Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
198379000 | By gripping item and turning item about fixed axis | 16 |
20080223690 | FLAT TRAY CARTONER - Trays are indexed at predetermined pitch on a tray conveyor. As the trays are conveyed, a turning guide engages a leading tray portion, turning the tray and urging it transversely downward and/or into buckets on an adjacent bucket conveyor or cartons on an adjacent carton conveyor. A cam is disposed rearward of each tray on the tray conveyors and the turning trays pivot about that cam. A hold-down prevents trays climbing over the turning guide. Pressure relief and tray indexing are provided upstream of the tray conveyor. Apparatus and methods are disclosed. | 09-18-2008 |
20090000910 | Piece Turning Apparatus For Selectively Turning Elongated Pieces of Lumber Carried in Sequence By a Conveyor - A system for selectively turning elongated pieces comprising a conveyor transversally receiving and carrying in a sequence the elongated pieces along a transfer course. A piece turning apparatus is mounted next to the conveyor and has a number of turning hands in which an end of one of the elongated pieces is engageable so that rotation of the turning hand effects a turning of the one of the elongated pieces about a longitudinal axis thereof when the end of the one of the elongated pieces is engaged in the turning hand. Carriages are distributively mounted onto the endless driving body and supporting respectively the turning hands so that each one of the turning hands successively moves into an engaging position with an end of one of the elongated pieces as the one of the elongated pieces is carried by the conveyor. A cam body drives the turning hands in rotation. | 01-01-2009 |
20090218193 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ORIENTING ARTICLES - An apparatus comprises a moving arrangement for supporting and moving along an advance direction a plurality of articles; and orienting units movable along said advance direction and such as to contact and orient the articles by displacing angularly each article around an axis thereof so as to position the articles in respective output positions, the orienting units being such as to maintain the articles in contact with the moving arrangement, a detector being provided for each orienting unit for detecting an initial angular position of a respective article associated thereto and for promoting a desired angular displacement such that each article is brought in the output position. | 09-03-2009 |
20090301840 | APPARATUS FOR UNSCRAMBLING AND ALIGNING BULK PLASTIC CONTAINERS - An apparatus ( | 12-10-2009 |
20110247914 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOADING A CONTAINER WITH PRODUCTS COMPRISING THIN SHEETS OF GLASS OF A LARGE SURFACE AREA - Method and device for loading a container with products which are made up of individual thin sheets of glass ( | 10-13-2011 |
20110253506 | CONTAINER TREATMENT MACHINE - The invention relates to a container treatment machine for treating containers, especially a labeling machine, comprising a rotor which can be driven to revolve about a vertical machine axis and a plurality of treatment positions configured on the rotor and having at least one container support and a clamping and/or centering unit each. Said unit can be displaced in a controlled manner in a controlled travel movement between an initial position and a position which centers and/or clamps the respective container. | 10-20-2011 |
20110297507 | Apparatus for the transfer of a line end of a folder-gluer - A transfer apparatus of a line end of a folder-gluer for cardboard boxes includes a transfer bed ( | 12-08-2011 |
20120018280 | TRANSFERRED OBJECT ROTATING DEVICE - A transferred object rotating device includes a mounting plate having an opening corresponding to a shape of a transferred object and being capable of moving from a mounting position to a rotating position, a boost unit capable of moving up to pass through the opening of the mounting plate in the rotating position, and a rotation plate capable of rotating about a power transmission shaft. The mounting plate moves to the rotating position after the transferred object is mounted on the mounting plate to close the opening. The transferred object is lifted by upward movement of the boost unit. The transferred object rotates while being sandwiched between the boost unit and the rotation plate. The transferred object mounted on the mounting plate in the mounting position can be transferred to the rotating position by the mounting plate, and rotate in the rotating position. | 01-26-2012 |
20120037475 | SUBSTRATE INVERTING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for performing high-speed substrate inverting to facilitate photovoltaic fabrication processing of either substrate surface, comprising two stacked conveyors which are rotated in tandem and positioned to simultaneously engage both surfaces of a substrate to enable loading, inverting, and dispensing of the substrates traveling along the substrate production flow plane of an automated production system, and further having provisions to continually remove processing and environmental debris that may be collected on the conveyer belts as the result of coming into contact with substrate surfaces and facilitating cleaning of processing and environmental debris directly from substrate surfaces. | 02-16-2012 |
20130037382 | DEVICE FOR ORIENTING OBJECTS AND INSTALLATION COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE - The invention relates notably to an installation comprising a device for orienting objects which have more or less two axes of symmetry and are placed on a conveyor. The installation is notable in that the device comprises four arms ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130248325 | HIGH SPEED SMALL PACK WRAPPER - A system for forming and wrapping a plurality of stacks of sheet like product is provided. The system includes a separator apparatus for converting a stream of spaced apart sets of stacks into a repeating stepped configuration. The system includes a mechanism for merging the stepped configuration of stacks into a single file stream of stacks. The system includes a cutoff apparatus for cutting a plastic sleeve in which the stacks are wrapped. The system includes a turner apparatus for changing the direction of travel of individual units comprising of a stack of product within a length of the sleeve 90 degrees while maintaining the orientation of the units. | 09-26-2013 |
20140090956 | FOOD PRODUCT POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A food handling system having a positioning system and method. The positioning system includes a main conveying surface, an electronic sensor, a controller and a robot. The main conveying surface is configured to move food products. The electronic sensor is configured to capture position data about one or more food products on the main conveying surface within a sensor range of the sensor. The controller is signal-connected to the electronic sensor and the robot. The controller is configured to receive data captured by the sensor and is configured to instruct the robot to move a food product to a destination position. The robot is configured to reposition one or more food products on the conveying surface according to instructions sent by the controller. The robot has a longitudinal and a lateral working range. The food product may include formed meat patties or sliced meat or cheese products. | 04-03-2014 |
20140166436 | MODULE FOR ALIGNING CONTAINERS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a device for treating containers (b 10), comprising a first movable transport unit ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140166437 | ARTICLE ORIENTING MACHINE - The invention relates to an article orienting machine for elongate articles, said machine comprising an endless first conveyor by which articles are conveyed with a first predetermined spacing, said elongate articles having their main axes arranged transverse to the direction of movement of said conveyor; at least a first and a second wheel on which the conveyor is supported; a first drive means arranged to rotate one of the wheels on which the conveyor is supported; and opposed pairs of holders attached to said endless conveyor at said first predetermined spacing, each pair of holders being arranged to contact and support an elongate article at opposite ends thereof while the article is received and released by the article orienting machine. | 06-19-2014 |
20140291116 | Orienting Apparatus and Method - An orienting apparatus and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, the orienting apparatus is for orienting articles and for conveying the articles in a spaced apart relationship in a direction. The articles being conveyed have at least two opposing ends. The orienting apparatus includes a conveyor comprising at least a portion extending in the direction for assisting in conveying the articles in a spaced apart relationship. At least one rotatable platform is joined to the conveyor at a location. The rotatable platform is rotatable about an axis that is perpendicular to the conveyor at the location. One end of an article may be placed in contact with the rotatable platform. A device in operational communication with the rotatable platform rotates at least one platform and the article in contact therewith. The device for rotating the platform does not directly contact the article. | 10-02-2014 |
20160145056 | Rotary Conveyor with Change of Pitch for Transferring Containers - The rotary conveyor with change of pitch for transferring containers comprises a plurality of slides ( | 05-26-2016 |