Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
198836100 | Having load retainer or guide separate from carrier belt | 50 |
20080283369 | Conveying device and image forming apparatus - A conveying device includes a guiding member that has a contact portion that comes into contact with an inner peripheral surface of a conveying belt in which a plurality of suction holes is formed, and an endless conveying belt that has ridges to hold a recording medium lest the recording medium come into contact with the suction holes. A plurality of slits is formed in the contact portion to attract the recording medium to the endless conveying belt through the suction holes. The slits are formed to prevent the conveying belt from falling in the slits when the conveying belt is pressed due to suction. | 11-20-2008 |
20090026047 | Conveyor Belt Skirt Assembly - A conveyor belt skirt assembly adapted to be attached to a side wall of a conveyor mechanism to retain conveyed material on a conveyor belt of the conveyor mechanism. The conveyor belt skirt assembly includes a skirt having a generally vertical leg member and an inclined foot member attached to the bottom end of the leg member. A bracket including an arm and a finger pivotally attaches the skirt to the conveyor mechanism. | 01-29-2009 |
20090250323 | Skirtboard Apparatus, System and Method - A skirtboard system for a conveyor belt or line comprising at least two skirtboards mutually opposed to one another. Each one of the skirtboards is positioned near the perimeter of the conveyor. Each one of the skirtboards comprises a support plate, a plurality of elements, each one of the elements mutually coupled with the support plate, a liner formed in interstices between the plurality of elements, a beveled nose formed along an edge of the skirtboard panel, the beveled nose complementary to the angle of the conveyor. | 10-08-2009 |
20100006403 | DUST TIGHT CLOSED TYPE BELT CONVEYOR - A dust tight closed type belt conveyor for conveying dust contained materials to be scattered out during operation; which comprises the conveyor belt supported in a form of concave by a plurality of rollers and a plurality of glide plates and also the bulged cover roof closing the upside space over the conveyor belt, so that all make a dust tight and closed conveying space extending in the driving direction. Further, the belt conveyor is preferably provided with a system for avoiding the belt meandering motion causing a harder dust scattering. | 01-14-2010 |
20100072033 | Apparatus for and Method of Mounting and Locking Devices to Conveyor Belt Systems - A bulk material conveyor belt system comprises a belt, a track mounted device, and a support device. The track mounted device comprises a first track. The support device comprises a second track and a locking device. The second track is engage with the first track in a manner such that the support device limits relative movement between the track mounted device and the belt while the support device also allows the track mounted device to slide relative to the support device along a path defined by the first and second tracks. The locking device comprises a movable portion that is movably attached to the second track and that can selectively bias the first track in a direction other than along the path in a manner creating sufficient friction between the first and second tracks that renders the first and second tracks immovable relative to each. | 03-25-2010 |
20100072034 | Exteriorly Mounted Wear Liner for Bulk Material Conveyor Belt Systems - A bulk material conveyor belt system comprises a belt, a skirt, and a wear liner. The belt forms a continuous loop having an upper transfer run and a lower return run. The belt defines a theoretical, vertically oriented, center plane about which the belt is generally symmetric. The skirt has a lower edge that extends above the transfer run. The wear liner is removably attached to the skirt in a manner such that the skirt lies between the wear liner and the center plane. The wear liner has a lower edge that that extends above the transfer run and beneath the lower edge of the skirt. | 03-25-2010 |
20100072035 | Dual Apron Seal - A seal member for sealing a conveyor belt is a monolithic homogeneous piece of material having opposite first and second halves and comprises first and second primary seals and first and second secondary seals. The first secondary seal is resiliently movable relative to the first primary seal. The second secondary seal is resiliently movable relative to the second primary seal. The first primary seal and the first secondary seal are part of the first half of the seal member. The second primary seal and the second secondary seal are part of the second half of the seal member. When the seals on one of the first and second halves of the seal member become excessively worn, the seal member can be flipped so that the seals on the other half of the seal member can be utilized. | 03-25-2010 |
20100181169 | GUIDE HOLDER FOR CONVEYOR - The invention relates to a guide holder ( | 07-22-2010 |
20100219049 | SORTING APPARATUS - A sorting apparatus for sorting products comprises an endless conveying element comprising a support surface. The support surface makes an angle with a horizontal plane, at least at the location of the outlets, about an axis parallel to the conveying direction. The sorting apparatus further comprises locking elements arranged one behind the other, as seen in the conveying direction, which move along synchronously with the conveying element and which can be unlocked independently of each other, which locking elements function to hold the products in place on the support surface. Upon activation of a selected unlocking mechanism, a product is moved downwards from the conveying element towards the outlet under the influence of the force of gravity being exerted thereon. | 09-02-2010 |
