(19)
(11) EP 1 279 759 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/05

(21) Application number: 02255207.9

(22) Date of filing: 25.07.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D06F 57/04, D06F 57/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 27.07.2001 GB 0118334

(71) Applicant: HILLS INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Caerphilly Mid-Glamorgan, Wales (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bathard, Simon Hills Industries Limited
    Caerphilly, Mid-Glamorgan CF83 3HU (GB)
  • Roberts, Huw Hills Industries Limited
    Caerphilly, Mid-Glamorgan CF83 3HU (GB)
  • Byard, Paul Hills Industries Limited
    Caerphilly, Mid-Glamorgan CF83 3HU (GB)

(74) Representative: Ratcliffe, Susan Margaret et al
Wynne-Jones, Lainé & James Morgan Arcade Chambers 33 St. Mary Street
Cardiff CF10 1AF
Cardiff CF10 1AF (GB)

   


(54) Improvements relating to rotary driers


(57) A rotary drier with a sleeve, generally shown as (1) in Figure 1, for supporting arms of the drier so that they may be raised and lowered by sliding the sleeve (1) up and down a support column for the drier. The sleeve (1) includes a latch mechanism (11), which is captive within but separable from the sleeve. The latch mechanism (11) is co-operable with a flat, which extends over a length of the support column so that rotation of the sleeve about the column may be prevented. The latch mechanism (11) has a release part (20), which may be accessed through an aperture (5) in the sleeve (1) so that the sleeve can be released from the column and moved as desired.






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