A vacuum transport tube vehicle for evacuating a vacuum transport tube has a first end, a second end, and a body comprising a piston head. The vehicle has a blade-actuator assembly, comprising a circumferential blade member sealed to the piston head and having a blade perimeter portion defining a first end outer surface forming an annular gap with an inner surface of the vacuum transport tube. The vehicle further includes a plurality of blade segment actuators arranged circumferentially around the piston perimeter portion and configured to actively adjust a radial position of the blade member at the corresponding blade circumferential locations in a manner accommodating non-uniformities in an inner surface profile of the vacuum transport tube, and maintaining the annular gap at a substantially constant and relatively short gap distance during movement of the vehicle through the vacuum transport tube.


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    Titel :

    VACUUM TRANSPORT TUBE VEHICLE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR EVACUATING A VACUUM TRANSPORT TUBE


    Beteiligte:
    GRIP ROBERT ERIK (Autor:in) / DEHAAN MARK A (Autor:in) / VASSBERG JOHN C (Autor:in) / ROTHAUPT TED K (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-04-23


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B61B RAILWAY SYSTEMS , Eisenbahnanlagen / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen



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