Entrance chute for blowing insulation machine

• Main Authors: O'LEARY ROBERT J, HERNANDEZ AGUSTIN, YOUGER JOHN B, O'GRADY ROBERT, SERVAITES JEFFREY W, ACCURSI JEFFREY D, SEXTON JOSEPH M, EVANS MICHAEL E, LINSTEDT BRIAN K, KUJAWSKI CHRISTOPHER H, JOHNSON MICHAEL W, ECCLES HUGO E, RELYEA CHRISTOPHER M, MERZ GREGORY J, GRIDER KEITH A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.04.2008
• Subjects: BUILDING; CONVEYING; FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

A machine for distributing blowing insulation from a bag of compressed blowing insulation. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end and an outlet end and is configured to receive the bag of compressed blowing insulation, a plurality of shredders mounted at the outlet end of the chute and configured to shred and pick apart the blowing insulation and a discharge mechanism for distributing the blowing insulation into an airstream. The chute has a cross-sectional shape that approximates the cross-sectional shape of the bag of compressed blowing.