141 |
Control of monitored zone |
US11216567 |
2005-08-31 |
US20060067579A1 |
2006-03-30 |
Klaus Pirkl; Manfred Haberer; Gerhard Mutter |
The invention relates to a method for the control of a monitored zone, in particular at transport devices for objects, wherein the monitored zone is scanned by means of at least one spatially resolving sensor, in particular a laser scanner and/or a camera system, the positions of object points in the monitored zone are determined and a contour search is carried out in at least a sub-set of the determined positions in that these positions are mathematically examined as to whether the respective object points lie on at least one model line pre-determined with respect to shape and/or length within a pre-determinable tolerance, said model line corresponding to at least a part of a contour of a permitted object in the monitored zone, with the contour search being carried out independently of the location of the positions relative to the sensor. |
142 |
Storage carts |
US11230107 |
2005-09-19 |
US20060012140A1 |
2006-01-19 |
Anthony Konsant |
Storage carts for the storage of pallets and other loads that may be moved between an open position into an aisle for access to the load and a closed position out of the aisle when desired. |
143 |
Interchangeable workpiece handling apparatus and associated tool for processing microfeature workpieces |
US10860592 |
2004-06-03 |
US20050063798A1 |
2005-03-24 |
Jeffry Davis; Randy Harris |
Interchangeable workpiece handling apparatuses and associated tools for processing microfeature workpieces are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a device support having a first alignment surface at an alignment plane. A processing chamber is received in an aperture at the alignment plane. A workpiece handling device is positioned proximate to the processing chamber and includes a workpiece support, a drive unit operatively coupled to the workpiece support to move the workpiece support along a generally linear motion axis, and a mounting portion coupled to the workpiece support and having a second alignment surface removably mated with the first alignment surface. In a particular embodiment, the workpiece handling device is supported relative to the device support only at or above the alignment plane. Accordingly, the workpiece handling device can be easily removed from the device support and need not impede access to components beneath the alignment plane. |
144 |
Offset pallet-rack safety net system |
US10612210 |
2003-07-02 |
US20050000928A1 |
2005-01-06 |
Michael Calleja |
A material-rack system comprises an offset safety netting, a perimeter cable suspension system for the netting, offset brackets to anchor the perimeter cable suspension system away by adjustable amounts, and vertical extension posts that bolt to the face of the upper frame parts of a pallet rack. The curtain netting is supported around its edges by attachments to taut wire ropes that are supported by the offset brackets. Such offset brackets slip over the vertical frame parts of the pallet rack. The brackets are always flush ended with the netting, and include several mounting points for the frame attachment. |
145 |
System and method for remotely coordinating the secure delivery of goods |
US09905383 |
2001-07-12 |
US20020035515A1 |
2002-03-21 |
Eli
Moreno |
A system and process for securing goods delivered to and retrieved from a secure storage unit is provided. The system utilizes a locker having an interior into which at least one good may be inserted and secured by a door via a locking mechanism. Access to the interior of the locker is controlled by a server which is in communication with the locker via an Internet or other network connection. The server controls the accessing and operation of the locker either directly or in combination with a controller. The controller is suitably situated in a kiosk that provides user interfaces by which customers, vendors, and/or carriers access and utilize the locker. The locker may be any suitable storage container including garages, mailboxes, heated/cooled compartments, and other storage units. The kiosk may also include other vending machines and dispensing devices, the operation of which are preferably controlled by the server. |
146 |
Apparatus for palletizing containers on a load carrier and/or depalletizing containers |
US09462120 |
2000-04-07 |
US06264421B1 |
2001-07-24 |
Ulrich Burkert |
The invention relates to a method for palletizing packing drums (7) on a load platform (P), especially barrels, kegs or the like in substantially cylindrical or barrel-shaped receptacles, and/or for depalletizing the packing drums. The inventive method provides as high turnover speed as possible for a layer of, for instance, six or eight packing drums (7*) without causing problems related to the inertia of masses and oscillating phenomena limiting turnover speed. This is achieved by vertically lifting each respective layer (7*) of packing drums in relation to a direct or indirect carrier contact surface (A1, A2) to the packing drum layer during transfer to or from a palet (P). The packing drum layer and the pallet are placed separately from each other (palletizing) or together (depalletizing) in a continuously identical receiving and lift movement position (G) by displacing their contact surface on a plane on which the lift movement is vertically performed. A first embodiment of the device for implementing the method has, inter alia, a stationary palletization base frame (1) with a device (2) for receiving, stopping, lifting or lowering the layer of packing drums (7*), in addition to a dual movable carriage (3, 3.1, 3.2) which can run through the palletization base frame (1) in two alternative positions on rails (8), which are perpendicular to three conveyor systems (4, 5, 6). |
147 |
Bilateral sorter |
US09439398 |
1999-11-15 |
US06264042B1 |
2001-07-24 |
James R. Cossey, Jr.; Victor N. Prutu; Richard J. Tew |
A system for sorting objects includes an upstream and a downstream conveyor positioned to sequentially receive and convey an object along a first path, and a sorting conveyor belt positioned transversely in a gap between the upstream and downstream conveyors. The sorting conveyor is tilted with respect to the plane of the other conveyors, and carries flexible projections that lift one edge of the object and push it The operation of the sorting belt reduces static friction between the object and the main conveyors as the object is pushed. The system also includes a measuring device operatively linked to provide dimensions and position information about the object to a sorting conveyor controller. |
