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Vacuum chamber structure and control system therefor

US4027707A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 14, 1976
Grant dateJun 7, 1977
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Expiry dateMay 14, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B31/024
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for evacuating selectively two side-by-side chambers having a common wall with a pressure passageway therein includes a closure slidable between two positions where one chamber is connected to sub-atmospheric pressure with the common pressure passageway while the other is connected to ambient, and including circuit means for controlling the application of pressure and the release of same.

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