JP2006137587A - Pneumatic carrier tube facility - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pneumatic carrier tube facility having a transfer unit with an automatic opening/closing and automatic locking/unlocking functions for a cover and a latch for automatically extracting and storing a carried object from and to a carrier having the openable cover and the latch for locking and unlocking the cover. <P>SOLUTION: This pneumatic carrier tube facility comprises the carrier 21 having the openable cover 22 and the latch 25 for locking and unlocking the cover 22 and a carrier tube 12 carrying the carrier 21. The transfer unit having a carrier opening/closing device formed of a locking/unlocking means 34 opening and closing the latch of the carrier 21, a cover opening/closing means 35 opening and closing the cover 22 of the carrier 21, a positioning means 33 matching the latch with the position of the locking/unlocking means 34 and also matching the cover 22 with the position of the cover opening/closing means 35, and a transfer means transferring the carrier 21 from the locking/unlocking means 34 and the cover opening/closing means 35 to the carrier tube 12 on the discharge side is disposed at any intermediate part of the carrier tube 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an air feeding pipe facility provided with a transfer unit having an automatic opening / closing device for an air feeding element, and more particularly, to an air feeding element having an openable / closable lid and capable of locking and unlocking the lid. The present invention relates to an air supply pipe facility provided with a transfer unit mainly including a lid and a lock (latch) opening and closing device.

  Pneumatic pipe equipment, which is one of the transport means, is used where a quick and accurate transport is required, although the transport amount at one time is limited. In addition, a large number of transfer devices and transfer units have been proposed for loading and unloading conveyed items with respect to the pneumatic feeder in such pneumatic pipeline equipment.

  For example, in an air feeding tube facility provided with an air carrier body and a sample case slidably accommodated in the air carrier body, the air carrier element that has been pressure-fed is gripped, and the sample case is removed from the air carrier body by a rod. There is an air supply pipe facility having a transfer function that allows a sample to drop from a sample case by being extruded (see Patent Document 1). As another example, an air carrier includes an air carrier body and a sample case, the air carrier body is rotated by a chuck, the sample case is detached from the air carrier body, and the sample case side of the air carrier is removed. There is also a transfer unit that lowers the supporting cradle to separate the sample case from the main body (see Patent Document 2).

The air carrier opening and closing in these transfer mechanisms is for automatically taking out the transported sample etc. contained in the air carrier, and has a specific structure adapted to each sample etc. It is mandatory to use a child. For this reason, the pneumatic carrier has a lid that can be opened and closed and a latch that locks the lid, and is a transfer mechanism (see Patent Document 3) in which a load is loaded after the latch is removed and the lid is opened. Then, it is not possible to automatically take in and out the conveyed product.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-110426 JP 9-166521 A JP 2004-75230 A

  Therefore, in the present invention, an automatic opening / closing and automatic locking / unlocking function of the lid and the latch is provided in order to automatically take in and out the transported object with respect to the air feeder having a lid that can be opened and closed and a latch for locking and unlocking the lid. It is an object of the present invention to provide an air supply pipe facility including a transfer unit.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the structure of the present pneumatic tube equipment includes an air carrier having an openable / closable lid and a latch for locking and unlocking the lid, and an pneumatic tube for conveying the pneumatic tube. In the middle part of the air feeding tube, the locking / unlocking means for opening / closing the latch of the air feeding element, the lid opening / closing means for opening / closing the lid of the air feeding element, the positions of the latch and the locking / unlocking means are matched and the lid And a lid opening / closing device comprising positioning means for matching the positions of the lid opening / closing means, and a locking / unlocking means and a transfer means for transferring the air feeding element from the lid opening / closing means to the air delivery pipe on the carry-out side. It is characterized by having arranged.

