Live Roll Patents (Class 198/780)
  • Patent number: 12140375
    Abstract: Sleeve for mounting a ceramic roller in a roller hearth furnace, the sleeve has a receptacle for one end of the ceramic roller, the receptacle being surrounded by a lateral wall. The lateral wall has, in the axial direction, a waist portion and a clamping portion, wherein a wall thickness (d) of the lateral wall in the waist portion is smaller than in the vicinity of the waist portion, and a cross-sectional area of the receptacle in the clamping portion is smaller than in the vicinity of the clamping portion. A ceramic roller can be mounted in a roller hearth furnace by the sleeve, even at high temperature. During production, the sleeve is provided with a reduced cross-sectional area in the clamping portion. When the sleeve is pressed axially onto the end of a ceramic roller, the reduced cross-sectional area produces an elastic force, with the sleeve being held on the ceramic roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Schwartz GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Naderer, Andreas Reinartz
  • Patent number: 12030726
    Abstract: A multi-roller guide that includes a base plate, a cover plate, a plurality of spacers positioned perpendicularly between the base plate and cover plate, a plurality of spacer fasteners coupled to the spacers, and a plurality of roller assemblies secured between the base plate and cover plate and aligned along a roller assembly arc path. Each roller assembly includes a roller coupled to a roller bearing, with the roller bearing having a bearing center passage that receives therein an axle, and wherein the plurality of roller assemblies are secured between the cover plate and base plate via the axle, and wherein each roller is spool shaped including a core portion connecting upper and lower boundary walls, the upper and lower boundary walls extending radially outward from the core portion and including a space therebetween for receiving a portion of a tensile member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Patz Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory A. Rakowski, Bradley J. Bedord, Daniel J. Johnston
  • Patent number: 11993531
    Abstract: An end cap assembly for a conveyor roll includes an end cap configured to fit over an end of the conveyor roll, and the end cap has an opening. The end cap assembly further includes a spring member configured to be positioned between the end of the conveyor roll and the end cap, and a fastener that is insertable into the opening of the end cap. The fastener is configured to cooperate with the spring member to apply a retention force to assist in retaining the end cap on the conveyor roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Glasstech, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry A. Bennett, Troy R. Lewandowski, Brian D. Bils
  • Patent number: 11939169
    Abstract: A roller conveyor system configured for installation on top of a mobile robot to provide robotic transport of a payload includes: a roller conveyor, the roller conveyor comprising: a roller assembly, the roller assembly comprising a plurality of rollers, the rollers configured to move a payload, each of the rollers being configured to rotate, the roller assembly comprising a motorized roller and one or more auxiliary rollers, the motorized roller comprising a motor configured to cause the motorized roller to rotate; and a hybrid power transmission configured to drive the rollers, the hybrid power transmission coupling the motorized roller to at least one of the one or more auxiliary rollers, the hybrid power transmission using at least two power transmission methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Diehr, Andrew Zeller
  • Patent number: 11807463
    Abstract: A multi-roller guide is provided that includes a base plate with a cover plate secured thereto and a plurality of roller assemblies with rollers rotatably secured between the base plate and cover plate, the roller assemblies aligned along a roller assembly arc path, wherein the rollers are configured to rotatably engage with a tensile member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Patz Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory A. Rakowski, Bradley J. Bedord, Daniel J. Johnston
  • Patent number: 11536515
    Abstract: Provided is a roller shaft insulation member for reducing the heat which is conducted to the bearings by passing through the space between the roller insertion hole of a continuous annealing furnace and the roller, wherein the roller shaft insulation member of the continuous annealing furnace comprises an inorganic fiber blanket, which contacts or is near the outer circumferential surface of the roller and in which the content of 45 ?m or larger shot is 3% or less. A continuous annealing furnace provided with said roller shaft insulation member is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MAFTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakuni Taguchi, Mitsuo Suzuki, Akihiro Yano
  • Patent number: 11535453
