Netra Systems, Inc.

Jo&euml;l Trenel

Carlos Rodrigues

Damien Rose

Carlos De Almeida Rodrigues

J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Bariller

The air conveyor comprises a guide rail ( ) on which the articles ( ) are to be suspended, and along which the articles are to be transported in a given direction of transport. The conveyor system provides a pneumatic means to move the articles in the direction of transport and further includes additional pneumatic means ( ) that are designed to generate, when operated, a plurality of reverse air jets orientated onto the articles in a direction opposite that of their direction of transport. The user of the reverse jets makes it possible, in particular, to free without manual intervention articles accidentally immobilised in the course of transport, or, to slow down, immobilise or impart a rhythm to the articles as they are transported.

Apparatus and method for controlling suspended articles in an air conveyor

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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Joël Trenel

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Joël Trenel