  The pneumatic tube equipment of the present invention includes an air carrier having an openable / closable lid and a latch for locking and unlocking the lid, and an air pipeline for conveying the pneumatic tube. Locking and unlocking means for opening and closing the latch of the feeding element, lid opening and closing means for opening and closing the lid of the pneumatic feeding element, positioning means for matching the positions of the latch and the locking and unlocking means, and matching the positions of the lid and the lid opening and closing means, Since there is provided a transfer unit provided with a pneumatic feeder opening / closing device comprising a transferring means for transferring the pneumatic carrier from the locking / unlocking means and the lid opening / closing means to the carry-out side pneumatic pipe, the locking / unlocking means and the lid opening / closing means The lid of the air carrier is opened and closed by the action of the air carrier, the transported object can be loaded into the air carrier, and the air carrier can be sent to the air delivery tube on the carry-out side by the transfer means. Since the locking and unlocking of the latch is divided into a plurality of simplified means, It can perform a by purely mechanical mechanism. For this reason, it is possible to automate loading / unloading of a transported object at a transfer position with respect to an air feeder having a lid that can be opened and closed and a latch that locks the cover, and a sample such as a medicine can be transported as a transported object. In combination with a carrying-in device or the like, it is possible to easily construct a pneumatic feeding system having an automated transfer mechanism.

  In the pneumatic pipe installation of the present invention, the pneumatic feeder is supplied to the locking / unlocking means and the lid opening / closing means of the pneumatic feeder opening / closing device between the carry-in pneumatic pipeline and the carry-out pneumatic pipeline. A carrying-out side air-pipe tube arranged in a stepwise manner with a larger interval, a stopper for stopping the air-feeder carried by the carrying-in side air-pipe tube, and a transfer means. Since the conveyed product can be transferred to the pneumatic feeder opening / closing device between the side pneumatic pipes, if the pneumatic feeder is pressure-fed to the conveying means by the loading-side pneumatic pipeline, the transferring means will have the pneumatic carrier Is transferred to the locking / unlocking means and the lid opening / closing means.

  In the pneumatic feeder opening and closing device, the positioning means is arranged in the conveying path of the transfer means, and when the positions of the latch and the locking / unlocking means coincide and the positions of the lid and the lid opening and closing means coincide, the pneumatic feeder is transferred. Since the air feed stop mechanism for stopping is provided, the air feed can be locked and unlocked and the lid can be opened and closed at a position away from the air feed tube where maintenance and consistency with other machines can be easily taken.

  When opening and closing the air feeder lid, the lid of the air carrier has a pin hole for opening and closing, so that the position of the lid opening and closing means matches the position of the latch and the locking and unlocking means, and the position of the lid and lid opening and closing means match In this case, the opening / closing pin that fits in the opening / closing pin hole and a drive mechanism that moves the opening / closing pin about the opening / closing axis of the lid can be used. The lid can be opened and closed by vacuum-sucking the lid and moving the suction pad. Moreover, when an air carrier consists of magnetic metals, you may make it carry out by adsorb | sucking a lid | cover with a magnet and moving a magnet.

  Further, the air feed stop mechanism is configured such that the position of the roller for rotating the substantially cylindrical air feed transferred by the transfer means, the position of the latch and the locking / unlocking means, and the position of the lid and the lid opening / closing means match. Since the positioning pin that fits into the positioning pin hole is provided, it is possible to align the air carrier with the unlocking / locking means and the lid opening / closing means.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the pneumatic feeder opening / closing device in the pneumatic pipe installation of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the pneumatic feeder and positioning means in the feeder opening / closing device, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the latch of the pneumatic feeder and the locking / unlocking means in the pneumatic feeder opening / closing device shown in FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the state of conveyance of the pneumatic feeder in the pneumatic feeder opening and closing device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing an unlocked state of the pneumatic feed latch in the pneumatic feed opening / closing device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 9 is an opening of the pneumatic feed lid in the pneumatic feed opening / closing device shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the pneumatic feeder is carried out in the pneumatic feeder opening and closing device shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pneumatic feeder opening and closing device that forms the main body of the transfer unit in the pneumatic pipeline equipment of the present invention includes an pneumatic carrier 21 and a pneumatic pipeline 11 on the carry-in side that pumps the pneumatic carrier 21. And an air feeding pipe section having the air feeding pipe 12 on the carry-out side, an air feeding element opening / closing section 31 for unlocking the air feeding element 21 and opening a lid, and a loading means 14 for supplying a conveyed product to the air feeding element 21 Have.

  The air feed tube portion includes a carry-in air feed tube 11 and a carry-out air feed tube 12 having a hollow cylindrical shape, and between the opposite ends of the carry-in air feed tube 11 and the carry-out air feed tube 12. Is formed with an interval slightly wider than the length of one air feed element 21, and the axis of the carry-out side air feed pipe 12 is shifted from the axis of the carry-in side air feed pipe 11 by the outer diameter of the air feed element. Arrangement, that is, a different arrangement from the carry-in side air supply tube 11.

