Patents Examined by Kavel P Singh
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Patent number: 7815041Abstract: A conveyor line for products such as bottles, cans or similar containers with at least one guide railing that is adjustable across the direction of conveyance and is operable by at least one actuator drive, whereby stops which can optionally be moved into several preset positions in the adjustment path of the guide railing or the at least one actuator drive which define various railing positions and thereby delineate the adjustment path.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2004Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Krones AGInventor: Rauscher Guenther
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Patent number: 7810632Abstract: A vibratory conveying apparatus has a simple structure and can align and sort parts to a desired posture. The vibratory conveying apparatus comprising a conveying chute having a first conveying surface that is connected to a driving source by a leaf spring that is reciprocatingly vibrated by the driving source. The vibratory conveying apparatus also comprises a linear return chute having a second conveying surface to return sorted parts dropped from the conveying chute during alignment or another sorting process performed on the conveying chute. A deflectable motion transmitter transmits vibration from the first conveying surface of the conveying chute to the second conveying surface of the return chute.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Nac Feeding Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masao Ohashi
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Patent number: 7802673Abstract: A conveying mechanism includes: a first belt roller; a second belt roller provided substantially parallel to the first belt roller downstream in the conveying direction of the recording medium; a conveying belt looped over at least the first belt roller and the second belt roller; a belt drive unit conveying the conveying belt; a resist roller pair configured by a first resist roller and a second resist roller contacting the first resist roller; and a resist roller drive unit driving the rotation of the first resist roller or the second resist roller. The first belt roller and the first resist roller are coaxially arranged, and the first belt roller rotates independent of the first resist roller.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2007Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Mamoru Yasuda, Makoto Shibano
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Patent number: 7798310Abstract: A conveyor belt cleaner for scraping material from a surface comprising a mounting assembly operatively attached to a support frame, the mounting assembly comprising at least one scraper blade, a biasing member associated with each scraper blade and a scraper blade arm extending there between. The biasing member and scraper blade arm are configured such that the conveyor belt cleaner provides for full circle deflection of and a floating point of rotation for the base member, scraper blade arm, and scraper blade. The mounting assembly is further configured to enable material cleaned from the conveyor belt surface to pass freely through the mounting assembly to avoid inhibiting the operation of the conveyor belt cleaner.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Martin Engineering CompanyInventor: Willem D. Veenhof
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Patent number: 7798311Abstract: A conveyor (2) which has a plurality of slats (6) for transferring articles around the conveyor (2), some or all of the slats (6) having at least one visible surface (14) through which indicia is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Inventors: Daniel Grant, Douglas Grant
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Patent number: 7793772Abstract: A conveyor line segment (N+1; N; N?1) with a predetermined length for accumulating several conveyed goods thereon, includes a conveying means (12) for moving the conveyed goods (A, B, C) thereon along a conveying direction (28), which is oriented parallel to a longitudinal direction of the segment (N), along the segment (N), wherein the conveying means (12) can be driven for being moved at a speed (vN), which is substantially constant, a sensor (10) for detecting that a conveyed good (A, B, C) is driven onto the segment (N), and a controlling unit (20; 22) coupled to the sensor (10) in order to move and stop the conveying means dependent on the detection signal of the sensor (10), and adapted to determine a geometrical length along the conveying direction (28) of incoming conveyed goods (A, B, C), and to not move further the conveying means (28) dependent on the determined length(s), if the segment (N) cannot receive other conveyed goods (A, B, C) any longer.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2009Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: SSI Schafer Peem GmbHInventor: Gerhard Schäfer
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Patent number: 7789219Abstract: A conveyor device, in particular for an automatic packaging machine for paper rolls, having a horizontal plane of advance, at least one pair of motorized flexible transmission members extending along a closed loop and bearing a plurality of transverse bars fastened to said flexible transmission members, a plurality of thruster elements borne by said bars, and a stationary adjustment station provided with at least one adjustment assembly having a grip organ movable in transverse direction and arranged in such a way as to displace in the transverse direction along the respective bar a thruster element positioned at the grip organ.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: KPL Packaging S.p.A.Inventors: Luca Baldanza, Andrea Cinotti, Giuliano Bertusi
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Patent number: 7784600Abstract: An apparatus for the transport of food products, in particular of product slices produced with a cutting machine, comprising at least one deflection station for the deflection of at least one incoming product stream running in on an incoming conveyor into at least one outgoing product stream outgoing on an outgoing conveyor in a different direction to the incoming product stream, wherein the deflection station includes at least one transfer device movable between a discharge end of the incoming conveyor and a receiving end of the outgoing conveyor, with a support surface for the products always facing in at least approximately the same direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Weber Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Guenther Weber
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Patent number: 7779986Abstract: In a transfer system used for transferring articles that are conveyed on a main conveying path to branching conveying paths, change-over guiding sections of change-over units have an upper guiding body and a lower guiding body and the change-over action of the upper guiding body is caused by the motion force of an article side-push body in the direction of a main conveying path, and the change-over action of the lower guiding body is caused integrally in the second half of this change-over action. As a result, a sufficient change-over guiding length in the change-over unit can be ensured and change-over can be performed smoothly via both guiding bodies at all times.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Enomoto
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Patent number: 7770715Abstract: A conveyor displaces a succession of identical screens along a closed annular path having a generally horizontal upper stretch and a lower return stretch spaced below the upper stretch. Particle mats are formed on the screens on the upper stretch. A press along the upper stretch downstream of the mat-former compresses the mats into rigid panels. A screen changer includes a unit for removing a bad screen from the conveyor and a unit for feeding a fresh screen to the conveyor and thereby replacing the bad screen with the fresh screen. One of the units is generally entirely within the path, below the upper stretch and above the lower stretch.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Siempelkamp Maschinen-und Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ralf Burckhardt
