply plenum 86 after having been heated by heating elements 82.
During material heating at the fill and heat position, hopper top sealing plate 150 is lowered into position against the upper extremity of hopper 14 12 by action of a pneumatic piston-cylinder combination 98 which is connected to a suitable cross-member extending across the top of frame 22.
Referring to
A pair of downwardly opening material dispensing funnels designated 94 and 96 respectively are secured within each cylindrical shell 14 of cylindrical hopper 12 proximate the bottom of hopper 12. The higher of the two material dispensing funnels is referred to as an upper material dispensing funnel and is designated 94 in the drawings. The lower of the two material dispensing funnels is referred to as the lower material dispensing funnel and is designated generally 96 in the drawings. Material dispensing funnels 94 and 96 are preferably fixedly secured, by suitable sheet metal screws or other fastening means, to a lower portion of vacuum tube 52 at the positions generally indicated in the drawings
Material dispensing funnels 94 and 96 preferably share a common funnel angle such that the sloped sides of the respective funnels are essentially parallel one with another. The sloped surface or side of upper material dispensing funnel is designated generally 122 in the drawings while the sloped side of lower dispensing funnel 96 is designated generally 124 in the drawings.
As further apparent from the drawings, particularly
Use of two dispensing funnels such as dispensing funnels 94, 96 facilitates circulation of heated drying air around material in hopper 14 12 at filling and heating position 100 and further facilitates drying of the material in hopper 14 12 when the hopper is at vacuum drying position 102.
Each hopper 14 12 preferably further includes a dump flap designated generally 20 located below downwardly dispensing opening 128 of lower funnel 96. Dump flap 20 is pivotally connected to vacuum tube 52 by suitable screw connections which are illustrated in the drawings, particularly in
Dump flap 20 includes a central portion 172 which is generally planar in configuration as illustrated in the drawings, particularly
Dump actuator 62 engages a generally vertical air pivoting arm 134 forming a part of dump flap 20. Dump actuator 62 includes a vertically movable arm 136, also illustrated in
Movement of arm 136 upwardly in
Actuation of material dispensing piston-cylinder combination 108 moves vertically movable arm 136 upwardly, to the position illustrated in solid lines in
Vertically movable arm 136 is pivotally connected to an arm 134 portion pivoting arm portion 134 of dump flap 20.
Arm Pivoting arm 134 connects the horizontal part of dump flap 20 to the inside of vacuum tube 52 via a pivotal connection identified as 140 in
Once preferably pneumatic hopper dispensing piston-cylinder combination 108 has been deactuated, gravitational force acting with weight 130 tends to rotate dump flap 20 back to the horizontal, hopper closed, position illustrated in
The horizontal portion 172 of dump flap 20 is positioned sufficiently close to and sufficiently overlaps downwardly dispensing opening 128 of lower funnel 96 about the periphery of dispensing opening 128 that the angle of repose of any granular or powdery material within hopper 12 is sufficient to prevent downward flow of material through the gap between horizontal portion 172 of dump flap 20 and dispensing opening 128 of lower funnel 96.
Material dispensing piston-cylinder combination 108 is preferably mounted either on a portion of frame 22 below dryer 10 or on some other stable member such as the floor of an installation where dryer 10 may be used. In either case, material dispensing piston-cylinder combination 108 is stationary in the sense that piston-cylinder combination 108 does not rotate with hoppers 12 as they are moved among fill and heat position 100, vacuum drying position 102 and material dispense position 104; hopper dispensing piston-cylinder combination 108 remains at material dispense position 104.
As apparent from
In
Hopper top and bottom vacuum sealing plates 40, 42 are preferably respectively connected to unnumbered piston rod extensions which are connected to and are parts of hopper top and bottom sealing piston-cylinder combinations 44, 46 respectively. Piston-cylinder combinations 44, 46 are preferably pneumatically actuated; the cylinder portions thereof are preferably fixedly connected to horizontally extending cross-members of frame 22 as indicated generally in
Hopper top and bottom vacuum sealing plates 40, 42 are most preferably of dome-like shape, as illustrated in
When a hopper 12 is located at vacuum drying position as illustrated in
When hopper cylindrical shell 14 is located at vacuum drying position 102, actuation of respective piston-cylinder combinations 44, 46 moves top and bottom sealing plates 40, 42 downwardly and upwardly respectively to effectuate an airtight, vacuum maintaining seal between the preferably circular periphery of top and bottom sealing plates 40, 42, where vacuum gaskets 58 and 60 are preferably located and the preferably circular circumferential top and bottom edges of vacuum tube 52. The hopper top and bottom vacuum sealing plates 40, 42 in this position, with gaskets 58, 60 in sealing connection with the circumferential circular top and bottom edges of vacuum tube 52, as illustrated in
Top vacuum sealing plate 40 preferably includes a fitting, not numbered in the drawings, selectably connectingly receiving a preferably flexible vacuum line 50 which is preferably connected to a vacuum pump depicted schematically in
Once moisture has been evaporated from resin material within hopper 12 when located at vacuum drying position 102 and the resin material has reached a desired degree of dryness, hopper top and bottom sealing piston-cylinder combinations 44, 46 are permitted to return to their default positions illustrated in
The time during which vacuum is drawn within hopper 12 while located at vacuum drying position 102 may be adjusted by microprocessor control means connected to and associated with the low pressure granular material dryer. Similarly, the level of vacuum drawn in hopper 12 at vacuum drying position 102 may be adjusted. Furthermore, air withdrawn from hopper 12 by vacuum pump 48 may be monitored for moisture content and vacuum pump 48 may be halted once the desired low level of moisture of the material within hopper 12 has been attained. The microprocessor control means controls operation of the low pressure dryer, including operation of the pneumatic piston-cylinder combinations, the blower, the vacuum pump, etc.
