| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 198459100 | By longitudinally respacing successive articles in stream | 80 |
| 20080210518 | Loading assembly for packaging system - A loading assembly for a packaging system includes a carriage coupled and reciprocally moveable relative to a support structure. The carriage is moveable relative to the support structure along a longitudinal axis in a first direction and a second direction opposite said first direction. A continuous loop configured with a plurality of spaced apart receptacles is moveably supported by the carriage. The loop includes a first portion that is moved at a continuous speed relative to the support structure, and a second portion that is alternatively moved and stopped relative to the support structure. Various methods of loading a receptacle are also provided. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080264761 | Device for Varying the Separation Pitch Between Articles Conveyed - A device for carrying out a “re-pitching” operation, i.e., an operation for changing the pitch between articles included in a flow of moving articles, includes one or more elements for conveying the articles, which are able to perform an orbital movement about a principal axis between a position for pick-up and a position for release of the articles. The speed of the orbital movement is selectively variable in the passage between the position for pick-up and the position for release. Members are provided for distribution of subatmospheric pressure to the conveying elements to enable them to carry out selectively an action of suction to pick up the articles. The members include a distributor, which can turn about the aforesaid principal axis. Set between the rotating distributor and each conveying element is a respective flexible pipe or hose for transferring the subatmospheric pressure to the conveying element. The flexibility of the pipe enables relative angular orientation between the distributor and the conveying element with respect to the aforesaid principal axis. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090139838 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPATIALLY ORIENTING BLANKS - A device for spatially orienting blanks having a length in a transport direction has at least one stop roll body rotatable about a rotation axis and having at least one stop element, and a driver transport system for driving the blanks relative to the stop roll body. The driver transport system has at least one driver roller that pushes the blanks against the driver transport system, and at least one roll body roller that pushes the blanks against the stop roll body, wherein the roll body roller is prestressed in contact with the stop roll body. The driver transport system is a transport belt system having at least one endlessly revolving transport belt. The driver roller is mounted such that path spacing between the roll body roller and the driver roller are set to the length of the blanks. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100072027 | ARTICLE METERING APPARATUS - A machine for forming a stream of articles (A) into spaced groups of articles, which machine has a working reach and a metering element ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100122891 | Horizontal conveyor for transporting bulk materials - A horizontal conveyor for transporting bulk materials, in particular of containers for food, has at least one conveyor belt encompassing at least one assembly surface for the material to be conveyed. There is at least one sliding part, which is moveably guided parallel to the conveying direction thereof, be arranged below the assembly surface of the conveyor belt. At least one drive is assigned to the sliding part for its positively driven motion. There is at least one height-adjustable actuator for the material to be conveyed, arranged on the sliding part. The actuator is capable of being brought into an entrainment position, that projects into the plane of the assembly surface by means of a lifting device. A discontinuous conveyance of materials is possible in a simple manner with this horizontal conveyor. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20120261233 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING CONTAINERS OR PACKS OF CONTAINERS - A method for transporting containers or groups of containers, wherein the containers are conveyed along a predefined transport path and with a predefined distance (D) between the containers or groups of containers and a conveyor unit and a conveyor unit, which conveyor unit transports the containers by means of at least two first conveying elements for conveying the containers, which first conveying elements respectively move along a first predefined movement path on a circulating carrier, and which first conveying elements contact the containers with respectively one contacting body and in this way vary a distance between the containers or groups of containers. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130284562 | VARIABLE PITCH SYSTEM, APPARATUS & METHOD - Apparatus for select, reversible attachment to a traveling conveyor of a conveyance apparatus is provided. The apparatus generally comprises a body and an interface assembly. The interface assembly is generally characterized by opposingly paired tensioned elements and an actuatable member interposed between the opposingly paired tensioned elements for pivoting between a first assembly position and a second assembly position upon application of a select external force to one portion of one of two opposing portions of the actuatable member. The actuatable member has a peripheral portion adapted to receive and retain the conveyor of the conveyance apparatus with the traveling conveyor freely passing through the peripheral portion of the actuatable member at the first assembly position for the actuatable member, and the traveling conveyor captured for attaching the apparatus to the traveling conveyor for travel therewith at the second assembly position for the actuatable member. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130284563 | MODULAR ACCUMULATION CONVEYOR - An article ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130299310 | TOOL FOR HANDLING AND GROUPING TOGETHER PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SAID TOOL - The invention relates in particular to a tool ( | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130327613 | COLLECTOR DEVICE FOR SHEETS - Provided is a collector device for sheets including a conveyor configured to move the sheets, defining for them a leading portion and a tail portion, and defining a support surface on which the sheets are substantially arranged by gravity reciprocally overlapping the leading portion with the tail portion; a pressure body, suitable to press on the sheets before they come into contact with the support surface and including at least one substantially rigid contact body and a motor apparatus configured to command the contact body, varying at least the resistance action so as to exert an action substantially exclusively in correspondence with the tail portion of the sheets. