Patent ID: 7311474

Claim:
A pellet loader for transporting pellets ( 6 ) stored in a container ( 7 ) to a plastic processing machine ( 9 ) through a transport pipe ( 3 ) by compressed gas, comprising: an ejector portion ( 1 ); a compressed gas source ( 8 ); a gas supply pipe ( 2 ) for supplying said ejector portion ( 11 ) with compressed gas, one end of said gas supply pipe ( 2 ) being connected to said compressed gas source ( 8 ), the other end of said gas supply pipe ( 2 ) being connected to an injection nozzle ( 11 ) of said ejector portion ( 1 ); an insert pipe ( 4 ) adapted for insertion among the pellets ( 6 ) stored in said container ( 7 ), one end of said insert pipe ( 4 ) being connected to a suction inlet ( 12 ) of said ejector portion ( 1 ) and extending from said suction inlet ( 12 ), the other end of said insert pipe ( 4 ) having a suction inlet ( 40 ) for sucking said pellets ( 6 ) into said ejector portion ( 1 ); and a gas pipe ( 5 ) extending along said insert pipe ( 4 ), one end of said gas pipe ( 5 ) having an opening ( 50 ) positioned at the vicinity of the suction inlet ( 40 ) of said insert pipe ( 4 ) the suction inlet ( 40 ) of said insert pipe and the opening of said gas pipe in face to face engagement ( 4 ), compressed gas being supplied from the other end of said gas pipe ( 5 ); wherein said transport pipe ( 3 ) is connected to an outlet portion ( 14 ) of said ejector portion ( 1 ).