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US 2001/0055518 A1Published application
Cross block for a pneumatic
OwnerDavid A. Farquharinventor
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A plenum for a pneumatic conveyor of the type used for the movement of bottles and the like. The plenum comprises a central housing for receiving pressurized air, a cross block positioned within the central housing and generally spanning across its width, at least two bottle neck supports permitting bottles to be suspended from the plenum, and an air diverter to divert pressurized air from the interior of the central housing to the bottle neck supports to drive bottles along the length of the plenum. The cross block fixes the vertical positioning of the bottle neck supports to maintain the bottle neck supports in a parallel and co-planer configuration thereby helping to maintain the vertical alignment of bottles and the like suspended from the plenum and facilitating in their movement along the length of the plenum. The invention also comprises a cross block for use in a pneumatic conveying system to assist in maintaining the vertical alignment of bottles or the like suspended from and transported along the conveying system.
A plenum for a pneumatic conveyor of the type used for the movement of bottles and the like, the plenum comprising:
A cross block for use in a pneumatic conveying system, the pneumatic conveying system generally of the type having a substantially enclosed plenum and having bottle neck support means to support the neck of a bottle, container or the like, the cross block comprising a frame member having means to maintain the bottle neck support means in a parallel and co-planer relationship to thereby help maintain the vertical alignment of bottles or the like when suspended by the bottle neck support means and transported along the conveying system.
A cross block for use in a pneumatic conveying system, the pneumatic conveying system being generally of the type having a substantially enclosed plenum with top, side and bottom surfaces, the cross block assisting in maintaining the vertical alignment of bottles and the like suspended from and transported along the conveying system, the cross block comprising a frame member with end surfaces that are parallel and a bottom surface that is perpendicular to said end surfaces, said frame member dimensioned to be received within and secured to the interior of the plenum so as to extend between and be fastenable to the side surfaces of the plenum, said frame member including means to retain at least two bottle neck support means in a parallel and co-planer relationship such that said bottle neck support means are perpendicular to the side surfaces of the plenum to thereby assist in maintaining the vertical alignment of bottles or the like suspended from and transported along the conveying system.
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