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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2016
Ipeg, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Raymond Burteen Kelly, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Keith J. Salamony, Clairton, PA (US);
Douglas E. Brewster, Harrisville, PA (US);
Robert G. Criswell, Tionesta, PA (US);
Jeffrey Bickel, Oil City, PA (US);
Jeffrey S. Rickert, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Steven G. Widdowson, Grove City, PA (US);
IPEG, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A material handling system. The system includes a plurality of material sources for providing material to be transferred and a plurality of destination locations for receiving material from the material sources, wherein each destination location has a destination valve. The system further includes a distribution mechanism, a plurality of source conveying tubes each connecting a source location to an opening on the distribution mechanism, and a plurality of destination conveying tubes each connecting an opening on the distribution mechanism to a destination location. The system further includes a vacuum source operatively connected to each of the destination valves, a vacuum sensor disposed on each of the source conveying tubes configured to sense a change in pressure in the source conveying tube, and a programmable controller connected to each of the vacuum sensors for determining if a correct connection has been made.