Patents Issued in May 30, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190161245
    Abstract: A valve assembly for a dispensing container includes a closure body detachably coupled to a co-injected valve. The closure body includes a main closure body coupled to a closure cap via a flexible hinge. The co-injected valve includes a valve head and a valve frame. The valve head includes a valve head portion with multiple valve head slits, a sleeve portion, and a peripheral sealing flange. The valve frame is permanently coupled to the valve head and includes a radial ledge and a radial wall that support the peripheral sealing flange of the valve head. The co-injected valve is fabricated via a two-step injection molding process. The first step includes fabricating the valve frame from a first injection material, and the second step includes fabricating the valve member from a second injection material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Robert E. Proudfoot, Terrence M. Parve
  • Publication number: 20190161246
    Abstract: A lid with a stopper for use with a beverage container is described. The lid includes a lid body to fit into an opening of the beverage container. The lid includes a stopper to threadably engage with the lid body. A drink opening is formed between the lid body and the stopper. The stopper rotates between open and closed positions to open and close the drink opening. The stopper includes hook members. The hook members are movable relative to the stopper. The hook members releasably hold the stopper to the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Marvin Lane, Dwayne Boroski
  • Publication number: 20190161247
    Abstract: A closure is provided and comprises a top plate and a sidewall depending therefrom. The interior of the sidewall has a screw thread formation comprising a plurality of thread segments. The thread segments collectively define an engagement surface for engagement with an external thread formation on an associated container. A notional helical top surface with a constant pitch extends along the formation, and at least some, but not all, of the segments include material offset from the notional helical top surface towards the top plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Lino Dreyer, Sebastien Widmer, Romain Dampfhoffer
  • Publication number: 20190161248
    Abstract: A closure for a container. The closure comprises an end panel, a sidewall depending from the end panel and having an inwardly directed curl, and a sealing compound extending down the inner surface of the sidewall. A plurality of ribs are formed in the sealing compound, spaced apart around the circumference of the sidewall, each rib extending down the sidewall and projecting radially inwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Paul RAMSEY, Philip Norman HORTON, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190161249
    Abstract: Child safety lid/cover is provided and used to close the opening of content containers including rigid containers. The cover requires a multiple step process in order to be removed and helps to prevent inadvertent or accidental openings of the container. An embodiment for flexible bags includes the cover and adds a ring member that contains the locking section that the cover/lid is secured to. The flexible bag is secured to the ring member. The disclosed lid/cover can also be incorporated into lids of larger containers, such as, without limitation, relatively large tubs and pails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: GARY K GOLDFARB, WERNER BLUMENTHAL, ALEXANDER ZULETA
  • Publication number: 20190161250
    Abstract: An adaptable drinking nozzle may convert any bottle into a nozzled drinking vessel and may feature a conical elastomeric skirt with parallel fitting rings on an inside of the skirt. The apex of the cone may have a valve to selectively contain the bottle contents. By folding the elastomeric skirt, the drinking nozzle may fit either over or inside the neck of the bottle and seal it against the fitting rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Jay R. Balk
  • Publication number: 20190161251
    Abstract: An auto-opened water cup lid with press-type nozzle includes a cup lid and a handle ring. A mounting platform is formed in the cup lid, and a perforation, an inlet hole and a button slot are formed in the mounting platform. A straw is disposed in the perforation, and the straw is provided with a nozzle. A rotating sleeve is formed in an outer sleeve of the straw. The rear end of the nozzle is in sealing contact with the front part of the rotating sleeve. A front pin and a rear pin are formed on two sides of the outer wall of the rotating sleeve, and the front pin is connected to the nozzle cover. A front pin hole and the hook slot are formed in the nozzle cover, and the front pin hole cooperates with the front pin. A rear pin hole provided on the upper inner wall of the mounting platform of the cup lid cooperates with the rear pin. The button slot is located on one side of the handle ring, and the upper end of the button slot is formed with a position-limiting hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Zikai Fang
  • Publication number: 20190161252
    Abstract: The invention discloses a quick-detachable and replaceable wet tissue flap cover, comprising an upper flap cover and a lower withdrawal cover, a hinge structure is arranged at a joint between said upper flap cover and said lower withdrawal cover, a clamping slot connected with said hinge structure is arranged at the joint between said lower withdrawal cover and said upper flap cover, said clamping slot is elastically clamped with said hinge structure, and said upper flap cover is reversibly open and closed relative to said lower withdrawal cover. The quick-detachable and replaceable wet tissue flap cover of the invention has the advantages of simple structure and convenient use, guaranteeing the tightness, safety and hygiene, and avoiding bacteria breeding and moisture loss of wet tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Ling-da WANG
