Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
414411000 | With container opening means | 39 |
20080199291 | System For Separating Two Equipment Items Each Having a Chamber Tightly Linked to That of the Other One - The system according to the invention allows the separation of two equipment items of an installation in a confined environment, without interrupting the confinement inside this installation. | 08-21-2008 |
20080206028 | Pod cover removing-installing apparatus - A pod cover removing-installing apparatus is provided. The apparatus removes and installs a cover for an opening of a pod, an inside of which is kept extremely clean, by causing the cover to engage a door for an opening of a high cleanliness room, while maintaining high cleanliness of the pod and the room by closely attaching circumferences of the two openings. The apparatus includes a movable pod table and a linking pin provided on the pod table. The movable pod table has the pod installed thereon. The linking pin is substantially vertically aligned with respect to a moving direction of the pod table and comes in contact with a fixed side which is substantially vertically aligned with respect to the moving direction of the pod table. The fixed side is provided in a V-section groove provided on a bottom of the pod. | 08-28-2008 |
20090081014 | INVERTIBLE FRONT OPENING UNIFIED POD - A front opening unified pod (FOUP) for holding wafers is invertible and compatible with process machines in an inverted orientation. The FOUP can safely transport and store wafers while in a non-upright orientation. The shelves within the FOUP are capable of collapsing and constraining the wafers. Further, a method of holding wafers for processing is provided. | 03-26-2009 |
20100028111 | Variable-Size Load Port and Method for Operating the Same - A variable-size load port includes a port door defined to cover an effective aperture of the load port. A vertical positioning device is connected to the port door to provide for controlled vertical positioning and movement of the port door without substantial horizontal movement of the port door. A seal plate is disposed above the port door. The seal plate is defined to form a proximity seal with an upper surface of the port door when the port door is vertically positioned in proximity to the seal plate. The seal plate is defined to be adjustable in a vertical direction. | 02-04-2010 |
20100135755 | LID CLOSING METHOD FOR CLOSED CONTAINER AND LID OPENING/CLOSING SYSTEM FOR CLOSED CONTAINER - Provided is a method of detecting whether or not a lid is fixed to a pod appropriately when performing an operation of closing an opening of the pod by the lid in an FIMS system. Determination is made whether or not a door is present at a predetermined position when the lid is attached to the pod and whether or not the pod is displaced from a position of opening/closing the lid, and determination is made again, after the lid engages with the pod, whether or not the door is present at the predetermined position and whether or not the pod is displaced from the position of opening/closing the lid. When it is confirmed in both the determinations that the door is present at the predetermined position and the pod is not displaced, determination that fixation of the lid is appropriate is made. | 06-03-2010 |
20100209221 | METHOD OF HANDLING CLAMSHELL CONTAINERS CONTAINING A PARTICULATE ALIQUOT - A package assembly handling system for handling package assemblies in an automated aliquot and/or dispersal processes is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to, a package assembly handling system for handling a package assembly comprising first and second portions that cooperate to contain a particulate aliquot, the system including a package assembly handling device configured for applying a force to the package assembly so that the first and second portions at least partially separate, thus releasing at least a portion of the particulate aliquot. | 08-19-2010 |
20110176897 | Cotton Module Flipper Method and Apparatus - An apparatus to tilt, flip, or rotate a round cotton module on a conveying system employs actuated arms includes that support a bar which fits in place of a roller on a provided conveyor system having multiple rollers. A cotton module can be easily rotated or flipped to a vertical position when the bar rotates between initial reclined and final elevated positions. The wrapping can be removed once the cotton module reaches the final elevated position. | 07-21-2011 |
20110188977 | FOUP OPENER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - To ensure that an abnormality in a closed state of a FOUP door serving as a lid of a FOUP can be detected quickly and reliably, a FOUP opener includes a port door attached detachably to an opening window in a port plate for separating the interior and exterior of a semiconductor processing device, and a dock unit for positioning the FOUP in a FOUP door attachment/detachment position. A suction disc mechanism and a lock mechanism for fixing the FOUP door to a FOUP main body and releasing the FOUP door are disposed on the port door. A FOUP door detection sensor for determining whether or not the FOUP door fixed to the FOUP main body, which is positioned in the FOUP door attachment/detachment position on the dock unit, is attached correctly to an opening portion of the FOUP main body is disposed on the port plate. | 08-04-2011 |