    Abstract: An automatic electromechanical braking roller system includes a power drive unit (PDU) comprising a sensor configured to detect a speed of a unit load device (ULD), a controller configured to receive a speed signal corresponding to a speed of the ULD from the sensor, and an electromechanical braking roller (EBR) spaced apart from the PDU and configured to receive a braking signal from the controller in response to the speed of the ULD being greater than a threshold value. In response to the speed of the ULD being less than the threshold value, the EBR is configured to rotate freely about an axis in a first state. In response to the speed of the ULD being greater than the threshold value, the EBR is configured to reduce the speed of the ULD in a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Vishnu Gopan, Narain Jayaprakash
  • Patent number: 11193521
    Abstract: A kit of parts includes a ceramic element comprising a cylindrical bore having at least one recess, and a rod comprising an outer tube comprising a jutting portion adjacent to an insert portion. An outer tube wall mates with the cylindrical ceramic bore. An outer tube bore comprises a cylindrical portion. An outer tube projecting member is insertable into a recess in the cylindrical bore. An inner mandrel insertable into the outer bore stabilizes a projecting member in a recess to couple the rod to the ceramic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: VESUVIUS FRANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Laurent DuBois, Etienne Schabaillie
  • Patent number: 11183408
    Abstract: An in-line wet bench device for the wet-chemical treatment of semiconductor wafers, comprising a plurality of conveying rollers, each of which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, for the in-line transport of semiconductor wafers along a conveying direction, wherein the axes of rotation are arranged parallel to one another and perpendicular to the conveying direction, the conveying rollers having a cylindrical conveying section which extends axially along the respective axis of rotation and forms a conveying surface in the shape of a cylindrical sleeve. The conveying surface has at least one smooth region with surface roughnesses of less than 10 ?m when viewed in the axial direction and rough regions with surface roughnesses of more than 100 ?m axially adjacent to the smooth region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HANWHA Q CELLS GMBH
    Inventor: Anika Weihrauch
  • Patent number: 11034524
    Abstract: A roller conveyor system configured for installation on top of a mobile robot to provide robotic transport of a payload includes: a roller conveyor, the roller conveyor comprising: a roller assembly, the roller assembly comprising a plurality of rollers, the rollers configured to move a payload, each of the rollers being configured to rotate, the roller assembly comprising a motorized roller and one or more auxiliary rollers, the motorized roller comprising a motor configured to cause the motorized roller to rotate; and a hybrid power transmission configured to drive the rollers, the hybrid power transmission coupling the motorized roller to at least one of the one or more auxiliary rollers, the hybrid power transmission using at least two power transmission methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Fetch Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Diehr, Andrew Zeller
  • Patent number: 11018558
    Abstract: A drum motor, comprises a drum tube having a cavity formed therein and a longitudinal axis, a shaft, which runs in the longitudinal axis and on which the drum tube is mounted by means of at least one rotary bearing, an electric synchronous drive unit arranged in the cavity of the drum tube, having a stator and a rotor, which are arranged in the longitudinal axis of the drum tube and wherein the rotor is connected to the drum tube and the stator is connected to the shaft, and a control unit for controlling the synchronous drive unit. The control unit of the drum motor has a frequency converter and is fastened directly to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: INTERROLL HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Stefan Hamacher
  • Patent number: 10858198
    Abstract: A singulation conveyor is described. The singulation conveyor includes multiple rollers, for example, a first roller and a second roller. In some example embodiments, the first roller can be of a first roller cross-sectional profile and the second roller can be of a second roller cross-sectional profile. The first roller cross-sectional profile can be defined by a sleeve mounted around a circumference of the first roller and a dowel positioned between the sleeve and the first roller. Further, in some examples, the first roller cross-sectional profile can be different from the second roller cross-sectional profile. Furthermore, according to some examples, the first roller and the second roller can be configured to be rotated based on a first rotation pattern and a second rotation pattern respectively, to cause singulation of a shingled item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Good, William McConnell, Darius Scott, Joseph Joice
  • Patent number: 10414498
    Abstract: A power drive unit (PDU) for moving cargo within an aircraft includes an actuator configured to move a unit load device (ULD) relative to the PDU. The PDU also includes a network access device configured to receive a second PDU state corresponding to a second PDU, and to transmit data. The PDU also includes a controller configured to determine a current state of the PDU based on sensor data corresponding to presence of the ULD above the PDU and the second PDU state, and to control the actuator based on the current state of the PDU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott Harms, Aaron J. Roberts, Daniel Tweten
