| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 198688100 | Having means to enhance the friction or adherence between the conveyor and load at random locations on conveyor | 44 |
| 20080257690 | CONVEYOR CHAIN FOR TRAVEL WAY - A conveyor chain for a travel way on which an operator and/or a work carriage are reliably moved in a nonskid manner. The conveyor chain has a series of modules, each with a nonskid material loaded upper surface with front and rear hinge portions for connecting the modules to each other by connecting pins. The nonskid material loaded upper surface has hollows with the hollow surfaces recessed below the upper surface. The upper surface includes a number of supporting ribs project upwardly from the hollow surfaces and terminate flush with the upper surface, so that the transfer of the work carriage is easy and a back bend radius is decreased. Miniaturization and simplification of the conveyor are attained | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090057101 | FRICTION CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND WORKPIECE CARRIER FOR A FRICTION CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A friction conveyor system comprises a conveyor means ( | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090101479 | Transfer device in manufacturing systems for tobacco products - In a manufacturing system for tobacco products, a cigarette maker and a cigarette packer are linked by a transfer device consisting in a flat top chain conveyor that comprises a plurality of modular molded plastic elements connected one to the next by way of hinge elements and fashioned with respective tops combining to create a transport surface on which a layer of cigarettes advances en masse from one machine to the other; the flat tops of the single modular elements present a soft outer layer having a high coefficient of friction, which is co-molded with the relative modular element. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090314613 | CHECK-IN SYSTEM - A check-in system for receiving and transporting luggage from a passenger, comprising: a conveyor for transporting luggage, the conveyor having a top surface on which luggage is received and which extends from a front end to a rear end; a floor adjacent the front end of the conveyor for supporting a passenger; wherein the top surface of the front end of the conveyor is substantially flush with the floor, such that luggage may be slid from the floor onto the conveyor | 12-24-2009 |
| 20120043184 | TWO-MATERIAL CONVEYOR BELT MODULE - A two-material conveyor belt module and a method for making it. A conveyor belt module comprises a rigid thermoplastic link substrate topped with a high-friction layer made of a resilient material. A dense array of teeth protrudes upward from the link substrate. The resilient material is overmolded onto the link substrate at a temperature high enough to melt the ends of the teeth. The melted ends of the teeth mix with the resilient material to form a bond firmly retaining the high-friction layer atop the substrate. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20140102862 | LUG LOADER - Embodiments provide methods, systems, and apparatuses for loading workpieces in a flow direction into the spaced apart lugs on a lugged conveyor with the workpieces oriented transverse to the flow direction. The lug loader includes an array of pairs of endless conveyors configured to convey workpieces toward a lugged conveyor. The first and second endless conveyors of each pair are spaced laterally apart across the flow direction and aligned substantially in the flow direction. The array can form a continuous or discontinuous transport surface. Some pairs of endless conveyors in the array may overlap one or more other pairs of endless conveyors in the array. At least one pair of endless conveyors in the array may include two or more endless conveyors that are independently driven at different speeds and/or in different directions to de-skew a workpiece. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140216898 | PLATE MEMBER CONVEYING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONVEYING PLATE MEMBER - The present invention provides a plate member conveying apparatus configured such that an occupied area is small, and a plate member is unlikely to be damaged. A plate member conveying apparatus according to the present invention includes a feed device having a conveying portion and a pressurizing portion. The conveying portion includes a belt configured to contact one of surfaces of a plate member in a vertical state to feed the plate member in a conveying direction. The pressurizing portion applies pressure of a fluid to the other surface of the plate member in the vertical state in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the plate member to press the plate member toward the belt. Then, the plate member in the vertical state is conveyed while being held by sandwiching the plate member between the belt of the conveying portion and the fluid of the pressurizing portion. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140332350 | ARTICLE CONVEYER BELT AND COIN SORTING DEVICE - An article conveyer belt assembly used for example, in a coin sorting device for positively pushing an article, such as a coin along a support surface is provided. A toothed belt has teeth for transmission of power by mounting a plurality of pushers on the belt with a connector removably mounted with a connecting body, a first holder and a second holder spaced a distance from each other to hold onto the conveyor belt. One of the first and second holders has a hook member to close a spaced opening at one end. The first and second holders are cantilevered to be mounted on a conveyor belt. At the other end of the connector body a pusher unit has a first shaft part and a second shaft part cantilevered from the connector body, with a hollow roller snap fitted on the first shaft part and the second shaft part. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20160052717 | BELT FOR A CONVEYOR UNIT - A conveyor unit has a conveyor belt comprising, in cross-section, a recess in the upper edge of the belt. In an embodiment, the unit comprises two belts that support the objects to be transported, in particular electronic boards. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160075523 | CONVEYOR - A conveyor for use with panel-shaped workpieces which can be fed to a machining such as a profile machining is disclosed. The workpieces to be machined are components used in the furniture and structural element industry, such as floor panels, doors, tabletops, or the like. The conveyor belt of the conveyor has a profiling element in a direction of extension, which profiling element is in engagement with a guide means element. | 03-17-2016 |
| 198689100 | Suction | 16 |
| 20080223695 | Device for Transfer of Items - A device for transfer of items, in particular food items such as pieces of meat, which device comprises a base part ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080302637 | System and Method for Enhancing Conveying Performance of Conveyors - A system and method for conveying and for accurately handling a generally flat object employing a plurality of support elements. The system comprises: a plurality of vacuum preload drive wheels arranged in one or more drive units, each drive unit comprising at least one vacuum preload drive wheel; one or more vacuum ports located on one or more counter plates adjacent each of the vacuum preload drive wheels, for applying induced holding down forces on the object. The vacuum ports of each drive unit are fluidically connected to a main vacuum pipe with controllable valve to a vacuum source. When the main vacuum pipe is connected to a vacuum source the normal force between the object and the vacuum preload drive wheels is increased and accordingly the lateral drive force is increased. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20110061999 | NON-CONTACT TYPE OF VACUUM PAD - The present invention relates to a non-contact type vacuum pad which is used for holding articles in a vacuum conveying system. The vacuum pad of the present invention comprises a main body, an air guide, and a discharge pathway formed by means of the main body and guide. The air guide is attached in such a way that it does not project from the bottom edge of the main body, and it has: a central inflow recess communicating with a supply hole; one or more flow pathways formed passing through the wall surface from the inflow recess; and a suction hole which extends from the bottom surface and connects to be flow pathway(s). When compressed air passes through the flow pathway(s), the outside air underneath the vacuum pad passes the vicinity of a diffusing surface and through the suction hole and is entrained into the compressed air, and merges with and is discharged together with the compressed air. At this time, articles can be strongly held due to the negative pressure produced in the space between the vacuum pad and the article. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110139586 | VACUUM TRANSPORT BELTS - Provided are media vacuum transport systems including media vacuum transport members, methods of making media vacuum transport members, and method of transporting media. In accordance with various embodiments, there is a media vacuum transport system including a vacuum plenum one or more transport members configured to rotate around the vacuum plenum and wherein at least one of the one or more transport members can include a substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of holes extending from a first side proximate to the vacuum plenum to a second side proximate to the media, and a top coat layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the top coat layer can include a plurality of particles dispersed in a resin to provide an average surface roughness Ra of about 2 μm to about 100 μm. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110253511 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSFERRING SOLID MATERIAL - An apparatus and an associated method comprise a receiving zone, for receiving solid material, a transferring zone, for transferring said solid material and optionally a releasing zone for releasing said solid material, e.g. to another moving surface and with a moving endless surface moving in and through said zones, said a moving endless surface has thereto a multitude of primary cavities and secondary cavities receiving said solid material, wherein said primary cavities are connectable and/or connected to said vacuum system of said transferring zone, and said secondary cavities are not connectable/connected to said vacuum system of said transferring zone, and wherein thus only said primary cavities transfer said solid material e.g. to said further moving surface; and wherein typically both primary and secondary cavities are connectable/connected to a vacuum system in said receiving zone. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120012440 | NEGATIVE-PRESSURE CONVEYOR - The invention relates to a device for transporting sheet-like products having an edge comprising a negative-pressure unit having a longitudinally running intake opening. Air can be taken in through the longitudinally running intake opening, wherein a row of the sheet-like products can be attached to the longitudinally running intake opening via their edges. The edges lie against said longitudinally running intake opening and extend transversely to the longitudinally running intake opening while being transported. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120211332 | GLASS SHEET BELT CONVEYOR - A powered draw belt of a belt conveyor for conveying glass sheets has a main supporting surface, and is fitted with a suction retaining device for securing a glass sheet to the draw belt; the retaining device having at least one hollow body at least partly covering the main supporting surface; the hollow body defining a supporting surface for the glass sheet, and having at least one elastically deformable portion spaced apart from the main supporting surface to define, with the main supporting surface, a variable-volume chamber connectable to a suction source. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120217136 | VACUUM CONVEYOR APPARATUS FOR STABILIZING MULTIPLE LANES OF OBJECTS CONVEYED ON A CONVEYING SURFACE OF THE APPARATUS - A vacuum conveyor apparatus stabilizes multiple single file lanes of objects conveyed on a conveying surface of the apparatus by directing vacuum pressure through multiple slots beneath the conveying surface where the multiple slots are aligned with the multiple lanes of objects on the conveying surface. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130068593 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR SHEET MATERIAL - The invention is related to a transport system for sheet material including a conveyor belt charged with a vacuum. The transport system includes a vacuum chamber providing the vacuum to charge the conveyor belt while moving along the vacuum chamber in a transport direction, wherein the conveyor belt is permeable to air by recesses having specified distances from each other, and air nozzles arranged at a deflection position inside the vacuum chamber. The specified distances from each other correlate with the distances of the recesses in the conveyor belt to allow pressurized air charged to the air nozzles to pass through the recesses in the conveyor belt. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130140143 | Transport Device with Endless Conveyor Belt - The invention relates to a transport apparatus ( | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130248330 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOLDING ARTICLES - An apparatus for folding articles advancing in a machine direction including a rotatable roll having a roll surface, at least one protrusion that defines an outermost surface of the roll and at least one pocket that defines an innermost surface of the roll. The apparatus also includes a first and second vacuum conveyor assembly, each comprising two vacuum conveyors. The roll and the vacuum conveyor assemblies are cooperatively configured to fold an article. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140041996 | TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A transfer apparatus has a conveying track for electronic devices in a row, two vacuum passages to create vacuum forces to hold electronic devices against the conveying track at first and second positions respectively preventing overlapping of electronic devices; and sensors arranged with respect to the conveying track, the first sensor detects presence or absence of the leading electronic device at the first position for removal of the leading electronic device from the conveying track, and the second sensor detects presence or absence of the leading electronic device at a sensor position between the first and second positions as the leading electronic device is conveyed along the conveying track from the second to the first vacuum passage. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140251764 | MACHINE HAVING A PNEUMATIC DRUM FOR PROCESSING SHEETS OF DIFFERENT FORMATS - A machine for processing sheets of different formats includes a pneumatic drum having an outer sleeve with pneumatic nozzle channels and an inner sleeve with a covering segment for covering the nozzle channels in a format-dependent way. A motor is provided to rotate the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve while the machine is running to carry out a flying format change of the pneumatic drum. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140318929 | SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING AN ARTICLE USING VORTEX SUCTION UNITS - A system for conveying an article along a transfer path includes at least a first and a second vortex suction unit disposed in sequence in a direction of the transfer path. A conveyor is configured to support the article relative to at least one of the suction units and a main controller is configured to separately control the vortex suction units so as to convey the article along the transfer path using the conveyor. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150291359 | Timing Belt For Suction Feeder - A conveying surface | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160146236 | FITTING FOR SUCTION CUP AND SUCTION CUP - Push-on fitting ( | 05-26-2016 |
