Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
198604000 | Load simultaneously engaged between and moved by coacting conveyors | 32 |
20100193332 | CONVEYING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING MATERIALS, IN PARTICULAR BULK MATERIAL - A conveying system for transporting materials, in particular bulk material, can comprise a first conveying element which is configured to receive the materials and to transport the same in a transport direction and can be moved in the same direction in the transport direction. A second conveying element which can be moved in the transport direction and is disposed at a spacing from the first conveying element. The second conveying element is provided with a plurality of transverse ribs which can be moved with the second conveying element in the transport direction, which transverse ribs are formed and disposed on the second conveying element such that they cover the first conveying element on the side thereof configured to receive the materials and, together with the latter side of the first conveying element, form compartments which are separated from each other in order to receive and transport the materials. | 08-05-2010 |
20110056803 | STRAND GUIDE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A CONTINUOUS CASTING INSTALLATION FOR STEEL SLABS - The invention relates to a strand guide ( | 03-10-2011 |
20110120836 | CATERPILLAR TRACTION APPARATUS - A caterpillar traction apparatus ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110139583 | ACTIVE SOLIDS SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING SOLIDS - A solids supply systems having a solids deaeration zone and a solids pump zone, and to methods for supplying the solids e.g., pulverized dry coal, to an application, e.g., gasification process. The solids deaeration zone includes a roller system containing a plurality of porous roller assemblies, or a belt system containing a plurality of porous belt assemblies. The solids deaeration zone is operable to deaerate and convey the solids to the solids pump zone. In the solids deaeration zone, the solids become sufficiently compacted prior to and upon entry into the solids pump zone to be effectively conveyed through the solids pump zone. | 06-16-2011 |
20110174595 | Device for Leveling Metal Stock - A device for leveling metal stock, which is moved during operation from an infeed side of the device to an outfeed side, includes:
| 07-21-2011 |
20110303509 | Battery Exchange Station - At the battery exchange station a discharged battery is removed and a charged battery is inserted into an electric vehicle. The battery is inserted and removed along a vertical axis, i.e., into and out of the bottom of the vehicle. The battery exchange system is located in a service bay under the vehicle. A sliding door system creates an opening above the service bay. A vehicle is received over the sliding door system, such that at least one wheel of the vehicle rests on the conveyor system. The door slides in a first direction while allowing the conveyor system to slide in a direction opposite the first direction. The conveyor system also supports the at least one wheel of the vehicle while the door and conveyor slide in opposite directions. The sliding of the door and the sliding of the conveyor system occur at least partially simultaneously. | 12-15-2011 |
20120031737 | DEVICE FOR CONVEYING OBJECTS IN PACKAGING MACHINES - The device for conveying objects in packaging machines has a first endless transport unit, which moves first driver elements; a second endless transport unit, which moves second driver elements; a motor-driven drive shaft, which drives the first endless transport unit; an auxiliary shaft, which drives the second endless transport unit; and a belt-type or chain-type connecting element for transmitting drive power from the drive shaft to the auxiliary shaft. The connecting element is guided between the drive shaft and the auxiliary shaft over a plurality of stationary auxiliary rollers and over at least two adjusting rollers, which can be shifted simultaneously in a direction perpendicular to their axes of rotation. The connecting element is guided in such a way that a shift of the adjusting rollers brings about a movement of the connecting element on the auxiliary shaft and thus a change in the angular position of the auxiliary shaft. | 02-09-2012 |
20120043182 | MULTI-TRACK HELICAL CONVEYOR - A conveyor for conveying products comprises at least a drivable helically-shaped inner track conveyor member and a drivable helically-shaped outer track conveyor member. The outer track conveyor member surrounds the inner track conveyor member. The pitches of the inner track conveyor member and the outer track conveyor member are different. | 02-23-2012 |