  • Patent number: 10286402
    Abstract: A shredder includes a strip-cut shredding portion including paired disc-shaped multi-plate rotary cutters to be engaged with each other to shred paper in a strip-cut direction, and a cross-cut shredding portion including a fixed cutter and a spiral rotary cutter for further shredding strip-cut waste pieces discharged from the strip-cut shredding portion in a cross-cut direction, the shredder including an intermediate holding portion, between the strip-cut shredding portion and the cross-cut shredding portion, for feeding the strip-cut waste pieces to the cross-cut shredding portion while holding the strip-cut waste pieces. The intermediate holding portion includes paired rollers which have outer peripheral faces capable of coming into close contact with each other to pinch the strip-cut waste pieces, and which rotate in feed directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: NAKABAYASHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeru Fujimori
  • Patent number: 10273180
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly includes a hub portion having a first end and a second end, a first retaining ring portion including a first snap ring and a first retaining ring member, and a second retaining ring portion including a second snap ring and a second retaining ring member. The cartridge assembly further includes a plurality of disc elements positioned between the first retaining ring portion and the second retaining ring portion, where the plurality of disc elements has an outer diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of the first retaining ring portion and the second retaining ring portion, and a plurality of fastening members positioned at the first end and the second end of the hub portion, the plurality of fastening members extending radially inward from the hub portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Ralph Alfred Langensiepen, Brandon Thomas Sternquist, Lewis Kirk Klingensmith, Eric Joseph Teator, Izhar Zahoor Ahmed, Do-hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10246264
    Abstract: A roller train and a substrate conveying device are provided. The roller train is used for a substrate and includes a first roller including a first delimitation part, and a second roller including a second delimitation part. An axial line of the first roller is parallel to that of the second roller; the first roller and the second roller contact an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate, respectively; and, the first delimitation part and the second delimitation part are arranged on the first axis and the second axis, respectively, and configured to delimit axial displacement of the first roller and the second roller, respectively. The first delimitation part and the second delimitation part cooperate to prevent misalignment between the first roller and the second roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baiyu Chen, Wei Chen, Maosheng He, Qing Liu, Pengfei Fan, Yaojun Lv
  • Patent number: 10159985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for comminuting particles in a liquid material, in particular a powder or a semi-liquid for producing a chocolate mass. Said device (1) comprises at least one pair of rollers (2, 3), for which at least one process parameter, in particular the roller contact pressure and/or the rotational speed of one of the rollers (2, 3) can be adjusted. The invention also relates to a device (1) comprising a filling level meter (11) for measuring the height of the filling level (5) of the liquid material in the roller gap or in a roller trough (4) arranged upstream of the rollers. A control unit (11) modifies at least one process parameter in accordance with the measured height of the filling level (5) of the liquid material in the roller gap or in the roller trough (4). The invention also relates to a method for comminuting particles in a liquid material and to a method for calibrating a control unit (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Peter Braun, Stefan Gerber, Frank Barthel, Bernd Schmidt, Manuel Höhener
  • Patent number: 10138068
    Abstract: A powered roller system is operable in first and second configurations. In the first configuration, rotation of a motor drive shaft is transferred to a first drum member by an adapter collar that engages the drive shaft and the first roller drum assembly. In the first configuration, a first drum bearing assembly supports the first drum member on a motor support shaft, and a distal support assembly supports the first drum shaft. In the second configuration rotation of the drive shaft is transferred to a second drum member by engaging an adapter collar with the drive shaft and an adapter spacer and engaging the adapter spacer with a second drum assembly. In the second configuration, a second drum bearing assembly supports the second drum member on the support shaft, and the distal support assembly supports a second drum shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TECH-ROLL INC.
