Tube insert to prevent chattering
AssigneeInnovation Associates, Inc.
InventorBenjamin Barnum
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for reducing or eliminating the instance of spolling for a medication vial in a pneumatic conveyance system is provided. A spolling-reduction tube has at least one lobe defined by at least two ridges and configured to nest a vial of a relatively small diameter between the ridges. The ridges are configured to prevent the medication vial from rolling within the inside diameter of the pneumatic conveyance system tubing. A tapered region of the spolling-reduction tube is configured to guide the medication vial toward the internal diameter of a pneumatic conveyance system tubing.
Claims20
A tube segment for the reduction of spolling comprising:
- an entrance end;
- an exit end;
- a minor diameter defined by a smallest fully circular feature in a cross section of the spolling-reduction tube;
- at least one lobe extending radially from the minor diameter and defining a diameter larger than the minor diameter in at least a portion of the lobe;
- and
- at least one tapered region,
- wherein the at least one lobe terminates in at least two ridges substantially tangential to a cylindrical space within the spolling-reduction tube defined by the minor diameter.
A method of reducing spolling of bottles in a pneumatic conveyance system, the method comprising;
- providing a spolling-reduction tube segment in line of the pneumatic conveyance system;
- and
- causing at least one bottle to enter and pass through the spolling-reduction tube segment, wherein the spolling-reduction tube segment comprises:
- an entrance end;
- an exit end;
- a minor diameter;
- at least one lobe extending radially from the minor diameter and defining a diameter larger than the minor diameter in at least a portion of the lobe;
- and
- at least one tapered region,
- wherein the at least one lobe terminates in at least two ridges substantially tangential to a cylindrical space defined by the minor diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.