Class   406	CONVEYORS: FLUID CURRENT
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SELECTIVE DELIVERY

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. (1 indent ) Destination controlled by operator at remote site

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. (1 indent ) Destination controlled by sensed condition

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.. (2 indent ) Controlled by coded load

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... (3 indent ) Magnetic material on load

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... (3 indent ) Electrical contact on load

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... (3 indent ) Adjustable or changeable code on load

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... (3 indent ) Presence or size of recess or protrusion on front of load

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.... (4 indent ) Protrusion

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WITH MEANS TO CONTROL CONVEYING FLUID OR MOVEMENT OF LOAD IN RESPONSE TO SENSED CONDITION

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. (1 indent ) Responsive to obstacle in system

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. (1 indent ) Control of conveying fluid

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.. (2 indent ) Reversing of fluid current in single tube system

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.. (2 indent ) Responsive to velocity or pressure change in conveying fluid

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... (3 indent ) To initiate or terminate fluid current

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.... (4 indent ) In response to introduction or discharge of load

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....• (5 indent ) Discharge and introduction

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....• (5 indent ) With timer to terminate fluid current

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.. (2 indent ) Responsive to presence or absence or quantity of load

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... (3 indent ) With stepped reset for each load article introduced at intake

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... (3 indent ) With load detector at outlet to terminate fluid current

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... (3 indent ) With timer to terminate current

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... (3 indent ) Level or weight of load in receptacle

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.... (4 indent ) At intake

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....• (5 indent ) And control of load input to receptacle

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.. (2 indent ) Responsive to movement of gate to initiate or terminate fluid current

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... (3 indent ) To closure of intake gate to initiate fluid current

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. (1 indent ) Control of load input or output

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.. (2 indent ) Input

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... (3 indent ) Responsive to pressure or velocity change of conveying fluid

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... (3 indent ) Responsive to presence, absence, or quantity of load

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.... (4 indent ) Level or weight of load in receptacle

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....• (5 indent ) In receptacle at discharge

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WITH SIGNAL, INDICATOR, OR INSPECTION MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Audible

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. (1 indent ) With load motion observing means

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. (1 indent ) Coded carrier

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AMBULANT OR PORTABLE

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. (1 indent ) Vehicle mounted

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.. (2 indent ) Plural vehicles

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.. (2 indent ) Towed vehicle

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.. (2 indent ) Power takeoff

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.. (2 indent ) With storage means on vehicle for fluid conveyor components

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.. (2 indent ) With auxiliary supporting means

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WITH MEANS TO PREVENT PIPELINE SLUMPING

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WITH ADJUNCTIVE SUBSTANCE ADDED

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. (1 indent ) Liquid

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.. (2 indent ) Water

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. (1 indent ) Solid

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SLUG CONVEYING

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WITH DIVERSE POWER-DRIVEN CONVEYOR

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. (1 indent ) Rotary

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.. (2 indent ) Screw

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... (3 indent ) With material recirculating screw

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... (3 indent ) Including means to fluidize material

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... (3 indent ) Feeding to fluid conveyor inlet

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.... (4 indent ) Feeds to inlet of blower or pump

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....• (5 indent ) Screw axis coaxial with axis of rotary blower or pump

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....• (5 indent ) Plural screws

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.... (4 indent ) With check valve between screw and fluid current conveyor

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.... (4 indent ) Fluid jet at conveyor inlet

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.. (2 indent ) Successively registering pockets

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... (3 indent ) Input to fluid conveyor

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.... (4 indent ) With venting of pockets

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.... (4 indent ) Having radial blades

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....• (5 indent ) Rotatable about vertical axis

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....• (5 indent ) Fluid flow discharges pockets

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.... (4 indent ) Peripheral pockets formed on rotating member

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.. (2 indent ) Brush

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.. (2 indent ) Roller

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.. (2 indent ) Thrower

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. (1 indent ) Magazine

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. (1 indent ) Reciprocating or oscillating

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.. (2 indent ) With pocket

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.. (2 indent ) Vibrating

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.. (2 indent ) Pusher

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. (1 indent ) Endless

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.. (2 indent ) Permeable belt

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.. (2 indent ) At inlet to fluid conveyor

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... (3 indent ) Feeds to intake of blower or pump

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... (3 indent ) Pushers, buckets, or tines

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.. (2 indent ) At outlet to fluid conveyor

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WITH LOAD BRAKING OR RETARDING MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Utilizing a fluid

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PULSING FLUID CURRENT

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HAVING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING LOAD IN SUSPENSION ALONG FLOW PATH

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. (1 indent ) With load orienting means

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. (1 indent ) By load supporting jets

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. (1 indent ) Including permeable member

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.. (2 indent ) In receptacle

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... (3 indent ) Permeable member surrounding discharge opening or conduit

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. (1 indent ) By fluid whirling action

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HAVING MEANS TO INTRODUCE BOOSTER FLUID INTO CONVEYOR

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. (1 indent ) Plural booster inputs

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.. (2 indent ) With parallel fluid supply conduit

