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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Eidon, Llc, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Inventor:

Roger N. Johnson, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Assignee:

Eidon, LLC, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 35/00 (2006.01); F04B 15/02 (2006.01); F04B 49/22 (2006.01); F04B 43/08 (2006.01); F04B 43/113 (2006.01); F04B 43/10 (2006.01); F04B 43/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 35/005 (2013.01); F04B 15/02 (2013.01); F04B 43/08 (2013.01); F04B 43/088 (2013.01); F04B 43/10 (2013.01); F04B 43/113 (2013.01); F04B 43/1215 (2013.01); F04B 43/1253 (2013.01); F04B 49/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A peristaltic transport device comprising a tube member having an inner space to receive material, the member includes a series of repeating sections wherein each of the sections includes a plurality of bladders to selectively occlude portions of the inner space according to a defined peristaltic sequence to transport the material through the inner space. An actuator assembly is coupled to the tube member to control the selective occlusion of the inner space by selectively expanding and contracting ones of the plurality of bladders according to the defined peristaltic sequence. The actuator assembly simultaneously controls corresponding ones of the plurality of bladders across the series of repeating sections.


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