Patents Examined by Kavel Singh
  • Patent number: 11905118
    Abstract: A modular conveyor belt with sturdy edges capable of supporting the weight of the belt along a carryway. The sturdy edges have bearing surfaces, such as the peripheries of wheels or the faces of wear pads, mounted at the sides of the belt to bear the belt's weight when the belt rollers are not supported on a roller-activation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Angela Longo Marshall
  • Patent number: 11905120
    Abstract: A vibratory conveyor drive system that can be fitted onto most existing vibratory conveyors. It replaces the conventional vibrational drive and its connections to the trough or trough frame and dramatically increases the longevity of the vibratory conveyor. It is a simple inexpensive retrofit. It has a drive arm with a vibratory drive that is hung from one of its ends and is partially vertically supported underneath by a vertical spring means. The other end of the drive arm is connected to the trough or the trough frame. Between the vibratory drive the drive arm and the trough or frame, there is at least one flexion means to negate the vertical forces of the drive and utilize only the lineal drive forces. The drive arm is at an acute angle with respect to the linear axis of the trough so as to impart an oscillating translational movement to the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Edward Klukis, Larry Beaudry
  • Patent number: 11905128
    Abstract: There is provided a device, system, and method for flexible feeding capable of being integrated into an assembly system. The device includes a disperser, a part retainer, a vibrator, an excess part removal device, a pick-and-placer, carriers, a transporter, a carrier inspection disc, a part remover, a gate, a transfer station, and re-entry tracks. The method includes dispersing parts, agitating parts, removing excess parts, picking captured parts, placing the captured parts into carriers, inspecting the carriers, positioning the carriers at a transfer station, and transferring the parts to a downstream processor. The system includes a flexible feeding device configured to perform flexible feeding operations, a data processor, and a medium having machine-readable instructions executable by the data processor and configured to cause the data processor to generate signals useful in the synchronization of two or more flexible feeding operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ATS Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth Wayne Nicholson
  • Patent number: 11897703
    Abstract: A conveyor system, comprising a first conveyor assembly having: an input end; an output end; and a conveyor belt arranged to convey an object from the input end toward the output end in a direction of travel. The conveyor system comprises a fluid projection mechanism, the fluid projection mechanism being arranged to provide a fluid suitable for providing a lifting force to a conveyed object as the conveyed object passes over the fluid projection mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: VALKA EHF
    Inventors: Hilmar Erlingsson, Úlfar Arnórsson, Ívar Meyvantsson, Helgi Hjálmarsson
  • Patent number: 11897700
    Abstract: A secondary belt cleaner system for cleaning the surface of the return side of an endless conveyor belt. The system includes a plurality of blade devices that are rotatably biased against the return side surface using a respective torsion spring therein. Each blade device includes a head portion formed by a blade support and a replaceable blade tip that is releasably secured to the blade support. The head portion is connected to one end of a blade arm and the other end of the blade arm is coupled to a rotatable shaft inside a housing that is fixedly secured to a support shaft having mounting brackets at each end for mounting the system transversely to the conveyor belt frame. Adjacent blade devices have different blade arm lengths in order to have the blade coverage overlap with no gaps in between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ASGCO Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew M. Collier
  • Patent number: 11885074
    Abstract: Present embodiments relate to a tie plate dispenser which selectively changes the orientation of the tie plates being ejected, if needed. An actuator is used to flip the tie plate as it falls from an ejection location of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: B & B Metals, Inc.