| 198690100 | Magnetic | 3 |
| 20120073938 | CONVEYOR CHAIN - A conveyor chain that enables magnet pieces for attracting and retaining articles conveyed on the chain. The magnet pieces are incorporated into synthetic resin link modules without changing a predetermined chain width and dimensioning of other device components. A large number of link rows consisting of a number of synthetic resin link modules are connected together so as to have a predetermined chain width W. At least some of the synthetic resin link modules have magnet storing blind holes which open in the chain width direction from link side surfaces such that a magnet piece can be insertably stored in the magnet storing blind hole and securely enclosed by the link side surface of an adjacent synthetic resin link module in the chain width direction. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120241291 | Chain Conveyor System - The invention provides a chain conveyor system capable of avoiding damages and vibration noise by securely attracting and retaining metallic magnetic articles in inclined conveyor lines or slippery wet conveyor lines and of providing ready transfer or relay of the articles to other conveyors or equipment also in a conveyor terminal carry-out area. The chain conveyor system comprises a conveyor chain having article-attracting magnet pieces for attracting and retaining articles on loading surfaces thereof and an article-separating means that is disposed coaxially with a sprocket wrapped by and engaging with the conveyor chain and has article-separating magnet pieces that cut the attraction of the article-attracting magnet pieces with the articles on an outer circumferential parts of a free roller. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130126310 | MAGNETIC BELT CONVEYOR - The invention relates to a magnetic conveying device for transporting in particular panel-shaped objects ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 198690200 | Transversely extending enlongated ridge means formed on or attached by nonmechanical means to the conveyor | 3 |
| 20120285801 | CROSS CLEATED CONVEYOR BELT FOR A TUBULAR CONVEYOR - An improved conveyor belt is provided for use in a tubular conveyor. The belt includes a plurality of cleat sets extending at a non-perpendicular angle across the axis of the belt. Adjacent cleat sets are offset with respect to one another, such that the axis of adjacent cleat sets are non-parallel. Each cleat set includes a plurality of spaced apart, upstanding cleat members. The orientation of the cleat sets helps maintain material toward the center of the belt, while the orientation of the cleat members eliminates vacuum behind the cleat members. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130233677 | COMPONENT FEED DEVICE AND UNIT COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE - The invention provides a component feed device ( | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140262692 | CONVEYER BELT FOR ROUND PRODUCE - A conveyer belt having a plurality of raised crescent shaped protrusions extending upward from its flat body and arranged in an array of aligned vertical columns and horizontal rows. Each protrusion has rounded surfaces with no sharp edges, which helps prevent damage to produce as the produce falls upon the conveyer belt. The crescent shape of the protrusions along with the sloped and rounded surfaces form a plurality of pockets spaced and staggered across the conveying surface of the conveyer belt. | 09-18-2014 |
| 198692000 | Impaling | 1 |
| 20100282573 | SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING A STRIP OF MATERIAL ALONG A PRODUCTION LINE AND PRODUCTION LINE PROVIDED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 198698000 | Load-engaging belt having load-impelling, projecting cross members (e.g., slat, etc.) joined thereto by mechanical fastening means | 5 |
| 20110127144 | Chain transporter system - A chain transporter system has a plurality of adapter elements mounted on spaced apart chain links with a separate mounting part received in each adapter element. Each adapter element includes a groove-type recess having a pair of opposed walls, each of which has an undercut. Each mounting part is received in the recess of an adapter element with extensions matingly received in the undercuts of the adapter element. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110220465 | Conveyor For Transferring Articles - A conveyor for transferring articles, comprising: a cogged belt ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120138429 | CONVEYOR DEVICE FOR FLAT CARDBOARD SHEETS IN CARDBOARD-BOX FORMING MACHINES - This comprises a horizontal entraining loader ( | 06-07-2012 |
| 20140014477 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A conveyor system for conveying articles is provided, comprising a plurality of indexing flights ( | 01-16-2014 |
