A meter for controlling the flow of feedstock from an in-feed hopper to a distillation unit, including a cylindrical roller having a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter, the roller defining a recess that extends helically substantially from the first end to the second end, a sleeve circumscribing a portion of the outer diameter of the cylindrical roller, the sleeve having an open first side that allows the passage of feedstock into the recess of the roller, and an open second side that allows the passage of feedstock out of the recess of the roller as the roller rotates relative to the sleeve, and a housing fixedly attached to the sleeve and capable of attachment to the in-feed hopper and the distillation unit such that feedstock most pass through the housing to get from the in-feed hopper to the distillation unit.

A device for discharging particulate material, for example powder material, granules or capsules, or in general free-flowing material, such as adhesive material, on a substrate moving along a conveying direction, includes at least one drum rotor having at least one helical track carrying the material to be discharged. The drum rotor is arranged adjacent to the moving substrate, with its axis substantially parallel to the conveying direction so that the portion of the at least one helical track which is closest to the substrate moves in the conveying direction during rotation of the drum rotor and discharges the material carried thereby on the substrate.

In one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus comprising an auger section having an auger and a drive unit containing a motor for driving the auger. A collector ring housing containing a collector ring is positioned between the auger section and the drive unit. In another aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus for attachment to a floor grate. The apparatus includes a pivot stand attached to a top surface of the floor grate, the pivot stand defining a vertical pivot axis. A collector ring has a first stationary portion and a second rotatable portion, with the stationary portion attached to the pivot stand. A housing surrounds the collector ring, and the housing and second rotatable portion of the collector ring rotate together about the pivot axis.

The present invention relates to a powder material measuring rotary valve device for quantitatively measuring and sequentially discharging a powder material in the form of powder mechanically. The powder material measuring rotary valve device comprises: a hollow measuring housing having an open entrance to which a hopper is coupled and an open exit disposed opposite to the entrance; and a distribution module which is embedded in the measuring housing to be rotatable with reference to a first virtual axis perpendicular to a virtual line connecting the entrance and the exit, and delivers a powder material introduced into the entrance to the exit, wherein a predetermined fixed quantity of the powder material introduced into the entrance according to rotation of the distribution module is separately received in the distribution module and is then discharged through the exit in a first-in and first-out method.

A sweep system is presented for a grain bin. The sweep system includes an elongated body extending a length between an inward end and an outward end and having a leading side and a trailing side. The elongated body is connected to a pivot point at the center of the grain bin and is configured to rotate around the pivot point. In one or more embodiments, a tail section of the sweep system is located as the outward end of the elongated body. In one or more arrangements, a track-driven drive system is positioned in the tail section. The track-driven drive system has a continuous track formed by a continuous chain and a plurality of paddles connected thereto. The track-driven drive system is configured to move the outward end of the elongated housing around the grain bin thereby facilitating emptying of grain from the grain bin by the sweep system.

An accessory configured to be connected to a self-propelled landscaping device. The accessory includes a frame that is releasably connectable to the device. The accessory includes a hopper supported on the frame and configured to hold bulk material in an interior area thereof. The hopper includes an upper opening for receiving bulk material and a lower opening for discharging the material. A conveyor extends below the hopper. The conveyor is selectively operative to move bulk material discharged from the lower opening in a first direction toward a conveyor first end or in a second direction toward a conveyor second end. A spreader is configured to engage and propel bulk material that is discharged at the conveyor first end. A conveyor extension is movably mounted on the frame and that includes an outward end that is selectively positionable outward in the second direction. Material delivered from the conveyor second end is movable on the conveyor extension and discharged at the outward end.

In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a cloud computer system for controlling a plurality of remote devices comprising a cloud server including a cloud based operating system comprising a data model stored in a computer memory. The data model includes commands that may be performed by a plurality of remote devices in a remote system and, for each remote device, one or more operations for triggering processes executed by the remote device. The cloud based operating system generates a set of instructions from the plurality of commands and corresponding operations to control a portion of the remote devices to perform a task.

A self-cleaning rotary assembly for use with a blow-through rotary valve, an improved blow-through rotary valve and a method of conveying material in a pneumatic pipeline employing an improved blow-through rotary valve.

A self-cleaning rotary assembly for use with a blow-through rotary valve, an improved blow-through rotary valve and a method of conveying material in a pneumatic pipeline employing an improved blow-through rotary valve.

A medicine conveying apparatus includes storage containers and a circulation driving unit configured to circulate the storage containers so as to make a round along a circulation path, wherein an introduction position and a discharge position are set on the circulation path, so that the medicine introduced into each storage container that has arrived at the introduction position, and the medicine is discharged from each storage container that has arrived at the discharge position, the circulation path includes a first directional path and a second directional path, and the circulation driving unit allows an operator to select one of the first and second directional paths through which the storage containers are conveyed from the introduction position to the discharge position and circulates the storage containers through the selected path.