Having A Cyclically Swingable Section Patents (Class 198/578)
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Patent number: 10065164Abstract: The present invention provides a method for emptying a reactor containing at least one bed of spent catalyst particles, wherein the reactor comprises at least one dump tube that opens into the reactor. The method comprises the steps of: (a) causing a portion of the bed of spent catalyst particles to flow out of the reactor via the dump tube; and (b) expelling the remainder of the spent catalyst particles from the reactor by driving the remainder of the spent catalyst particles toward the opening of the dump tube using a removable device comprising at least one rotary brush fixed to the end of an articulated arm introduced into the reactor via the dump tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Eurecat S.A.Inventors: Jean Darcissac, Vincent Thevenet, Romain Vial, Lilian Bernard, Pierre Dufresne
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Patent number: 8893876Abstract: A unit for forming one or more layers of individual flat supports, taken from at least a first conveyor device, conveying the supports from upstream to downstream at a first speed, that includes a second conveyor device, conveying the supports from upstream to downstream at a second speed lower than the first speed, positioned downstream of the first conveyor device, equipped with a receiving zone for receiving the supports arriving from the first conveyor device, and having a curved portion, and means for forming the layer positioned above the second conveyor device, situated downstream of the curved portion, and driven at the second speed.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Bobst Mex SAInventors: Jean-Bernard Morisod, José-Manuel Romero
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Patent number: 8292061Abstract: A package apparatus includes a first conveyance unit and a second conveyance unit. The first conveyance unit is configured and arranged to convey a plurality of packaged objects in a first conveying direction. The second conveyance unit is provided below the first conveyance unit and configured and arranged to convey the packaged objects in a second conveying direction generally opposite from the first conveying direction. The second conveyance unit is configured and arrange to overlay each of the packaged objects received from the first conveyance unit on an adjacent one of the packaged objects such that the packaged objects are generally oriented in the second conveying direction to form a group of the packaged objects that is conveyed in the second conveying direction on the second conveyance unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seisaku Iwasa, Motoki Takayama, Tatsuya Arimatsu, Yuji Yokota
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Patent number: 7553118Abstract: A method and apparatus for moving loaded pallets from one location to another, such as from a region of an assembly line to a vertically lower region of the same assembly line. A first conveyor track is angled downwardly from a source of loaded pallets toward a diverter, which is driven to pivot about one end. The diverter receives the pallet when the diverter is parallel to the first conveyor track and then pivots to a horizontal orientation at which it is unloaded. Upon the last object on the pallet being removed, the diverter pivots downwardly to become parallel to a second conveyor track that is angled downwardly from the diverter, and is released to slide down the second conveyor track. The pallet is preferably precisely located and clamped in the diverter.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: The Schnipke Family LLCInventor: Brian T. Doepker
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Patent number: 7510070Abstract: A reciprocating forward-feed device for the clocked linear forward-feed of stacks of goods over a transport path has a double-arm rotatable forward-feed lever with two pushers which operate in a clocked manner. Forward-feed lever and pusher are driven in a controlled manner by means of a four-arbor arrangement with a linear arbor, rotational arbor and pivot arbor for the pushers linked via guide rods and a return swivel arbor.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: OPTIMA filling and packaging machines GmbHInventor: Andreas Rothbauer
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Patent number: 7452178Abstract: A unit for forming packs of products for a packaging machine comprises at least three feed surfaces (3, 4, 5) for layers of products (2) and a receiving station (6) for the layers of products (2). The receiving station (6) comprises an elevator (7), mobile only between a position for loading the products (2) and a position for releasing the products (2), to transfer the layers of products (2) to a packaging machine (8). The three feed surfaces (3, 4, 5) comprise synchronization means so that they simultaneously release the respective layers of products (2) onto the elevator (7).Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2006Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Tissue Machinery Company, S.p.A.Inventors: Davide Dall'omo, Christian Zagnoni
