Netra Systems, Inc.

Carlos Rodrigues

Jo&euml;l Trenel

J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Bariller

The anti-contamination apparatus includes a transport enclosure ( ) which has a input face ( ) having an opening to admit the recipients and which contains: a guide rail capable of supporting the recipients by their protuberances; an inverted U-shaped longitudinal transport channel the legs of which surmount the guide rail. The apparatus further comprises a pneumatic device for blowing air in a direction (G) globally opposite to direction T of transport of the recipients, the device being capable of forming a frontal escape of air, from the inside towards the outside of the enclosure, via the admission opening of the input face ( ).

Anti-contamination device for the transport of recipients and air conveyor equipped with such a device

The air conveyor enables suspended articles to be transported, e.g. empty plastics bottles B, under drive from air jets. It has a bottom longitudinal guide ( ) which extends along the path of the articles, which has two facing longitudinal guide walls ( ), and which is positioned or suitable for being positioned relative to the suspension points of the articles in such a manner that an article suspended from the conveyor comes into contact via its base with the inside faces of the two guide walls, and is held tilted relative to the vertical and rearwards relative to the transport direction by a minimum conveying angle.

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Lille, France

Carlos Rodrigues