Conveyor with rotary airlock apparatus
Patent
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OSTI ID:869826
- Aiken, SC
An apparatus for transferring objects from a first region to a second reg, the first and second regions having differing atmospheric environments. The apparatus includes a shell having an entrance and an exit, a conveyor belt running through the shell from the entrance to the exit, and a horizontally mounted "revolving door" with at least four vanes revolving about its axis. The inner surface of the shell and the top surface of the conveyor belt act as opposing walls of the "revolving door." The conveyor belt dips as it passes under but against the revolving vanes so as not to interfere with them but to engage at least two of the vanes and define thereby a moving chamber. Preferably, the conveyor belt has ridges or grooves on its surface that engage the edges of the vanes and act to rotate the vane assembly. Conduits are provided that communicate with the interior of the shell and allow the adjustment of the atmosphere of the moving chamber or recovery of constituents of the atmosphere of the first region from the moving chamber before they escape to the second region.
- Research Organization:
- WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER CO
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5405231
- OSTI ID:
- 869826
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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axis
belt
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constituents
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engage
entrance
environments
escape
exit
grooves
horizontally
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inner
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interfere
interior
mounted
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opposing wall
passes
preferably
provided
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reg
region
regions
revolving
ridges
rotary
rotary airlock
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shell
surface
top
top surface
transferring
vane
vane assembly
vanes
walls