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Patent number: 6698579Abstract: An automatic handling device for flexible flat products, in particular catamenials, comprises: conveying means (2) on the infeed side for the serial guidance of the supplied products (1) in a main infeed direction (3), conveying means (4) on the outfeed side for the intermediate stacker units (5), the compartments (9) of which are charged with products (1), to be led off in a main outfeed direction (7) which is substantially perpendicular to the main infeed direction (3), and a feed head (8) for the products (1) between the conveying means (2, 4) on the infeed side and on the outfeed side, which oscillates about a pivoting axis (18) in the plane spanned by the main infeed direction (3) and outfeed direction (7) such that, during the oscillating motion in the main outfeed direction (7), the end (16) of the feed head (8) that is turned towards the respective intermediate stacker unit (5) is synchronous with the respective 4 compartment (9) of the intermediate stacker unit (5) for a product (1) to be transferredType: GrantFiled: October 29, 2001Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Geoffrey J. Kerr, Peter Wiedmann
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Patent number: 6681915Abstract: A high speed manufacturing system for processing articles of manufacture requiring processes to be performed on the articles at a pre-selected processing rate includes a trunk for simultaneously conveying a plurality of the articles of manufacture at the pre-selected processing rate in a first mode of motion from the beginning of the manufacturing system to the end of the system. At least one branch processing station is positioned intermediate the beginning and the end of the trunk wherein the branch processing station during its operation performs at least one process on articles of manufacture conveyed on the branch processing station and where the articles are conveyed in a second mode of motion.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Imre A. Pattantyus-Abraham, Chad E. Law, Patrick J. Weber, Stanley W. Stedman, Stephen T. Chang
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Publication number: 20030066733Abstract: A high speed manufacturing system for processing articles of manufacture requiring processes to be performed on the articles at a pre-selected processing rate includes a trunk for simultaneously conveying a plurality of the articles of manufacture at the pre-selected processing rate in a first mode of motion from the beginning of the manufacturing system to the end of the system. At least one branch processing station is positioned intermediate the beginning and the end of the trunk wherein the branch processing station during its operation performs at least one process on articles of manufacture conveyed on the branch processing station and where the articles are conveyed in a second mode of motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Imre A. Pattantyus-Abraham, Chad E. Law, Patrick J. Weber, Stanley W. Stedman, Stephen T. Chang
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Patent number: 6478134Abstract: A high speed manufacturing system for processing articles of manufacture requiring processes to be performed on the articles at a pre-selected processing rate includes a trunk for simultaneously conveying a plurality of the articles of manufacture at the pre-selected processing rate in a first mode of motion from the beginning of the manufacturing system to the end of the system. At least one branch processing station is positioned intermediate the beginning and the end of the trunk wherein the branch processing station during its operation performs at least one process on articles of manufacture conveyed on the branch processing station and where the articles are conveyed in a second mode of motion.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Imre A. Pattantyus-Abraham, Chad E. Law, Patrick J. Weber, Stanley W. Stedman, Stephen T. Chang
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Patent number: 6343906Abstract: An arrangement for transporting microtitration plates in an automatic handling machine is disclosed comprising at least one linear-transport device on which a carriage, which has at least one place of deposit for a microtitration plate, is transported in a straight line, under automatic control, between two limit positions. A lifting device is included with vertically displaceable bolts by which the microtitration plates can be lifted off or deposited on the carriage. At least one rotary device is also included in which a rotary element which has at least one resting place for a microtitration plate can be moved, under automatic control, about a fixed rotation shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1999Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: CyBio Instruments GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Kraemer, Thomas Moore, Heiko Oehme, Georg Schmidt, Ralph Noll, Martin Bechem
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Patent number: 6325198Abstract: A high speed manufacturing system for processing articles of manufacture requiring processes to be performed on the articles at a pre-selected processing rate includes a trunk for simultaneously conveying a plurality of the articles of manufacture at the pre-selected processing rate in a first mode of motion from the beginning of the manufacturing system to the end of the system. At least one branch processing station is positioned intermediate the beginning and the end of the trunk wherein the branch processing station during its operation performs at least one process on articles of manufacture conveyed on the branch processing station and where the articles are conveyed in a second mode of motion.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1999Date of Patent: December 4, 2001Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Imre A. Pattantyus-Abraham, Chad E. Law, Patrick J. Weber, Stanley W. Stedman, Stephen T. Chang