20120205219 | SCREW-TYPE HEAT-EXCHANGER SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE-CLOCKING SCREW CONVEYORS - A system for treating a material includes first and second screw conveyors each having a rotary shaft and a helical flight extending radially outward therefrom, the flighting of the screw conveyors overlapping with each other, and first and second actuators operably coupled to the first and second screw conveyors in a one-to-one dedicated relationship to rotationally drive the screw conveyors independently of each other. In typical embodiments, also included is a system for varying the clocking position of the screw conveyors relative to each other, wherein the screw conveyor flights are axially adjusted with respect to each other between a normal position and an advanced and/or retarded position. Also disclosed are methods of varying the axial position of the screw conveyor flights with respect to each other between the normal and advanced and/or retarded positions. | 08-16-2012 |
20120228089 | PINCH ROLLER LIFTING MECHANISM - The present invention is related to a pinch roller lifting mechanism. The pinch roller lifting mechanism includes drive rollers for holding and transferring a medium, the drive rollers arranged adjacent to each other along a first axis, pinch rollers for holding the medium with the drive rollers, a plate-like member extending along the first axis, wherein the plate-like member includes an opening, a support member having a first end section on which the pinch rollers are provided, a cam slidably provided on the plate-like member, the cam comprising a guide section that abuts against a second end section of the support member and engages the opening of the plate-like member, a pulley operationally connected to a drive motor for pulling the plate-like member in a first direction, and a spring that biases the plate-like member in a direction opposite to the first direction. | 09-13-2012 |
20120247923 | SELF-ALIGNING PALLETS AND A SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CONVEYING OF COMPONENTS THROUGH AN ASSEMBLY LINE - The disclosure is directed at a system for conveying apparatus over a conveyor belt assembly. The system includes a set of pallets which support the apparatus and travel within parallel driving conveyors of the conveyor belt assembly. While the pallets in both driving conveyors are capable of rotation, only the pallets in one of the driving conveyors may move in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel so that the apparatus may be centred over the conveyor belt assembly when the pallets are in motion. | 10-04-2012 |
20120292158 | DISK TRANSPORTATION DEVICE AND DISK STORAGE SYSTEM - A disk transportation device includes a pair of rotation arms that are rotatable respectively about a fulcrum shaft extending in the same direction as the axial direction of a center shaft of a disk-shaped recording medium in both sides thereof that pinch the transportation passage of the disk-shaped recording medium transported between a disk changer and a disk drive device; and four transportation rollers of which two at a time are rotatably supported on the pair of rotation arms respectively, wherein the four transportation rollers contact the outer peripheral surface of the disk-shaped recording medium respectively and the pair of rotation arms are rotated in opposite directions to each other in a state where one of the transportation rollers at a time is supported at the pair of the rotation arms respectively contact the outer peripheral surface of the disk-shaped recording medium. | 11-22-2012 |
20120312660 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH FEEDING CONVEYOR FOR SHEET-LIKE INTERMEDIATE LAYERS FOR FOOD PRODUCTS - A production system with an apparatus serving as feeding conveyor is disclosed. The apparatus is designed to convey sheet-like goods, i.e. sheet-like intermediate layers, to be positioned underneath or between primarily flat food products, the apparatus comprising a counter-bearing arranged to directionally guide the goods to be conveyed. Moreover, at least one movable driving belt is arranged in the direction of transportation (T) parallel to the counter-bearing to carry on the goods to be conveyed. The driving belt presses the goods placed therebetween against the counter-bearing so that the conveyed goods are chucked between the counter-bearing and the driving belt. The counter-bearing is either magnetic or magnetizable, and the movable driving belt includes magnetizable elements so as to increase the frictional engagement between the driving belt and the goods to be conveyed. | 12-13-2012 |
20120312661 | INSTALLATION FOR CONVEYING ITEMS CONSISTING OF A THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL - The installation includes a conveyor system having at least one conveyor provided with two conveyor bodies having active strands that are parallel to each other for receiving and transporting articles that are arranged successively between the active strands. One of the conveyor bodies has a natural leather material, at least on the active part thereof in direct contact with the items. The conveyor bodies have belts that are at least partially or fully formed using leather. | 12-13-2012 |
20130032451 | DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ARTICLE FLOWS AND METHOD THEREFOR | 02-07-2013 |