    Inventor: Ulf Goran Hansson
  • Patent number: 10131502
    Abstract: A conveyor system comprising: (a) one or more frames; (b) one or more controllers; (c) one or more motors located within a motor housing; and (d) a plurality or rollers; wherein the motor housing includes one or more internal pockets that receive the motor and the one or more controllers, and the controller is in contact with one or more walls of the motor housing; and wherein the motor housing is directly connected to the frame so that at least one of the one or more walls in contact with the controller are in direct contact with the one or more frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Inventor: Kamran Ramezani
  • Patent number: 10082443
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the health of one or more bearings of a journal assembly is provided. The system includes a split spacer, one or more vibration sensors, a speed sensor, and a controller. The split spacer is configured to be disposed on a shaft of the journal assembly, the shaft is configured to support the bearings. The vibration sensors are configured to detect vibrations emitted by the bearings. The speed sensor is configured to measure the rotational speed of the bearings. The controller is configured to electronically communicate with the vibration sensors and the speed sensor and calculate a health status of the bearings. The split spacer includes two portions that define a cavity configured to abut the shaft so as to allow the vibration sensors to be disposed inside the split spacer and next to the one or more bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Fuller, Joseph David Bianca, Alexis Paige Decasse, Kaz Chmlelowiec
  • Patent number: 10065879
    Abstract: A hot glass sheet processing system includes a roller conveyor (22) having sintered bonded fused silica rollers (24) and a roller support structure (34) located within a heated location (32) together with an elongated cooling unit (36) having a housing (38) defining a cooling chamber (40) that receives and has bearings (42) that rotatably support an aligned set of roller ends (30) having end caps (86) adhesively bonded to the roller ends. The cooling unit includes a cooling circuit that supplies cooling fluid to the cooling chamber (40) to provide cooling of the aligned set of roller ends (30) and the bearings (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GLASSTECH, INC.
    Inventors: James P. Schnabel, Jr., Eustice H. Mumford, David B. Nitschke
  • Patent number: 10024194
    Abstract: A diverter damper for controlling a gas flow in a gas duct of large cross section. The diverter damper includes a housing having an inlet and two outlets, a pivotable flap which in a first extreme position closes a first outlet and in a second extreme position closes a second outlet. The damper further includes a drive shaft connected to the pivotable flap, wherein the drive shaft extends at least partly between two opposite housing walls and through at least one of the two opposite housing walls, and at least one actuator mechanism that is located outside the housing near or against the at least one housing wall through which the drive shaft extends. The actuator mechanism includes at least one cylinder piston unit connected to the drive shaft for pivoting the flap into one of the extreme positions or into a position between the extreme positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBAL POWER NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schawag, Arthur Joseph Hendrikus Franciscus Knoors, Frank Willems
  • Patent number: 9919875
    Abstract: A motorized drum having a drum shell with a motor therein, the motor having a stationary shaft, stator windings, and a stator support structure that is affixed to the stationary shaft. A rotor rotates coaxially around the stator, and a cycloidal reducer has an output that rotates at a reduced rate. The reducer output is rotationally fixed to, and is disposed within, the drum shell. An input gear of the reducer received a hollow eccentric input shaft, and is urged into eccentric motion as the input shaft rotates. The output gear urges the drum shell into rotation at same rate of rotation as the output gear. An harmonic drive speed reducer that has an input shaft provides rotatory motion to a wave generator that is disposed against a flexible splined member. The flexible splined member engages a rigid circular spline member at two radially opposed zones. Induction and permanent magnet forms of operation are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Mol Belting Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Johan H. Paulides, Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Gerko Hulshof, Mircea Popescu
  • Patent number: 9758421
    Abstract: A hot glass sheet processing system includes a conveyor roller support structure (34) located within a heated location (32) and has an elongated cooling unit (36) having a housing (38) defining a cooling chamber (40) that receives and has bearings (42) that rotatably support an aligned set of roller ends (30). The cooling unit includes a cooling circuit that supplies cooling fluid to the cooling chamber (40) to provide cooling of the aligned set of roller ends (30) and the bearings (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: GLASSTECH, INC.