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140054134 | ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR - The invention relates to an accumulating conveyor, in particular for use in the motor vehicle industry, for example for conveying body parts on pallets. The pallets are automatically coupled in a form-fitting manner at the reversing station or at the reversing stations by at least one centering pin, wherein, after the relevant reversing station has been passed, the centering pin or the centering pins is or are automatically released again. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140116846 | Accumulation Conveyor - A line accumulation conveyor includes a secondary belt rotatably mounted to a frame so as to define upper and lower surfaces caused to move in opposite directions by rotation of the secondary belt. The conveyor further includes a product conveying belt that is rotatably engaged with the secondary belt at a first position on the first surface and at a second position on the second surface therebetween in an endless manner. The product conveying belt has an upper portion that extends from the first surface in an upper plane between the first position and a looping portion of the product conveying belt and a lower portion that extends from the second surface in a lower plane between the looping portion and the second position. The upper portion of the product conveying belt defines a product accumulation path that can be elongate or shorten by rotating the secondary belt. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140332345 | METHOD AND CONVEYOR FOR REGISTERING ARTICLES ON A CONVEYOR BELT - Method and a conveyor for registering articles on a conveyor belt. The conveyor includes a registration belt having retractable flights regularly spaced along the length of the belt and article-propelling rollers between consecutive flights. The flights are raised in an upstream portion of the conveyor, and the rollers rotated to propel articles forward against the raised flights. In a downstream portion of the conveyor, a flat-top belt under the conveyor belt runs faster than the conveyor belt and causes the flights to lower and the rollers behind the lowering flights to rotate in reverse to urge the articles away from interfering with the lowering flights. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140353121 | ARTICLE METERING APPARATUS, SYSTEM & METHODS - An article metering system is generally provided. The system is primarily comprised of a conveyor section, for receipt of a bulk flow of articles and conveyance of spaced apart metered article groups downstream of an ingress portion thereof, and an article metering station characterized by an article metering apparatus characterized by a drive assembly and a driven member driven thereby. The driven member includes an end effector for select positioning between adjacent articles of articles of the bulk flow of articles received by the conveyor section in furtherance of delimiting a downstream spaced apart metered article group characterized by a select number of columns. The drive assembly includes cooperatively driven servo drives to effectuate travel of the end effector in either of a downstream article flow direction or an upstream article flow direction, and an up/down direction in relation to articles of the bulk flow of articles received by the conveyor section. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20160137425 | DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM FOR A UNIT FOR TRANSFERRING SEALED PACKAGES - There is disclosed a distributing system for distributing articles, comprising a channel for conveying articles and which extends from an input opening to an output opening adapted to output articles along a first direction; channel comprises a first portion which defines input opening; and a second portion which defines output opening and is articulated with respect to first portion; output opening is movable along a second direction transversal to first direction; first portion may be arranged, in use, sloped relative to first direction as a result of the movement of output opening along second direction; distributing system comprises a pair of first conveyors and a pair of respective second conveyors which define first portion of channel; each first conveyor is free to slide with respect to respective second conveyor. | 05-19-2016 |
| 198459200 | Rotating star wheel | 6 |
| 20080230348 | Star Wheel - A conveyor system ( | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090057099 | Distribution Star with Adaptable Grippers - The present invention relates to a distribution star for containers of the type used in systems for manipulating containers (particularly bottles), for example in filling plants. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090127071 | STAR WHEEL SYSTEM WITH PASSIVE STAR WHEEL AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING CONTAINERS BEING PROCESSED - A linear stream of articles is conveyed to a processing station, a first one of said articles positioned in front of and in physical contact with a second one of said articles and the second one of said articles positioned in front of and in physical contact with a third one of said articles. A motor-driven rotary star wheel moves one-by-one said articles from a conveyor to a downstream processing station and is assisted in separating adjacent articles by a passive star wheel with a plurality of contoured arms separated by concave pockets. The passive star wheel receives one-by-one said articles in adjacent pockets and the contoured arms of the passive star wheel separate each article from the next following article. A guide section causes each article being separated to more along a generally tangential path relative to both star wheels as they rotate. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100044185 | Conveying Device - A conveying device for objects, in particular for bottles, having a first conveyor, a second conveyor and an intermediate buffer communicating with said first and second conveyors via a first transfer site. In order to increase the flexibility of such a conveying device, the first and second conveyors are connected to the buffer separately from one another via a respective first transfer site. Also, a switchable intermediate conveyor is provided, which bypasses the buffer and which is in conveying connection with the first and second conveyors via a respective second transfer site. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20160068346 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING EGGS - The present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring eggs from a upstream first endless roller conveyor ( | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160130094 | SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING OBJECTS - A conveyor system to convey objects is described, in which a conveyor belt moves while having a controlled speed to advance the objects, arranged in a row one after the other at a distance one from the other, toward a first rotating disc that rotates at a controlled speed in an independent manner from the speed of the conveyor belt and that has, on a perimeter thereof, a plurality of first cavities arranged mutually spaced apart angularly to receive the objects from the conveyor belt, a second rotating disc being arranged to receive the objects from the first rotating disc. | 05-12-2016 |