20110286822 | AUTOMATED DOCUMENT HANDLING SYSTEM - Automatically processing secure containers housing valuable documents includes receiving a secure container in a secure container processing unit, opening the secure container using an extraction module operatively coupled to the secure container processing unit, removing the valuable documents from the secure container using the extraction module, transferring the valuable documents to an external processing apparatus, and closing the secure container using the extraction module. | 11-24-2011 |
20110318147 | Duplex-Type Product Bag Unloading Apparatus - A duplex-type product bag unloading apparatus including two downwardly opening and closing chucks and a chuck-moving mechanism for reciprocating the chucks between positions for receiving and discharging product bags. The relative positions of the two chucks are changed as they are moved from the receiving position to the discharging position by the chuck-moving mechanism, so that in the receiving position, the chucks are arranged in a single row in the bag width direction of the grasped product bags, and in the discharging position, the chucks are in a single row in the thickness direction of the grasped product bags. The chuck-moving mechanism is comprised of a pivot arm and a chuck-supporting frame rotatably mounted to the pivot arm, and the two chucks are rotatably mounted on both sides of the chuck-supporting frame. The chuck-supporting frame and the chucks rotate in synchronism with the pivotal motion of the pivot arm. | 12-29-2011 |
20120219392 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR PROCESSING ROUND SEED COTTON MODULES - An assembly for enabling the release of produce from a module retained by a plastics sleeve. The apparatus comprises a primary support frame including legs fixed to ground surface via feet. A gantry supports a compression assembly capable of receiving and retaining a module. There are means to enable the compression assembly to move between a non working state in which the compression assembly is elevated above a work station and a working state in which the compression assembly is at a work station in which compression arms are capable of retaining a produce module. The compression assembly includes means to enable the arms to apply a radial force to the module sufficient to allow the compression assembly to remove the plastics sleeve and allow the produce to gravitate through a free end of the module as the plastics sleeve is elevated away from the produce. | 08-30-2012 |
20120237323 | LID OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE - A lid opening and closing device for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having a partition wall configured to divide a carrier conveying region and a substrate conveying region, the partition wall having a conveying gateway with an edge portion, includes an exhaust port configured to discharge therethrough an atmospheric gas from a closed space formed between a carrier making contact with the edge portion of the conveying gateway and an opening/closing door, and a purge gas injecting part provided in the opening/closing door. The purge gas injecting part is configured to enter the internal space of a carrier lid through an opening formed on the front surface of the carrier lid, to inject a purge gas into the internal space of the carrier lid and to discharge an atmospheric gas existing in the internal space of the carrier lid into the closed space through another opening of the carrier lid. | 09-20-2012 |
20150110588 | FEEDER, FEEDER CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE - A feeder and a feeder control method, as well as an electronic component device, reliably engaging a supply tape in a loading operation even if there is an accumulated pitch error between sprocket holes. Third, second and first sprockets are arranged successively from an insertion port. The sprocket hole on a forward end portion of the inserted supply tape is fitted with a third tooth of the third sprocket in the loading operation. The supply tape is rotated by rotation of the third sprocket until fitting with a second tooth of the second sprocket, and the rotation of the third sprocket is stopped after the second tooth fits with the sprocket hole on the forward end portion. | 04-23-2015 |
20150329339 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPENING AN AMPOULE | 11-19-2015 |
20150360855 | PROPPANT DISCHARGE SYSTEM AND A CONTAINER FOR USE IN SUCH A PROPPANT DISCHARGE SYSTEM - A proppant discharge system has a container with an outlet positioned in a bottom thereof and a gate affixed adjacent the outlet so as to be movable between a first position covering the outlet to a second position opening the outlet, and a support structure having an actuator thereon. The container is removably positioned on the top surface of the support structure. The actuator is engageable with gate so as to move the gate from the first position to the second position. A conveyor underlies the container so as to receive proppant as discharged from the container through the outlet. The container can be a ten foot ISO container. | 12-17-2015 |