    Inventors: James P. Schnabel, Jr., Eustice H. Mumford, David B. Nitschke
  • Patent number: 9742253
    Abstract: The invention is intended for industry as component of cargo conveyors. In it the relevant commutation electronics is located outside the roller body. The invention provides that only four wires pass through the axial element for easy assembling, using four-terminal connectors. Roller (1) has a hollow body (3), in which an electric motor (4) is located, coupled to the body by driving and torque transferring (5). A cable (6) with terminals (7) from the coils (8) of the motor (4) and a first-potential terminal (9) powers the position sensors (10). Power to sensors is applied by first (9) and second-potential (12). The sensor signal terminals (11) are connected to a digital encoding device (17), powered by the first (9) and second (12) potential. This encoding device has one common encoded output (19) connected to the first potential terminal (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Dimitar Petrov
  • Patent number: 9570332
    Abstract: The invention discloses a regulation jig including a regulation part and a scale plate which are movably connected. The regulation part can simultaneously regulate positions of conveying rings having the same sequence, such that they are arranged into a line. The scale plate can accurately control the distance between the lines formed by the rings. The regulation jig not only can guarantee the straightness of a row of conveying rings around different conveying rollers and having the same sequence, but also can ensure that the transmission surface formed by the conveying rings for supporting and conveying the display substrates has a good flatness, in turn preventing the display substrates from deviating from its travelling direction during the transmission. As such, the regulation jig provided by the invention can efficiently and promptly regulate the positions of the conveying rings, so as to ensure the normal transmission of the display substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: He Zhang, Rong Zhang, Hongbin Wang, Kai Yin, Bingrui Wang, Tingzhong Xiong, Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 9475060
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for disintegrating an elastomer is provided. The elastomer is moved across a base relative to a cutting tool and toward the cutting tool. The cutting tool has a cutting wedge, which has a cutting edge and a rake face adjacent to the cutting edge. After the cutting wedge comes into contact with the elastomer, the elastomer is first at least partially compressed only by the rake face between the rake face and the base before the cutting edge cuts through the elastomer. An elastic evasive movement of the elastomer is avoided because of the initial planar compression of the elastomer by the rake face. Thus, it is possible to cut off significantly thinner pieces from the elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Lothar Reif, Thomas Neuner, Christian Mähner-Wolfarth, Werner Obrecht
  • Publication number: 20150107966
    Abstract: A transport mechanism includes a guide member that guides a transport object, which has a leading end and a trailing end, to be transported. The guide member includes a curved portion that is a curved portion of the guide member. The transport mechanism also includes a transport member that is disposed downstream of the curved portion in a transport direction in which the transport object is transported along the guide member, transports the transport object, and moves the transport object in an intersecting direction that intersects the transport direction. In the transport mechanism, when a length of the transport object in the transport direction is equal to or greater than a predetermined specified length that is greater than a distance between the transport member and the curved portion, the transport member does not move the transport object in the intersecting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mizuki ARAI, Naohito OTSUKI, Kiyoshi WATANABE, Yoichi YAMAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150090561
    Abstract: A conveying device includes: opposed first and second rollers disposed to a first path; a roller holder supporting the second roller and movable between a first position where the second roller contacts the first roller and a second position where the second roller is spaced apart from the first roller; and opposed first and second guide members defining a second path merged with the first path. The first guide member is movable between a third position where the first guide member is spaced apart from the second guide member at a predetermined distance and a fourth position where their distance is less than the predetermined distance. The first guide member includes a guide portion for contacting and moving the roller holder from the first position to the second position in response to movement of the first guide member from the third position to the fourth position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao MIMOTO, Shota IIJIMA
  • Patent number: 8985314
