Flexible system for handling articles

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1993-06-22

1998-08-04

Pike, Andrew C.

Conveyors: fluid current

Having means for maintaining load in suspension along flow path

By load supporting jets

226 973, B65G 5103

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057884250

ABSTRACT:
The apparatus for handling and operating on an article includes a flexible member having a working surface and at least one fluid orifice which pass through the flexible member and terminates in outlets on the working surface. The flexible member is a web made of a plurality of stacked layers. Fluid supplied to the working surface through the orifices act on articles placed in close proximity to the working surface.

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