Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Handling device
- Patent Title (中): 处理装置
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Application No.: US12092637Application Date: 2006-11-01
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Publication No.: US07823941B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Darwin Gordon Caldwell , Steven Thomas Davis
- Applicant: Darwin Gordon Caldwell , Steven Thomas Davis
- Applicant Address: GB Manchester
- Assignee: The University of Salford
- Current Assignee: The University of Salford
- Current Assignee Address: GB Manchester
- Agency: Woodard Emhardt Moriarty McNett & Henry
- Priority: GB0522552.9 20051104
- International Application: PCT/GB2006/004069 WO 20061101
- International Announcement: WO2007/052018 WO 20070510
- Main IPC: B66C3/00
- IPC: B66C3/00

Abstract:
A Bernoulli Effect pick-up device (1) for the handling of products (20) comprises a surface (4) adapted such that gaseous fluid flow across said surface (4) provides a pick-up force to be generated, by the Bernoulli Effect, in a direction towards said surface (4), and a conduit (2) for the supply of the gaseous fluid. The conduit (2) has an outlet opening (5) at the surface (4) and is adapted to supply gaseous fluid in a direction opposed to the pick-up direction. The outlet (5) of the conduit (2) is associated with a deflector (9) for directing gaseous fluid across the surface (4) and preventing direct impingement of the fluid on a product (2) that has been picked-up by the device (1). The product (20) may for example be a slice of a foodstuff, e.g. tomato or hard-boiled egg.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080292446A1 Handling Device Public/Granted day:2008-11-27
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