  • Publication number: 20190161253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid dispenser for dispensing liquid from an inverted container. The dispenser includes a body adapted for releasably engaging to the inventor container, a valve localized in the body and defining a dispensing orifice that reacts to pressure differences for dispensing liquid to the exterior atmosphere, and an impact resistance system. The impact resistance system is located upstream of the valve and includes a housing that includes a cavity adapted to be occupied by a compressible substance. The compressible substance allows pressure equilibration between the valve interior side and the valve exterior side allowing the dispensing orifice to be reactively closeable, especially to absorb a hydraulic hammer pressure from an impact force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Paulus Antonius Augustinus HOEFTE, Jimmy SCHOUBBEN
  • Publication number: 20190161254
    Abstract: A child-resistant closure for a container includes an inner cap retained in an outer cap, the outer cap being rotatable with respect to the inner cap; the inner cap having a gripping surface on a circumferential sidewall; the outer cap having a circumferential lateral wall defining elongate cutouts that expose the gripping surface, the cutouts being sized and spaced to provide adequate contact area between a typical thumb of an adult and the exposed gripping surface to allow removal of the closure from a container and inadequate contact area between a typical thumb of a child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Cory J. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20190161255
    Abstract: A child-resistant canister includes a container and a closure configured to mount on the container to close an opening into an interior region formed in the container. The closure includes a lid and a lid anchor coupled to the lid. The lid anchor is configured to mate with a closure retainer included in the container to retain the closure in a mounted position on the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Martin, John A. Vassallo
  • Publication number: 20190161256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hygienic protective membrane (2) for a drink can (12) provided with a lid (14) with a circular edge (16) and a ring suitable to form an orifice in a detachable zone of said lid, the membrane (2) comprising a first and a second film (6) superimposed and adhered to each other, said membrane (2) being configured to be disposed with the first film adhered to the lid (14), the second film (6) being separable from the first in order to give access to the orifice of the lid. The membrane has a central portion (8) generally circular suitable to cover the lid (14) and a lateral portion (10) forming a strip from the circular portion and adapted to cover the edge of said lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Philippe Goumas
  • Publication number: 20190161257
    Abstract: A lid for a cup is described where the lid acts to hold a can upside down inside the cup. The lid including a rim attachment mechanism allowing the lid to be attached to the cup and a dome connected to the rim attachment mechanism and having an aperture therein. The lid also includes a can receptacle extending from the top into the interior of the dome through the aperture in the dome, wherein the can receptacle is formed to accept a can and to hold the can in a fixed position relative to the lid, and a bottle receptacle extending from a bottom of the can receptacle, wherein the bottle receptacle is formed to accept a neck of the bottle and to hold the bottle in a fixed position relative to the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Akacas IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander K. Miller
  • Publication number: 20190161258
    Abstract: A package including a carton and a plurality of articles. The carton can include a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of articles can be arranged in a plurality of rows of articles in the interior of the carton, the plurality of rows of articles can include at least a first row and a second row, and the first row can include at least one more article than the second row forming a void between a first article at an end of the first row and a second article at an end of the second row. A handle can include the first article at the end of the first row and a handle feature extending in the carton. The handle feature can be at least partially aligned with the void and can be proximate the first article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Baldino, Aaron Lee Bates
  • Publication number: 20190161259
    Abstract: Packaging method comprising the following steps: (a) providing a semi-crystalline thermoplastic polyester having at least one 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol unit (A), at least one alicyclic diol unit (B) other than the 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol units (A), and at least one terephthalic acid unit (C), wherein the molar ratio (A)/[(A)+(B)] is at least 0.05 and at most 0.30, said polyester being free of non-cyclic aliphatic diol units or comprising a molar amount of non-cyclic aliphatic diol units, relative to the totality of monomeric units in the polyester, of less than 5%, and with a reduced viscosity in solution (25° C.; phenol (50 wt. %): ortho-dichlorobenzene (50 wt. %); 5 g/L of polyester) greater than 50 mL/g; (b) preparing a heat-shrinkable film from the semi-crystalline thermoplastic polyester obtained in step (a); (c) covering a product with the heat-shrinkable film obtained in step (b); (d) applying a heat treatment to the packaged product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hélène AMEDRO, René SAINT-LOUP
