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Tubing bend for pneumatic conveying system

US4976288A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 22, 1989
Grant dateDec 11, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L57/00
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Tubing or pipe bend or elbow for use in carrying pneumatically conveyed granular material has an axial bore with an input opening at one end and gradually diminishes to a smaller opening at the output end, such that the incoming material sees a pressure relief, or drop, at the input to the bend. As a feature, a tubing bend may be segmented, i.e., made out of a series of separate or individual bends with the output of one coupled to the input of another.

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