20130175140 | Medium Overlapped-feed Preventing Mechanism and Medium Sending-out Device - A medium overlapped-feed preventing may include a feed roller which is structured to abut with the information recording medium and carry the information recording medium; a separation roller oppositely disposed to the feed roller and is urged toward the feed roller and is rotated in the same direction as the feed roller for separating overlapped information recording media which are carried in an overlapped-feed state; and agate mechanism provided with a gate part through which one piece of the information recording medium is capable of being passed but two pieces of the information recording medium in an overlapped state are unable to be passed. The gate part may disposed on a downstream side in a sending-out direction of the information recording medium with respect to an imaginary line which is formed by connecting a rotation center of the feed roller with a rotation center of the separation roller. | 07-11-2013 |
20130240328 | GUIDING APPARATUS THAT MAINTAINS ATTITUDE OF SUSPENDED OBJECT DURING CONVEYANCE - A guiding apparatus includes a hanger line that continuously conveys hangers that are suspended from the hanger line at predetermined intervals and a guide unit installed in the line and driven in synchronization with the line while holding at least one of the objects, thereby maintaining the attitude of the object and guiding the attitude maintained object along the line. | 09-19-2013 |
20130264174 | ROLLER-TYPE CONVEYOR FOR PLASTICS MATERIAL PRE-FORMS - An apparatus for the conveying of plastics material containers and, in particular, plastics material pre-forms with a first roller arranged so as to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis, with a second roller arranged so as to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis, wherein the first roller and the second roller are arranged with respect to each other such that the plastics material containers can be conveyed between these rollers, wherein the plastics material container is supported by the two rollers during conveying. At least one roller has a main body produced from a first material and a layer which surrounds this main body in its peripheral direction and which is produced from a plastics material differing from the first material, wherein this layer acts as a contact layer for contacting the plastics material containers. | 10-10-2013 |
20130299314 | Compacting conveyor belt particularly for the feed of pyrolysis, gasification and combustion plants - The present invention concerns a device ( | 11-14-2013 |
20130306436 | MEDIA TRANSFERRING APPARATUS AND FINANCE DEVICE - Provided are a medium transferring apparatus and a financial device. The medium transferring apparatus comprises one or more driving rollers disposed on a side of a medium transferring path, a belt wound around the one or more driving rollers and operated by rotation of the one or more driving rollers, and one or more support rollers contacting one surface of the belt. A medium passes between the one surface of the belt and the one or more support rollers. | 11-21-2013 |
20130313075 | DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING VEHICLE BODIES - A device for transporting vehicle bodies, on which standardised holding components are provided. A guide device is provided for at least one continuous drive train which having a driving side and a slack side, and having a first return element and at least one second return element around which the at least one continuous drive train circulates. The at least one continuous drive train supports a plurality of coupling elements which are arranged and aligned in such a manner that they can work together with the standardised holding components provided on the vehicle body. | 11-28-2013 |
20140124334 | MEDIUM CONVEYANCE APPARATUS - A medium conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance roller, a pinch roller and a pinch roller spring. The pinch roller includes a pinch roller shaft and a bearing. The pinch roller shaft has a flat surface formed thereon to be made in contact with a spring flat surface of the pinch roller spring, thereby preventing the pinch roller shaft from rotating together with the bearing. | 05-08-2014 |
20140166441 | TRANSFERRING DEVICE - A transferring device is used for transferring discs. The transferring device includes a frame, a first transferring member, a second transferring member, and a driving device. The disc is clamped by the first transferring member and the second transferring member, and the first transferring member and the second transferring member grip the edge of the disc rather than a data region of the disc. The driving device drives the first transferring member and the second transferring member to force the disc to transfer. | 06-19-2014 |
20140209435 | BUNCH PRESENTATION - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for presenting at least one item of media to a user from a media recycler module. The media recycler module may be included in a Self-Service Terminal (SST). The media recycler module comprises a pocket interface for presenting media items to a user, and a moveable member operable to move media items located within the pocket interface towards an opening of the pocket interface, thereby enabling a user to retrieve the media items within the pocket interface. | 07-31-2014 |