20150360856 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO TRANSFER PROPPANT FOR FRACKING WITH REDUCED RISK OF PRODUCTION AND RELEASE OF SILICA DUST AT A WELL SITE - Embodiments of methods and systems of transferring proppant for fracking to reduce risk of production and release of silica dust at a well site are provided. An embodiment of a method can include positioning a plurality of containers each having proppant for fracking contained therein onto a conveyor at a well site, downwardly discharging proppant from each respective container of the plurality of containers, funneling proppant from the one or more outlets of each of the plurality of containers through a plurality of conveyor hoppers, receiving proppant onto the conveyor belt, conveying proppant on the conveyor to a chute, and depositing the proppant into the chute for use in a blender or other location at the well site. | 12-17-2015 |
20160031658 | Proppant Discharge and Storage System - Embodiments of methods and systems of transferring proppant for fracking, to reduce risk of production and release of silica dust at a well site are provided. An embodiment of a method can include positioning a plurality of containers each having proppant for fracking contained therein onto a conveyor at a well site, downwardly discharging proppant from each respective container of the plurality of containers, funneling proppant from the one or more outlets of each of the plurality of containers through a plurality of conveyor hoppers, receiving proppant onto the conveyor belt, conveying proppant on the conveyor to a chute, and depositing the proppant into the chute for use in a blender or other location at the well site. | 02-04-2016 |
20160083177 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO TRANSFER PROPPANT FOR FRACKING WITH REDUCED RISK OF PRODUCTION AND RELEASE OF SILICA DUST AT A WELL SITE - Embodiments of methods and systems of transferring proppant for fracking to reduce risk of production and release of silica dust at a well site are provided. An embodiment of a method can include positioning a plurality of containers each having proppant for fracking contained therein onto a conveyor at a well site, downwardly discharging proppant from each respective container of the plurality of containers, funneling proppant from the one or more outlets of each of the plurality of containers through a plurality of conveyor hoppers, receiving proppant onto the conveyor belt, conveying proppant on the conveyor to a chute, and depositing the proppant into the chute for use in a blender or other location at the well site. | 03-24-2016 |
20160083181 | Modified Cargo Container for Delivery of Proppant to a Frac Site - A cargo container is modified to carry a fracing proppant such as sand from a quarry or source to the frac site. Openings are cut in the top and bottom of a cargo container and hydraulically operated sliding doors are placed there under. A hopper module with the walls being inclined to approximately the angle of repose for the proppant is installed inside the cargo container. The hopper module is sealed inside the cargo container so that a proppant enters through the top opening at the quarry and flows out through the bottom opening at the fracing site. | 03-24-2016 |
20160130079 | STEEP-BELT CONVEYING INSTALLATION FOR OPEN-CAST MINING - Steep-angle conveying installations may be used to transport raw materials along a slope of an open-cast mining pit, typically from a low-level loading station at a working level of the open-cast mining pit to a high-level unloading station at a ground level. The steep-angle conveying installation may comprise a track arranged on the slope of the open-cast mining pit, as well as one or more conveying cages for moving raw materials along the track between the various levels. Each conveying cage may include an emptying flap that is movable between an open position and a closed position. A thrust carriage may be employed outside the conveying cages to move the emptying flap of the conveying cages between the open and closed positions.” | 05-12-2016 |
414412000 | Rupturing or cutting type | 19 |
20090202327 | Cylindrical module unwrapping device and method - A device and method for removing fibrous materials from a wrapped cylindrical module of fibrous material. The wrap material encloses the lateral sides of the cylindrical module, but only overlaps a portion of each end of the module. A cylindrical module is advanced on its side upon a conveyor to a loading position where it is lifted by one or more grasping members on one or more arms to an unloading position without altering the orientation of the module. The cylindrical module is then turned vertically to allow the fibrous material to fall out of the wrap material. The wrap material remains attached to the grasping member by a plurality of projections. Once empty, the empty wrap material may be manually removed and discarded and the arm returned to the loading position to lift the next module. | 08-13-2009 |
20090238667 | ROUND COTTON MODULE OPENER - A round module opener for use with a round module of cotton including a first cradle movably mounted to a first frame, the first cradle including a first peeler belt that is configured for rotary motion, and a second cradle movably mounted to a second frame, the second cradle including a second peeler belt that it configured for rotary motion. The first cradle and the second cradle are disposed on opposing sides of a feeder bed such that the first cradle and the second cradle can be moved inwardly toward each other and toward a longitudinal centerline of the feeder bed to engage the round module of cotton. | 09-24-2009 |
