| 摘要 |
An improvement to a hopper (1) to promote the flow of solid particulate material includes mounting one or more walls (3) of the hopper for limited oscillatory motion in a direction parallel to the wall and perpendicular to the desired flow direction, and then providing an actuator (6) connected to the remainder of the hopper (1) to impart such motion to the wall. The relative motion between the moving wall (3) and the particulate material effectively rotates the friction force to the direction of relative motion, leaving the friction in the desired flow direction approaching zero. As a result, downward flow can occur on walls that are only shallowly inclined. The improvement is applicable to hopper-like structures in railroad cars and ships, where it facilitates discharge onto moving conveyors.
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