    Inventor: Coty T. Coots
  • Patent number: 11884511
    Abstract: An embodiment discloses a sterilization module comprising: a frame including a support part that includes one surface and one end, and a fastening part connected to the one end; a first circuit board disposed in the fastening part; and an ultraviolet irradiation device disposed on the first circuit board, wherein the support part comprises: the other end facing the one end; and a side end facing the other end. The frame comprises: a protrusion connected to the side end of the support part; and a guide part connected to the other end of the support part. The fastening part and the guide part extend in a first direction perpendicular to one surface of the support part, and the protrusion extends in a direction opposite to the first direction. The guide part comprises: a first guide part and a second guide part that are spaced apart from each other in a second direction parallel to the one end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUZHOU LEKIN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Bong, Sung June Park, Sang Hun An, Dae Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 11873181
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automated insert feeding system and related methods, capable of removing bulk-packaged items from a tray or other package, and separating the bulk-packaged items individually for distribution into individual packages in high speed reliable fashion. The disclosed systems can also be loaded with multiple packages of the pre-packaged items for automatic feeding into the system which allows human operators to load several packages and allow the system to work unattended, thereby reducing man-hours spend on the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SERPA PACKAGING SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventor: Fernando Serpa
  • Patent number: 11873164
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to automated warehouse facilities that are configured to assemble mixed pallets. The warehouse facilities can include one or more layer handling devices that are configured to remove layers from pallets in a delayering operational mode, and to add layers to pallets in a palletizing operation mode. The warehouse facilities also may include one or more item retrieval devices that are configured to retrieve individual items from storage racks. The warehouse facilities can include other automated devices as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NEWTEQ HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Hans Eil
  • Patent number: 11873167
    Abstract: A lift gate apparatus includes a movable conveyor device and a bracket. The movable conveyor device is configured to transition between a conveying position and a non-conveying position. The bracket configured to bridge a gap between the movable conveyor device and a fixed conveyor device, wherein the bracket pivots and slides over the fixed conveyor device when the movable conveyor device is transitioned from the conveying position to the non-conveying position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Quaglia, Todd Green
  • Patent number: 11866264
    Abstract: A conveyor belt maintenance system and methods of use thereof are disclosed herein. The conveyor belt maintenance system comprises a support structure for supporting a portion of a belt of a conveyor the support structure comprising a frame, an idler roller supported on the frame, and one or more connectors coupled to the frame. The support structure further comprises a track coupled to the connectors. The idler roller is configured to engage and support the portion of the belt. The connector coupled to the track is configured to facilitate movement of the support structure along the track in a direction parallel to the belt of a conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Global Material Handling LLC
    Inventors: Shane Vale, Ryan Hubble
  • Patent number: 11866273
    Abstract: A magnetic pouch clamp assembly includes a first and second clamping arms and a magnet assembly. The first clamping arms have respective, opposed first and second clamping surfaces. The second clamp arm is slidably connected to the first clamping arm such that the first and second clamping arms are movable between open and closed positions, with the first and second clamping surfaces being engaged in the closed position. The magnet assembly includes a first magnet having a first polarity carried by the first clamping arm and a second magnet having a second polarity carried by the second clamping arm, the first and second polarities being oriented such that a closing attractive force therebetween holds the first and second clamping surfaces in the closed position. A third magnet can be used to hold the clamping surfaces in the open position or to enhance closing forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BARTELT PACKAGING LLC
    Inventor: Donald Scott Peebles
  • Patent number: 11866262
    Abstract: An automatically tray feeding device includes: at least one conveying mechanism configured to convey a tray at different heights; at least one lifting mechanism configured to move the tray on a conveying mechanism at a first height to a conveying mechanism at a second height different from the first height; and a sorting table frame configured to carry the at least one conveying mechanism and the at least one lifting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Li Zhang, Jinning Liang, Qingping Huang, Mingzhi Hong, Yanhua Lu, Bo Li, Yue Li, Majie Weng
  • Patent number: 11858760
