Material or article handling – Device for emptying portable receptacle – Nongravity type
Patent
1989-06-29
1991-06-18
Valenza, Joseph E.
Material or article handling
Device for emptying portable receptacle
Nongravity type
B65B 2102
Patent
active
050245740
ABSTRACT:
A vacuum transfer apparatus for use in en masse vacuum gripping nuclear fuel pellets includes an enclosure defining a vacuum chamber and having an open bottom, a rigid support gridwork spanning and attached to the enclosure open bottom, and a perforated mat attached to the gridwork along a side opposite from the enclosure. The mat is composed of resiliently flexible material and has a matrix of spaced apart holes of a cross-sectional size substantially smaller than the diameter of the pellets. The support gridwork defines a plurality of passages of a cross-sectional size substantially larger than that of the holes in the mat. The gridwork passages provide the sole path for communicating a vacuum from the enclosure chamber to the mat holes for vacuum gripping and holding the pellets at their upper end surfaces against the mat. A perforated tray is employed with the vacuum transfer apparatus for supporting the fuel pellets. The perforated tray has a plurality of openings of substantially the same size and spacing as the holes in the mat. Those of the openings not covered by thy pellets supported on the tray prevent formation of a vacuum between the mat and tray which could prevent lifting of the pellets from the tray.
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Bucher George D.
Rosal Enrique R.
Wilson John F.
Dixon Keith L.
Valenza Joseph E.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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