Conveying a material to be conveyed
AssigneePrimetals Technologies Austria GmbH
InventorGerald Rosenfellner
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Abstract
A conveying system (1) for conveying a material along a conveying path. The system (1) includes a system housing (3) having a conveying chamber (5), in which the conveying path is arranged, and having at least one secondary chamber (6 to 8), which is connected to the conveying chamber (5) by at least one passage opening and has a fluid atmosphere that is physically and/or chemically different from the fluid atmosphere in the conveying chamber (5). The at least one passage opening (9, 10) and the fluid atmospheres in the conveying chamber (5) and the at least one secondary chamber (6 to 8) set a defined fluid flow in the system housing (3).
Claims13
A conveying installation for conveying a material for being conveyed along a conveying path, the conveying installation comprising:
- an installation housing including a conveying chamber in which the conveying path is arranged;
- at least one secondary chamber connected by at least one passage opening to the conveying chamber;
- the at least one secondary chamber is configured to have a first fluid atmosphere therein and the conveying chamber is configured and operable to have a second fluid atmosphere therein;
- the first and second fluid atmospheres differ physically and/or chemically from each other;
- the at least one passage opening, physical and/or chemical characteristics of the second fluid atmosphere in the conveying chamber, and physical and/or chemical characteristics of the first fluid atmosphere in the at least one secondary chamber define a fluid flow in the installation housing;
- a conveying mechanism having at least one component configured for conveying the material being conveyed and the at least one component is arranged in the at least one secondary chamber;
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- the conveying mechanism having a traction mechanism drive comprising at least one traction mechanism, which is arranged in the at least one secondary chamber, and having carrier elements which are movable for conveying the material being conveyed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.