    Abstract: A system includes a base configured to be positioned on a ground. The base includes a first conveyor configured to convey a granular material. The system also includes a derrick coupled to the base. The derrick is configured to be oriented substantially horizontally when the system is in a folded state. The derrick is configured to be oriented substantially vertically when the system is in an unfolded state. The derrick includes a second conveyor configured to receive the granular material from the first conveyor and to convey the granular material. The system also includes a first arm coupled to the derrick. The first arm includes a third conveyor configured to receive the granular material from the second conveyor and to convey the granular material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SOLARIS OILFIELD SITE SERVICES OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Weinstein, Scott Lambert, Jeffrey Martinez
  • Patent number: 11845621
    Abstract: A robot is provided, which includes a base, a first robot fixed to the base at a base end thereof, and a second robot fixed to the base at a base end thereof. The first robot has a first robotic arm and a first robot hand attached to a tip end of the first robotic arm. The second robot has a second robotic arm and a second robot hand attached to a tip end of the second robotic arm. The first robot hand includes a conveyor, and the second robot hand includes a holding part configured to hold a workpiece. The second robot places the workpiece held by the holding part on a transferring surface of the conveyor of the first robot and releases the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Azuma, Takayuki Ishizaki, Mitsunobu Oka, Masataka Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11845615
    Abstract: A polishing device for a metal conveyor belt suitable for an automatic conveyor line includes a holding pillar with one end fixedly provided with a bearing head, a supporting carriage fixedly connected to the bearing head, assembly supporting frames, an assembly sliding column, a polishing supporting shaft and locking mechanism. A bottom end of the holding pillar is provided with a barrier protection assembly. Both ends of the supporting carriage are respectively provided with a reciprocating assembly and two assembly supporting frames. Opposite side surfaces of the two assembly supporting frames are respectively rotatably connected with a rotating seats. Both ends of the assembly sliding column are respectively fixedly installed and in transmission connection with two rotating seats. Both ends of the assembly sliding column are respectively in transmission connection with the reciprocating assembly. The polishing supporting shaft is in transmission connection with the assembly sliding column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tingting Lang, Fanghao Li, Xinrong Jin, Junhao Ye
  • Patent number: 11840404
    Abstract: A roller plate assembly includes a base plate having a plurality of openings distributed along a length and a width of the base plate. The roller plate assembly includes at least two cross supports coupled to the base plate. The roller plate assembly also includes a roller shaft extending at least partially through the at least two cross supports and a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted to the roller shaft. Each roller is disposed within a corresponding one of the plurality of openings and configured to project at least partly over the upper surface of the base plate. The plurality of rollers are configured to allow a package to move across the plurality of rollers from a first edge of the roller plate assembly to a second edge of the roller plate assembly in the length direction of the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Crown Plastics Co.
    Inventor: Peter Ellerhorst
  • Patent number: 11840405
    Abstract: A belt conveyor has at least one drum. The drum has a drum axle and a drum body with a drum shell and drum bases. The drum axle is mounted on the two sides by way of two bearings. A force measuring device and/or an accelerometer are arranged on the drum axle on the two sides. The sensors which are arranged on the two sides are preferably arranged between the drum body and the bearing outside the drum body. The sensor signals can be transmitted wirelessly by way of a telecommunications device which is assigned to the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Ziegler
  • Patent number: 11833569
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for the clocked longitudinal transport of workpieces (11) between processing stations in a transfer press. The apparatus has, at least on one side, a first (2) and a second (3) longitudinally movable control element as a control group (2, 3), wherein two control elements (2, 3) are mounted to be movable relative to each other solely in the longitudinal direction, and the control elements (2, 3) are driven via a common shaft (58). The first control element is a gripper rod (2) for the longitudinal transport of workpieces (11) between the processing stations, and gripper elements (4), offset in the longitudinal direction by the distance between the processing stations, are mounted in the gripper rod (2) and can be moved solely in the transversal direction. The second control element is a thrust rod (3) which forcibly controls the transversal movement of the at least two gripper elements (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ADVAL TECH HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Matthias Common, Urs Graf
  • Patent number: 11827458
    Abstract: A rotary table box manipulator, comprising: a horizontal supporting plane (1); a first rotary table (2) inscribed in and coplanar with said horizontal plane; a conveyor belt (3) arranged in a loop and movable along a longitudinal advancement direction above the supporting plane (1) and the table (2), equipped with a distribution of rotating balls (4) whose lower part is in contact with the upper surface of the plane (1) and of the table (2), so as to define an upper movable surface for supporting and transporting one or more boxes or packages of boxes (5), further comprising at least one second rotary table (6) inscribed in and coplanar with said first rotating table (2) and able to move independently from it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PARA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Emanuele Para