  • Publication number: 20190161260
    Abstract: A pull tab assembly is described for condiment dispensers such that one or more pull tabs are disposed on a dispenser. An alternative teaches opposing pull tab assemblies placed on either end of a condiment dispenser. A slanted edge associated with the pull tab facilitates the opening of the dispenser. Another embodiment teaches acute angle dispensing devices and alternatively having a flap about the acute angle dispensing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Alyse N. Merritt
  • Publication number: 20190161261
    Abstract: Disclosed are package assemblies and methods of making the same, wherein the assemblies can include, among other elements, an outer carton defining an interior product storage compartment; an inner product support card slidably received within the product storage compartment; the inner support card having a main body portion and one or more flaps; and one or more primary product packages, each being secured to one of the one or more flaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Vercoe, Marty Jones, Steven P. Jones
  • Publication number: 20190161262
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to retortable, hot-fill and/or microwavable liquid dispensing packages. The packages include is a line of weakness having a sinusoidal shape in each front and rear panel of the package which are substantially coincident with one another. To drain liquid from the package, a first removable portion can be torn away from the package by manual force separating at the lines of weakness to create a plurality of liquid-passage openings in the remaining portion of the package which extend laterally across the width of the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Desmond J. VanHouten
  • Publication number: 20190161263
    Abstract: A lid ring (7) for sterilizable containers (1) is proposed which is formed from a metal ring (40) coated on both sides with at least one plastic layer (37, 43), a radially outer cut edge and a radially inner flange (31). The radially inner flange (31) is folded back on itself at least once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Amcor Flexibles Singen GMBH
    Inventors: Sven Bauer, Andreas Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20190161264
    Abstract: An air cushion having first and second rooms bends at a partition at a corner of a multi-function peripheral (MFP) and contacts a first face of the MFP at a first room outer surface and a second face of the MFP at an second room outer surface. An outer case applies pressure to the outer surfaces of the first and second rooms and presses the first and second rooms to the MFP. When the first room receives a force from outside the outer case, gas moves from the first room to the second room against pressure the outer case applies to the second room, such that a side wall of the outer case contacting the second room deforms. Upon removal of the force, the side wall returns to an original flat state and presses the second room, such that the gas returns from the second room to the first room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi HASHIMOTO, Narutaka YOSHIDA, Hiromi MIZUGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190161265
    Abstract: A vacuum packaging apparatus for securing a plurality of vacuum skin packaging (VSP) products is provided and includes a receiving plate, a plurality of cavity walls, and a plurality of vacuum channels. The plurality of cavity walls extending downward from a planar bottom surface of the receiving plate and provide a plurality of cavities there within. The plurality of cavity walls includes an upper cavity wall encircling an upper cavity of the plurality of cavities, and a lower cavity wall encircling a lower cavity that is positioned adjacent to the upper cavity and recessed with respect to the upper cavity walls. The plurality of vacuum channels extend through the receiving plate and into the plurality of cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: JLS Automation
    Inventor: Jon Pentzer
  • Publication number: 20190161266
    Abstract: A one-piece insulating container is provided. The container is formed from a container template that includes a generally flat case blank and an insulation template secured to the case blank. The case blank and insulation template may be folded simultaneously to form the three-dimensional container. The insulation template is designed to cushion and insulate an interior volume defined by the formed case blank. When folding, the insulation template conforms to the shape of the folded case blank. The case blank and insulation template may thus be manipulated in tandem to provide a completely enclosed space that is insulated on all sides. The dimensions of the case blank and insulation template may be adjusted to establish containers of varying sizes and dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: ThermoPod, LLC
    Inventors: Drayton G. Miller, William J. Gunn
  • Publication number: 20190161267
    Abstract: A sleeve member includes a bellows member having a top and a bottom located opposite the top, and an inner liner located internal with respect to the bellows member. The inner liner has a top and a bottom located opposite the top of the inner liner. The top and the bottom of the inner liner are connected to the top and the bottom of the bellows member, respectively, such that a vacuum entrapment is provided between the bellows member and the inner liner. A passage is provided through the top and the bottom of the bellows member, and through the top and the bottom of the inner liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: LIQUITEK LLC
    Inventors: JAMES G. GETSAY, PAUL TERLINSKI