Referring to
Plate 28 includes a horizontal central portion 30 and downwardly projecting lips 32 extending from the periphery of plate 28.
Three preferably pneumatically actuated piston-cylinder combinations 34, 36 and 38 are designated respectively first, second and third piston-cylinder combinations and are pivotally connected to frame 22, specifically to upper horizontally extending member 162 of frame 22, as generally illustrated respecting second and third piston-cylinder combinations 36, 38 in
To facilitate rotation of plate 28 about an axis defined by vertical shaft 24, first, second and third piston-cylinder combinations 34, 36, 38 are actuated as needed. Each piston-cylinder combination 34, 36, 38 has a piston rod extension which fits loosely within a respective aperture formed in a respective portion of a downwardly projecting lip 32, with the piston rods being retained in position within those apertures by nuts threaded on the piston rod extremities as illustrated generally in
With this arrangement, as piston-cylinder combinations 34, 36, 38 are actuated to move their associated piston rods, from extended positions in which the piston rods of piston-cylinder combinations 36, 38 are illustrated in
For example, referring to
As plate 28 rotates about pin connector 168 in the direction indicated by arrow A B, plate 28 together with pin connector 168 rotate with horizontally extending plate-pin connection arm 116 pivotally about the axis defined by vertical shaft 24 thereby rotating shaft 24. This rotation results from plate-pin connection arm 116 being fixedly connected to shaft 24. Hence, as first, second and third driving rotation piston-cylinder combinations 34, 36 and 38 respectively are actuated in a sequential manner, plate 28 rotates about pin connector 168 and plate 28, pin connector 168 and plate-pin connection arm 116 all rotate about the vertical axis defined by shaft 24 thereby to rotate shaft 24.
The vertically-oriented cylindrical sides of hopper shells 14 defined by vacuum tubes 52 and insulation tubes 54 are connected to shaft 24 for rotation therewith by cantilever connecting rods 110 as best illustrated in
Arrow B in
At the material vacuum drying position, the heated material is preferably subjected to a vacuum of about 27.5 millimeters of mercury or greater. This lowers the evaporation point or boiling point of water to only 120° F., thereby causing the moisture within the heated material to evaporate and be drawn off through the vacuum pump drawing vacuum within hopper 12 at the vacuum drying position 102. Once the vacuum drying process is sufficiently complete, piston-cylinder combinations 44, 46 retract hopper top and bottom sealing plates 40, 42 so that hopper 12 may move from the vacuum drying position to the material dispense position.
Blower 70 is preferably a one horsepower blower. Preferably two heater elements 82 are utilized, as illustrated in the drawings. Air flow through supply plenum 86 is preferably restricted to 4.5 ounces of pressure.
As depicted schematically in the drawings by line 74 indicating the angle of repose of within hopper 12, an air space is permitted to remain within hopper 12 to accommodate material spillage during movement of hoppers 12 and cycling of the drying process.
The material fill and heat and vacuum drying functions may each take approximately twenty minutes. Accordingly, in one hour, all three hoppers 12 preferably cycle through material fill and heat position 100, material vacuum drying position 102 and material dispense position 104. If each hopper 12 is approximately 10 inches in diameter and 24 inches high, each hopper 12 will hold about one cubic foot of granular resin material, which is about thirty-five pounds of granular resin material. With such configuration, dryer 10 embodying the invention can provide about 100 pounds per hour of dried granular resin material for subsequent processing by plastic injection molding or extrusion equipment.
As is apparent from the drawings, hoppers 12 are preferably provided equally spaced around vertical shaft 24 with hoppers 12 120° apart.
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