Conveyors: fluid current – Selective delivery
Patent
1979-09-04
1980-11-18
Nase, Jeffrey V.
Conveyors: fluid current
Selective delivery
104 88, 406 84, 406105, 406110, B65G 5126
Patent
active
042342716
ABSTRACT:
A pipeline capsule transportation system and apparatus for transporting a continuous link of capsules, comprising a first elongated pipeline and a second elongated pipeline along which continuous links of capsules are to be transported, a loading station for loading capsules, and an unloading station for unloading capsules, the loading station comprising at least one handling zone, an inclined discharge conduit for displacing capsules from the handling zone to the first pipeline, a capsule coupler for coupling capsules entering the first pipeline to a trailing end of a continuous link of capsules moving along the first pipeline during use, decoupling apparatus for decoupling trains of capsules from a leading end of a continuous link of capsules moving in the second pipeline, a downhill station entrance ramp for diverting decoupled capsules to the handling zone, and a brake for bringing trains of capsules to rest in the handling zone. The unloading station may correspond with the loading station or may comprise unloading means for unloading capsules while passing through the unloading station.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3861316 (1975-01-01), Yamazaki et al.
patent: 3889603 (1975-06-01), Harada
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