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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2005
Applicant:
Thilo Volkmann, Soest, DE;
Inventor:
Thilo Volkmann, Soest, DE;
Assignee:
Volkmann GmbH, Soest, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 53/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for rendering vacuum conveyors inert, the vacuum conveyors including at least one intake device (), a discharge device (), a separating vessel (), a vacuum pump device (), and a system for feeding inert fluid into the separating vessel (). An inert fluid is fed into the at least one separating vessel () below the free surface of a separated material () during inertization. A corresponding vacuum conveyor () which can be rendered inert includes a system for feeding inert fluid below the free surface () of a separated material on and/or in the at least one separating vessel ().