  Between the carry-in side and carry-out side air feed pipes 11, 12, the standing wall-shaped guide member 13 acts on the carry-out side air feed pipe 12 so as to feed the air feed element 21 into the air feed pipe 12. . As shown in FIG. 10, the guide member 13 is formed of a member having a substantially J-shaped cross section, and the standing wall side is positioned so as to hold the carry-out side air feeding tube 12 from the outside, and the other side having a concave shape is a moving means. It arrange | positions so that it may be located below facing the edge part of the belt conveyor 41.

  The pneumatic carrier 21 is similar to that described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-75230, and includes a lid 22 and an pneumatic carrier body 23 formed by dividing a cylindrical container so that it can be expanded 180 degrees. Yes. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the lid 22 and the pneumatic carrier body 23 are connected at one side edge by a hinge 24, and can be opened and closed at the hinge 24. The other side edge of the lid 22 is coupled to the pneumatic carrier body 23 by a latch 25. One end wall 26 located at the front end of the air carrier main body 23 is formed integrally with the air carrier main body 23, and a pair of positioning pin holes 27 are provided on the outer surface here. Of the two pin holes 27, the hole 27 is positioned at the center of the end wall 26 of one hole 27. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a pin hole 29 for opening and closing the lid is formed on the outer surface of the other end wall 28 (the rear end of the air carrier) formed integrally with the lid 22. Is provided.

  The pneumatic feeder opening / closing section 31 is a transfer means (belt conveyor 41), which will be described later, disposed between the pneumatic pipes 11 and 12 with the conveying direction orthogonal to the carry-in pneumatic pipe 11 and the carry-out pneumatic pipe 12. ). That is, the air carrier opening / closing part 31 includes a stopper 32 for stopping the air carrier 21 arranged at the end of the carry-in side air pipe 11, and a locking / unlocking means 34 for opening / closing the latch 25 of the air carrier 21. A lid opening / closing means 35 for opening / closing the lid 22 of the air carrier 21, a positioning means 33 for holding the air carrier 21 at a position where these means 34, 35 are disposed, a stopper 32, and both the means 34, 35 And a transfer means 41 for reciprocally transferring the air carrier 21 between them.

  The stopper 32 is formed of a channel material or the like, and is disposed on the axis of the open end of the carry-in side air feeding tube 11 so as to face the position spaced apart by a distance larger than the entire length of the air feeding element 21 to be delivered. It is fixed to the frame 36 of the mounting unit. A cushion material 37 is fixed to the surface facing the carry-in side air pipe 11.

  The transfer means 41 comprises a belt conveyor in which a belt wheel (not shown) is held on the frame 36. Then, as an example, one belt wheel is rotated by a servo motor (not shown), and the pneumatic feeder 21 is moved in a direction orthogonal to the carry-in pneumatic pipeline 11. Hereinafter, the transfer means 41 is also referred to as a belt conveyor 41 or a conveyor 41.

  The positioning means 33 determines the rotation position of the air feed element 21 and the air feed rotation mechanism that frictionally rotates the air feed element 21 in contact with the air feed element 21 that is transferred along the conveyance path by the conveyor 41. It consists of an air carrier stop mechanism.

  Among these, the pneumatic feeder rotation mechanism is fitted to a pair of left and right rollers 42 arranged at the conveyance end in the width direction of the belt conveyor 41 and a pair of positioning pin holes 27 provided on the end wall 26 of the pneumatic feeder 21. Positioning pins 43. The positioning pin 43 includes an advancing / retreating plunger 47.

  The pair of left and right rollers 42 is disposed at the end of the belt conveyor 41 perpendicular to the conveying direction, and has a shaft end fitted and fixed to a roller shaft 44 held by the frame 36. Although not shown, the left and right rollers 42 are rotated by a rotational drive source such as a servo motor coupled to the roller shaft 44.

