Container transport decelerator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8734061
APP PUB NO 20110150580A1
SERIAL NO

13059975

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Cylindrical prescription containers are propelled through a pneumatic transport system at high speeds by low pressure, high-velocity air. Upon arrival at destination stations within the transport system, curvilinear decelerators slow them by directing them through a plurality of curved paths where they dissipate momentum. Once slowed, the containers are deposited upon a moving conveyor to be staged into the next processing station at an even pace. The decelerators comprise curved vanes surrounding the container path, the vanes being held in a fixed, curvilinear relation to each other and the container by a series of yokes surrounding and engaging the vanes. The conveyor is driven by a servo motor controllable by the transport system to pace containers as needed by the next processing station.

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TENSION INTERNATIONAL INC819 E 19TH STREET KANSAS CITY MO 64108

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Terzini, Robert Corinth, US 28 352

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