    Abstract: A driven roller unit and a paper feeding device are provided. The paper feeding device includes a frame, the driven roller unit and a driving roller. The frame has a dome concave. The driven roller unit has an omnidirectional ball, wherein the omnidirectional ball is in the dome concave. The driving roller is disposed above the frame and the driven roller unit. When the driving roller presses on the driven roller unit, an angle included by the driving roller and the driven roller unit is adjusted due to the rotation of the omnidirectional ball relative to the dome concave, and therefore the force applied on the driven roller unit is uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited, Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-Hwa Wang
  • Publication number: 20150060239
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a guide portion, a reader, a first drive roller and a second drive roller, and a first driven roller and a second driven roller. A first protrusion is formed in the reader and may be disposed on one side of the first drive roller. A second protrusion is formed in the reader and may be disposed on one side of the second drive roller. The second protrusion may protrude upward more than the first protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Mayu UNO, Daisuke NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 8967371
    Abstract: A stub shaft assembly (30) comprising a stub shaft or axle (14) and a bearing assembly for rotatably supporting the stub shaft or axle (14), the stub shaft or axle (14) having or being connected to a main body having a radially extending body (15) defining inner ball races (16) and a pair of outer members (12) defining outer ball races (22) with ball bearings (13) disposed between the inner and outer ball races (16, 22). In other embodiments the bearings are roller bearings. A conveyor idler roll is also disclosed which comprises a tubular shell mounted to a stub shaft assembly (30) at least at one end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Leslie Donald Dunn
  • Publication number: 20150027853
    Abstract: A carrier member is configured to receive a discrete article from a transfer assembly. The carrier member includes a cylindrical roll having a receiving surface and a resilient member connected with the receiving surface. The resilient member has a plurality of intermittently spaced first voids extending circumferentially about the axis of rotation at a first radial distance from the axis of rotation and a plurality of intermittently spaced second voids extending circumferentially about the axis of rotation at a second radial distance from the axis of rotation. The first radial distance is greater than the second radial distance. Each first void is separated from each second void.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniel Patrick Findley, Uwe Schneider
  • Patent number: 8939445
    Abstract: A vacuum roll includes an inner rotor, an intermediate stator, and an outer shell roll. The inner rotor has open and closed portions and is adapted to rotate within the intermediate stator which is rotationally fixed and also has open and closed portions. The outer shell roll has open and closed portions and is adapted to move around the intermediate stator. Together the inner rotor and the intermediate stator define an internal rotary valve interface adapted to control fluid communication between the interior chamber and the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Nicholas Schoultz, Steven Todd Moore, Joseph John Sina, Charles Robert Sample, Gerald Keith Sosalla
  • Publication number: 20140374221
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detection device (2) intended to be positioned in a conveyor (1) which comprises conveying rollers (100) arranged between two lateral uprights (10, 11) to convey goods in a conveying direction (D), the device comprising: an elongate support extending over its length along a longitudinal axis (X), said support supporting a number of detectors (40) distributed along its longitudinal axis (X) to detect the goods borne by the conveyor (1), said support being intended to be positioned between two conveying rollers (100), fixed between the two lateral uprights (10, 11) of the conveyor (1), transversally relative to the conveying direction (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventor: Lino DE MARTIN
  • Patent number: 8910398
    Abstract: A drying system of a coated continuous film equipped with roller conveyor devices of the continuous film that allow easy and rapid removal of the rollers from the system to facilitate cleaning and maintenance operations. The conveyor roller is substantially separable into two parts with at least one of the two support shafts separable from the rest of the roller to facilitate the disassembly and reassembly operations of the conveyor roller from and on the system. In this way, it is unnecessary to remove all the motion transmission elements connected to one of the two support shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Nordmeccanica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Antonio Cerciello
  • Patent number: 8903289
    Abstract: A belt moving unit includes an endless belt member and plural support rolls supporting the belt member movably and rotating, wherein the support rolls include one or more follower rolls rotating to follow the movement of the belt member and at least one of the follower rolls is used as an inertial roll to which inertia is applied, wherein the inertial roll includes a rotation shaft, a rotational inertial member rotating with the rotation shaft and applying inertia, and a roll body disposed along a peripheral surface of the rotation shaft and including plural roll-divided members, and wherein the plural roll-divided members include a fixed divided member fixed to the rotation shaft and rotating along with the rotation shaft to follow the movement of the belt member and a rotating divided member rotating independently of the rotation of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yimei Yu, Junji Hanatani, Takehiro Oishi