  The positioning pin 43 is held by a positioning support 45 disposed on an extension line of the roller shaft 44. The positioning support 45 is attached to the positioning support 45 through the two positioning pins 43 and connected to the plunger 47 inserted in the case 46, as shown in the plan view of FIG. While preventing the falling from the positioning support 45, the opposite end of the pin 43 protrudes from the positioning support 45. These positioning pins 43 are loosely fitted into the positioning pin holes 27 of the air feeder 21 by the plunger 47 in order to position the air carrier 21.

The locking / unlocking means is configured corresponding to the latch 25 of the air carrier 21. The latch 25 of the air carrier 21 is for unlocking the lid 22 when the latch lever 25a is rotated downward. An L-shaped unlocking arm 48 constituting the locking / unlocking means 34 is for releasing the latch 25, and its rear end is fixed to the arm shaft 49. The arm shaft 49 is loosely fitted to a cam groove 52 provided in a plunger-like support 51 fixed upright on the frame 36 at a round neck portion 49a of the shaft 49 and fixed to the back surface of a rack 53 described later. It is loosely fitted in a horizontally elongated guide groove 50a formed on the arm 50 at a corner neck portion 49b formed on the shaft 49 (see FIGS. 4 and 5).
As shown in FIG. 4, the cam groove 52 is provided with a profile for performing an operation in which the tip of the unlocking arm 48 moves away from the latch lever 25a and engages with the latch lever 25a. The arm shaft 49 is moved by a rack 53 supported by the support 51 so as to be movable up and down, a pinion 54 at a fixed position engaged with the rack 53, a servo motor 55 for rotating the pinion 54, and the rack 53 integrally with the rear surface thereof. This is realized by the rack arm 50 extending to the left (the left side of the figure).

  That is, the rack arm 50 is provided integrally with the rack 53 on both sides of the back surface of the rack 53. The rack arms 50 on both sides are provided with horizontally extending guide grooves 51a and an arm shaft 49. As shown in FIG. 5, a round neck portion 49a having a circular cross section that is loosely fitted in a cam groove 52 formed in the vicinity of both ends and each neck portion 49b having a square cross section that is loosely fitted in a long groove 51a are provided. When the rack 53 is lowered by this, the unlocking arm 48 descends while advancing following the cam groove 52 while maintaining the substantially horizontal posture of FIG. 4, and eventually retracts, thereby pulling the latch lever 25a at its tip 48a. The latch 25 is lowered while being retracted, and the latch 25 is unlocked.

For unlocking, when the servo motor 55 is operated and the rack 53 moves downward as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 4, the unlocking arm 48 linearly moves the long groove 52 of the rack arm 50 without changing the horizontal posture, and the cam groove 52, the latch lever 25a of the latch 25 is moved downward and the latch 25 is unlocked.

  When the latch 25 of the air carrier 21 is unlocked, the lid opening / closing means is activated. The lid opening / closing means includes an opening / closing pin 56 that fits into the opening / closing pin hole 29 of the air carrier 21. The open / close pin 56 is fixed to one end of an open / close arm 57 with a forward / backward plunger (not shown). The shaft at the other end of the open / close arm 57 is rotatably held by the frame 36 via a bearing or the like and is connected to the rotation shaft of the servo motor 58. Since the opening / closing pin hole 29 of the air carrier 21 is installed so as to be in a fixed position on the locus circle of the opening / closing pin 56 when the air carrier 21 is positioned by the action of the pin 43, the air carrier 21 is When the positioning pin 43 is positioned and fixed, the opening / closing pin 56 is also fitted into the opening / closing pin hole 29 at the same time. Then, the arm 57 is rotated by the rotation of the servo motor 58, the open / close pin 56 is turned counterclockwise here, and the lid 22 of the air feed element 21 performs an opening operation centering on the hinge 24.

  In the pneumatic tube equipment of the present invention, the transfer unit including the pneumatic feeder opening and closing device including the pneumatic tubes 11 and 12 is arranged in a form connected to the loading means 14 for chemicals and other samples. The loading means 14 connected to the pneumatic feeder opening / closing device is formed by a robot, a belt conveyor or the like. In this embodiment, the loading means 14 is formed from a belt conveyor, and one end of the conveyor faces the air feeder 21 that is positioned by the locking / unlocking means and the lid opening / closing means of the air feeder opening / closing device. In addition, the conveyed product supplied to the conveyor of the loading means 14 from the carry-out part of the management device for the conveyed product such as a sample is transferred to the air carrier 21.