| 198699000 | Belt formed of a continuous member of flexible sheet-type material (e.g., canvas, etc.) | 1 |
| 20100213034 | MACHINE FOR HANDLING FLAT ARTICLES - In a mail-handling machine having a conveyor path for conveying the mailpieces, which path is defined by a longitudinal referencing wall and by a top referencing wall, there is provided a conveyor and jogger belt formed of a continuous strip having two opposite faces, namely an inside face provided with a set of teeth suitable for co-operating with drive cogs for driving the belt, and an outside face provided with a plurality of flexible blades spaced apart at a predetermined distance, the free ends of said flexible blades providing both support for said flat articles while they are being conveyed and also jogging for jogging them against the top referencing wall. | 08-26-2010 |
| 198699100 | By a plurality of laterally spaced, projecting members on the conveyor | 6 |
| 20090127075 | Exchangeable attachment and attachment holder for modular belts - A belt module suitable for use in a modular belt and designed for holding attachments such as flights. The belt module has an attachment holder with a dovetail section on the upper surface that accommodates attachments and the like that are designed to be removably attached to the holder by means of attachments furnished with foot extensions that fit into the dovetail section by sliding the foot laterally into a locked position relative to the attachment holder. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20120055762 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A conveyor system is provided with a plurality of support members which are erected and spaced apart from each other, a plurality of holding units on which the plurality of support members are held, and a drive unit that moves the holding units in a conveying direction. A supporting plane on which a workpiece is supported and conveyed is formed by distal end portions of the support members. The support members are movable in parallel with respect to the supporting plane. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120061209 | CONVEYOR MODULE, PARTICULARLY FOR A BAND CONVEYOR, WITH IMPROVED MEANS FOR CONNECTING ADDITIONAL MEMBERS - A module for forming a conveyor, particularly a band conveyor, presenting a plurality of modules connected together, each module including: an upper surface, a lower surface, conventional elements for removably connecting the modules together to form the conveyor, and connection element for removably connecting additional members, particularly a thrust bar, to the upper surface; in which the connection element includes, on the exposed face of the upper surface of the module, at least one predefined identification mark, the module presenting, below the upper surface in a position corresponding with the at least one predefined mark, at least one connection element extending from and closed by the upper surface and provided with, or in which there can be provided, a seat or hole adapted to cooperate with means, to removably connect the additional member to the upper surface of the module. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20130168209 | Grain conveyor with high lift belt - A belt conveyor for grain or other granular materials has an enclosed housing, a bottom return, an infeed end and a discharge head. The conveyor uses a special high angle lift belt with projecting lugs of approximately two inches high and having cooperating angled elements that form material receiving pockets. The lugs are arrayed on the belt in meshing relationship so that as the belt curls laterally within the housing, the lugs prevent backflow of materials at least up to a forty degree angle when the conveyor is running. The bottom return section of the conveyor has a plurality of belt supporting rollers extending transversely across the return section. The belt lugs are also arranged so that upper ends of the lugs form a longitudinally and transversely continuous supportive surface for low friction running support by the belt return rollers. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140090959 | Driving device of a conveyor device - A driving device of a conveyor device such as an intake finger assembly of an auger of a harvesting device includes a feeder aid disposed in an interior of the conveyor device, a swivel bearing for supporting the feeder aid on a control shaft, a first fastening section assigned to the swivel bearing, and a second fastening section. The second fastening section is disposed at a distance from the first fastening section, between which a predetermined breaking point is disposed on the feeder aid. The first fastening section and the second fastening section are interconnected by a resiliently elastic connecting element. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20160031650 | CLEATED CONVEYOR BELT - A belt includes one or more devices that prevent roll-back of material being conveyed by the belt wherein the one or more devices are formed as a pattern on the belt. The pattern includes one of the one or more devices being offset from at least another of the one or more devices. The pattern is at distance from another pattern of the one or more devices formed on the belt. | 02-04-2016 |