  • Publication number: 20190161268
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluid medium dispensing system (1) for dispensing a fluid medium stored under pressure. The system (1) comprises a container (30) for storing the fluid medium under pressure, the container (30) comprising a neck (36) defining an opening (32). A valve cup (10) supporting a valve (5) closes the opening (32) of the container (3). The valve cup (10) is secured to the container (30) by an adhesive layer (70) between the valve cup (10) and the neck (36) of the container (30) that thereby seals the container (30). Preferably, the neck (36) of the container (30) and the valve cup (10) define contiguous surfaces (71, 72) respectively between which the adhesive layer (70) is located. Preferably also, the adhesive is a cyanoacrylate adhesive. The invention also provides a method of assembling a BoV dispensing system (1) wherein a bag (100) is secured to the valve (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Adalberto Geier
  • Publication number: 20190161269
    Abstract: A pipe coil skid includes a plurality of beams affixably connected together to form a rectangular shaped base and a platform disposed within the base. The platform has a concave upward shape on its upward facing side when the skid sits on a horizontal surface, such that a coil of pipe positioned upon the platform contacts the platform within the base. The pipe coil skid also includes a first side rail coupled to at least one of the plurality of beams. The first side rail is configured to block movement of the coil of pipe beyond a boundary of the rectangular shaped base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Brett HAMNER, Max REEDY, Alexander Lee WINN, Peter PARKER
  • Publication number: 20190161270
    Abstract: The invention proposes a portion capsule for producing a beverage, having a capsule body with a capsule base and a filling side, with a cavity for accommodating a pulverulent or liquid beverage base being formed between the capsule base and the filling side, with a filter element being arranged between the beverage base and the capsule base, and with the fitter element comprising a non-woven which is arranged in the region of the capsule base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Günter Empl, Marco Hanisch
  • Publication number: 20190161271
    Abstract: A refuse container locking apparatus and method. In some embodiments, the refuse container has a container bin with a container lid rotatably mounted adjacent the open end of the container bin. Some instances of the locking apparatus have a locking hasp arm with a slotted end mounted to a base plate mounted to the container sidewall. The locking hasp is linearly slidable on the base plate between a first arm distal position spaced from container lid and a first arm interlocking position adjacent the container lid. Some instances include a locking bolt mounted on a bolt base mounted on the container lid. The locking bolt is linearly slidable on the bolt base between an unlocked position spaced from the locking hasp arm and an interlocked position adjacent the container lid and in interlocking communication with the locking hasp arm. Some methods can require two hands to operate the locking apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Darryl R. Dworkin
  • Publication number: 20190161272
    Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis and a body assembly. The body assembly includes a series of panels configured to contain a volume of refuse therein, a ramp, and an ejector. The panels define a hopper volume and a storage volume. The ramp is disposed within the hopper volume. The ejector is configured to fully eject refuse from the storage volume. The ejector includes a wall at least partially defining an opening within a plane and a coupling pivotally and fixedly coupling a panel to the wall. The wall is movable within the storage volume. The panel is selectively rotatable relative to the wall between a closed position and an open position. The panel extends at least partially across the opening when selectively rotated into the closed position and is angularly offset relative to the plane of the opening when selectively rotated into the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Gerard G. Betz, II, Yanming Hou, Gregory H. McCarty
  • Publication number: 20190161273
    Abstract: A storage system includes a plurality of rails or tracks arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The grid pattern includes a plurality of grid spaces and each stack is located within a footprint of only a single grid space. A load handling device is configured to move laterally on the rails or tracks above the stacks. The load handling device includes a container receiving space located above the rails or tracks in use and a lifting device arranged to lift a container from a stack into the container receiving space. The load handling device includes a mechanism for enabling lateral movement of the device in one of two transverse directions by enabling either a first or second set of wheels to selectively engage the first or second set of rails or tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew John INGRAM-TEDD, Pawel KAROLINCZAK, Tom Clancy
  • Publication number: 20190161274
    Abstract: Disclosed autonomous mobile robot systems can be used to safely and efficiently navigate through a facility while avoiding objects in the path of the autonomous mobile robot during completion of a task. Specifically, a safety zone of a first size may be generated around an autonomous mobile robot based at least in part on first data from a first set of sensors associated with the autonomous mobile robot that are configured to identify an object within the safety zone. Information indicating a current speed of the autonomous mobile robot from associated propulsion components may be received and utilized to update the first size and a shape of the safety zone. Instructions to cease propulsion of the autonomous mobile robot may be transmitted to the propulsion components based on first data identifying the object within the updated first size of the safety zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Charles Paschall, II, Justin Croyle, Shilpi Gupta, Anatoly Mitlin, Ashish Shah
