Arrangement for noise reduction in vacuum systems

US8556544B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Hannes Müller · Hamburg, DE
• Frank Schneider · Hamburg, DE
• Carsten Ohlfest · Glückstadt, DE
• Frank Rahn · Buxtehude, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E03F1/006
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an arrangement for adapting the transportation behavior of material to be conveyed, which arrangement comprises a first container, which is coupleable to a first pressure level; a second container, which is coupleable to a second pressure level; a connecting line for transporting material to be conveyed from the first container to the second container; and a pressure reduction device by means of which a pressure difference between the first container and the second container is controllably variable.