Title:
AIRFLOW CONVEYING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/065101
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is an airflow conveying apparatus that does not require a conveying auxiliary member, and that is capable of stably conveying a conveying subject, such as a sheet of paper, by means of an airflow while preventing the conveying subject from being deformed. An airflow conveying apparatus 1 is provided with: a conveying tube 100 that has first inner walls 101 that serve as two principal inner walls that are respectively parallel to two principal surfaces S1 of a conveying subject S that is conveyed along a conveying path 110; an airflow-generating apparatus 20 that generates, in the conveying path 110, a principal conveying airflow 10 that travels from one end of the conveying path 110 to the other end thereof; opposing surfaces 121 that are disposed between the first inner walls 101 so as to face each other with a gap of a predetermined size therebetween and that respectively face the two principal surfaces S1 of the conveying subject S to be conveyed; opposing plates 120 that serve as opposing members that form the conveying path 110 between the opposing surfaces 121; and a plurality of wall-flow generating sections 130 that are individually formed in each of the opposing plates 120 and that generate wall flows 11 that prevent the conveying subject S being conveyed from coming into contact with the opposing surfaces or being attached thereto.
Inventors:
NOGUCHI TETSU (JP)
ICHIKAWA MASAAKI (JP)
MOCHIZUKI SHINSUKE (JP)
ICHIKAWA MASAAKI (JP)
MOCHIZUKI SHINSUKE (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/032578
Publication Date:
April 04, 2019
Filing Date:
September 03, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NIPPON KINSEN KIKAI KK (JP)
UNIV YAMAGUCHI (JP)
UNIV YAMAGUCHI (JP)
International Classes:
B65H5/22; A63F7/02; B65G51/03; B65H29/24; G07D9/00
Foreign References:
| EP1008542A1 | 2000-06-14 | |||
| US6647698B1 | 2003-11-18 | |||
| JP2012218827A | 2012-11-12 | |||
| JPH0318537A | 1991-01-28 | |||
| JP2010037102A | 2010-02-18 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SUZUKI Hitoshi (JP)
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