  Next, the example of the whole operation | movement aspect in this invention pneumatic pipe installation is demonstrated. Now, when the pneumatic feeder 21 is pressure-fed by the carry-in side pneumatic pipeline 11, it hits the stopper 32 and the pneumatic feeder 21 stops. At this timing, the belt conveyor 41 is operated, and as shown in FIG. 6, the air carrier 21 is conveyed toward the roller 42, but when the roller 42 contacts the roller 42 as shown in FIG. 7, the conveyor 41 stops, The air carrier 21 rotates following the rotation of the roller 42. At this time, since the two positioning pins 43 are pushed forward by the plunger 47, the tips of the pins 43 come into contact with the end wall 26 of the air carrier 21. Here, one of the two positioning pin holes 27 of the air carrier 21 is formed at the center of the end wall 26, and one of the two positioning pins 43 is opposed to the central pin hole 27. Therefore, when the positioning pin 43 and the hole 27 in this relationship coincide with each other, the remaining positioning pin 43 also coincides with the other hole 27 by the rotation of the air feed element 21, and both pins 43 are operated by the action of the plunger 47. Are fitted into the two positioning pin holes 27, and the air carrier 21 is positioned. By this positioning, the rotation of the roller 42 is stopped and the conveyor 41 is also stopped. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 8, the unlocking arm 48 of the locking / unlocking means 34 moves downward along the rack 53, moves horizontally along the arm shaft 49, and moves along the cam groove 52 of the shaft 49. The tip engages with the latch lever 25a of the air carrier 21, and the latch of the lid 22 is unlocked. When unlocked, the servo motor 55 is stopped.

  On the other hand, as described above, when the air carrier 21 transferred to the conveyor 41 is rotated by the action of the roller 42 and the positioning pin hole 27 of the air carrier 21 and the positioning pin 43 coincide with each other, the lid is opened and closed. The open / close pin 56 of the means 35 is also fitted into the open / close pin hole 29 of the air carrier 21 by the action of the plunger. Therefore, when the latch 25 of the air carrier 21 is unlocked as described above, the servo motor 58 is operated, and the opening / closing arm 57 is rotated as shown in FIG. The hinge 24 is opened around the center.

  When the lid 22 of the pneumatic carrier 21 is opened, the belt conveyor 14 is operated, and the conveyed product extracted in the management device (not shown) of the conveyed product such as medicine is fed into the pneumatic carrier body 23 of the pneumatic carrier 21. It is.

  When the conveyed product is fed into the air carrier 21, the servo motor 58 is operated in the direction opposite to that when the lid is opened, the open / close arm 57 rotates in the opposite direction, and the lid 22 of the air carrier 21 is closed. It is done. When the lid 22 is closed, the servo motor 55 operates in the direction opposite to that at the time of the above-described latch unlocking, the unlocking arm 48 moves in the upward direction along the cam groove 52, and the latch lever 25a is opposite to the unlocking time. Move in the direction to lock the lid 22. When locked, the lid opening / closing pin 56 is removed from the opening / closing pin hole 29 by the action of the plunger, and the positioning pin 43 is also removed from the positioning pin hole 27 by the action of the plunger 47. Then, the belt conveyor 41 travels in the opposite direction to the previous example, and the pneumatic feeder 21 is conveyed toward the carry-out side pneumatic tube 12. When reaching the conveyance end, as shown in FIG. 10, the air carrier 21 falls onto the guide member 13, is sent to the carry-out side air feed tube 12 by the guide member 13, and is carried to the designated place by the carry-out side air feed tube 12. Is done.

  In these operations, a motor driving the belt conveyor 41, a motor rotating the roller 42, a motor 55 moving the unlocking arm 48, a motor 58 rotating the opening / closing arm 57, and the air feed 21 The operation timing, the operation direction, the operation time, etc. of the motor driving the belt conveyor 14 for feeding a conveyed product such as a chemical sample, the plunger 47 of the pins 43, 56, etc. are detected by, for example, an optical sensor. Thus, control including starting and stopping is automatically performed.

  As described above, the transfer unit mainly composed of the pneumatic feeder opening / closing device inserted in the pneumatic pipeline equipment of the present invention can automatically open / close the lid 22 of the pneumatic feeder 21 and lock / unlock the latch 25. By preparing the loading means 14, it is possible to construct a system or the like that can automatically transport a transported object together with a transported material management device such as a medicine.