  • Publication number: 20190161275
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new stock control system that can grasp the stock status of objects to be controlled and is excellent in convenience. The stock control system of the present invention includes a shelf 10; a marker 11; an image acquisition unit 12; a storage unit; an analysis unit; and an alert unit. The shelf 10 is a shelf on which an object to be controlled 20 is placed. The marker 11 is disposed in the shelf 10 at a position where it is shielded from the image acquisition unit 12 due to the placed object to be controlled 20. The image acquisition unit 12 acquires an image of the marker 11. The storage unit updates and stores on-time stock information of the object to be controlled 20 placed on the shelf 10 based on sales information of the object to be controlled 20. The analysis unit analyzes, upon acquisition of the image of the marker 11 by the image acquisition unit 12, the on-time stock information in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide UMEDA, Suguru EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190161276
    Abstract: Method and systems for accumulation are described. In one embodiment, a dispensing station includes a receiving opening, a dispensing opening and a storage area. The dispensing station receives and dispenses a container. A transportable storage system includes multiple partitions disposed on a carrier portion to define multiple carriage sections. The carriage sections are electronically identifiable and selectively hold or eject the container. A bin apparatus for receiving the container includes a movable portion to selectively hold and release the container. A control unit for commanding the bin apparatus to dispense the container to a desired carriage section of the transportable storage system is provided. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan W. Joplin, Jerry W. Christopher, Charles E. Eller
  • Publication number: 20190161277
    Abstract: A method for handling bulk products may include placing harvested product into a container and facilitating shipment of the container with the harvested product to an end user of the harvested product without further handling of the harvested product. A container for receiving, drying, shipping, and tracking the products may also be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: NEXYST 360. INC.
    Inventor: Dennis Pap
  • Publication number: 20190161278
    Abstract: A conveyor apparatus includes an endless conveyor belt wound around outgoing path side guide pulleys in turn along a helical conveyance path in a bent state where the belt is folded in two in a width direction such that an upper edge portion thereof is supported by the outgoing path side guide pulleys, and wound around returning path side guide pulleys in turn along the helical conveyance path in the bent state where the belt is folded in two in the width direction such that the upper edge portion is supported by the returning path side guide pulleys, and folded back at each turning positions of a horizontal conveyance unit located at an upper side and a horizontal conveyance unit located at a lower side of the support frame and being in an expanded state where the belt expanded in the width direction in a vicinity of the turning position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicants: Furukawa Industrial Machinery Systems Co., Ltd., Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Katamata, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, Ayumu Yokomaku, Akihisa Fujikake, Atsushi Fujita
  • Publication number: 20190161279
    Abstract: Apron feeders, having a material hopper and chain conveyors with outboard chain driven pans, are under significant stress and at risk of premature failure at the material-control wings. Herein, embodiments of pan are provided fit with mechanically-fastened wings to mitigate stress risers. Each pan has an upper plate with overhanging portions forming left and a right outboard chain connection. At a high stress location, between the hopper walls and the chain connections, the wings are mechanical secured to an upper plate of the pan. In embodiments, the wings are formed of an L-shaped wing, such as a bent plate, having a base portion for parallel and mechanical connection to the upper plate. The wing's base portion can be fastened with one or more of the bolt holes and bolts that also secure the pan to the chain conveyors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Dumitru Bojinescu
  • Publication number: 20190161280
    Abstract: A conveyor belt support system for a conveyor having a belt movable along a frame includes a plurality of support slats each extending substantially along a longitudinal axis of the belt. The plurality of support slats is adjustable in position relative to the belt. A processing machine for scanning and portioning a workpiece includes a scanning station configured to scan a workpiece to ascertain at least one physical parameter of the workpiece, a portioning station configured to portion the scanned workpiece, a conveyor for moving the workpiece beneath the scanning station and the portioning station that includes a belt with an open form moveable along a frame, and the conveyor belt support system located beneath at least the scanning station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: John Bean Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Harrison T. Gill, Erick A. Sorenson
