Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
198465100 | System includes a load supported by a conveyor portion which is separable from the conveyor drive | 37 |
20080210519 | Angle Changing Device For Automatic Conveyor System - Provided is an angle change device for an automatic conveyor system. The angle change device includes: a slate conveyor having guiding grooves formed to cross the slate conveyor; lift units disposed to vertically cross the slate conveyer to lift a loaded material up from the guiding grooves of the slate conveyor; a forward/backward driving unit including driving sprockets between rails arranged to cross the slate conveyor between the lift units and a driving motor; a rotation guiding shaft pin; and a turntable carrier unit including a moving plate for dynamically approaching to or retreating from the slate conveyor and a rotating plate for repeatedly rotating about the rotation shaft in a clockwise and a counter clockwise at predetermined angle when the rotating guiding shaft pin catches the rotating plate while moving in a forward direction or in a backward direction. | 09-04-2008 |
20080289932 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING SUBSTRATE CARRIERS - In a semiconductor fabrication facility, a conveyor transports substrate carriers. The substrate carriers are unloaded from the conveyor and loaded onto the conveyor without stopping the conveyor. A load and/or unload mechanism lifts the substrate carriers from the conveyor during unloading operations, while matching the horizontal speed of the conveyor. Similarly, during loading operations, the load/unload mechanism lowers a substrate carrier into engagement with the conveyor while matching the horizontal speed of the conveyor. Individual substrates, without carriers, may be similarly loaded and/or unloaded from a conveyor. | 11-27-2008 |
20090250313 | Component mounting apparatus, mounting-component producing method, and conveyor apparatus - A component mounting apparatus includes: a load area to load a substrate; an unload area to unload the substrate; a main area interposed between the load and unload areas, including a first area including a first mounting area, a second area including a second mounting area, and a third area interposed therebetween; two mounting units to mount, on the substrate, first and second components in the first and second mounting areas, respectively; a conveyor group to convey the substrate, including first to fourth conveyors, the second and fourth conveyors being capable of receiving the substrate from the first and third conveyors in the first and second areas, respectively; and a driving mechanism capable of moving at least one of the first and second conveyors between the first and third areas and moving at least one of the third and fourth conveyors between the second and third areas. | 10-08-2009 |
20100270123 | CONVEYING DEVICE - To provide a conveying device that has a simple structure and can stably travel a traveling body on which food and drink articles are placed. The conveying device comprises a conveying drive part ( | 10-28-2010 |
20120255833 | PALLET TRANSFERRING APPARATUS OF HORIZONTAL TYPE MACHINE TOOL - A pallet transferring apparatus of a horizontal type machine tool according to the present invention includes: a carrier transferring a pallet and having cam guide surfaces on both sides; a servo motor; a decelerator decelerating rotational force received from the servo motor and increasing torque; a pinion converting the rotational force into linear reciprocation movement of the carrier when the pinion is installed on the side of the carrier and receives the rotational force; a rack engaging with the pinion and transferring the rotational force received from the decelerator to the pinion; and a cam follower engaging with the cam guide surface of the carrier to guide forward and backward reciprocation transferring of the carrier. | 10-11-2012 |
20120273326 | Conveying Apparatus - A conveying apparatus ( | 11-01-2012 |
20120325624 | FOOD PLATE CARRIER - A food plate carrier is carried on a conveyor line of a conveying system to transport food to the tables and seats in a restaurant. The food plate carrier includes a mounting platform having a plate resting portion for supporting a plate on which food is put, a cap member attached to the mounting platform so as to open and close with respect to the plate resting portion, to cover the plate resting portion of the mounting platform, and an open and close mechanism for allowing the cap member to close when the dish is rested on the plate resting portion and open when the dish is removed therefrom. The open and close mechanism comprises an actuator which is brought into abutment with the dish when the dish is on the plate resting portion, thereby being actuated to move relative to the plate resting portion. | 12-27-2012 |
