Slurry conveyor system
First Claim
1. In a slurry conveyor system using pressurized water, having a plurality of supply pipes arranged in parallel relation, valves disposed in said supply pipes, a low-pressure mixture pump adapted to charge mixture liquid into said supply pipes, and a high-pressure fresh water pump adapted to force the mixture liquid in said supply pipes into a convey pipe,an improvement which comprises a pressure adjusting means in each supply pipe for varying the volume within the supply pipes to increase or decrease the pressure in said supply pipes to equalize said pressure to the pressure in a pipe connected to each of said supply pipes before opening a valve disposed between each of said supply pipes and said pipe connected to each of said supply pipes.
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Abstract
A slurry conveyor system in which a mixture liquid is charged into a supply pipe by a low-pressure mixture liquid pump through a valve, and, thereafter, fresh water of high pressure is supplied by a high-pressure fresh water pump into the supply pipe by a switching of the valve, thereby to force the mixture liquid from the supply pipe into a convey pipe to continuously convey the slurry. The supply pipe is provided with a pressure adjusting device for increasing or decreasing the pressure in the supply pipe to equalize this pressure to the pressure in a pipe connected to the supply pipe, thereby to facilitate the opening of the valve disposed between the supply pipe and the pipe connected to the latter.
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1. In a slurry conveyor system using pressurized water, having a plurality of supply pipes arranged in parallel relation, valves disposed in said supply pipes, a low-pressure mixture pump adapted to charge mixture liquid into said supply pipes, and a high-pressure fresh water pump adapted to force the mixture liquid in said supply pipes into a convey pipe,
an improvement which comprises a pressure adjusting means in each supply pipe for varying the volume within the supply pipes to increase or decrease the pressure in said supply pipes to equalize said pressure to the pressure in a pipe connected to each of said supply pipes before opening a valve disposed between each of said supply pipes and said pipe connected to each of said supply pipes.
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