| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 198382000 |
By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to uniform facing
| 54 |
| 198375000 |
By actuating item-holder relative to holder-carrying conveyor
| 46 |
| 198411000 |
By conveyor and means driven for turning successive conveyed items
| 22 |
| 198401000 |
With control means for attitude-changer responsive to sensing of item
| 18 |
| 198379000 |
By gripping item and turning item about fixed axis
| 16 |
| 198416000 |
By member adjacent conveyor for contacting successive conveyed items
| 14 |
| 198402000 |
For inverting successive items
| 10 |
| 198406000 |
For changing both the elevation and the posture of successive items
| 7 |
| 198380000 |
With pressurized fluid causing change in attitude | 4 |
| 20080217136 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT CONVEYING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - When the operation of an electronic component conveying apparatus is to be stopped, application of a negative pressure to through holes is stopped, and a compressed air blowing mechanism blows compressed air from an exhaust nozzle with a pressure greater than a pressure applied during the operation of the electronic component conveying apparatus. Accordingly, an air curtain is generated at opening portions of the through holes on the guide member side, and the air curtain prevents electronic components from entering the through holes. The electronic components remaining in the through holes located Downstream of the position of the exhaust nozzle in a conveying direction are conveyed to a measurement section so as to enable measurement of the characteristics thereof, and then discharged by a discharging mechanism in a discharge section. Thereafter, rotation of a conveying member is stopped. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20120055755 | BOOKLET PAGE TURNING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a booklet page turning apparatus includes a control device that performs control, such that the contact roller unit moves to the position below the page, thereafter the lower vacuum pad cancels sucking and holding the page and the booklet is conveyed for a predetermined distance, and thereafter the upper vacuum pad cancels sucking and holding the page, so that the page is turned. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120055756 | Vial sorting apparatus - The present invention is directed to an apparatus for sorting vials and small containers. The apparatus comprises at least one auger with a plurality of top recesses and a plurality of side recesses. Vials are placed into the apparatus and fall into the top recesses. As vials fall into the top recesses, the vials are transported through the apparatus by the rotation of the auger. If a vial does not fall into a top recess, it is diverted to a top recess, or to an agitation conveyor that transports the vial to a diverter to be diverted back to an auger. Vials within the top recesses are ejected into vertical alignment so that the vials are sorted and oriented properly for packaging. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120241286 | TURNING MECHANISM FOR POLARIZED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A turning mechanism includes a disc-shaped rotatable carriage comprising receptacles spaced around an edge, each receptacle being adapted to receive one of polarized electronic component and including an air channel; a turn channel projecting out of the edge of the carriage, the turn channel being arc and comprising an inlet communicating with one receptacle and including a first sensor, and an outlet communicating with another receptacle and including a second sensor; an auxiliary air passageway proximate to the first sensor and projecting inward out of the turn channel, the auxiliary air passageway communicating with the turn channel and comprising an air outlet; and a polarity detector disposed externally of the carriage and being proximate to the inlet, the polarity detector being adapted to detect polarity of the polarized electronic component proximate thereto. | 09-27-2012 |
| 198374000 |
By optionally facing successive items according to a predetermined recurring cycle | 3 |
| 20110017570 | ROTATING BAG FEEDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A PALLETIZING SYSTEM - A bag feeding device for a palletizing system includes a conveyor, bag turning assemblies, and a rotation device. The conveyor moves bags to a staging area. Each of the bags extends between opposite ends along a longitudinal axis. The bag turning assemblies are configured to individually move toward and away from the conveyor independent of one another to engage and avoid engagement, respectively, with the bags as the bags move toward the palletizing staging area. The rotation device is operatively coupled to the bag turning assembles and is configured to rotate the bag turning assemblies and the bags engaged by the bag turning assemblies about a rotational axis. The bag turning assemblies avoid engagement with at least one of the bags in a first set and engage and rotate at least one of the bags in a second set to arrange the bags in first and second rows, respectively, in the palletizing staging area. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110056797 | WEB PRODUCT SORTING MACHINE - A web product sorting machine includes a first conveyor unit, a second conveyor unit set adjacent to the first conveyor unit, and a screening unit. A gap is defined between the first conveyor unit and the second conveyor unit. The first conveyor unit is adapted for delivering web products and tail wastes and for enabling web products to be sent to the second conveyor unit. The screening unit is set above the first conveyor unit for screening the web products and the tail wastes to cause each passed tail waste to fall onto the first conveyor unit from a standing position and then to fall out of the first conveyor unit through the gap. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20130134015 | ARTICLE ALIGNMENT DEVICE - An article alignment device aligns articles having first end portions and second end portions that have a shape different from the shape of the first end portions. The article alignment device includes a first conveyance device, a second conveyance device, and a control device. The first conveyance device has conveyance units that carry and convey the articles. The first conveyance device conveys the articles in a first orientation. In the first orientation the first end portions are positioned on a downstream side with respect to a first conveyance direction of the articles. The second conveyance device is placed downstream of the first conveyance device. The control device controls the first and second conveyance devices such that the orientation of first articles conveyed by the second conveyance device are changed to a second orientation where the second end portions are positioned on the downstream side. | 05-30-2013 |
| 198381000 |
With magnetism causing change in attitude | 2 |