20130001046 | WORKPIECE SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND WORKPIECE SUPPLYING METHOD - A workpiece supplying apparatus includes a plurality of carriers, a carrier case, a first gear pair, a guide, and a second gear pair. Each carrier includes a base and a plurality of holding portions, which project from a surface of the base. The holding portions are arranged in a one-dimensional manner and each hold workpieces. The carrier case accommodates the carriers. The first gear pair draws out each carrier from the carrier case toward a workpiece unloading position along a drawing direction. The guide guides the carrier drawn out by the first gear pair in a direction that differs from the drawing direction while bending the carrier so that its rear surface is located at an inner side. The second gear pair collects the carrier guided by the guide. | 01-03-2013 |
20130032450 | HIGH EFFICIENCY BUFFER STOCKER - A high-efficiency buffer stocker is disclosed. The buffer stocker includes an overhead transport track for supporting overhead transport vehicles carrying wafer containers and at least one conveyor system or conveyor belt provided beneath the overhead transport track for receiving the wafer containers from the overhead transport vehicles on the overhead transport track. The buffer stocker is capable of absorbing the excessive flow of wafer containers between a processing tool and a stocker, for example, to facilitate the orderly and efficient flow of wafers between sequential process tools in a semiconductor fabrication facility, for example. | 02-07-2013 |
20130037385 | CONVEYING APPARATUS - This invention provides a conveying apparatus which conveys a workpiece. The conveying apparatus includes a pallet which supports the workpiece, a conveyor which supports one side of the pallet in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction from below the pallet, and includes a conveyance roller for conveying the pallet and a driving source for driving the conveyance roller, and a heaving suppression guide member which extends along the conveyor, abuts against the other side of the pallet in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and suppresses heaving of the pallet. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037386 | ADVERTISING TRAYS FOR SECURITY SCREENING - A system and device for use in a security area, and more particularly, a rack system and holding device for placing various objects that are processed through a security area are taught. | 02-14-2013 |
20130075227 | DRIVE UNIT, DRIVE SYSTEM AND CONVEYOR INSTALLATION FOR SKID SUPPORTING AN OBJECT - A self-propelling drive unit with a chassis and a coupling device by means of which a skid can be coupled detachably to the chassis, a drive system for driving a skid and a conveyor installation, in which a drive unit is provided inside a conveying area. | 03-28-2013 |
20130126303 | BAGGAGE SCREENING DEVICE - A system for screening carry-on baggage and other items carried by individuals is provided that includes a screening device, especially an X-ray screening device, a conveyor for conveying the items to be screened through the screening device, a support surface arranged upstream of the conveyor, a removal position for the items, arranged downstream of the conveyor, transport trays that are to be placed on the conveyor and in which small objects and items of clothing can be placed and conveyed through the screening device for screening, and a return conveyor for the empty transport trays. The return conveyor leads to a tray lift, the exit of which leads to a tray transfer path extending in parallel to the support surface, the transfer path tapering towards the support surface. | 05-23-2013 |
20130161156 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A conveyor system that transports a plurality of pallets includes: at least two driving devices that each have an engaging portion to be engaged with the pallet located at an upstream-side end portion in a pallet transport direction and that moves the engaging portion in a state where the engaging portion is engaged with the pallet to thereby simultaneously push the plurality of pallets; and a transport portion on which the plurality of pallets are mounted and that is able to transport the plurality of pallets pushed by the driving devices. The conveyor system is configured to transport the plurality of pallets at a constant speed by engaging the engaging portion of one of the driving devices with the pallet and causing the one of the driving devices to start pushing the plurality of pallets by the time when another one of the driving devices completes pushing the plurality of pallets. | 06-27-2013 |
20130292229 | TURBO MACHINE SERVICE APPARATUS - Solutions for minimizing the impact of servicing a turbo machine are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for conveying a turbo machine component can include: a motive system for moving the apparatus along a surface; a platform system operably connected to the motive system, the platform system for supporting the component of the turbo machine, the platform system can include: a first portion fixed to the motive system; and a second portion moveably coupled to the first portion, the second portion for modifying a position of the turbo machine component; and a control system operably connected to the platform system, the control system for controlling at least one of a rate of movement or a direction of the second portion of the platform system. | 11-07-2013 |