20090263219 | Handheld Apparatus for Disengagement of a Dose Unit from Its Packaging - The present invention concerns a handheld apparatus for automated and directional disengagement of a dose unit ( | 10-22-2009 |
20100028112 | Picking up cylindrical modules from between adjacent modules - In one embodiment, a system for removing a plastic wrap from a cylindrical module includes a conveyor transporting the cylindrical module toward a disperser with the cylindrical axis of the module parallel to the direction of conveyor movement. In another embodiment, the disperser is a travelling head disperser thereby providing relative movement between the modules and the disperser. The direction of the wrap around the module is determined and the cover is removed during rotation of the module, either by unwrapping the plastic or by slitting the plastic and then rotating the module. The equipment used to handle a cylindrical module is moved out of the path of movement of a conventional rectangular module so an installation can handle both rectangular and wrapped cylindrical modules. | 02-04-2010 |
20100074720 | MULTIFUNCTION TOOL FOR DEPALLETISING - A multifunctional tool which enables a single robot or other manipulator to perform each of the operations to depalletise a palletised load is disclosed. The depalletisation can proceed without the need to move the palletised load from one station to another. | 03-25-2010 |
20100239401 | CARRIER TAPE FEEDER FOR CHIP MOUNTER - There is provided a carrier tape feeder for a chip mounter, which consecutively and automatically supplies a carrier tape which retains small electronic components at regular intervals and is sealed by a vinyl cover to the chip mounter to mount the components onto a printed circuit board. | 09-23-2010 |
20100303591 | MEANS FOR EMPTYING PACKAGES - The invention relates to a sack cutting means ( | 12-02-2010 |
20110194918 | Apparatus and Method for Removing Wrap from Cotton Modules - An apparatus and method for removing wrapping material from around a cotton module that results in the unwrapped cotton generally retaining the shape and density of the original cotton module. The apparatus has a bale engaging mechanism which straddles the cotton module on a conveyor surface and a cutting device to cut the wrapping material. The bale engaging mechanism has a moveable support frame, one or more arms on each side of the apparatus that pivot downward and inward from the support frame to position a roller at the lower end of the arms against the cotton module and a frame moving mechanism that moves the support frame, arms and cotton module upward and downward. The wrapping material can be cut as the cotton module is moved into the bale engaging mechanism, after the module is engaged by the rollers or after the module is raised above the conveyor surface. | 08-11-2011 |
20110243695 | CARRIER TAPE FEEDER - A carrier tape feeder is provided. The carrier tape feeder includes a unit for loading a carrier tape, a picking-up unit where chips are picked up, and a driving unit. The pick-up unit includes a knife portion, a folding-guiding portion, and an inversion-guiding portion. The knife portion separates a cover tape from a base tape in a first adhesive portion. The folding-guiding portion is spaced from one lateral side of the knife portion to induce folding of the cover tape separated by the knife portion in the lengthwise direction in a state in which the cover tape is partially attached to the base tape in a second adhesive portion. The inversion-guiding portion extends in an oblique direction from the knife portion and the folding-guiding portion toward the outside of the carrier tape to induce inversion of the upper and lower surfaces of the cover tape folded in the folding-guiding portion so as to be superimposed on the base tape. The distal end of the lateral side of the folding-guiding portion opposed to the knife portion extends above the second adhesive portion. | 10-06-2011 |
20120213620 | APPARATUS FOR THE HANDLING OF MULTIWALL BAGS CONTAINING POWDERED OR PARTICULATE MATERIAL - An apparatus to facilitate the handling of multi-wall bags containing powdered or particular material or product, more specifically but not limited to the emptying of ex factory bags containing milk powder for further processing in a sterile manner. The apparatus includes an outer bag slitting station, an outer and inner bag separating device and an inner bag slitting station incorporating a tilting table to convey the slit inner bag to a powder receiving hopper. | 08-23-2012 |
20130149082 | BALE CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a bale cutting apparatus comprising attachment means for coupling the apparatus to a prime mover and a cutting means to cut through a bale containing fodder. The apparatus has cutting means that is operable to retain the bale against a stop member and cut through the bale such that the fodder is discharged from the bale and any bale covering materials are retained by the apparatus. The present invention eliminates the need to separately remove any covering materials in which the fodder is wrapped. | 06-13-2013 |