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Patent number: 7770710Abstract: Method for compensating the length of a movable handrail (10) in a passenger conveyor (2) having a passenger transportation belt (4) defining at least one passenger transportation surface (8), the handrail (10) is traveling along a closed handrail path which extends through an exposed path (12) along the passenger transportation belt (4), around a turnaround means (14), through a return path (16) and around a further turnaround means (18), and which hand rail path defines a handrail plane which is substantially perpendicular to the passenger transportation surface, the method comprising the following steps: (i) turning the handrail (10) out of the handrail plane; (ii) directing the handrail (10) through a compensation means (38); and (iii) turning the handrail (10) back into the handrail plane.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2004Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Otis Elevator CompanyInventors: Andreas Stuffel, Sameh Samdzada
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Patent number: 7770720Abstract: A conveying device (1) is provided for conveying preferably heavy goods on pallets or the like on an essentially horizontal conveying line or track (5, 6) on the floor (4) of a room or outdoors. The conveying line is, in the longitudinal direction, divided into a first conveying track (5) and into a second conveying track (6). A dividing area is formed by at least one moving partial piece of the same kind that can be folded upward in the form of a folding piece (3) similar to a drawbridge in order to provide an unobstructed transversal passage (D), for example, for a fork-lift truck.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Knapp Logistik Automation GmbHInventor: Karl Freudelsperger
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Patent number: 7762381Abstract: The conveyor of a travelator comprises a number of shafts and a number of mutually parallel endless belts. The conveyor comprises a number of conveyor modules successively connected to each other with a connecting section between them. The belts in the connecting section are arranged to be loosenable so that at least one shaft over which the belts to be loosened are passed is detachable so as to allow the conveyor modules to be released from each other. To release a conveyor module, at least one shaft on which the belt loops in the connecting section turn over is moved in relation to another shaft to slacken the belt loops. The shaft over which the loosened belt loops are passed is detached and removed from the belt loops. The detached conveyor module is removed for maintenance and/or replaced.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Kone CorporationInventors: Jorma Mustalahti, Esko Aulanko
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Patent number: 7757842Abstract: A conveyor system apparatus including: a primary conveyor; and a conveying belt comprising: a belt deck comprising a conveyor belt; and a frame supporting the belt deck, the frame comprising a base and a deck support coupled to the base and the belt deck, the deck support movable between an operating position and a maintenance position. In as embodiment of the invention, the belt deck is cantilevered from the frame. Also, in an embodiment, the frame includes a motor for moving the deck support with respect to the base.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Mantissa CorporationInventors: J. David Fortenbery, Aric Benedict, David Patrick Erceg, Andrew B. Fortenbery
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Patent number: 7753194Abstract: A conveyor assembly is provided. The conveyor assembly comprises a frame having structural support elements that facilitate easy cleaning of the device and avoid the collection of water, bacteria, debris and the like. The frame of the conveyor assembly may further comprise one or more means for retaining wear strips on the frame that provide for the secure retention of the wear strip, yet allow easy removal and cleaning of the associated components. A sanitary removable hinge is also disclosed and may be used in connection with a conveyor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2005Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Industrial Design Fabrication & Installation, Inc.Inventors: Todd Gerald Jager, Tony Wayne Derrick
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Patent number: 7743911Abstract: In order to develop drawing machines for drawing a linear workpiece, the invention proposes a drawing machine with a caterpillar conveyor for drawing a linear workpiece through a drawing die, in which the caterpillar conveyor comprises a frame configured to be symmetrical with respect to the drawing plane.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: SMS Schumag GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Heiner Kudrus
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Patent number: 7743903Abstract: A panel feeding device, panel feeding method, and panel assembling device are provided that are capable of stably conveying a large panel. On panel assembling where a display panel is assembled by joining substrate (7) to glass panel (5), in a panel feeding device that feeds glass panel (5) to a working position, a panel conveying means that conveys glass panel (5) is supported by a pair of placing tables (4), each moving along carrier rails, at both ends of the bottom surface, and substrate 7 bonded to glass panel (5) extending from glass panel (5) is supported by supporting members (24c) and (25c) provided extending from placing table (4). This makeup enables stably conveying a large panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Tomoaki Nakanishi
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Patent number: 7743913Abstract: When the operation of an electronic component conveying apparatus is to be stopped, application of a negative pressure to through holes is stopped, and a compressed air blowing mechanism blows compressed air from an exhaust nozzle with a pressure greater than a pressure applied during the operation of the electronic component conveying apparatus. Accordingly, an air curtain is generated at opening portions of the through holes on the guide member side, and the air curtain prevents electronic components from entering the through holes. The electronic components remaining in the through holes located downstream of the position of the exhaust nozzle in a conveying direction are conveyed to a measurement section so as to enable measurement of the characteristics thereof, and then discharged by a discharging mechanism in a discharge section. Thereafter, rotation of a conveying member is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2008Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mitsuru Ikeda
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Patent number: 7731015Abstract: The present invention provides a container-transporting device which fundamentally avoids the problems caused by elongations and the structure of endless chains, which is inevitably created by using endless chains in the container-transporting conveyors for conventional filling-and-packaging machines.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2004Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Abe, Takayoshi Kamiji
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Patent number: 7731021Abstract: A conveyor chain with a universal coupling joint connecting consecutive chain links. The joint includes a joint member unitarily molded with a first link body engaged by a separately formed joint element insertable into a second adjacent link body to link the two link bodies at the joint. The insertable joint element may be made of a different material from the link body. The joint member has a convex or concave spherical bearing surface that engages a complementary concave or convex bearing surface on the joint element for universal pivoting.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.Inventors: Stephen Melançon, David Bogle, Max C. Salinger