20100230251 | Barrier Seal - The barrier seal ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100258409 | RAILING GUIDE - The invention relates to a guide arrangement for guiding moving containers, comprising at least one guide element ( | 10-14-2010 |
20110042186 | MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT - A mounting arrangement, for securing a protective component to a chute or conveyor structure, having a hook-shaped formation which engages with the protective component, a first beaded section located in a first undercut slot in a supporting base, and a retaining mechanism which abuts a side of the first beaded section and which has a second beaded section located in a second undercut slot in the base. | 02-24-2011 |
20110108396 | CONVEYOR WITH A GENTLE RETRACTABLE STOP - A conveyor having a retractable stop providing a nonsliding contact surface to the leading faces of conveyed articles to prevent damage to the faces of the articles. One version of such a stop has a contact surface defined by the peripheries of rollers that rotate on the accumulated articles as the stop moves from a blocking position accumulating articles on the conveyor to a retracted position releasing accumulated articles to advance downstream along the conveyor. | 05-12-2011 |
20120080291 | SENSOR DOOR WITH SLIDING RUB BLOCK - A sensor door with sliding rub block includes a pair of slots in the door through which mounting hardware is inserted to couple a rub block to the door. The slots enable the rub block to move relative to the door. A central slot between the pair of slots enables a sensor to be coupled to the rub block and move with the rub block. | 04-05-2012 |
20120103763 | GUIDE RAIL SYSTEM - A guide rail system for guiding containers on a conveyor on which the containers are moved. The guide rail system includes first and second contact portions for engaging the containers to at least partially locate the containers respectively in preselected positions on a surface of the conveyor, first and second adjustment elements positioned proximal to first and second sides of the conveyor respectively, on which the first and second contact portions are mounted, and first and second adjustable point devices spaced apart from each other along the first and second sides respectively, for moving the adjustment elements transversely. The system also includes one or more height adjustment assemblies for positioning side contact portions selected from the group consisting of the first contact portions, the second contact portions, and the first and second contact portions in predetermined locations therefor relative to the surface of the conveyor. | 05-03-2012 |
20120152700 | BEND SEGMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BEND SEGMENT - A bend segment ( | 06-21-2012 |
20130001051 | GUIDE ARRANGEMENT FOR USE WITH A TRANSPORT MEMBER - A guide arrangement is provided for guiding movement of a transport member to convey products in a conveying direction of a conveying section having a predetermined course. The transport member includes a number of functional units operatively connected to each other. The guide arrangement includes a number of sequentially connected guide rail elements defining a guide channel along the conveying section. The guide channel has inside walls including structure to guide the transport member. | 01-03-2013 |
20130043110 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A BENDABLE ROLLING CONVEYOR GUIDE - A system for guiding an item moving along a conveyor, the system including a pair of spaced axle-positioning members having a plurality of releasable attachment receivers on a first edge and a plurality of curvature gaps on a second edge with a respective single curvature gap of the plurality of curvature gaps being positioned in relation with at least two releasable attachment receivers to effect a desired bend, a plurality of axles extending between the axle-positioning members with each axle being individually held in place by respective releasable attachment receivers, and one or more rotatable elements mounted on each individual axle, the rotatable elements covering a uniform location on each individual axle. | 02-21-2013 |
20130153372 | ITEM TRANSPORTATION - A method and apparatus are disclosed for locating at least one item of media at a desired location. The apparatus includes a first and further transport element for transporting an item of media along a transport path having a pre-determined plane of transport. The apparatus also includes at least one abutment surface that locates respective first and second lateral edge regions of the item or a central region of the item to a side of the plane of transport to provide an arcuate cross-section in at least a region of the item. | 06-20-2013 |
20130319828 | CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR FEEDING WASHWARE TO A CONVEYOR WAREWASHER - The invention relates to a conveying apparatus ( | 12-05-2013 |
20140048391 | UNIT FOR CONTAINER RETURN MACHINES - The present invention relates to a unit for container return machines, having a conveying means for the longitudinal drive of a container in the direction of its longitudinal axis, and a rotational body arranged on each side of the conveying means, wherein, when the unit is in transportation mode, the container rests on the conveying means and is driven longitudinally, and, when the unit is in identification mode, the container rests on the rotational bodies and is driven rotationally. Each rotational body has the cross-section of a flattened circle, such that when the unit is in transportation mode, the container bears against at least one of the flattened surfaces of the rotational bodies. | 02-20-2014 |