| 198459300 | Rotating screw | 1 |
| 20140251759 | WORKPIECE-SEPARATING DEVICE - A workpiece-separating device includes a rotating assembly, a moving assembly, and a driver. The rotating assembly includes a limiting board and a rotating shaft, wherein the limiting board defines a through groove, and the rotating shaft defines a plurality of grooves. A distance between two adjacent grooves changes along a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft. The moving assembly includes a number of first moving blocks for mounting workpieces. Each first moving block is slidably mounted in the through groove and a corresponding groove. The driver drives the rotating shaft to rotate, allowing the first moving blocks to move along the grooves and the through groove to separate the workpieces. | 09-11-2014 |
| 198459500 | Fixed obstruction and means for moving articles over or around the obstruction | 3 |
| 20100276250 | HIGH SPEED BOARD FEEDER - A transfer mechanism that transfers boards from a first conveyor onto a second conveyor having lugs using a stop, a cammed wheel for lifting boards over the stop, and a programmable computer controller for controlling the cammed wheel independent of the speed of the first and second conveyors. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110259715 | AUTOMATIC DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS BATCH ORDER PROCESSING - An automatic delivery system includes a conveyor including powered first rollers arranged in parallel with each other defining a spacing between sequential ones of the first rollers. Fixed second rollers or fixed members are each connected to and coaxially aligned with individual ones of the first rollers and sequentially separated by the first roller spacing. The second rollers are divisible into at least two groups, each defining a loading station. Each of the loading stations has a station positioning device including at least one extension rod extending through and horizontally displaceable within the spacing between sequential ones of the first and second rollers. The station positioning device displaces a container received on the powered first rollers into and out of the loading station. A computer controlling the system and the station positioning device includes data for components inserted into the container at the loading station of each group. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20130292228 | PAPER FEEDER AND METHOD OF FEEDING PAPER - A method of feeding paper through a paper feeder by conveying paper along a path and regulating the through-flow of paper from the path to dispense the paper from the feeder at a controlled flow rate while continuously moving the paper to avoid blockages. | 11-07-2013 |
| 198459600 | Movable gate | 11 |
| 20090166155 | STORAGE CONVEYOR - A storage conveyor that secures a number of stored workpieces while saving space is provided. When a sprocket on a driving side is driven to rotate in a forward/reverse direction by a chain drive motor, opposing bend suppression members between a pair of chains are successively engaged/disengaged, and an opposing portion between the pair of chains is extended/retracted with respect to a workpiece conveyance surface. Thus, workpieces are passed between the workpiece conveyance surface and workpiece receivers. Consequently, the workpieces can be stored in a vertical direction (up-down direction), making it possible to secure the number of stored workpieces while saving space. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090266677 | MACHINE FOR GROUPING PACKS - A machine for grouping packs ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100193329 | ACCUMULATION-AND-RELEASE CONVEYOR - An accumulation-and-release conveyor using a roller belt with rollers arranged to rotate in the direction of belt travel. The rollers extend through the thickness of the belt. A movable stop is positioned along the carryway just downstream of a bearing surface that is movable into and out of contact with the rollers. When the bearing surface is out of contact with the rollers, they are freely rotatable; when the bearing surface contacts the rollers, they roll on the bearing surface to propel articles in the direction of belt travel. The stop is selectively moved between a blocking position preventing articles from passing and accumulating them with low back line pressure on the freely rotatable rollers and a release position allowing articles to pass to the accumulation zone where they are propelled forward and separated from each other by the rotation of the rollers rolling on the bearing surface. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20120273325 | TIME DELAY SEPARATOR - A separator device for a conveyor has a stop ( | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120285799 | REVERSE METER BELT CONVEYOR - A conveyor and a method for metering articles on a conveyor belt advancing in a direction of belt travel. Article-supporting rollers in the belt are actuated by a stationary bearing surface defining an upstream acceleration zone to accelerate articles forward along the conveyor belt. An activation belt advancing in the direction of belt travel at a speed faster than the conveyor belt provides a mobile bearing surface that actuates the belt rollers to rotate opposite to the direction of belt travel in a downstream deceleration zone. The conveyor belt also has regularly spaced retractable flights, which are retracted by contact with the stationary bearing surface in the acceleration zone and extended into a blocking position by contact with the mobile bearing surface in the deceleration zone. Articles in the deceleration zone are pushed rearward atop the rollers into metered positions against the leading faces of the flights. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130264171 | BUFFER SECTION FOR A CONVEYING SYSTEM AND CONVEYING SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE - A buffer section for a conveying system in a high rack warehouse comprises a slide rod inclined relative to the horizontal for sliding conveyance along a conveying path in a conveying direction, which is parallel to a slide rod longitudinal axis, of a plurality of suspended conveyed goods, which are in each case suspended by means of a hook on the slide rod, and a stopper element in the conveying path at the end of at least one portion of the slide rod to stop the conveyed goods with the formation of a group of conveyed goods, wherein the stopper element has a contact face, which can be displaced between a stopper arrangement to stop the conveyed goods and a passing arrangement for allowing the conveyed goods through, for the conveyed goods, and wherein exclusively the stopper element is used to stop the conveyed goods. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140339050 | ACCURACY OF FERTILIZER DISPENSED THROUGH A FIXED OPENING - A conditioner for a fertilizer box configured to convey compacted particles away from a conveyor path of fertilizer particles. The conditioner may include a plurality of wings for deflecting a portion of a flow of fertilizer particles from a conveyor path. A method includes determining a constant effective dispense opening for a fertilizer box having the conditioner and using the constant effective dispense opening to determine a fertilizer dispense rate. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150068869 | Device and method for conveying lumpy products - The invention creates a single-track or multiple-track device and a corresponding method for conveying lumpy products in such a way that the products are separated from a product stream on each of the tracks and are subsequently conveyed further spaced apart uniformly and/or in groups. For this purpose, arrangements for supplying the products as a single-row product stream are provided in each track as well as arrangements for discharging the separated products distanced from one another in a row, wherein the products are transferred from the supplying arrangements to the discharging arrangements. Arrangements for conveying the products are provided in each track in the area of the transfer from the supplying arrangements to the discharging arrangements and have driver arrangements, which are mounted so as to be pivotable in a controlled manner in the conveying direction of the products and which intervene between two successive products in the supplied product stream in such a way that said arrangements guide the products during the transfer from the supplying arrangements to the discharging arrangements in such a way that the products are separated from the product stream and are conveyed further at uniform distances from one another and/or in groups, and are discharged, in a controlled manner in each case. The multiple-track conveying device additionally comprises arrangements for controlling the conveying devices in the tracks, such that the product streams on the tracks are synchronized with one another in such a way that a product on a track, following the separation from the respective product stream, is substantially aligned with the products on individual selected other tracks or all of the other tracks, such that the products on the tracks in question are arranged side by side substantially in a row in a direction perpendicular or at an incline to the conveying direction of the products. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20160122133 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING CONTAINERS AND CONTAINER PROCESSING MACHINE - A method for processing containers in a container-processing machine includes identifying a first container behind an adjacent second container in a container flow, the first container being positioned within the container flow such that the first container will, absent intervention, occupy a first processing position that has been designated as not to be occupied by any container, holding the first container back, thereby causing the first container to move with a second velocity, that is less than the first velocity, forming a gap between the first and second containers, and releasing the first container. As a result of having been held back, will now occupy a second processing position instead of the first processing position. | 05-05-2016 |
| 198459700 | Plural | 2 |
| 20100038209 | Apparatuses and Methods for Controlling the Spacing of and Ejecting Conveyed Objects - In one embodiment, apparatus for controlling spacing of objects conveyed by an object conveyor and for selectively ejecting objects from the object conveyor include flights that extend transversely across the object conveyor to limit travel of the objects to control their relative spacing, and ejectors associated with the flights that can be selectively actuated to eject the objects whose travel has been limited by the associated flights. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20120222936 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANNELING CONTAINERS - A method for channeling upright containers, which are loosely queued in a row, into a transport device is performed by a rotatable separating device, which has the purpose of separating the loosely queued containers, and a stationary accumulating device for the containers downstream of the separating device. The accumulating device has a plurality of stoppers arranged in a row in the transport direction, which can be extended individually in the direction transverse to the transport direction and, in the extended state, define holding positions for the containers. The stoppers are extended one-by-one based on sensor results to sequentially fill the holding positions of the accumulating device starting from the holding position arranged farthest from the separating device. | 09-06-2012 |
| 198459800 | Endless or rotary conveyor having zone of varying speed | 6 |
| 20090020395 | EGG ORIENTING AND ACCUMULATING SYSTEM WITH FORWARD AND REVERSE INTERCONNECTED CONVEYORS FOR PREVENTING EGG OVERFLOW/RIDE UP AND PRIOR TO EXISTING IN INDIVIDUAL ROWS UPON SPOOL BARS - A conveying and orienting system for handling eggs including a main conveyor for supporting thereupon a plurality of eggs and for segregating the same into individual file lines prior to delivery to a spool bar conveyor for subsequent egg handling operations. One or more return conveyors are positioned alongside the main conveyor and communicate with the main conveyor at first and second end locations. A control mechanism independently adjusts a travel speed of at least one of the main and return conveyors, this in order to redirect, along the return conveyors for reintroduction onto upstream locations of the main conveyor, a plurality of eggs which exceed of the present handling capabilities of the individual segregating lanes and spool bar. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100101919 | Conveyor and conveyor controller - A conveyor, which has an area in its conveyor line and for adjusting intervals between articles, includes (1) a plurality of zones constituting the area and each having at least one driving motor and an article sensor, (2) a measuring means for measuring either an interval between adjacent articles in the conveying direction or a difference of time points when adjacent articles in the conveying direction pass the sensor, and (3) a motor controller for each of the zones and for varying a rotational speed of the driving motor. When the measuring means measures either the interval or the difference upon reception of signals from the sensor, the motor controller either accelerates or slows down the rotational speed of the driving motor in a zone where the article is placed. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20120175223 | SINGULATED RELEASE FOR ZONED CONVEYOR SYSTEMS - The disclosure describes zoned conveyor systems that provide singulated package release control based on a defined displacement distance using motor revolution data of a downstream conveyor zone. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20130334009 | ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR - The invention relates to an accumulating conveyor for use in body manufacturing of the motor vehicle industry, for example for conveying body parts on pallets. The movement of the pallets is restricted in the region of the relevant reversing station and said pallets are conveyed from the top strand to the bottom strand and from the bottom strand to the top strand in a form-fitting manner by means of driver wheels via driver pins, wherein the driver pins are automatically coupled and decoupled again to the driver wheels. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140083817 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSFER SYSTEM - The invention relates to an electromagnetic transfer system ( | 03-27-2014 |
| 20160251169 | Non Contact Active Control Conveying Assembly | 09-01-2016 |
| 198460100 | With space-control means responsive to article sensing means | 19 |
| 20090032370 | Method and apparatus for dynamic gap optimization - The invention relates to a method and a device for dynamic optimization of the gaps between objects transported serially on a conveyor, in particular the transport of pieces of luggage in luggage transport systems in airports. According to the invention, in order to achieve an optimal usage of the transport system, the separation between two adjacent objects for transporting is recorded by sensor and provided to an analytical unit as measured values for determination of a correction value for temporary alteration of the speed of a transporter supporting only one object, arranged between two adjacent transporters. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090145723 | Sorting Apparatus - A sorting apparatus including: a characteristic information obtaining unit which obtains characteristic information of each of packages; a first branching unit to a third branching unit each of which performs branching operation for forwarding a predetermined package among the packages to a corresponding one of a first branching conveyor to a third branching conveyor; an interval adjusting unit which adjusts an interval which is a distance between two packages, which are a current package and the next package, forwarded sequentially; a branch control unit which causes each of the first branching unit to the third branching unit to change the details of branching operations according to the characteristic information; and an interval control unit which causes the interval adjusting unit to increase the interval in proportion to the time required for the branching operation for the current package. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100012464 | Method for gapping for sortation rate maximization - The invention provides a method which minimizes the gaps between packages to the minimum required by the sorter. The gapping required to allow scanning the identification label(s) will be done first, then another gap adjustment (to reduce gaps) is done immediately after scanning. The induction control system requires inputs from additional sensors which are necessary to obtain certain package dimensions. This information (dimensions of the packages) is used by the control algorithm to calculate or select from a table based on package geometry, the minimum (or optimum) gaps required for scanning and by the sorter. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100038210 | CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR THE CONVEYING OF BEVERAGE BOTTLES FROM A BEVERAGE BOTTLE TREATMENT MACHINE TO A BEVERAGE BOTTLE PACKAGING MACHINE IN A BEVERAGE BOTTLING PLANT, AND A CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR THE CONVEYING OF PRODUCTS FROM A PRODUCT TREATMENT MACHINE TO A PRODUCT PACKAGING MACHINE - A conveying apparatus for the conveying of beverage bottles from a beverage bottle treatment machine to a beverage bottle packaging machine in a beverage bottling plant, and a conveying apparatus for the conveying of products from a product treatment machine to a product packaging machine. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100122892 | REGISTRATION METHOD FOR MULTIWALL PAPER AND WOVEN PACKAGES - The method and apparatus relates to the use of a staging conveyor between an initial conveyor and a main conveyor, such as is used for large multiwall or woven packages or bags. The staging conveyor is driven by a servo which is controlled by a programmable logic controller or similar device. A photo-eye senses the leading of the package or bag after the package or bag is captured within the staging conveyor. The position of the leading edge is fed back to the programmable logic device which then calculates a desired speed of the staging conveyor in order to present the package or bag to the main conveyor at the desired time. The programmable logic device controls the servo so as to achieve the desired speed. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100133066 | DISCRETE ARTICLE SPACING APPARATUS FOR VIBRATION TRAYS - A container filling machine comprising a vibration tray that is suitable for moving discrete articles from a discrete article receiving end of the vibration tray towards a plurality of guiding paths that lead to a container. The container filling machine further comprises at least one spacing device located in proximity to the vibration tray. The at least one spacing device is operative for receiving the discrete articles from the vibration tray at a first speed, and causing the discrete articles to be deposited into the plurality of guiding paths at a second speed. The second speed is greater than the first speed. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100200365 | CONVEYOR AND METHOD FOR SPACING PACKAGES - A spacing conveyor having article-accelerating rollers and selectively retractable stops to control the gaps between consecutive conveyed packages. A sensor measures the length of a package being fed onto the spacing conveyor. A controller selectively actuates one or more actuators positioned along the length of the conveyor to move selected stops advancing with the conveyor from a retracted position to a blocking position to receive packages a variety of sizes and to control the gaps between consecutive packages. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100236894 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE MONITORED CONVEYING OF SHEET METAL PLATES - The invention relates to a method for the monitored conveying of sheet metal plates, particularly into a working or forming plant, in which a plate is taken up by a feeder from a first position and the plate and feeder are moved to a second position. According to the invention, during feeder movement to the second position a first sensor element located at the feeder, as well as a second sensor element located in the second position, are brought into a signal-based arrangement, and that on the basis of a measurement signal transmitted between the sensor elements the number of plates at the feeder and/or the second position is determined. The invention also relates to a device for the monitored conveying of plates, particularly into a forming plant. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110048894 | CONVEYOR INDUCT - An induction subsystem for a conveying system includes a plurality of induction conveying units that are controlled by a plurality of controls in a manner that delivers articles to a release conveyor with gaps between the articles that approach a desired length. The conveying units may be controlled using algorithms that examine a planned release time for an article and a time at which the article would be released were it to complete the rest of its travel through the induction subsystem at one or more nominal speeds. The difference is used to determine an appropriate speed for at least one of the conveying units. The conveying unit may alternatively be controlled using algorithms that determine desired speed ratios for the conveying units, and which may seek to control the centerline to centerline spacing of articles as they reach the release point such that desired gaps are created. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110056798 | MULTIPLEX GROUPING DEVICE - A multiplex grouping apparatus for grouping sequentially fed articles includes at least one loading station with a feed sensor, at least one unloading station with a discharge sensor and at least two conveying devices. The conveying devices include a plurality of mechanically interconnected carriers and each conveying device can be moved by a respective controllable drive, which can be activated by a central control device using a respective speed controller. Articles can be transferred onto the carriers from each loading station and articles can be transferred from the carriers into each unloading station with each conveying device, during transfer of an article from the loading station to one of the carriers, moving synchronously with the feed sensor and, during transfer of an article into the unloading station, moving synchronously with the discharge sensor. Between transfer operations, the multiplex grouping apparatus accelerates and decelerates articles so that the spacing between two articles corresponds to a dimension predetermined by the grouping. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110147163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING A CLUSTER OF INTERCONNECTED FOOD PRODUCTS - A system for separating a cluster of interconnected food products is disclosed. The system includes a first conveyor, a second conveyor, a suction subsystem, and a sensor. The first conveyor includes a discharge end and a first permeable conveyor belt. The second conveyor, in series with the first conveyor, includes an intake end and a second permeable conveyor belt. The first and second conveyors are configured to independently accelerate and decelerate. The suction subsystem, which includes an intake portion proximate to the discharge end and the intake end, is configured, arranged and disposed to generate suction through the first permeable conveyor belt at a first region proximate to the discharge end and through the second permeable conveyor belt at a second region proximate to the intake end. The sensor is configured, arranged and disposed to sense a leading edge of the cluster as the cluster is conveyed by the system. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120118702 | ISOLATING PLANT AND ASSOCIATED ISOLATING METHOD - An isolating plant for isolating objects, in particular nuclear fuel pellets, fed in stacks, includes a feeding conveyor belt and an output conveyor belt, permitting a particularly reliable and interruption-free isolation of the fed objects simultaneously with a high processing speed. A delivery area, situated between the feeding conveyor belt and the output conveyor belt, includes a separating device driven by a pressure gas, in which the fed objects are separated from each other during operation of the plant by purposeful pressure-gas pulses in order to be delivered one by one to the output conveyor belt. A method for isolating nuclear fuel pellets is also provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120261234 | GAPPING SYSTEM FOR SORTATION RATE MAXIMIZATION - The invention provides a method which minimizes the gaps between packages to the minimum required by the sorter. The gapping required to allow scanning the identification label(s) will be done first, then another gap adjustment (to reduce gaps) is done immediately after scanning. The induction control system requires inputs from additional sensors which are necessary to obtain certain package dimensions. This information (dimensions of the packages) is used by the control algorithm to calculate or select from a table based on package geometry, the minimum (or optimum) gaps required for scanning and by the sorter. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20140041990 | SHEET TAKE-OUT APPARATUS AND SHEET TAKE-OUT METHOD - A sheet take-out apparatus includes a first separation unit, a second separation unit, a drawing roller for drawing sheets from a nip of the second separation unit, and a pinch roller rotating in contact with it. Overlapping sheets which pass the first and second separation units and are not separated are detected to be overlapped in a state that they are clamped by the nip of the drawing roller and pinch roller. When overlapping is detected, in a state that the rear ends of the overlapping sheets in the conveying direction are restricted by the nip, the drawing roller and pinch roller are stopped and the overlapping sheets are re-separated. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20160185532 | NETWORKED MOTORIZED DRIVE ROLLER CONVEYOR - A motorized drive roller conveyor includes an upstream zone and a downstream zone, with each zone having a drive roller, an idler roller that is driven by the drive roller, and a sensor. The upstream zone and the downstream zone are controlled by a card, which measures a gap between a first item on the conveyor and a second item on the conveyor by beginning a counter when a trailing edge of the first item passes the sensor of the upstream zone and stopping the counter when a leading edge of the second item passes the sensor of the upstream zone to generate a counter value. If the first item is stopped in the downstream zone, the card of the upstream zone causes the drive roller of the upstream zone to advance the second item into the downstream zone for a distance derived from the counter value before stopping the transportation of the second item. | 06-30-2016 |
| 198460200 | Variable conveying length conveyor | 2 |