| 20100219042 | PRODUCT INVERTING MECHANISM - The invention is directed to an inverting device which takes one or more articles from a first device, inverts the article(s), and discharges the article(s) onto a second device that may be at essentially the same relative height as the first device. The inverting device has a rotating device with two opposed surfaces that are spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the height of the article. Once the article(s) has been moved into position in the rotating device, the rotating device rotates 180 degrees about a transverse axis, resulting in the inversion of the article. The new orientation of the article may facilitate further processing in a manufacturing environment, such as cleaning, filling, labeling, stacking or any other activity that relies on a specific product disposition. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20150014122 | BULK FEEDER AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE - A bulk feeder including a storage section storing multiple electronic components in a loose state and a supply passage guiding the electronic components stored in that storage section to an electronic component supply position while arranged in a single line. The supply path, as well as arranging electronic components stored in the storage section in a single line by relying on magnetic force of permanent magnets, includes a magnetic force dependent supply passage for indexing from the storage section, and an air pressure dependent supply passage indexing electronic components indexed from the magnetic force dependent supply passage to the supply position by relying on positive pressure or negative pressure air blown from air passages. By combining the appropriate advantages of magnetic force and air pressure respectively, it is possible to perform supply of electronic components ideally and practicality of the bulk feeder is improved. | 01-15-2015 |
| 198410000 |
By plural distinct occurrences of turning each successive item | 1 |
| 20110017571 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING FLAT PRODUCTS ON A SIDE EDGE AND CONVEYING DEVICE FOR REALIZING THE METHOD - A method is provided for alignment of flat products along a side guide of a conveying device. The products are conveyed successively while resting on their flat base area. Each product is positioned at an angle relative to the conveying direction while in an essentially horizontal plane. Subsequently each product is straightened. The straightened products are pushed against a side guide to align the products along the side guide. A conveying device is also provided to carry out the method. | 01-27-2011 |
| Entries |
| Document | Title | Date |
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| 20090139836 | Apparatus and Process for Unscrambling and Aligning Bulk Plastic Containers - The invention finds application in the field of bottling and particularly relates to an apparatus ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100230237 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ORIENTING SHOCK-SENSITIVE GLASS PLATES IN ULTRA CLEAN ROOMS - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for orienting thin glass plates ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110061994 | Screening and Alignment of Nuclear Fuel Pellets - A conveyor device has a sequence of two vibrating screens vertically separated (d) from each other and supplying an alignment bowl, to eliminate chips and residue from nuclear fuel pellets stored in bulk in a boat and to align them in order to fill fuel rods. Due to these two screens, pellets are set aside and turned over, and chips are efficiently separated in a pot, without any congestion of the system. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110132722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAILPIECE SKEW CORRECTION - A system and method for skew correction of a mailpiece includes moving the mailpiece along a path of travel in a first orientation toward a first drive roller and a second drive roller. Control of the mailpiece is established in the first orientation by the drive rollers. A first skew correction of the mailpiece is implemented by employing the first drive roller and the second drive roller to align the mailpiece with respect to the path of travel. The first drive roller and the second drive roller may be employed to change the orientation of the stopped mailpiece from the first orientation to a second orientation with respect to the path of travel. A second skew correction may be implemented by employing the first drive roller and the second drive roller to align the mailpiece in the second orientation with respect to the path of travel. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120085620 | DEVICE FOR ORIENTING OBJECTS - A device and a method for orienting objects, in particular preforms for the manufacture of plastic containers, where the preforms are handed over to the entry side of an orientation section via a feeding conveyor, and a discharge means is provided which returns non-oriented preforms via a return feeder. For a constructively simple and quick return, the discharge means is connected directly with the entry side of the orientation section via the return conveyor. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120097500 | Method and an Apparatus for Aligning Pieces of Food Dough - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for aligning pieces of food dough that are conveyed downstream by a conveyor so that when aligning members contact the pieces, the deformation of the pieces and the adhesion between the aligning members and the pieces can be reduced. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120305365 | Helical Conveyor Apparatus With Integrated Pass-Through - A material handling system has a helical conveyor apparatus operable in a first mode in which the orientation of a product can be changed and a second mode in which the orientation of the product is unchanged, i.e., passed through. The helical conveyor apparatus has a pair of conveying surfaces, with at least one of the conveying surfaces pivotal relative to the other conveying surface. The conveying surfaces can thus be arranged to twist the product as it is being conveyed or pass the product unaltered. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120325622 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR FORMING GROUPS OF PRODUCTS TO BE CASED - The invention relates to a machine for products having a non-circular cross-section, such as ovoid containers or bottles. The machine includes: a collector having cavities arranged obliquely relative to the XX′ axis of the conveyor used to supply said products; a means for transferring the batch of products formed into groups by said collector to a depositing station, on a table arranged along said feed conveyor; a means for dropping the batch of products by a reversing movement in an oblique direction; and a means for returning said collector to the starting point, that is, level with the first product on said feed conveyor. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130037378 | PALLETISER ENTRY STATION - The invention relates to an entry station ( | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130037379 | METHOD OF SETTING RECIPROCAL POSITION OF FILTER SEGMENTS ON A CARRIER ELEMENT OF A GROUPING UNIT IN A PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING MULTI-SEGMENT FILTERS - Setting of reciprocal position of filter segments ( | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130062161 | Container Manufacture - An infeed apparatus for the manufacture of containers such as can bodies, comprises a series of 3 or more infeed turrets ( | 03-14-2013 |
| 20150068867 | GLASS SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND GLASS SHEET CONVEYING METHOD - Provided is a glass sheet conveying apparatus, which is configured to convey a glass sheet (G) in a state of being placed on a plurality of conveying belts ( | 03-12-2015 |
| 20160167893 | CONVEYING SYSTEM ACTUATORS AS WELL AS CONVEYOR ASSEMBLIES AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAME | 06-16-2016 |
| 20190144212 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING, INSPECTING, AND PROCESSING PELLET-SHAPED ARTICLES | 05-16-2019 |