20140054140 | Externally Adjustable Internal Wearliner for a Material Conveyor System - A wearliner assembly having an internally mounted wearliner for a bulk material conveying system. The wearliner assembly includes an external camming mechanism to adjust the height of the wearliner. | 02-27-2014 |
20140061007 | GLASS SHEET GUIDANCE APPARATUS AND METHODS OF GUIDING A GLASS SHEET - A glass sheet guidance apparatus includes a guidance member extending adjacent a conveyance path. In one example, an adjustment device selectively adjusts a length of the guidance member extending between a first holding structure and a second holding structure. In another example, the glass sheet guidance apparatus is configured to traverse a length of the guidance member and the glass sheet in a common direction of a conveyance path. Further examples include methods of guiding a glass sheet with the glass sheet guidance apparatus. In still further examples a method of manufacturing a glass sheet includes guiding the glass sheet. | 03-06-2014 |
20140097068 | CIRCUIT BOARD TRANSPORTATION DEVICE, CIRCUIT BOARD WORKING APPARATUS, AND CONVEYOR BELT - The circuit board transportation device has: a guide member that is provided in such a manner as to extend in the transport direction and has a guide surface that comes into abutment with a circuit board from the outside of the circuit board in a perpendicular direction that is a direction perpendicular to the transport direction; a conveyor belt that extends in the transport direction to support an end of the circuit board; and a drive unit that moves the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt has: a belt base portion that is located under the guide member and extends both ways of the perpendicular direction from the position of the guide surface; and a projection that extends upward from the belt base portion up to a position between upper and lower ends of the guide surface. The conveyor belt supports the circuit board by means of the projection. | 04-10-2014 |
20140116857 | QUICK-RELEASE CONVEYOR BELT CONTAINMENT DEVICE - A belt conveyor apparatus includes a conveyor frame with a belt support, a belt, a belt drive, and containment side members releasably attached to the conveyor frame. Specifically, a linear first slot and arcuate second slot on the conveyor frame engage permanently-attached first and second studs on the containment side members to allow rotational assembly of the containment side member to the conveyor frame. The path of engagement prevents the studs from being removed simultaneously from respective slots. As a result, the first and second studs will wedgingly bind and thus cannot be simultaneously pulled out of the first and second slots when the containment side member is biased toward a release direction. Related methods are also disclosed. | 05-01-2014 |
20140124337 | FOLDING MECHANISM - A folding mechanism comprising
| 05-08-2014 |
20140360846 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT CONVEYING APPARATUS - A first and second guide block pieces retain a plurality of electronic components in an electronic component retention space formed and fixed on a shuttle plate by using a position determination hole formed in advance in accordance with a distance between a pair of opposing corners of a bottom surface of an electronic component, and by emitting light ranging from one end portion to the other end portion of the shuttle plate along an upper surface of a plurality of electronic components interposed and retained between the electronic component interposing-and-retaining portions along longitudinal directions of the first and second guide block pieces, an optical sensor detects that the emitted light is blocked by an irregularly inclined electronic component. | 12-11-2014 |
20150344228 | PIVOT LINK - Modular belt module of the type having a width, and a length, where the width and length defines a plane, and a thickness orthogonal to said plane, such that the basic module is limited by two longitudinal sides, and a front and rear side, where the module comprises an upper part and a lower part, both upper and lower part being pivotally connectable in use to a forwardly arranged belt module, whereas only the bottom part is connected in use to a rearwardly arranged belt module, and where said upper part when in contact with said lower part is provided with means projecting below said lower part. | 12-03-2015 |
20150353287 | GUIDE DEVICE WITH WEDGE SLIDING SURFACE FOR BULK CONVEYORS - There is disclosed herein a guide device ( | 12-10-2015 |
20160130091 | CONTAINER-HANDLING INSTALLATION HAVING AN EXCHANGEABLE FORMAT PART - A container-handling installation includes an exchangeable format part for guiding containers, and a catch closure for connecting the format part in a releasable manner to a locking device. The catch closure has a catch on an upper format plane. The catch rotates between a first, in which it releases the format part, and a second position, in which it locks it. The catch closure fixes and braces the format part and locking device, which is oriented around the catch closure, has a vertical web with a locking tab corresponding to the catch. A connecting device arranged on a side of the locking device opposite the locking tab fixes the locking device to a body of the container-handling installation. | 05-12-2016 |
198836200 | Load retainer biases load transversely against carrier belt | 2 |
