Inventors:
Henry Liu - Columbia MO
Donald L. Gibson - Columbia MO
David H. S. Cheng - Columbia MO
James E. Rathke - Columbia MO
Assignee:
The Curators of the University of Missouri - Columbia MO
International Classification:
B65G 5104
Abstract:
A hydraulic capsule pipelining system including a pipeline adapted for flow therethrough of water or other carrier liquid to propel cargo-containing capsules through the pipeline, and means for pumping the liquid through the pipeline utilizing a segment of length of the pipeline as a pump cyclinder and utilizing capsules passing through said pump cylinder segment of the pipeline as pistons in said segment for pumping the liquid forward through the pipeline, capsules being propelled through said segment by an externally produced electromagnetic field.