  • Publication number: 20190161281
    Abstract: A vacuum holder for articles, a combination of a vacuum holder and an article, a system for holding and conveying articles, and a method for holding and conveying articles are disclosed. The vacuum holder includes a main body having a surface and an air passageway leading to the surface, and a valve joined to the main body and in fluid communication with the air passageway. The vacuum holder includes an extensible skirt gasket with an opening therein. An article can be placed adjacent to the surface of the main body, and a vacuum can be drawn through the air passageway to hold the article to the vacuum holder. The valve maintains the vacuum between the article and the vacuum holder without being connected to a vacuum source, until it is desired to release the article from the vacuum holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Lyman, Jason Matthew Orndorff, Marcus Shen
  • Publication number: 20190161282
    Abstract: An assembly for movement according to predefined rules of motion, includes a supporting frame forming a working path that accommodates a driving element with which at least one movable element is associated which is adapted to move an item to be subjected to a process. The assembly includes, interposed between the driving element and each respective movable element, at least one movement adjustment apparatus having a contoured guide, arranged substantially parallel to the driving element, at least one first lever that has a first end that can slide within the guide, and a portion that is pivoted to at least one second lever which in turn is coupled rigidly to the driving elements. The first lever has a second end, which is opposite the one that can slide in the guide, which is articulated to a linkage, which in turn is pivoted on a portion of a respective movable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Daniele CIVOLANI, Francesco MARCHIONI
  • Publication number: 20190161283
    Abstract: A method is provided for removing slack in a chain conveyor driven between a first sprocket and a second sprocket, the first sprocket and the second sprocket rotating in a first direction. The method includes: locking the second sprocket to prevent rotation of the second sprocket in a second direction opposite the first direction; operating the first sprocket in the second direction to position a slack portion between the first sprocket and the second sprocket; and removing at least one chain link from the slack portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Gareth Rimmington
  • Publication number: 20190161284
    Abstract: For a flexibly configurable and easily expandable transport route of a long stator linear motor with transport route modules, it is provided that, in a two-sided route section with a transport route module on both sides, an intermediate space is provided between two transport route modules in transverse direction, and the transport unit is arranged at least partially in this intermediate space. In this way, a movement path is formed midway of this intermediate space in transverse direction that the transport unit follows during movement in longitudinal direction by the guidance on the transport route modules, and the movement path is arranged by the arrangement of the transport route module in transverse direction at a distance of (r·a) from the starting point and ending point, where r is an odd, whole number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Dominic WALTER, Christoph OBERMAIR, Stefan HUBER
  • Publication number: 20190161285
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for presenting in a longitudinal line packages initially arranged in rows i, at a determined isolated-package pace D, using at least a regulating conveyor belt and two line-forming conveyor belts. After separating rows adjacent in the longitudinal direction, rows are sequentially presented onto the regulating conveyor belt, the dimensions of the spaces between end packages of the row and the reference inside and outside dimensions with respect to the regulating conveyor belt and the number of packages on the belt are measured optically, the speed of the line-forming conveyor belts for maintaining the determined pace D is calculated, the paths of the packages are calculated and the moment at which to release the packages of row from the regulating belt onto the line-forming conveyor belts so that the inside package of row i does not meet the outside package of row i?1 is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Pascal PERROT, Philippe LE SAUZE, Thierry CHOLLET
  • Publication number: 20190161286
    Abstract: A conveying system is disclosed. The conveying system may have a first conveying apparatus that conveys a first article to a first location. The conveying system may also have a second conveying apparatus that conveys a second article to a second location. The conveying system may have a frame, a chute connected to the frame, and a third conveying apparatus. The chute may convey the first article received from the first conveying apparatus to a discharge location. The third conveying apparatus, disposed below the chute, may convey the second article received from the second conveying apparatus to the discharge location. The chute may be movable relative to the to the third conveying apparatus, such that the first or second article may be selectively conveyed to the discharge location via the chute or third conveying apparatus, depending on the position of the chute relative to the third conveying apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
    Inventors: John HUGHES, Timothy RONEY
  • Publication number: 20190161287