20130248334 | MEDIUM CARRYING MECHANISM - Provided is an inexpensive and lightweight carrying mechanism in which side frames and a guide plate are not required to be formed separately and assembled and a small number of components are required. A pair of right and left side frames ( | 09-26-2013 |
20150034457 | CLAMPING OF MEDIA ITEMS - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transporting items of media along a transport path. The apparatus comprises at least one clamp member to apply a clamp force to a bunch of media items located between a support surface and said clamp member, wherein said clamp member is selectively moveable towards or away from said support surface to apply a predetermined clamp force to the bunch of media items. | 02-05-2015 |
198836300 | Laterally adjustable or yieldable guides contact load | 17 |
20080197000 | Guide For Conveyor Of Articles - A guide for a conveyor of articles, comprising: a guide element elongated in a longitudinal direction and intended in use to be arranged along a transport path of a conveyor of articles for the containment and/or the routing of the transported articles, said guide element comprising a substantially planar portion and first and second edges opposed to each other in a first transversal direction, transversal to said longitudinal direction; a clamp is associable to said guide element, the clamp comprising a back portion and two clamp appendixes opposed to each other in said first transversal direction and adapted to clamp said guide element along said first and second edges. The clamp is adapted to the coupling to a support bar of the conveyor of articles intended to support the guide element to a frame of the conveyor; tightening means are provided, associable to said clamp and actuatable to exert an action of traction on the appendixes of the clamp to urge them one towards the other in said first transversal direction, so as to tighten said clamp appendixes against said first and second edges of the guide element. The clamp appendixes of the clamp and the first and second edges of the guide element are shaped in such a way as to at least partly transform the action of traction exerted by said tightening means into a urging action of the guide element toward the back portion of the clamp, the urging action being adapted to bring the planar portion of the guide element in abutment against at least one among said support bar or said tightening means. | 08-21-2008 |
20090014286 | AUTOMATED HANDLING LINE GUIDE RAIL ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to an automated handling line guide rail assembly ( | 01-15-2009 |
20090308717 | ADJUSTABLE MICRO DEVICE FEEDER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a micro device feeder system includes: adjusting a distance between a movable drive plate and a mounting plate for aligning a carrier tape carrying a micro device to a center line for pick-up of the micro device by external device handling equipment; and configuring a tape handling mechanism, having a sprocket assembly, to accommodate a predetermined width of the carrier tape. | 12-17-2009 |
20100200373 | ADJUSTABLE CONVEYOR GUIDE - This invention relates to conveyor guides comprising conveyor guide rail units, such as those used on automated handling lines where containers of different sizes are processed. One or more guide rails are employed to the sides of the conveyor guide to ensure that articles follow a desired path. This invention provides an adjustable conveyor guide rail unit that comprises a guide member operable to be set in a plurality of discrete positions, thereby allowing the width of a channel through which an article may be conveyed to be varied. The guide rails are adjustable to accommodate containers of differing sizes. | 08-12-2010 |
20100206699 | GUIDE(S) MOUNTED ON A CONVEYOR - The guide ( | 08-19-2010 |
20110079493 | GUIDE RAIL SYSTEM - A guide rail system for guiding containers moved by a conveyor defining a path with a curved segment. The guide rail system includes a number of contact portions, for engaging the containers, to at least partially locate the containers in preselected positions on the conveyor, and a number of adjustable point devices, for locating the contact portions in predetermined locations respectively relative to the conveyor. Each adjustable point device includes an adjustment element on which one or more of the contact portions is mounted. The system also includes a drive element connected to the adjustable point devices to locate the adjustment elements, including a flexible shaft substantially aligned with the curved segment, which is connected with selected ones of the adjustable point devices are spaced apart from each other along the curved segment. | 04-07-2011 |
20120085626 | CONVEYING DEVICE AND PUSHER SHOE FOR USE IN THE DEVICE - The invention relates to a conveying device for objects. The device comprises a frame provided with a series of carriers ( | 04-12-2012 |
20120090964 | SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING GUIDES OF A CONVEYOR - A positioning unit ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120097504 | CONVEYING EQUIPMENT INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE CURVED CORRIDOR - The invention relates to a conveying equipment that includes at least one curved corridor ( | 04-26-2012 |
20120097505 | WIDTH-ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR CONVEYOR CORRIDOR(S) - The invention relates to a width-adjusting device for conveyor corridor(s), comprising a wide gear-reduction mechanism connected to the frame ( | 04-26-2012 |