| 20080283361 | Conveyor Means - A conveyor for beverage packages includes an endless series of spacer elements by which successive packages (A) are spaced apart from one another. Each spacer element of the series includes a pair of leading and trailing carton engaging lugs ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20150336748 | GAPPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various embodiments provide systems and methods for providing a desired gap between articles within a continuously flowing train of articles. Various embodiment methods may include operating a material handling system including a plurality of conveying units, by generating motion profiles for a plurality of articles to provide a pre-determined gap between the articles, and controlling the plurality of conveying units to move each article in accordance with its motion profile as the plurality of articles move through the material handling system. | 11-26-2015 |
| 198460300 | To crowd or imbricate | 2 |
| 20120292156 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE TRANSFER OF PRINTED PRODUCTS - A device with a gripper conveyor and with a conveying-away device as well as with means for transferring two-dimensional products fed by the gripper conveyors, to the conveying-away device amid the formation of an imbricate formation, wherein the device forms a transfer region, in which the gripper conveyor is arranged above the conveying-away device. At least two, preferably at least three product release devices which are arranged in series after one another and distanced to one another, are individually activatable and are for the individual release of the products, are assigned to the gripper conveyor in the transfer region. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20160200522 | ACCUMULATION CONVEYOR | 07-14-2016 |
| 198461100 | By successive conveyors having dissimilar speeds | 19 |
| 20090114508 | ALIGNMENT CONVEYOR APPARATUS - To provide an alignment conveyor apparatus capable of separating products by detecting a close contact state thereof and of performing a position correction by increasing or decreasing a speed of an alignment conveyor. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100012465 | PRODUCT HANDLING - A first endless belt conveyer ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100263987 | Method and apparatus for changing speed or direction of an article - A method of reversing direction of an article, or of speeding up or slowing down an article is disclosed by engaging an article with a first belt to move the article in a first direction; disengaging the article from the first belt; and then engaging the article with a second belt to move the article at a different speed. An apparatus to change speed of an article is also disclosed by a first belt rotating in a first direction; a second belt rotating in the direction at a second speed; the first belt engaging an article at a first time while the second belt is disengaged with the article, the first belt disengaging the article at a second time, and the second belt engaging the article at a third time while the first belt is disengaged with the article. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110067977 | ZONED ACCUMULATION CONVEYOR - An accumulation conveyor with individually controllable zones may be controlled in a manner which efficiently reduces the gaps between accumulated articles, accomplished by control logic which determines the existence of conditions conducive to reducing the gaps and implements the control logic as appropriate. The accumulation conveyor may be controlled in a coast to stop mode. The accumulation conveyor may be controlled in manner to detect and clear jams. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110088997 | MULTIPATH CONVEYOR INSTALLATION - The conveyor installation makes it possible to control the speed of items of the bottle ( | 04-21-2011 |
| 20130043104 | SINGULATOR - A singulator for use with fruit handling equipment including spaced fruit supports driven at a particular speed, the singulator causing the fruit to assume single file for transfer to the fruit supports, the singulator including a first pair of belts arranged in a V formation travelling at different speeds, wherein the first pair of belts merges into a second pair of belts arranged in a V formation and both travelling at about the speed of the fruit supports, and wherein the second pair of belts is adapted to be operated so as to transfer the fruits substantially at the same speed as the fruit supports, whereby fruit are transferred to the fruit supports in single file whilst moving at the same speed as the fruit supports. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130146420 | UNDER-SHINGLED ARTICLE HANDLING AND STACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A device and process for processing flat articles such as pieces of paper by utilizing a stream of under-shingled flat articles and generating a gap at predetermined intervals. The under-shingling process incorporates an accelerating and decelerating portion wherein each flat article is accelerated and then decelerated while a tail portion of the article is lifted such that the next flat article can slide underneath to establish an under-shingled stream. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130213767 | FEEDING DEVICE - The invention relates to a feeding device for transporting products, wherein the products are provided to the feeding device in groups. The feeding device comprises at least one first and one second conveyor belts which are arranged one behind the other in the direction of transport, wherein a first group of products can be transferred from the first conveyor belt to the second conveyor belt. According to the invention, the conveyor belts can be accelerated such that a gap between the groups can be reduced to improve the production flow. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20140138212 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSFER SYSTEM, AND TRANSFER SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for operating an electromagnetic transfer system ( | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140339051 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING THE SPACING OF CONVEYED OBJECTS - A conveying system employs independently controlled flights. The flights are controlled separately from a conveying surface. The conveying system includes a dynamic gapping conveyor for spacing conveyed objects in a selected manner. The dynamic gapping conveyor uses flexible flights independently driven by drivers to control the spacing between conveyed objects. The independent drivers allow the position of the flights to be controlled based on the length of a conveyed object. | 11-20-2014 |
| 198461200 | Conveyors having increased speeds only | 4 |