  Moreover, in the pneumatic pipe installation of the present invention, the lid 22 of the pneumatic feeder 21 can be automatically opened and closed and the latch can be automatically locked and unlocked, so that the range of use of this type of pneumatic feeder can be expanded. It can also be used for transporting products and products other than chemicals, or samples thereof.

The perspective view which shows one Example of the pneumatic feeder opening / closing apparatus in this invention pneumatic delivery pipe installation. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the pneumatic feeder and the positioning means in the pneumatic feeder opening and closing device shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the latch of the pneumatic feeder and the unlocking locking means in the pneumatic feeder opening and closing apparatus shown in FIG. The expanded sectional view which follows the 5-5 line of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the conveyance state of the pneumatic feeder in the pneumatic feeder opening / closing apparatus shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the positioning state of the pneumatic feeder in the pneumatic feeder opening and closing apparatus shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the unlocking state of the latch of the pneumatic feeder in the pneumatic feeder opening / closing apparatus shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the open state of the lid | cover of the pneumatic feeder in the pneumatic feeder opening / closing apparatus shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the carrying-out state of the pneumatic feeder in the pneumatic feeder opening and closing apparatus shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Carry-in side air feed tube 12 Carry-out side air feed tube 13 Guide member 14 Loading means 21 Air feed 22 Cover 23 Air feed main body 24 Hinge 25 Latch 26 End wall 27 Positioning pin hole 28 End wall 29 Opening / closing pin hole 31 Air feed Child opening / closing part 32 Stop 33 Positioning means 34 Unlocking / locking means 35 Lid opening / closing means 36 Frame 37 Cushion material 41 Conveying means (belt conveyor)
42 Roller 43 Positioning Pin 44 Roller Shaft 45 Positioning Support 46 Pin Support 47 Plunger 48 Unlocking Arm 49 Arm Shaft 50 Rack Arm 51 Unlocking Support 52 Cam Groove 53 Rack Gear 54 Pinion Gear 55 Servo Motor 56 Opening Pin 57 Opening Arm 58 Servo motor

Claims (5)

  An opening / closing lid and an air carrier having a latch for locking / unlocking the lid and an air pipe for conveying the air carrier, and an opening / closing mechanism for opening / closing the air carrier latch at an arbitrary intermediate portion of the air carrier From the locking means, the lid opening / closing means for opening and closing the lid of the pneumatic feeder, the positioning means for matching the positions of the latch and the locking / unlocking means and the positions of the lid and the lid opening / closing means, and the locking / unlocking means and the lid opening / closing means An air pipe arrangement comprising a transfer unit provided with an air feed element opening and closing device comprising a transfer means for transferring an air feed element to an air supply pipe on the carry-out side.   The pneumatic feeder opening / closing device is transported by a delivery-side pneumatic pipeline and a delivery-side pneumatic pipeline having a gap larger than the length of the pneumatic feeder and being arranged differently from the delivery-side pneumatic pipeline. And a stopper for stopping the pneumatic feeder, and the transfer means is configured to transfer the carried pneumatic pipe toward the positioning means and to transfer from the position of the positioning means to the discharge-side pneumatic pipe. Item 1. The pneumatic pipe facility according to item 1.   The positioning means is arranged in the transport path of the transfer means, and the position of the latch and the locking / unlocking means coincides, and when the position of the lid and the lid opening / closing means coincides, the air feed stop mechanism for stopping the transfer of the air feed A pneumatic tube installation according to claim 1 or claim 2 comprising:   The lid of the air carrier has an opening / closing pin hole, and the lid opening / closing means fits into the opening / closing pin hole when the positions of the latch and the locking / unlocking means coincide and the positions of the lid and the lid opening / closing means coincide. The pneumatic pipe installation according to claim 3, comprising an opening / closing pin and a drive mechanism for moving the opening / closing pin about the opening / closing axis of the lid. When the position of the roller that rotates the substantially cylindrical air carrier transferred by the transfer means, the position of the latch and the locking / unlocking means match, and the position of the lid and the lid opening / closing means match, The pneumatic pipe installation according to claim 4, further comprising a positioning pin that fits into the positioning pin hole.

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