  • Patent number: 8893872
    Abstract: A conveyor roller includes a roller body that defines a fill cavity. A concrete material at least partially fills the fill cavity in the roller body. A bearing assembly is coupled to the roller body. The bearing assembly is configured to facilitate rotation of the roller body. The roller body acts as a mold to allow curing of the concrete material to occur even after final assembly of the conveyor roller. In one example of the manufacturing method, the concrete material is poured into one or more fill cavities inside the roller body, and bearing assemblies are attached to the opposite ends of the roller body. The concrete material can continue to cure even after the bearing assemblies are attached. In one example, the bearing assemblies act as plugs, thereby sealing the concrete material within the fill cavities of the roller body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bastian Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: William A. Bastian, II, Britt Calloway
  • Patent number: 8869965
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a roller and a conveying device. The roller includes an inner circle, an outer circle, and an inflatable cushion arranged between the inner circle and the outer circle with the volume thereof changing as air charge inflated thereinto changes. by adjusting the air charge of the inflatable cushion, the outer diameter of the roller is increased as the air charge inflated into the inflatable cushion increases, at the same time, the conveyor surrounding the exterior of the roller is tightened to increase the tension degree of the conveyor without disassembling other mechanisms of the conveying device, which is simply operated to be capable of saving labors and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng She
  • Publication number: 20140311859
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods and assemblies comprising one or more tapered feed rolls. Tapered feed rolls may be used to change the rate and direction of workpiece travel along a processing line while retaining the workpieces in sequential order. Routing workpiece flow with tapered feed rolls may allow the workpieces to be tracked along one or more processing lines, and may reduce the operational space required for workpiece processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Petri Saastamo, Christopher W. Blomquist, Mike Dockter
  • Publication number: 20140299448
    Abstract: A cylinder for conveying printed sheets along a UV or electron beam drier has inert-gas openings to which an inert gas is supplied at least temporarily during operation. A method for conveying printed sheets is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG
    Inventors: ALBERT MAUL, JENS FRIEDRICHS
  • Publication number: 20140291125
    Abstract: The present invention provides a roller for transporting glass substrate and a transporting device thereof. Wherein, the roller comprises: a cylindrical body and an outside layer coated on the side of the cylindrical body. The distance between the top and the bottom of the cylindrical body is 100˜120 mm, the cylindrical body is made of MC nylon, and the outside layer is polyurethane coating. In the roller and the transporting device of the transporting glass substrate according to the present invention, the roller is widened, which is made of the material with better buffering performance. When it is used for transporting the glass substrate, the contact area between the roller and the glass substrate will be increased. And the distance between the rollers is decreased, so that the glass substrate will be transported steadily with average stress, and the structural damage of the substrate will be decreased, which avoids the mura problems and improves the level and quality of the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Binglong Li
  • Patent number: 8844709
    Abstract: A card-shaped medium processing device may include an insertion port to which a card-shaped medium is inserted, a medium feeder capable of abutting with a card-shaped medium inserted from the insertion port to carry the card-shaped medium, and a motor for driving the medium feeder. A taking-in maximum value which is the maximum value of an output of the motor at the time of a taking-in operation of a card-shaped medium inserted from the insertion port is set to be smaller than an ejecting maximum value which is the maximum value of an output of the motor at the time of an ejecting operation of the card-shaped medium toward the insertion port. A control method for a card-shaped medium processing device may include the same relationship, i.e., the taking-in maximum value is set to be smaller than the ejecting maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Mizawa, Keiji Hoson, Shinya Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20140251765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor roller for conveyor installations for the purpose of conveying containers, pallets and the like, comprising a roller body with a roller axis, the outer peripheral area of which represents a bearing surface for items to be conveyed, and a head element that is inserted with an insertion section having a cylindrical outer surface into a hollow end of the roller body, whereby the insertion section of the head element has a reinforcement element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: INTERROLL Holding AG