| 20080283362 | Virtual lug loader - A virtual lug loader includes a lug loader for loading workpieces in a flow direction into the spaced apart lugs on a lugged conveyor, wherein the workpieces are transversely oriented relative to the flow direction. The lug loader includes an array of pairs of endless conveyors for conveying the workpieces downstream, wherein each pair of endless conveyors in the array include first and second endless conveyors. The first and second endless conveyors are spaced laterally apart across the flow direction. Each are aligned substantially in the flow direction. The array forms a continuous upper surface in the flow direction for supporting the workpieces translating downstream in the flow direction. Each pair of endless conveyors in the array overlap adjacent pairs of endless conveyors in the array. At least one pair of endless conveyors in the array include independently actuable first and second drives independently driving their corresponding first and second endless conveyors. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20100059336 | VIRTUAL LUG LOADER - A virtual lug loader includes a lug loader for loading workpieces in a flow direction into the spaced apart lugs on a lugged conveyor, wherein the workpieces are transversely oriented relative to the flow direction. The lug loader includes an array of pairs of endless conveyors for conveying the workpieces downstream, wherein each pair of endless conveyors in the array include first and second endless conveyors. The first and second endless conveyors are spaced laterally apart across the flow direction. Each are aligned substantially in the flow direction. The array forms a continuous upper surface in the flow direction for supporting the workpieces translating downstream in the flow direction. Each pair of endless conveyors in the array overlap adjacent pairs of endless conveyors in the array. At least one pair of endless conveyors in the array include independently actuable first and second drives independently driving their corresponding first and second endless conveyors. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100193330 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR ALIGNING CONVEYED PRODUCTS ON A TABLE - The method of the invention comprises guiding the bottles ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100326793 | APPARATUS FOR FEEDING CONTAINERS TO A DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING UNIT - An apparatus ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 198462100 | To crowd or imbricate articles | 5 |
| 20130213768 | ACCUMULATION CONVEYOR - With a simple structure, an accumulation conveyor can reduce the distance between articles to be conveyed, so as to improve its efficiency and conveyance efficiency. The accumulation conveyor in accordance with the present invention comprises a motor, provided for each zone, for driving a carrier roller constituting the zone to rotate; a sensor, provided for each zone, for detecting passing of an article to be conveyed; and control means for estimating according to detection information of two articles adjacent to each other detected by the sensor distance information concerning the distance between the articles and switching, when the estimated distance information falls within a predetermined range, a control input to a motor of a zone conveying the article at the back on the upstream side or a motor of a zone adjacent downstream thereto such that the zone has conveying speed faster than that of the zone. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20140291118 | CLUTCH/BRAKE UNIT FOR AN ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR - A clutch/brake unit for an accumulating conveyor. The clutch/brake unit is driven continuously during operation via an endless drive traction mechanism on a driving roller and is configured, in an engaged operating state, for transmitting the rotational movement of the driving roller about an axis to a driven roller and, in a braking operating state, for slowing down the driven roller on a housing of the clutch/brake unit. The driven roller is connected to the roller via the endless traction mechanism. A first actuating mechanism is configured for displacing the driven roller along the axis in the direction of the housing in order to shift the clutch/brake unit into its braking operating state, and a second actuating mechanism is configured for displacing the driven roller along the axis in the direction of the driving roller in order to shift the clutch/brake unit into its engaged operating state. | 10-02-2014 |
| 198462300 | Crowding by endless belts or chain conveyors only | 3 |
| 20100000841 | DEVICE FOR SPREADING OBJECTS APART - Device for spreading apart a single-file stream of upright containers, with a single-track feed conveyor, a multi-track discharge conveyor, and a transfer station, which comprises two oppositely driven belts, which form a transport channel for the containers and which can be driven at essentially the same transport velocity as the feed conveyor, where the transport channel formed by the belts is straight and releases the containers with excess velocity onto the discharge conveyor, which can be driven at a slower transport velocity than the feed conveyor. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20130043105 | UNIT FOR FORMING A LAYER OF FLAT SUPPORTS FOR A MACHINE THAT PRODUCES PACKAGING - A unit for forming one or more layers of individual flat supports, taken from at least a first conveyor device, conveying the supports from upstream to downstream at a first speed, that includes a second conveyor device, conveying the supports from upstream to downstream at a second speed lower than the first speed, positioned downstream of the first conveyor device, equipped with a receiving zone for receiving the supports arriving from the first conveyor device, and having a curved portion, and means for forming the layer positioned above the second conveyor device, situated downstream of the curved portion, and driven at the second speed. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20140041991 | CHECKING STATION, SEPARATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING PIECE GOODS - A separating device for separating a quantity of piece goods, which are provided in a geometrically disordered state and which were collected in accordance with a picking order, into a row so that the piece goods are lined up one behind the other, comprising: a conveyor having a receiving zone and a discharging zone, wherein the conveyor comprises a conveying surface on which the piece goods are transported in a main conveying direction from the receiving zone downstream to the discharging zone, wherein the discharging zone is arranged at a downstream end of the conveyor; and a guiding device, arranged such that the piece goods are conducted in the main conveying direction to the discharging zone; wherein the conveyor comprises a plurality of conveyor segments each having a longitudinal extension, wherein the conveyor segments are arranged side-by-side along the main conveying direction, wherein each of the longitudinal extensions is orientated obliquely relative to the main conveying direction, and wherein each downstream located one of the conveyor segments is operated at a higher velocity than the one of the conveyor segments being located upstream adjacent thereto. (FIG. | 02-13-2014 |
