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Industrial vacuum loading apparatus

US3942842A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 3, 1971
Grant dateMar 9, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 3, 1991

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G53/60
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vacuum operated industrial loading apparatus employing an exhaust fan and an elongated flexible inlet hose for breaking up material to be loaded, and including a self-sealing separation chamber and apparatus for continuously removing material picked up by the suction of the blower. The material removed from the flow of air through the vacuum system may be deposited into an open bin, conveyed from the apparatus, or otherwise disposed of.

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