20130313074 | Modular Delivery System - Disclosed is a modular delivery system that includes a guide rail ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130334010 | ERGONOMIC MANUFACTURING TRAY AND PROCESSING METHOD - A manufacturing tray and system for ergonomic operations includes a tray, conveyance system, and loading and unloading stations configured with optimal dimensions and placement to allow an operator to load and unload trays while maintaining ideal standing posture. A conveyor system and trays transported thereon have a width less than the length of an average human forearm, while lanes of a tray rack and a flow rack open in front of a tray loading position on the conveyor. The height of the conveyor has a height approximately the height of the hips of an average standing operator. The tray includes a sliding rail for low-friction sliding of the tray along the conveyor. The tray may also include a handle which allows an operator to flip the tray position from vertical to horizontal or horizontal to vertical depending on whether the tray is to be stored or used. | 12-19-2013 |
20140014470 | ROBOTIC DEVICE MOVABLE IN THREE MUTUALLY PERPENDICULAR DIRECTIONS - A robotic device movable in first, second and third mutually perpendicular directions along rails arranged in multiple rows, where the rails in a row are arranged along the first and second mutually perpendicular directions, and the multiple rows are arranged along the third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions. The robotic device has a frame, wheels coupled to the frame for moving the frame along the rails in the first and second directions, and support handles for lifting the frame in the third direction from first rails arranged in a first row of the rails to second rails arranged in a second row of the rails. The support handles are configured for providing engagement with the second rails so as to lift the robotic device in the third direction from the first rails to the second rails. | 01-16-2014 |
20140102853 | Apparatus and Method for Rotatably Conveying and Applying Discrete Parts to a Substrate - An apparatus for conveying a plurality of parts to a substrate in a configuration which is offset from the centerline of the supply feed of discrete parts is disclosed as well as the related process. Such an apparatus and process are suitable for use in the production of products where one or more components of the product must be spatially shifted from their incoming location relative to the movement of the assembly line to a second position which is offset from its incoming location and orientation. | 04-17-2014 |
20140231220 | SORTING APPARATUS FOR SORTING PIECE GOODS - A sorting apparatus for sorting piece goods ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140360841 | Friction Drive Carriage-Type Conveying Apparatus - A friction drive carriage-type conveying apparatus in which a conveying carriage is constituted of a plurality of carriage units to located in series in a moving direction of the conveying carriage, and the respective carriage units to are connected at one of left and right lateral side portions of the conveying carriage in a straightforward posture so as to be horizontally bendable about vertical joint axes and positioned on a straight line parallel to the moving direction, and a friction drive load bar is constituted of a plurality of load bar units to divided for every carriage unit to and attached at positions on the straight line, and the respective load bar units are horizontally bendable about the joint axes. | 12-11-2014 |
20160114988 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING CONTAINERS HAVING A MAGNETIC DRIVE - An apparatus for transporting containers, having a circumferential transport path and at least one transport element which is arranged such as to be movable relative to this circumferential transport path, wherein this transport element can be driven at least partially by means of a magnetic force, wherein the transport path has a plurality of magnetic elements and at least one magnetizable element is also arranged on the transport element, and wherein a movement of the transport element relative to the transport path can be achieved by actuating the magnetic elements of the transport path is provided. According to the invention, an electrically operated working element, which can be supplied inductive with electrical energy, is arranged on the transport element. | 04-28-2016 |
198465200 | Wherein the conveyor portion moves in a closed path in the horizontal plane only | 6 |