20140241838 | Apparatus and Methods for Removal of Pills from Packaging - A pill extraction device removes pills from a blister pack. The blister pack sits on a plate of the device, while a roller rolls across the blister pack to contact the blisters a row at a time and applies a force sufficient to extract the pills through the backing of the blister pack. The pills preferably fall through holes in the plate and may be collected on a tray under the plate. The roller is actuated by a crank, and a gear mechanism controls the advancement of the roller. Methods of extracting pills from a blister pack are also disclosed. | 08-28-2014 |
20140241839 | Apparatus and Methods for Removal of Pills from Packaging - A pill extractor removes pills from a blister pack. In some embodiments, the pill extractor is designed to remove all of the pills from a blister pack for distribution or disposal. In such embodiments, the blister pack sits on a plate of the device, while a roller rolls across the blister pack to contact the blisters a row at a time and applies a force sufficient to extract the pills through the backing of the blister pack. The pills preferably fall through holes in the plate and may be collected on a tray under the plate. The roller is actuated by a crank, and a gear mechanism controls the advancement of the roller. In other embodiments, the pill extractor is designed to extract a single pill at a time from a blister pack. Methods of extracting pills from a blister pack are also disclosed. | 08-28-2014 |
20140348620 | METHOD OF HANDLING CLAMSHELL CONTAINERS CONTAINING A PARTICULATE ALIQUOT - A method for handling package assemblies in an automated aliquot and/or dispersal processes is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to, a method of handling a package assembly containing a particulate aliquot (such as a selected type of agricultural seed) that includes first and second portions which cooperate to contain the aliquot, the method including receiving the package assembly in a package assembly handling device, and applying a force to the package assembly using the package assembly handling device so that the first and second portions at least partially separate in response to the force. | 11-27-2014 |
20140363262 | COTTON MODULE UNWRAPPING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of and apparatus for, unwrapping a module of cotton or other fibrous material from a wrapping having at least one layer of plastics-sheet material, the method including the steps of: raising the module to a first, or elevated, position on a lift conveyor or vertically-movable support surface; advancing a plurality of gripper heads, mounted on a support frame, to an advanced position, into gripping engagement with the layer(s) of the sheet material wrapping; lowering the lift conveyor or vertically-movable support surface from the first position towards a second, or lowered, position; and retracting the plurality of gripper heads, to expand the wrapping to progressively release the cotton or other fibrous material from the lower portion to the upper portion of the module. | 12-11-2014 |
20150314903 | AUTOMATIC TAKING-OUT METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PACKAGED CONTENTS - An automatic taking-out device is configured by providing a package holding unit that holds the package; a cutting unit that cuts the two packaging sheet materials of the package in a held state in two cutting spots that are respectively present between the joining portions and the contents and that face each other with the contents therebetween; a pair of suction units that respectively suction and hold the two packaging sheet materials inside the two cutting spots; a driving unit that moves at least one of the suction units in a direction separated from the contents; and an inclining unit that inclines the two packaging sheet materials inside the two cutting spots and the contents in a state where a positional deviation in an up-down direction occurs with respect to the two cutting spots, and drops the contents out of the two packaging sheet materials. | 11-05-2015 |
20150382523 | Apparatus For Automatically Supplying Carrier Tape Comprising Device for Automatically Exposing Parts - Disclosed is an apparatus for automatically supplying carrier tape, and more specifically, to an apparatus for automatically supplying a carrier tape and a method for automatically supplying carrier tape wherein carrier tape is enabled to be continuously and automatically supplied without stopping a process even if a structure or supply conditions of the carrier tape is changed. The apparatus for automatically supplying the carrier tape comprises an injection module comprising a height adjusting unit for enabling the continuous and automatic supply of one carrier tape in the middle of being supplied and one or more carrier tapes on standby, and a parts sensor for sensing parts of a carrier tape; and a pickup module for separating a cover tape form the carrier tape transferred from the injection module. | 12-31-2015 |
20160114928 | DEVICE FOR OPENING BAGS IN MIXTURES OF WASTES AND METHOD THEREFOR | 04-28-2016 |
20160137329 | Device for extracting pills from a blister and method for adjusting the device - The invention relates to a device for extracting pills from a blister pack provided with a push-through foil, comprising: | 05-19-2016 |