Air cushioned belt conveyor
US5865299A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 15, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G2201/04
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A material conveyor consisting of a belt supporting floor having a multiplicity of air cushion apertures therethrough, a walled chamber attached to the material conveyor, the upper wall of the walled chamber consisting of the belt supporting floor, the walled chamber having a plurality of partitions there across dividing the chamber into segmented air pressure control chambers; a branched air induction tube attached to the material conveyor such tube being capable of injecting pressurized air into the air pressure control chambers; a conveyor belt mounted on the material conveyor so that its interior surface is in contact with the belt supporting floor; and a belt driving motor capable of driving the conveyor belt.
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