20140209436 | TAPERED ROLL FEED - The present disclosure provides workpiece feed systems, methods and assemblies comprising one or more tapered feed rolls positioned at an angle to incoming workpieces. The tapered feed rolls may pull individual workpieces toward a guide while gradually accelerating the workpieces and altering their direction of travel. The angle and speed of rotation of the tapered feed rolls may be automatically adjusted to control workpiece speed/acceleration, providing improved gap control and minimizing collisions between successive workpieces. Tapered feed rolls may therefore reduce or eliminate the need for a conventional bridge to decelerate the workpieces after the directional change, reducing the operational space required by a workpiece feed system. | 07-31-2014 |
20140231222 | SCREW CONVEYER SYSTEM - A system for treating a material includes first and second screw conveyors each having a rotary shaft and a helical flight extending radially outward therefrom, the flighting of the screw conveyors overlapping with each other, and first and second actuators operably coupled to the first and second screw conveyors in a one-to-one dedicated relationship to rotationally drive the screw conveyors independently of each other. In typical embodiments, also included is a system for varying the clocking position of the screw conveyors relative to each other, wherein the screw conveyor flights are axially adjusted with respect to each other between a normal position and an advanced and/or retarded position. Also disclosed are methods of varying the axial position of the screw conveyor flights with respect to each other between the normal and advanced and/or retarded positions. | 08-21-2014 |
20160376105 | TRANSFER DEVICE FOR CONVEYING PACKAGING UNITS - A transfer device for conveying a plurality of packaging units along a transfer path comprising: a first carrier having at least one first operative branch parallel to the transfer path; at least one first conveying element advanced along the first carrier; a second carrier adjacent to the first carrier and having at least one second operative branch parallel to the transfer path and to the first operative branch; and at least one second conveying element controlled independently from the first conveying element and advanced along the second carrier; wherein the first conveying element and the second conveying element are configured to retain therebetween a packaging unit of the plurality of packaging units and to advance the packaging unit along the transfer path. | 12-29-2016 |
198605000 | With load transfer between coacting conveyors | 5 |
20090101474 | Vial Supply Device - A vial supply device | 04-23-2009 |
20120261235 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING PIECES OF PASTE MADE OF ACTIVE MATTER FOR PLATES OF LEAD ACCUMULATORS - Apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter for plates of lead accumulators, which comprises a first conveyor belt, having a first horizontal section for receiving the pieces from a spreading machine and a first vertical section, and a second conveyor belt, having a second horizontal section for transferring the pieces to the hopper of the spreading machine and a second substantially vertical section. The vertical sections are arranged counterfaced to each other to hold and transport the pieces interposed therebetween. A third conveyor belt is suitable to receive the pieces from the second horizontal section and transfer them to the hopper. The two conveyor belts are wound on two return rollers in common delimiting the vertical sections, at least one of which is provided with an annular cavity, within which the conveyor belt can extend to house the lead pieces with the other belt superimposed. | 10-18-2012 |
20140339053 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING ROUND HAY BALES AND MACHINE FOR HANDLING HAY THAT INCLUDES SAID TRASNPORTATION SYSTEM - Conveyor system ( | 11-20-2014 |
20150027853 | Carrier Member Having a Resilient Member - A carrier member is configured to receive a discrete article from a transfer assembly. The carrier member includes a cylindrical roll having a receiving surface and a resilient member connected with the receiving surface. The resilient member has a plurality of intermittently spaced first voids extending circumferentially about the axis of rotation at a first radial distance from the axis of rotation and a plurality of intermittently spaced second voids extending circumferentially about the axis of rotation at a second radial distance from the axis of rotation. The first radial distance is greater than the second radial distance. Each first void is separated from each second void. | 01-29-2015 |
20150107963 | CONVEYOR DEVICE WITH IMPROVED ADHESIVE PROPERTIES - The invention relates to a conveyor device comprising a conveyor belt ( | 04-23-2015 |