20100126828 | CONVEYOR COMPRISING A CURVE - A conveyor includes at least one workpiece carrier, a drive provided for the workpiece carrier and defining a plane of conveyance; an inner guide and an outer guide having a curved outer guide section and defining a conveyor track for the workpiece carrier; the inner guide includes a curved inner guide section that is assigned to the curved outer guide section. The convexly curved inner guide section is situated such that it is offset radially inwardly relative to the curved outer guide section and opposite an imagined tangential extension of a first and a second straight inner guide section. | 05-27-2010 |
20130026005 | TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND TRANSPORTING METHOD FOR CONTAINER-HANDLING INSTALLATION, AND CONTAINER-HANDLING INSTALLATION WITH SUCH A TRANSPORTING APPARATUS - The invention provides a transporting apparatus, a container-handling installation ( | 01-31-2013 |
20130256096 | CARRIER PUCK AND CONVEYOR SYSTEM - Carrier puck for a conveyor system, comprising a non-circular lower body, an upper body and an intermediate circular portion connecting the non-circular lower body with the upper body, where the rear section of the non-circular lower body comprises a further semicircular shape having the same radius as the semicircular front section and further comprises an intermediate waist in between the front section and the rear section. | 10-03-2013 |
20140041992 | Automated Dispensing System with Magnetic Drive Device - The present application thus provides a magnetic drive system for maneuvering a container across a deck. The magnetic drive system may include a puck to support the container on the deck, a driven magnet positioned about the puck, an actuator positioned under the deck, and a drive magnet positioned about the actuator for movement therewith. | 02-13-2014 |
20140102854 | CONVEYOR PALLET AND GUIDING SYSTEM - A conveyor system pallet is provided, having: a pallet body; and a guiding system operatively attached to the pallet body and designed to abut against at least one side rail of a conveyor system, the guiding system including: a plurality of first directional guides; and a plurality of second directional guides oriented approximately orthogonally to the first directional guides. A further guiding system for a conveyor pallet is provided, having: a plurality of first directional guides having: a plurality of guides designed to abut against a first side rail of the conveyor system; and a plurality of guides designed to abut against a second side rail located above the first side rail of the conveyor system; and a plurality of second directional guides designed to engage an underside of the first side rail. | 04-17-2014 |
20140202831 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR PACKAGES AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING PACKAGES USING SUCH A TRANSPORT SYSTEM - An apparatus for transporting packages from an inlet to an outlet includes a closed transport path having a package transport route and a puck return transport route, an inlet, an outlet, transport elements that are rotatable in a circulation direction and that are adjacent to each other in the transport direction of the packages, and pucks for carrying a package from the inlet to the outlet. After release of the packages at the outlet, the pucks return to the inlet via the puck return transport route. The puck return transport route and the package transport route are in transport planes offset from each other in a vertical direction. The two transports are formed by common transport elements. | 07-24-2014 |
198465300 | Wherein the conveyor portion is supported and driven adjacent its opposite sides by horizontally spaced drives | 3 |
20090078535 | Slip Tube System for Adjusting Drive Force of Shaft Driven Conveyor System - A slip tube system is configured to transport a load along a conveying path of an overhead conveyor system. A stationary frame has at least one rotating shaft with a shaft axis extending along the conveying path of the stationary frame, and a movable carriage configured to transport a load along the conveying path. A slip tube is placed on at least one of the least one rotating drive shafts and each slip tube has an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of a respective drive shaft, and is in rotational sliding engagement therewith. At least one driven wheel is attached to the carriage to engage with an exterior of the slip tube surrounding the at least one rotating drive shaft to push the slip tube into driving engagement with the rotating shaft, and to rotate the slip tube therewith. The driven wheels are canted with respect to a shaft axis of the drive shaft and slip tube, and the canted contact produces a helical loci of engagement between the exterior of the slip tube and each of the driven wheels. As the drive shaft rotates, traction is developed between the rotating shaft and an inner surface of the slip tube, and between an outer surface of the rotating slip tube and the driven wheels to provide sufficient drive force to propel the carriage and the load along the conveying path. | 03-26-2009 |
