公开(公告)号：US06659693B1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-09

申请号：US10154181

申请日：2002-05-21

申请人： James D. Perkins ,  Dave Mathew Perkins ,  Douglas Jeffrey Perkins

发明人： James D. Perkins ,  Dave Mathew Perkins ,  Douglas Jeffrey Perkins

IPC分类号： B65G5308

CPC分类号： B65G51/24 ,  B65G51/32 ,  B65G51/34

摘要： A pneumatic system for transporting a carrier includes a first transport tube coupled to a first transport station and a second transport tube coupled to a second transport station. A distributor coupled to the first transport tube and the second transport tube includes a carousel having at least one storage chamber. The carousel is rotatable about an axis to align the storage chamber with the first transport tube and the second transport tube. A source of airflow coupled to the distributor facilitates movement of the carrier through the first transport tube and into the storage chamber of the carousel, and facilitates movement of the carrier from the storage chamber of the carousel into the second transport tube. An associated method for transporting the carrier includes the step of moving the carrier from the first transport tube in a first direction into the storage chamber of the distributor. The distributor is then rotated with a carrier in the storage chamber, and the carrier is moved from the storage chamber in a second direction opposite to the first direction and into the second transport tube.

摘要翻译： 用于运输载体的气动系统包括联接到第一输送站的第一输送管和耦合到第二输送站的第二输送管。 耦合到第一输送管和第二输送管的分配器包括具有至少一个储存室的转盘。 圆盘传送带可绕轴线旋转，以将储存室与第一输送管和第二输送管对准。 耦合到分配器的气流源促进载体通过第一输送管并进入转盘的储存室的移动，并且便于载体从转盘的储存室进入第二输送管。 用于运输载体的相关方法包括将载体从第一输送管沿第一方向移动到分配器的储存室中的步骤。 然后，分配器用载体在存储室中旋转，并且载体在与第一方向相反的第二方向上从储存室移动并进入第二输送管。