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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2024
A. G. Stacker Inc., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Randall Donn Senger, Mount Sidney, VA (US);
Jerry Blosser, Crimora, VA (US);
Joseph Wunder, Lexington, VA (US);
Kennedy Sullivan Larramore, Staunton, VA (US);
A. G. Stacker Inc., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Abstract
A conveyor includes a platform that has an upper surface with a plurality of holes in fluid communication with at least one air passage inside the platform. The conveyor includes a belt having an upper run supported by the upper surface of the platform and a lower run extending beneath the first platform, and the belt has a plurality of through openings overlying the holes such that pressurized air exiting the at least one air passage through the holes passes through the through openings in the belt. The conveyor includes a belt driven by a drive and a blower in fluid communication with the at least one air passage that is configured to blow air into the at least one air passage to maintain a pressure in the at least one air passage at a level above an ambient atmospheric pressure.