TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR FRUIT AND LIKE OBJECTS

A device for transporting articles is disclosed. In the illustrated and described embodiment of the invention, the articles are fruit such as apples, and the articles can be transported from a picking location on a fruit tree to a collection bin or other site. The device includes a tube member adapt...

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Hauptverfasser:	KUNZLER, ALEX, E, BAKER, DANIEL, PENARANDA, JOSEPH, A, CLEVERINGA, JEFFREY, A, ALLARD, RANDY, BRYAN, VINCENT, E., III, BRYAN, VINCENT, E., JR
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY CONVEYING FISHING FORESTRY HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL HARVESTING HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING MOWING PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	A device for transporting articles is disclosed. In the illustrated and described embodiment of the invention, the articles are fruit such as apples, and the articles can be transported from a picking location on a fruit tree to a collection bin or other site. The device includes a tube member adapted to receive and transport the articles, and a plurality of deformable baffles at spaced-apart locations within the tube. Each baffle defines an aperture which permits the article to engage and deform the baffle and aperture so as to move through the aperture and down the tube. The article is urged through the tube by a pressure differential created across the article. In the described and illustrated embodiment of the invention, this pressure differential is a pneumatic pressure differential.