ES2302441A1 - Parallel decanter for use in transport of clothes in hospital facilities, has separating unit of clothing and is transported pneumatically, and shell receiver is provided that is arranged in line with overall driving pneumatic pipe - Google Patents

Abstract

The parallel decanter has a separating unit of clothing and is transported pneumatically. A shell receiver is provided that is arranged in line with the overall driving pneumatic pipe, which has a tank receiver section that is pneumatically driven by double acting cylinders for its opening. The control of the operation of opening the gate is done through software for the system where it is installed, and whose operation is discontinued for the opening of the gate.

Description

Parallel decanter.

Object of the invention

The present invention aims at a parallel decanter.

Field of the Invention

This parallel decanter is applied to a system  general of pneumatic collection, of special application for the clothing transport in hospital facilities, although it is Applicable to any type of application.

Background of the invention

The existing cyclone decanters occupy high height and this makes it difficult to mount them in the corresponding facilities.

Summary of the invention

In essence, the parallel system decanter pickup tire comprises a receiver reservoir that is arranged in line with the general conduit pipe that It has an outer tubular section, with a closing gate which is pneumatically operated by double acting cylinders for opening

The operation control of the opening of The gate of the receiving tank is made using the software corresponding to the system where it is installed, and whose operation It is discontinuous for the gate opening.

With this decanter a saving of height, very necessary in this case of facilities, being able to install very close to the ceiling that eliminates drawbacks of known decanters.

The parallel decanter object of the invention comprises an air separation equipment from the main pipe of transport and a deposit of solid waste as well as mechanisms for opening it.

Waste or bags of clothes are dragged by air and conducted by a pipe until it reaches a point on the installation where the air is extracted and the waste continues Go ahead because of the inertia they carry until you reach the tank They opt for gravity.

The extraction of air can be done in three different ways. According to installation needs we can extract the air placing an air separation equipment before the tank for waste; the air can also be passed through the deposit where solid waste is stored, which at bump into a rack that is on a wall of the decanter falls by gravity to the bottom of it and the air continues for a driving; and the third option is the one that results from combine the two options discussed above.

Another feature of this decanter Parallel is in the opening mechanism of the tank. Said mechanism consists of two gates operated by two cylinders These gates can be opened by drop opening or by sliding. The last mentioned system allows us to have enough space below to accommodate a car for later Transportation of clothing or a waste container.

In this parallel decanter a collection system interrupted, that is, not continuous, with the inconvenience of having to stop the system to open the Deposit. These tasks are automatically scheduled to through the software

The decanter opening times are controlled by the amount of waste or number of clothes bags They are rushing.

These and other features will come off better than the detailed description that follows, to facilitate which It is accompanied by a sheet of drawings in which it has been represented a case study that is cited only by way of non-limiting example of the scope of the present invention.

Description of the drawings

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the receiver tank according to a first embodiment in which it is mounted on the general pipe with the air extractor located before deposit.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view. of the reservoir of figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the tank with the extraction of air located after the tank, according to a second embodiment

Figure 4 is a plan view, according to a third embodiment with extraction before and after Deposit.

Detailed description of a preferred embodiment

In accordance with the drawings, the decanter parallel for pneumatic collection system object of the present invention comprises a receiver tank (2) arranged in line with the general conduit pipe (T), and allows several realizations

Thus, Figure 1 illustrates in elevation the decanter  parallel with an air separation device (1) located before the deposit (2) (first embodiment). The air is absorbed from the pipe and solid waste or clothing bags continue advancing by inertia until it falls by gravity in the decanter or tank (2) proper, until it hits the perforated sheet (3) of the wall. Said deposit (2) when necessary, opens the gates (4) and deposits waste or bags of clothes in the receptacle arranged for it, the gates (4) that can be observe in figure 2 they are of the sliding opening type, which are operated through two pneumatic cylinders of double effect (5).

Figure 3 illustrates the decanter in plan parallel with an air separation unit (1) located after the tank (2), according to a second embodiment. In this case the solid waste or laundry bags at the end of the deposit they find an obstacle in the form of perforated sheet (3) and fall at the bottom of it. The air passes through the tank and continues through the pipe (6) for further treatment.

Figure 4 shows the plan parallel decanter mounted with the mixed or third method realization. There is an air separation equipment (1) located before the deposit (2) but in turn, at the end of the deposit presents another pipe (6) through which air is also aspirated.

The invention, within its essentiality, can be put into practice in other embodiments that differ only in detail from that indicated solely by way of example, which will also achieve the protection that collect. This decanter can be carried out in parallel with the most suitable media, components and accessories, being able to component elements be replaced by others technically equivalent, because all of this is included within the claims.

Claims (2)

1. Parallel decanter for pneumatic collection system, especially applicable to the transport of clothes in hospital facilities and which is provided with means for separating the pneumatically transported clothes, characterized in that it comprises a receiver tank that is arranged in line with the general conduction pipe pneumatic, whose receiver tank has an outer tubular section, with a closing gate that is pneumatically operated by double acting cylinders for opening. 2. Parallel decanter for pneumatic collection system, according to claim 1, characterized in that the control of the operation of the opening of the gate of the receiving tank is carried out by means of the software corresponding to the system where it is installed, and whose operation is discontinuous for the opening of the gate.