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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1976
Akihiko Tsuzuku, Hiratsuka, JP;
Masao Tanazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Kaminishi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Haruo Imamura, Fujisawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Apparatus for pneumatically transporting powdery or granular materials from a material supply unit through a transport pipeline to a material receiver unit. A spherical secondary transport medium with an outside diameter slightly less than the inside diameter of the transport pipe is supplied one by one by a secondary transport medium supply device into the transport pipe so as to be located just behind the powdery or granular materials. Thus, the materials can be intermittently transported together with the spherical secondary transport medium through the transport pipeline at a relatively low speed.