Installation for hydraulically filling crates with floating objects such as fruits and having a single double-acting pump
US7159373B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B25/045
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to an installation for hydraulically filling crates (1) with floating objects such as fruits, comprising a tank (2) for receiving at least one crate (1), a device (3) for loading/unloading a crate/crates into/from the tank (2) and at least one supply channel (13) of a hydraulic flow transporting the floating objects. At least one bypass branch from at least one supply channel (13) is provided at the entrance and in the upper portion of the tank (2), so as to divide the supply delivery to form the filling delivery and a bypass delivery, these two deliveries being supplied to the intake of a double-acting pump (26) serving as a filling pump and a supply pump.
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