Abstract:
A tractor-drawn earth ripper is disclosed as including a combustion apparatus mounted on the tractor for providing repetitive explosions to aid the ripper in earth fracturing. A discharge conduit is provided for conducting gas under pressure to the lower end of a ripper shank to provide such explosions about the ripper tooth, and apparatus is disclosed for mounting the lower end of the discharge conduit on the lower end of the ripper shank.
Abstract:
A system for applying particulate coating material to a work piece in which the particulate material is directed against the work piece in a series of pulses. Each pulse includes an initial step of feeding a charge of combustible gaseous mixture into a combustion chamber provided with an outlet nozzle. The combustible mixture is ignited and the outflow of gaseous mixture through the nozzle is constricted sufficiently to cause a rapid pressure rise during combustion to a peak value, followed by a period of falling pressure during continued outflow of the combusted mixture through the nozzle. A charge of the particulate coating material is injected into the combustion chamber for a brief period which terminates while the pressure in the chamber is at least a substantial proportion of the peak pressure. The outflow of combustion mixture and entrained particulate material is directed through the nozzle at high velocity against the work piece to cause the particulate material to form a coating on the work piece.