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Patent number: 5116217Abstract: Equipment for the manufacture of hollow plastic bottles from preforms (16) having a closed end and an open end forming a neck, includes a conveyor equipped with supports (11) for the preforms which are driven in a predetermined path (T). The supports are arranged one after the other and are capable of pivoting over a given angular range when acted upon by a cam guide and follower arrangement (17, 18) such that the preforms may be inverted from their initial position. The cam guide may be an elongated, stationary rod (17) in the shape of a spiral section coiled around the path (T) followed by the swivel pins (13) of the supports, having a length determined according to the pitch of the spiral and to the angular swing amplitude required for the preforms. Follower rollers (18) are mounted on each support and flank the rod (17) such that, during the displacement of the supports along their path, the supports and preforms carried thereby are swung through 180.degree..Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1990Date of Patent: May 26, 1992Assignee: SidelInventors: Gerard Doudement, Alain Evrard
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Patent number: 5092011Abstract: Described herein is a disk washing apparatus for cleaning substrate disks of memory medium, which comprises in combination: a loader section having a magazine for holding a number of disks to be washed; a working section including a washing stage arranged to wash the front and rear faces of a disk simultaneously with inner and outer peripheral surfaces thereof, a rinsing stage arranged to rinse the front and rear faces of a disk simultaneously with inner and outer peripheral surfaces thereof, and a drying stage adapted to dry a washed and rinsed disk by high speed spin drying; an unloader section having a magazine for accommodating cleaned disks; and disk transfer chucks adapted to transfer disks one after another stepwise from the loader section to the unloader section, passing the disks successively to the washing, rinsing and drying stages of the working section, the washing, rinsing, and drying stages being located in series between the loader and unloader sections.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1991Date of Patent: March 3, 1992Assignee: Hitachi Electronics Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Gommori, Hisayoshi Ichikawa, Takahisa Ishida
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Patent number: 4379671Abstract: Improvements in an unloader unit for an automatic system for unloading articles, such as plastic milk bottles, from a truck trailer and depositing them onto a conveyor system includes a synchronization control system and means for stably positioning the articles during the unloading operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 1980Date of Patent: April 12, 1983Assignee: National Can CorporationInventor: Donald D. Cochran
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Patent number: 4324326Abstract: The discharge assembly includes a pivotally mounted transfer conveyor to receive a flexible carrier from a descending process elevator and a discharge conveyor for discharging the items on the carrier onto a take-off conveyor. The diameter of the nose roller of the discharge conveyor is made relatively small so as to reduce the gap to the take-off conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1980Date of Patent: April 13, 1982Assignee: Design + Process Engineering Inc.Inventors: Rouzas R. Khoylian, James R. Cowdery, David B. Park
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Patent number: 3999648Abstract: The present invention relates to dividing a stream of articles into several streams. The operation is accomplished by moving articles along a horizontally swinging conveyor. The operation of the conveyor may be changed by changing a programming card. Thus the conveyor may be programmed to provide for a various number of rows of various widths.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1975Date of Patent: December 28, 1976Assignee: Simplimatic Engineering Co.Inventor: Francis Millard Kennedy
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Patent number: 3982625Abstract: A sorter system for articles such as baggage, mail bags, cartons, and the like is provided which combines a high speed main or sorting conveyor and a feed or induction conveyor, or a plurality of such induction conveyors along the length of the main conveyor. The induction conveyors are for the purpose of loading the main conveyor by depositing articles thereon with a velocity imparted to the articles in the direction of movement of the main conveyor which is substantially equal to the high rate of main conveyor velocity thereby avoiding shock. The arrangement is such that articles having length and width are deposited on an induction conveyor to travel in the direction of their length and be deposited on the main conveyor transversely of the motion thereof and thus oriented widthwise on the main conveyor to reduce the area required per article on the main conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1973Date of Patent: September 28, 1976Assignee: American Chain & Cable Company, Inc.Inventors: Edward A. Wentz, Wayne Douglas Pyles