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BLOWER OR PUMP HAVING LOAD INTAKE OPENING IN HOUSING

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. (1 indent ) Including load or blower protecting means

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. (1 indent ) Having separate opening in housing for conveying fluid input

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. (1 indent ) Rotary

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.. (2 indent ) Having radially extending blades

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... (3 indent ) Mounted on axial face of a disc

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... (3 indent ) With load receptacle feeding to intake of blower or pump

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.... (4 indent ) Blower or pump housing movably mounted relative to receptacle

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.... (4 indent ) Plural blowers or pumps

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HAVING LOAD BY-PASS AROUND BLOWER OR PUMP

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ENDLESS FLUID CURRENT PATH

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MATERIAL-BACKFLOW DISCHARGE

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INTAKE TO FLUID CURRENT CONVEYOR

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. (1 indent ) Combined intake and discharge

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.. (2 indent ) With terminal

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... (3 indent ) Captive carrier

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... (3 indent ) Single inlet-outlet

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. (1 indent ) Movable inlet

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.. (2 indent ) Follows load level

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.. (2 indent ) Reciprocating or swinging

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... (3 indent ) Having telescoping intake

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. (1 indent ) Conveyor having plural intakes

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.. (2 indent ) From receptacle

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... (3 indent ) Having plural compartments

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... (3 indent ) Plural receptacles

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. (1 indent ) With sifter

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. (1 indent ) Load receptacle type

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.. (2 indent ) Having inlets to separate conveyors

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.. (2 indent ) Plural receptacles in series

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... (3 indent ) With gate valve between receptacles

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... (3 indent ) With conical plug valve between receptacles

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.. (2 indent ) With valve between receptacle and fluid conveyor

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... (3 indent ) Reciprocating, rotating, or swinging

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.... (4 indent ) Rotatable hollow cylinder type

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.... (4 indent ) Gate type

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....• (5 indent ) Pivotable

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.... (4 indent ) Vertically movable

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....• (5 indent ) Sleeve or conduit

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.. (2 indent ) With means to agitate load in receptacle

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... (3 indent ) Rotary

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... (3 indent ) Fluid

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.... (4 indent ) Jet

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.... (4 indent ) Passed through permeable member

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.. (2 indent ) Blower or pump carried by receptacle

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... (3 indent ) Plural blowers or pumps

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.. (2 indent ) Inlet conduit extending downwardly inside receptacle

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... (3 indent ) With conduit supplying lifting fluid to interior of receptacle

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.... (4 indent ) Fluid supplying conduit extends to inlet conduit

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.. (2 indent ) Conveying fluid velocity altered at load input

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.. (2 indent ) Having connection for external suction or pressure source

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.. (2 indent ) Conveying fluid introduced under pressure to interior of receptacle

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. (1 indent ) Terminal type

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.. (2 indent ) Intake gate

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... (3 indent ) With gate lock

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... (3 indent ) Serially arranged gates

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. (1 indent ) Upstream of suction source

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.. (2 indent ) Including specific intake nozzle structure

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.. (2 indent ) Suction induced by pressure stream

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FLUID CURRENT CONVEYOR OUTLET MEANS

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. (1 indent ) Conveyor having plural outlets

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.. (2 indent ) Feeding plural receptacles

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. (1 indent ) Deflector

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.. (2 indent ) Telescoping

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.. (2 indent ) Pivoted

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... (3 indent ) Adjustable

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.... (4 indent ) From remote location

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.. (2 indent ) Rotatable

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.. (2 indent ) Carried by receptacle

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. (1 indent ) Movable outlet

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.. (2 indent ) Horizontally swinging

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... (3 indent ) And vertically swinging

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.. (2 indent ) Telescoping

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. (1 indent ) With material separating receptacle

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.. (2 indent ) Having air lock

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.. (2 indent ) Having plural inputs

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.. (2 indent ) Having filter

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... (3 indent ) And means to clean filter

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.. (2 indent ) Cyclone separator

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.. (2 indent ) Conveyor outlet conduit extending upwardly inside receptacle

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.. (2 indent ) And upstream pressure source

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. (1 indent ) Having terminal

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.. (2 indent ) With gate and means to open gate prior to article or carrier arrival

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... (3 indent ) Serially arranged gates

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.. (2 indent ) Upward delivery

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.. (2 indent ) Discharge gate

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LOAD FLOW DIVERTER, DIVIDER, OR COMBINER

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. (1 indent ) Movable conduit section

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. (1 indent ) Movable valve in conduit

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CARRIER

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. (1 indent ) Wheeled

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. (1 indent ) Having side opening

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. (1 indent ) Having end opening

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.. (2 indent ) With closure for end opening

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... (3 indent ) Removable

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. (1 indent ) With conduit engaging seal or bumper structure

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CONDUIT

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. (1 indent ) With fluid valve or load spacer

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. (1 indent ) With wear protection means

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. (1 indent ) Having fluid nozzle

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. (1 indent ) Having changing cross section

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. (1 indent ) Flexible

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PROCESSES

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