公开(公告)号：US06662953B1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-16

申请号：US10302292

申请日：2002-11-22

Applicant: James Allen Rouse

Inventor： James Allen Rouse

IPC: B07B1305

CPC classification number: B65D88/70 ,  B65D90/54 ,  B65G47/1407 ,  Y10S209/911

Abstract: A dispensing system that includes an apparatus comprised of a container with a support surface, an opening in the upper portion for receiving items, a passageway in the lower portion for dispensing items, a guide surface to direct items into the passageway, a means for generating pulses of vacuum that draw pulses of air (or other fluid) into the container through the open passageway, and sufficient volume of available air (or other fluid) outside the passageway and outside the container to fill the vacuum generated inside the container. A preferred method of generating the vacuum pulses is injecting pulses of high-pressure fluid in thin sheets into the container through the open passageway with laminar flow against the support or guide surfaces. Items are lifted and separated by the influx of fluid. Upon termination of pulses, the volume inside the container collapses and items, carried by and buffered by exiting fluid, pass through the open passageway often at speeds in excess of those that would be generated by gravity alone.

Abstract translation: 一种分配系统，其包括由具有支撑表面的容器，用于接收物品的上部中的开口，用于分配物品的下部中的通道，用于将物品引导到通道中的引导表面的装置，用于产生 将空气（或其他流体）的脉冲通过开放通道吸入容器中的真空脉冲以及通道外部和容器外部的足够体积的可用空气（或其他流体）以填充容器内产生的真空。 产生真空脉冲的优选方法是将薄片中的高压流体的脉冲通过打开的通道以相对于支撑件或引导表面的层流的方式向容器中注入。 物品由流体流入而被分离。 在脉冲终止时，容器内部的体积塌缩，并且由排出的流体携带和缓冲的物品通常以超过仅由重力产生的速度超过开口通道。

公开(公告)号：US06484902B1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-26

申请号：US09846719

申请日：2001-05-01

Applicant: James Allen Rouse

Inventor： James Allen Rouse

IPC: B65G5900

CPC classification number: B65G47/1407 ,  B65D88/70 ,  B65D90/54

Abstract: A dispensing system having a hopper with at least one wall moveable to form a dispensing opening at the base of the hopper. At least one air knife is provided which blasts air upwardly into the hopper to lift, levitate, and mix the product within the hopper. Upon termination of the air blast, the product falls downwardly into the base for the hopper, and a selected number of items fall through the dispensing opening. The remaining items tend to bridge the dispensing opening, thereby blocking further dispensing of the product. During subsequent air blasts, the product is repeatedly levitated, agitated, and allowed to drop through the dispensing opening to ultimately dispense the entirety of the product from the hopper.

Abstract translation: 分配系统具有料斗，其具有可移动的至少一个壁，以在料斗的底部形成分配开口。 提供至少一个气刀，其将空气向上喷入料斗中以提升，悬浮和混合料斗内的产品。 在气泡终止时，产品向下落入料斗的基座中，并且选定数量的物品落在分配开口中。 剩余的物品倾向于桥接分配开口，从而阻止产品的进一步分配。 在随后的空气爆破期间，产品被反复悬浮，搅动并允许通过分配开口落下，以最终从料斗分配整个产品。