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| 198601000 | Forming plural conveying paths feeding to single conveying path or vice versa | 11 |
| 20090294253 | Apparatus and method for diverting in a conveying system - The invention relates to an apparatus and method for diverting the path of container units or other articles from an initial conveying direction in a conveying system. In a preferred example, the conveying system incorporates a hinged divert section along a conveying path to more efficiently and robustly divert a container or article in one of several directions, preferably perpendicular to the initial conveying direction. The invention is particularly useful in package processing and storage applications. The hinged divert section of the invention operates using a mechanically advantageous hinged or tilting surface that requires less energy or force to engage a container transport element. Multiple vertical levels can be employed within the conveying system, with the hinged divert section moving vertically and transporting containers in different directions and/or different levels within the conveying system. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20110031092 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING A UNIFIED PRINTED PRODUCT FLOW FROM TWO FED PRINTED PRODUCT FLOWS - Two supply streams of printed products are combined to form a combined printed-product stream. For this purpose, the supply streams are conveyed into a combining region (V) in a main conveying direction (F) in a state in which they, for example, rest loosely on conveying surfaces, are parallel to one another, adjacent to one another and on the same level, inner and outer edges of the printed products (P) of the two supply streams being oriented parallel to the main conveying direction (F). At the entrance to the combining region (V), the inner edge region of each printed product of the first supply stream is raised and, as they are conveyed through the combining region (V), the printed products of the two supply streams are pushed transversely to the main conveying direction (F) and towards one another. An inner edge region of a printed product of the second supply stream is, thus, respectively pushed beneath the raised inner edge region of the printed product of the first supply stream, in which case these supply streams end up located one upon the other, and are conveyed away in this state. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110056801 | DEVICE FOR UNLOADING COMPARTMENT TRAYS, USED IN TOBACCO INDUSTRY, FILLED WITH ROD SHAPED ELEMENTS - System having a transitory store (S), in the inlet zone ( | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110120834 | CONVEYING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SORTING PRODUCTS - A conveying apparatus comprises a first conveyor for conveying products in a first conveying direction, which first conveyor comprises a first supply location, where a first series of products are supplied to the first conveyor via a first supply station, a second conveyor for conveying products in a second conveying direction, which second conveyor comprises a second supply location, where a second series of products are supplied to the second conveyor via a second supply station. The conveying apparatus further comprises a channelling element for channelling at least one product out from the second conveyor, and a channelling conveyor for conveying a channelled-out product from said channelling element. The channelling conveyor and the first supply station being arranged and cooperating with the first conveyor in such a manner that a product that has been channelled out from the second conveyor and said first series of products are supplied to the first conveyor in such a manner as to jointly form an at least substantially continuous product flow. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110168527 | MULTI-BELT CONVEYOR HAVING LINK BELTS - A conveyor system having a first conveyor intersecting a second conveyor is provided. A multi-belt transition conveyor assembly is provided at the intersection of the first and second conveyors. The transition conveyor assembly includes a plurality of parallel conveyors of varying lengths. Each belt includes a link belt and a support layer connected to the link belt. The support layer overhangs the link belt and may be comprised of a series of separate elements extending along the length of the link belt. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120037477 | SWITCHER - A vertical switcher includes a first conveyor belt mobile in rotation about a first tilting axis and a second conveyor belt mobile in rotation about a second tilting axis. A movement device moves the first and the second conveyor belt between an aligned condition in which the mobile ends thereof (opposite the inlet end and the outlet end) are substantially flanked and a switching condition in which the mobile ends are distanced from one another in order to enable passage of one or more objects crossing between them. The movement device exhibits a main oscillating arm that is mobile about a rotation axis coupled slidably to respective surfaces of the first and the second conveyor element such as to define a resting relation with the respective conveyor element. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20140353122 | CONVEYOR MERGE ASSEMBLY - A conveyor assembly comprising a main conveyor having a first side frame and a second side frame, with the first and/or second side frames including a side portion and a support surface. One or more input conveyors having a discharge end are joined to the main conveyor with a bottom portion of the discharge end being positioned on the support surface whereby the input conveyors are accurately mounted in close proximity to the main conveyor to promote the conveyance of items from the input conveyors onto the main conveyor. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150114799 | PICKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PICKING ARTICLES - The invention relates to a picking system ( | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150336750 | IN-FEED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING CAN BODIES TO A DECORATOR - An infeed system for a can body decorator in which undecorated can bodies are transported from an upstream supply in a conveyor ( | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150342247 | Valve device for changing over the mass flow of rod-like articles in conveying channels of the tobacco industry - A valve device for changing over the mass flow of rod-like articles of the tobacco industry, between at least two non-parallel conveying channels feeding the rod-like articles and a conveying channel receiving the rod-like articles or between a conveying channel feeding the rod-like articles and at least two non-parallel conveying channels receiving the rod-like articles, comprising at least one rotatable element changing over the mass flow comprising a through channel for the transfer of the mass flow between the feeding conveying channel and the receiving conveying channel, with the rotatable change-over element having different angular positions relative to its principally horizontal axis of rotation which allow connecting individual feeding and receiving channels, characterised in that in the rotatable change-over element ( | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160095349 | FEEDER DEVICE OF PRODUCTS WITH REDUCED LONGITUDINAL DIMENSIONS IN MACHINES FOR THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY - A feeder device of products with reduced longitudinal dimensions in machines for the tobacco industry comprises a main feeder roller which rotates continuously and which has a plurality of active peripheral flutes acting to hold a respective product; the main roller is designed to pass the products on to respective flutes on corresponding handling rollers of a main line of feed of the products in the machine the device is associated with; the device comprises means for continuously filling the peripheral flutes of the main roller, the filling means comprising a plurality of feeding and passing-on means, in particular at least first means and second means for feeding and passing on corresponding groups of the products to corresponding groups of flutes located one after the other on the main roller. | 04-07-2016 |