20100006395 | LOW PROFILE OVER-UNDER CONVEYOR - This invention is a low profile, over-under conveyor with two continuously moving chain loops that form upper and lower tracks on which flexible work platforms ride. Each flexible platform includes two or more spaced metal slats joined by a thin flexible band. The slats include shoes that rest on and frictionally engage the moving chain loops. When one of the platforms reaches the end of one track, the flexible platform frictionally engages and compresses a pneumatic drive wheel and flexes to negotiate a low profile inversion and return on the other track. This allows the conveyor to handle long work platforms, while having a relatively low profile. Asynchronous accumulation and release of the freely moving flexible work platforms is accomplished using stop cylinders mounted inside the frame of the conveyor. | 01-14-2010 |
20100126829 | Holding Means, Device and Method for Transporting Substrates, in Particular Printed Circuit Boards - In order to transport printed circuit boards ( | 05-27-2010 |
198465400 | Wherein the conveyor portion supports the load below the drive | 6 |
20080251355 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING A TRANSPORTING HANGER FOR GARMENTS TO A FOLLOWING CONVEYOR - A star-shaped intermediate conveyor ( | 10-16-2008 |
20090026042 | Cable drive for overhead conveyor - In a drive system for an overhead conveyor, a first drive shaft presents a path of travel for a trolley, and a second drive shaft spaced from the first drive shaft provides a continuation of the path of travel. A flexible drive cable spans the gap between the shafts and interconnects the terminal end of the first shaft with the receiving end of the second shaft to transfer torque thereto to rotate the second shaft. The cable comprises spiral wound strands joined together to preclude unraveling thereof and thus the second shaft may be driven by the first shaft when their longitudinal axes are not collinear. | 01-29-2009 |
20090127072 | SUSPENSION DEVICE FOR LINKED PRODUCTS - Provided herein are various suspension devices and associated methods and apparatus to open loops (or form opened loops) in a chain of linked products suspended from one or more suspension devices in a conveyor system. In one implementation, a suspension device for a chain of linked products includes a link support portion pivotally coupled to a conveyor, the link support portion configured to suspend a portion of the chain of linked products therefrom and comprising a lower portion downwardly extending from the link support portion. The lower portion is configured to engage a portion of a respective link of the chain upon a pivoting motion of the link support portion about a pivot axis in order to open a respective loop suspended from the link support portion to an unloading orientation for unloading. | 05-21-2009 |
20100089722 | CONVEYING MEANS FOR AN OVERHEAD CONVEYER - The invention relates to a conveying means which is intended for an overhead conveyer and has at least one running body ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100243409 | SUSPENSION DEVICE FOR LINKED PRODUCTS - Provided herein are various suspension devices and associated methods and apparatus to open loops (or form opened loops) in a chain of linked products suspended from one or more suspension devices in a conveyor system. In one implementation, a suspension device for a chain of linked products includes a link support portion pivotally coupled to a conveyor, the link support portion configured to suspend a portion of the chain of linked products therefrom and comprising a lower portion downwardly extending from the link support portion. The lower portion is configured to engage a portion of a respective link of the chain upon a pivoting motion of the link support portion about a pivot axis in order to open a respective loop suspended from the link support portion to an unloading orientation for unloading. | 09-30-2010 |
20140061002 | SPINDLE CONVEYOR, AND WORKPIECE TREATMENT STATION COMPRISING THE SAME - A spindle conveyor for conveying workpieces, in particular vehicle wheels, having a rail system that includes at least one support rail. Multiple conveyor carriages have a chassis that can be moved on the support rail in a conveying direction and a supporting device for workpieces which is entrained by the chassis. Each workpiece can be mounted on a workpiece spindle which is part of the supporting device which has a pair of workpiece spindles mounted so as to be rotatable as a unit relative to the chassis about a vertical axis of rotation and can be moved at least into a first rotational position and a second rotational position. Also a station for treating workpieces, in particular vehicle wheels, with such a spindle conveyor which allows the workpieces to be conveyed through the station. | 03-06-2014 |