Powder dispenser modules and powder dispenser assemblies

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9221561
APP PUB NO 20110173933A1
SERIAL NO

13057420

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A powder dispenser module (54) includes a housing (150) that defines a conduit connecting a powder inlet and a powder outlet, a feed wand (160) to move powder through the conduit from the powder inlet to the powder outlet, the feed wand (200) including a lower feed element (230) coupled to a first drive shaft and an upper feed element (220) coupled to a second drive shaft, a first actuator coupled to the first drive shaft to rotate the lower feed element (230), and a second actuator coupled to the second drive shaft to rotate the upper feed element (220). In other embodiments, the feed wand (200) includes a shaft having a fluidizing element and an actuator produces oscillatory movement of the feed wand during dispensing of powder. Dispenser module arrays include one or a few rows of dispenser modules.

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MANNKIND CORPORATION30930 RUSSELL RANCH ROAD SUITE 301 WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91362

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fog, Per B Bedford Hills, US 21 1007
Maheshwari, Rajesh Millburn, US 2 24
Poole, Trent A Amherst, US 31 1230
Scharger, Rolf Winterbach, DE 4 33

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