Conveyors: fluid current – Selective delivery – Destination controlled by sensed condition
Patent
1991-07-08
1994-10-11
Mitchell, David M.
Conveyors: fluid current
Selective delivery
Destination controlled by sensed condition
406 23, 406 30, 406182, B65G 5306
Patent
active
053541529
ABSTRACT:
In apparatus for conveying batches of ice lumps from a storage hopper to remotely located ice dispensers, ice lumps from the storage hopper are delivered into the main conduits through corresponding main valves and connecting conduits extending between each main valve and the storage hopper. Metering valves meter batches of ice lumps of predetermined size into the main conduits. Conveying air from an air blower is supplied to the main conduits through the main valves for conveying the batches of ice lumps. In use, batches of ice lumps are intermittently delivered into the main conduit, and the batches of ice lumps and conveying air are alternately supplied to the main conduit.
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Humphreys Richard M.
Reinhardt Robert C.
EOLAS - The Irish Science and Technology Agency
Hoge Gary C.
Mitchell David M.
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