Rotary airlock device and system for moving and placing granulate material

Abstract

A system for moving and placing granulate is provided. A housing is mountable to a trailer and has at least one cabinet located on a side of the housing with a compressor, at least one back compartment located on a back side of the housing, wherein the at least one back compartment has at least one rotary airlock device in communication with the compressor, wherein the compressor feeds air to the rotary airlock device under pressure, an actuatable feeder located on the back side of the housing, wherein the feeder when in an open position receives granulate and feeds the granulate to the at least one rotary airlock device, and a hose mount located on the housing and in communication with a bottom portion of the at least one rotary airlock, wherein when the compressor is actuated, the granulate is fed from the feeder, through the at least one rotary airlock and out through the house mount into a hose to place the granulate in a predetermined place.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A rotary airlock device attachable to a housing, the rotary airlock device comprising:
 a wear plate assembly comprising a bottom wear plate and a top wear plate;   a rotor component comprising a rotary airlock chamber, wherein the rotor component is coupled to a motor and when actuated, rotates to provide a first airflow and a silo to increase a pressure in the rotary airlock chamber, wherein the rotor component is configured to move the granulate through the rotary airlock chamber;   a housing bowl positioned below the rotary component, wherein the housing bowl comprises a ring extending from an exterior side of the housing bowl providing a mating surface for the bottom wear plate;   an outlet assembly coupled to the housing bowl, wherein the outlet assembly comprises:
 an air and granulate outlet; 
 an air pipe coupled to the air and granulate outlet wherein the air pipe is configured to provide a second airflow to move the granulate out of the outlet assembly. 
   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom wear plate is configured to protect the the housing bowl, and wherein the top wear plate is configured to protect the rotor component, wherein each of the bottom wear plate and the top wear plate and further comprises an aperture to allow granulate to pass therethrough. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the rotary airlock chamber comprises a plurality of chambers in the rotor component, wherein the plurality of rotary airlock chambers are configured move the granulate therethrough based on an increased pressure in the plurality of rotary airlock chambers. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the wear plate assembly and the housing bowl are congruently arranged. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 4 , further comprising a rotor set plate to couple the rotary airlock device thereto. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the top wear plate comprises an air input line connected to a compressor to pump air into the rotary air lock device to create the pressure to pump the granulate down through the device and out of the air and granulate outlet. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the rotor component is connected to a hydraulic motor. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the air pipe is further coupled to the compressor to provide the second airflow. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the air pipe is coupled to the air and granulate outlet using an elbow connector attached to a second end of the air and granulate outlet channel.