Conveyors: fluid current – Selective delivery
Patent
1997-11-24
1998-12-08
Hoge, Gary C.
Conveyors: fluid current
Selective delivery
406 2, 406 3, 406 19, 406 62, 406115, 406151, 406176, B65G 5102
Patent
active
058460292
ABSTRACT:
The fabric transport system comprises a series of fluidly communicating tubes and includes: an intake line configured to receive a fabric piece from the predetermined departure location; a main line fluidly connected at one end with the intake line; a branch line being fluidly connected at its upstream end to an intermediate portion of the main line at a junction; a vacuum source connected with the downstream end of the branch line for drawing air of sufficient quantity and velocity through the intake line, the main line, and the branch line to draw a fabric piece into the intake line and the main line; and a counterflow valve positioned on an intermediate portion of the main line downstream of the junction between the main line and the branch line. The branch line includes a deposit nozzle leading to the predetermined destination. The fabric transport system further includes means, such as an electronic controller, for actuating the counterflow valve to take its open position prior to a fabric piece passing the junction such that air is drawn into the main line and subsequently into the branch line by the vacuum source.
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Beard A. Gregory
Early Judson H.
Hoge Gary C.
Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation
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