System for transferring carrier from one pneumatic carrier receiving/dispatching station to another
US4529335A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G51/32
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for transferring pneumatic carriers from one pneumatic carrier receiving/dispatching station to another includes a first pneumatic carrier diverter, or a plurality of such first diverters, each with an inlet/outlet linked through pneumatically-sealed tubes to at least one such station, a multiplicity of outlets, and a device for shiftably linking the inlet/outlet of the diverter to any one of its multiple outlets; a second pneumatic carrier diverter, or a plurality of such second diverters, each with a multiplicity of inlets and a single outlet, and a mechanism for shiftably linking the multiplicity of inlets to the outlets; the system including either a plurality of such first diverters, or a plurality of such second diverters, or both; pneumatically-sealed tubes joining, in parallel, all the diverters of the first kind of all the diverters of the second kind; and a pressure/vacuum supply device joined to the outlet of one or more of the second kind.
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