    Inventors: Reinhold WEICHBRODT, Georg MALINA
  • Publication number: 20140231225
    Abstract: A conveyor device is described in which a conveyor roller is used to convey a medium inside a printing device with the conveyor roller extending in a width direction of the printing device. The conveyor roller receives a force from a following roller configured to face the conveyor roller. The conveyor roller is supported by one or more bearings. The one or more bearings include a shaft supporting portion that extends in the width direction to support the conveyor roller against the force of the following roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhira Ota, Noriyuki Kawamata, Masao Mimoto, Keisuke Wakakusa, Iwane Sano, Jie Xiu, Shingo Ito
  • Patent number: 8807740
    Abstract: A conveying device includes: first rollers; second rollers; and a roller holder. Each first roller is movable along a conveying direction of a sheet between a first position and a second position. The roller holder includes: a roller accommodating portion; an abutment member; and a slide portion. The abutment member is movable along the conveying direction between a third position and a fourth position. The abutment member moves each first roller from the first position to the second position while moving from the third position to the fourth position, and moves each first roller from the second position to the first position while moving from the fourth position to the third position. The slide portion is movable along an arrayed direction of the first rollers between a fifth position and a sixth position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shota Iijima
  • Publication number: 20140216899
    Abstract: The conveyance rollers are arranged at a predetermined roller pitch in the conveyance direction and arranged in rows so as to be capable of supporting at least the side ends of an object being conveyed. The conveyance rollers are formed along the conveyance direction by a repetition unit composed of the drive rollers and the free rollers. The roller pitch of the conveyance rollers is set based on the dimension of the object, and the smaller of distances from respective ends in the conveyance direction of the object to the position of the center of gravity of the object. The arrangement ratio of the drive rollers in the conveyance rollers is set based on the smaller of the distances from the respective ends in the conveyance direction of the object to the position of the center of gravity of the object, and the roller pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Okamoto, Kazunaka Nishitsuji
  • Patent number: 8752696
    Abstract: A roll assembly according to one example embodiment includes a rotatable input shaft having a rotational axis. At least one gear is mounted on the input shaft that rotates with the input shaft. A carrier frame is mounted on the input shaft and rotatable independent of the input shaft about the rotational axis of the input shaft. A plurality of rolls is rotatably mounted about a periphery of the carrier frame. An axial direction of rotation of each roll is transverse to the rotational axis of the input shaft. Each roll has a contact surface and a gear face that is operatively coupled to the at least one gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventor: Glen Alan Reidhaar
  • Publication number: 20140151194
    Abstract: A substrate transferring device is disclosed. In one aspect, the substrate transferring device includes substrate to transfer the substrate in one direction and a plurality of side rollers. Each roller includes a side roller main body configured to rotate while contacting a side surface of the substrate to prevent the substrate from being deviated from the one direction. The roller also includes a side roller support which is coupled to a lower part of the side roller main body or a lower part of the side roller main body when the side roller main body is turned upside down in a vertical direction to vary a position of a contact line where the side surface of the substrate is in contact with the side roller main body. The roller further includes a fixing member which is coupled to the side roller support inside the side roller main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Dispaly Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hee Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20140144755
    Abstract: A roller nip assembly has a drive axle (with driver rollers) and a drive unit connected to a first end of the drive axle. The drive unit rotates the drive axle. In addition, a slotted mount is connected to a second end of the drive axle (opposite the first end). Additionally, an idler frame (with idler rollers) is positioned adjacent the drive axle. Further, a bias member is connected to the drive axle. The bias member moves the drive axle in the slotted mount to bias the drive rollers toward the idler rollers. The idler frame also includes a pivot structure. The bias member causes the drive axle to pivot. The pivot structure pivots the idler frame to compensate for the pivoting motion of the drive axle and to maintain pressure between the idler rollers and the drive rollers as the drive axle pivots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Jos Wim Jacobs