EP2736826A4 - TRANSPORT TUBE OF OBJECTS - Google Patents

TRANSPORT TUBE OF OBJECTS

Info

Publication number: EP2736826A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: objects; transport tube; transport; tube
Prior art date: 2011-04-06
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP11863150.6A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2736826A1 (en

Inventor

Jeff Gueble

Todd Deligan

Randy Allard

Alex Kunzler

Jr Dr Vincent E Bryan

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

FISH TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, LLC

Original Assignee

FISH TRANSPORT SYSTEMS LLC

FISH TRANSP SYSTEMS LLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2011-04-06

Filing date

2011-08-12

Publication date

2015-09-23

2011-08-12 Application filed by FISH TRANSPORT SYSTEMS LLC, FISH TRANSP SYSTEMS LLC filed Critical FISH TRANSPORT SYSTEMS LLC

2014-06-04 Publication of EP2736826A1 publication Critical patent/EP2736826A1/en

2015-09-23 Publication of EP2736826A4 publication Critical patent/EP2736826A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G51/00—Conveying articles through pipes or tubes by fluid flow or pressure; Conveying articles over a flat surface, e.g. the base of a trough, by jets located in the surface
- B65G51/01—Hydraulic transport of articles
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G51/00—Conveying articles through pipes or tubes by fluid flow or pressure; Conveying articles over a flat surface, e.g. the base of a trough, by jets located in the surface
- B65G51/02—Directly conveying the articles, e.g. slips, sheets, stockings, containers or workpieces, by flowing gases
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K61/00—Culture of aquatic animals
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K63/00—Receptacles for live fish, e.g. aquaria; Terraria
- A01K63/02—Receptacles specially adapted for transporting live fish
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G53/00—Conveying materials in bulk through troughs, pipes or tubes by floating the materials or by flow of gas, liquid or foam
- B65G53/04—Conveying materials in bulk pneumatically through pipes or tubes; Air slides
- B65G53/24—Gas suction systems
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G53/00—Conveying materials in bulk through troughs, pipes or tubes by floating the materials or by flow of gas, liquid or foam
- B65G53/34—Details
- B65G53/52—Adaptations of pipes or tubes
- B65G53/54—Flexible pipes or tubes
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
- Y02A40/80—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in fisheries management
- Y02A40/81—Aquaculture, e.g. of fish

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Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Environmental Sciences (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Marine Sciences & Fisheries (AREA)
Animal Husbandry (AREA)
Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
Zoology (AREA)
Measurement Of The Respiration, Hearing Ability, Form, And Blood Characteristics Of Living Organisms (AREA)
Pipeline Systems (AREA)
Rigid Pipes And Flexible Pipes (AREA)
Packging For Living Organisms, Food Or Medicinal Products That Are Sensitive To Environmental Conditiond (AREA)

EP11863150.6A 2011-04-06 2011-08-12 TRANSPORT TUBE OF OBJECTS Withdrawn EP2736826A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201161472267P	2011-04-06	2011-04-06
US201161472285P	2011-04-06	2011-04-06
PCT/US2011/047637 WO2012138372A1 (en)	2011-04-06	2011-08-12	Object transport tube

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2736826A1 EP2736826A1 (en)	2014-06-04
EP2736826A4 true EP2736826A4 (en)	2015-09-23

Family

ID=46969488

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP11863150.6A Withdrawn EP2736826A4 (en)	2011-04-06	2011-08-12	TRANSPORT TUBE OF OBJECTS

Country Status (7)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP2736826A4 (en)
AU (1)	AU2011364977A1 (en)
CA (1)	CA2868108A1 (en)
CL (1)	CL2014000354A1 (en)
RU (1)	RU2638592C2 (en)
SG (1)	SG11201400333PA (en)
WO (1)	WO2012138372A1 (en)

Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3767268A (en) *	1971-12-13	1973-10-23	J Stucky	Air conveyor for fowl
FR2313547A1 (en) *	1975-06-04	1976-12-31	Coflexip	Seabed solids recovery machine - has flexible hose from boat to collector truck with rotating vaned drum sweeper
US5007772A (en) *	1988-10-24	1991-04-16	Mckenna Frank J	Fruit harvesting machine
WO2000062594A1 (en) *	1999-04-16	2000-10-26	Futurepump Ltd	Pneumatic collection and/or conveying method and apparatus
US20080279640A1 (en) *	2007-03-26	2008-11-13	Picker Technologies Llc	Transport system for fruit and like objects
WO2010014737A1 (en) *	2008-07-31	2010-02-04	Picker Technologies Llc	System for transporting grossly asymmetrical objects such as a cluster of grapes or other fruit through a pneumatic tube
US20100064653A1 (en) *	2008-09-16	2010-03-18	Dietrich Charles E	Pneumatic Fruit Decelerator Apparatus and Method

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US2478326A (en) *	1945-12-17	1949-08-09	Phillips Petroleum Co	Pipe-line transportation of fine solids
US3265445A (en) *	1964-01-20	1966-08-09	Du Pont	Conveyor conduit
US3913307A (en) *	1973-07-19	1975-10-21	Jr Daniel E Cardinal	Vacuum conduit pick-up device
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US8371773B2 (en) *	2007-03-26	2013-02-12	Picker Technologies Llc	Transport system for fruit and like objects

2011
- 2011-08-12 WO PCT/US2011/047637 patent/WO2012138372A1/en not_active Ceased
- 2011-08-12 EP EP11863150.6A patent/EP2736826A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2011-08-12 AU AU2011364977A patent/AU2011364977A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2011-08-12 CA CA2868108A patent/CA2868108A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2011-08-12 RU RU2014126580A patent/RU2638592C2/en active
- 2011-08-12 SG SG11201400333PA patent/SG11201400333PA/en unknown
2014
- 2014-02-12 CL CL2014000354A patent/CL2014000354A1/en unknown

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3767268A (en) *	1971-12-13	1973-10-23	J Stucky	Air conveyor for fowl
FR2313547A1 (en) *	1975-06-04	1976-12-31	Coflexip	Seabed solids recovery machine - has flexible hose from boat to collector truck with rotating vaned drum sweeper
US5007772A (en) *	1988-10-24	1991-04-16	Mckenna Frank J	Fruit harvesting machine
WO2000062594A1 (en) *	1999-04-16	2000-10-26	Futurepump Ltd	Pneumatic collection and/or conveying method and apparatus
US20080279640A1 (en) *	2007-03-26	2008-11-13	Picker Technologies Llc	Transport system for fruit and like objects
WO2010014737A1 (en) *	2008-07-31	2010-02-04	Picker Technologies Llc	System for transporting grossly asymmetrical objects such as a cluster of grapes or other fruit through a pneumatic tube
US20100064653A1 (en) *	2008-09-16	2010-03-18	Dietrich Charles E	Pneumatic Fruit Decelerator Apparatus and Method

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See also references of WO2012138372A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
CA2868108A1 (en)	2012-10-11
WO2012138372A1 (en)	2012-10-11
AU2011364977A1 (en)	2014-09-04
CL2014000354A1 (en)	2015-01-30
EP2736826A1 (en)	2014-06-04
SG11201400333PA (en)	2014-06-27
RU2014126580A (en)	2016-01-27
RU2638592C2 (en)	2017-12-14

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2014-05-02	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2014-06-04	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20140212
2014-06-04	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
2014-07-16	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2014-08-06	RIN1	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)	Inventor name: GUEBLE, JEFF Inventor name: ALLARD, RANDY Inventor name: BRYAN, JR., DR. VINCENT, E. Inventor name: DELIGAN, TODD Inventor name: KUNZLER, ALEX
2015-09-23	RA4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched (corrected)	Effective date: 20150825
2015-09-23	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: B65G 51/02 20060101ALI20150819BHEP Ipc: A01K 61/00 20060101ALI20150819BHEP Ipc: B65G 53/54 20060101AFI20150819BHEP Ipc: B65G 51/01 20060101ALI20150819BHEP
2016-08-17	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20160714
2016-11-02	RAP3	Party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred)	Owner name: FISH TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, LLC
2016-11-04	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: EXAMINATION IS IN PROGRESS
2020-06-26	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2020-07-29	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20200218

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