20120168283 | Position Control Apparatus and Methods - Particular embodiments of the inventive technology may be described as a position control apparatus that comprises a fluidic drive system configured to drive, with a single fluidic displacement, each of a plurality of positioners in a first relative direction; and a bias system that includes a plurality of biasers that bias the positioners in a direction that is opposite the first relative direction. In particular embodiments, and as but a few of the many possible design features, positioner actuators may be fluidicly linked in parallel and with the fluid compressor, the positioner actuators may each include a piston; and a plurality of positioners may each be responsive to at least one of the pistons. | 07-05-2012 |
20120168284 | Position Control Apparatus - Particular embodiments of the inventive technology may be described as a position control apparatus capable of moving at least one side guide component of an item conveyance system to any of a plurality of component positions, as desired, within a component position range. The apparatus may comprise a fluidic drive system configured to drive, with a single fluidic displacement, a plurality of positioners in a first relative direction; and a bias system that includes a plurality of biasers that bias the positioners in a direction that is opposite the first relative direction. The bias system may include at least one biaser for every positioner, and the apparatus may enable adjustment of the positioners to a plurality of positions within a positioner range. The positioners may effect positioning, as desired, of the at least one component to a desired component position within the component position range. | 07-05-2012 |
20130075236 | GUIDE RAIL SYSTEM - A guide rail system for guiding containers in preselected positions on one or more conveyors. The guide rail system has inner and outer subsystems for locating the containers on the conveyor. The inner subsystem includes one or more offset adjustable point devices, each located at a preselected offset location adjacent to a straight segment of the conveyor and spaced apart from a boundary between it and a curved segment by a preselected distance. The inner subsystem also has one or more first and second transition rail portions, each mounted to said at least one offset adjustable point device, for engaging the containers as they are moved on the straight segment and the curved segment respectively. The first and second transition rail portions are positionable by the offset adjustable point device to locate the containers in the preselected positions. | 03-28-2013 |
20140110228 | CONVEYOR WITH ADJUSTABLE LATERAL GUIDES - A conveyor for transporting products includes a mounting frame for one or more product feed lanes, each lane being defined by a respective conveyor belt which extends along a respective path, and by element for centring the products on the conveyor belt and including respective first and second lateral guides which are spaced from each other transversely to the direction of extension of the conveyor belt in order to define a track having a respective width. A unit for adjusting the distance between the guides are provided which includes a first transversal support and movement member for the corresponding lateral guide of the lane, and a second transversal support and movement member for the other lateral guide of the lane. Also provided is a respective transversal member for supporting the first and second support and movement members and a defining unit for fastening to the conveyor frame. | 04-24-2014 |
20160009498 | DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AND/OR ORIENTING ONE OR MORE ADJUSTABLE DIRECTING COMPONENTS FOR GUIDING ARTICLES IN A TRANSPORT SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
20160052720 | Flow Restricted Positioner Control Apparatus and Methods - Particular embodiments of the inventive technology disclosed herein relate to the use of a dynamic valve to reduce motion caused by impulse force applied to a positioned component. Typically, the inventive technology finds application in an internally pressurized positioning system. At times, use of the inventive technology may lead to cost savings by, e.g., allowing for the use of smaller diameter positioner actuators and/or a reduced internal pressure. | 02-25-2016 |
20160122132 | LANE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - A lane adjustment system for guiding containers moved by one or more conveyors in a preselected direction in one or more lanes, each lane having a lane width transverse to the preselected direction. The lane adjustment system includes a number of lane guide elements, to at least partially define the lanes respectively, and one or more lane guide adjustor modules, each secured to a selected one of the lane guide elements for moving the selected one of the lane guide elements a predetermined distance in a predetermined direction at least partially transverse to the preselected direction, to change the lane width by the predetermined distance. | 05-05-2016 |
198836400 | Replaceable modular guides for changing the conveying path cross-section | 1 |
20080202896 | STACKED ATTACHMENTS FOR MODULAR CONVEYOR BELTS - A detachable stacked attachment for a modular conveyor belt. An attachment, for example, a bucket, comprises a group of components arranged side by side in an aligned stack of parallel layers. Interior components are sandwiched between outermost and end components. The number and widths of the components in the stack define the width of the resulting stack attachment. In this way, an attachment of selected width may be attached to a conveyor belt. | 08-28-2008 |