    Abstract: Puck handling device for a conveyor system, comprising a puck handling disc and a drive means for rotating the puck handling disc, where the puck handling disc comprises a first semi-circular disc comprising a first cut-out and a second semi-circular disc comprising a second cut-out, where the first semi-circular disc and the second semi-circular disc are individually rotatable by the drive means, and where the first cut-out and the second cut-out forms a recess adapted to hold a puck when the puck handling disc is arranged in a first holding state. The advantage of the invention is that a puck handling device adapted to direct a puck from any of two infeed conveyors to any of two outfeed conveyors is provided. This allows for a flexible and quick handling of pucks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Sven-Erik ECKERSTRÖM, Michael ÖHMAN
  • Publication number: 20190161288
    Abstract: A separating element operates a transport device, which is configured to pile a plurality of partial book blocks for forming a book block along a book channel associated with the transport device, the finished piled book block being feedible to a processing machine. The book channel includes at least one transfer portion. At least one first separating element is arranged within the transport device as a link between an upstream transfer portion and a downstream transfer portion. The first separating element is configured to be operated by at least one drive and is configured to: receive a partial book block fed horizontally from the upstream transfer portion, horizontally transport the partial book block onward via the conveying portion formed by the first separating element, and then horizontally hand the partial book block over to the downstream transfer portion in keeping with a cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Landolt, Peter Braschoss
  • Publication number: 20190161289
    Abstract: A packing device of food includes a feeding part configured to supply food, a gripping part configured to grip a plurality of foods placed in order by the feeding part, and a conveying part configured to convey onto a tray the plurality of foods gripped by the gripping part. The gripping part has a pair of pinching members configured to pinch the plurality of foods from both sides in directions in which the plurality of foods are placed in order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Shogo HASEGAWA, Kenji BANDO, Keiichi TANAKA, Hiroshi KATAFUCHI, Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190161290
    Abstract: A device for holding and capable of conveying a sheet of glass includes a holder intended to support the sheet of glass, in particular in a substantially horizontal position, wherein the device includes a surround including a plurality of support elements which are able to support the sheet of glass locally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Vincent SAUVINET, Thierry OLIVIER, Philippe FREBOURG
  • Publication number: 20190161291
    Abstract: A device for conveying and holding a sheet of glass includes a conveyor and a holder configured to hold a sheet of glass in position, in particular in a horizontal position. The holder includes at least two spaced-apart and parallel lateral conveying systems, and a multitude of spaced-apart wires extending transversely with respect to the lateral conveying systems and borne thereby, the sheet of glass being intended, via at least all or part of its lateral sides, to be pressed locally against the wires, and a delivery system configured to deliver pressurized water and/or air jets, the pressurized jets being intended to be sprayed toward the upper face of the sheet of glass—the opposite face to the one supported by the wires, so as to keep the sheet of glass pressed firmly against the wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Vincent SAUVINET, Thierry OLIVIER
  • Publication number: 20190161292
    Abstract: Transport device having a transport route, with a turnaround portion to change orientation of a transport unit by 180° in the longitudinal direction along the transport route, including a turnaround portion with an entrance connected to a first transport route portion by a first entrance end and a second, open entrance end, and an exit connected to a second transport route portion by a first exit end and a second, open exit end. A common movement path is formed at least in some portions in a region of a first transfer position, and the transport unit is movable along the path. To be turned around, the transport unit is moved to the entrance of the turnaround portion, transferred from the entrance to the exit of the turnaround portion, and moved from the exit of the turnaround portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Michael BRUCKER, Stefan HUBER
  • Publication number: 20190161293
    Abstract: A system to deliver a cargo using a railway, such as a subway or a national railway, rather than ground transportation. A cargo loading/unloading unit is provided on a platform of a railway station. The cargo loading/unloading unit is configured to load and unload cargoes is provided inside a railway vehicle, such that a large quantity of cargo can be quickly loaded and unloaded while the railway vehicle is stopped at the station. The cargo delivery capacity can also be adjusted, thereby enabling a large quantity of the cargo to be delivered more quickly and conveniently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: KYUNG HO CHOUNG, KYUNG HEE LEE
  • Publication number: 20190161294
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading a cargo space includes a conveyor and a stacker for stacking goods in the cargo space. The stacker is before the conveyor. In addition, a buffer conveyor is between the stacker and the conveyor to permit the uninterrupted operation of the stacker. A transfer conveyor is between the buffer conveyor and the conveyor for moving a stack from the buffer conveyor to the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Jukka Pakkanen, Reijo Viinonen