148 |
Controller of conveyance system |
US617168 |
1996-03-18 |
US5867388A |
1999-02-02 |
Toshihiro Okumura; Takafumi Taki; Masaaki Kuroyanagi |
A controller of a conveyance system efficiently conveys parts. The controller includes an input/output interface receiving data related to the position and loading state of data of each vehicle; receiving carry-in/out requests from each job shop; and outputting carry-in/out instructions to each vehicle. The controller also includes a ROM storing a control program; a RAM storing job shop positional data, carry-in/out requests, vehicle loading state data; and a processing section computing values of a carriage instruction (e.g., origin, destination, carrier to be carried, carrying route) given to each vehicle using the carry-in/out request data from each job shop and the data stored in the RAM based on the program stored in the ROM. |
149 |
Apparatus for correcting load appearance |
US634027 |
1996-04-17 |
US5785482A |
1998-07-28 |
Nobuhiro Tanaka |
A method and apparatus for correcting the appearance of each of a plurality of vertically stacked load stages each comprising a load placed on a pallet. Each of the vertically stacked load stages is separated, and each separated load stage is corrected. |
150 |
Method and apparatus for elevating a cargo container chassis for storage |
US412543 |
1995-03-29 |
US5551831A |
1996-09-03 |
Nelson H. Corbett |
A method, apparatus and system for elevating a cargo container chassis for storage in a substantially vertical position. The chassis is positioned on a lifting platform having a hinged axis around which the platform may tilt upwardly. The platform is then tilted upwardly to lift the chassis to an elevated position in which the longitudinal axis of the chassis approaches or assumes a vertical or upright position. The chassis may then be transferred to a transport vehicle. The transport vehicle does not actively tilt the chassis upward, but instead accepts the already tilted chassis and transfers it to a storage area for vertical storage. This method thereby avoids the necessity of a transport vehicle firmly clamping the chassis and actively tilting it into the storage position, which may damage the chassis. Also, the transport vehicle need not be fitted with expensive heavy tilting devices, and a very large and heavy chassis may more easily be moved to the vertical storage position. |
151 |
Removable flushing system for machine tool coolant return system flumes |
US333302 |
1989-04-04 |
US5086795A |
1992-02-11 |
Eugene H. Harms |
A flushing system 10 for a machine tool coolant return system is disclosed which is readily removable for servicing or replacement. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a flush nozzle assembly 34 is submerged beneath a normal coolant level 14 in flumes 16 and 18 to provide coolant for flushing machine waste and maintaining the flow of coolant and machine waste toward the filter. A lower member 20 is provided between flume sections 16 and 18 which is adapted to receive the flush nozzle assembly 34. A hollow elongated guide 28 is secured to the lower member 20 and has an open end 29 located for easy access. A flexible hose 32 has the flush nozzle assembly 34 attached to end 33 and is inserted into guide 28 where it is securely received in the lower member 20. The other end 35 of the flexible hose is connected to a source of coolant 46 to provide coolant to the nozzle assembly 34 and into the flumes 16 and 18. If the hose 32 or nozzle assembly 34 break or become clogged, the hose 32 and nozzle assembly 34 are readily removed from the lower member 20 for servicing or replacement. |
152 |
Process of recubing boxes |
US810215 |
1985-12-18 |
US4708583A |
1987-11-24 |
Lenard E. Moen |
A method and apparatus for automatically restacking palletized tiers of adjacent rows of loosely cubed laden produce boxes in a continuous fashion by recubing the boxes while automatically retrieving and stacking the successive pallets during the continuing recubing process. |
153 |
Pallet unloading fixture |
US601962 |
1984-04-19 |
US4571141A |
1986-02-18 |
Clarence L. Gieson |
A load vertically stacked on a pallet lowered on a lift fork into a vertically elongated handling zone, enclosed by a guide frame. As the pallet approaches a lower rest position, the load is retained above a support plane on top of rails between which the lift fork tines are vertically movable. The lift fork is withdrawn from the unloaded pallet and reinserted into the handling zone just below the load to raise it through the guide frame during which the load is stabilized on the lift fork. |
154 |
Method for loading cargo |
US589589 |
1984-03-14 |
US4543035A |
1985-09-24 |
George J. Lair |
In accordance with the method and apparatus of the invention for loading cargo, palletized cargo is pushed off of a pallet as a unit and onto a slinger platform. The slinger platform has a base divided into two platform areas with transverse slots containing cargo slings. The cargo slings are thereafter attached to a hoisting bridle of a crane or the ship's gear, and the loads, supported by the cargo slings, are lifted simultaneously off of the slinger platform and into the ship's hold, where they are landed on a platform or received directly by forklifts for stowage. The cargo slings are unhooked on one side of the load and withdrawn from under the load by the hoisting gear and returned to the dock to repeat the process. Modifications may be made whereby 4, 6, 8 or 10 pallet loads may be lifted simultaneously. |
155 |
Pallet unloading apparatus |
US256125 |
1981-04-21 |
US4400128A |
1983-08-23 |
Timothy H. Milligan |
An apparatus for unloading stacked sheet material from a supporting surface such as a pallet. A frame structure is provided including a station for positioning a loaded pallet. A ram reciprocates between an advanced and a retracted position at a height sufficient to pass over the pallet. Sweeping means is mounted on the ram for frictional sweeping engagement with the sheet material and pallet to remove cleanly all of the stack of sheet material. |
156 |
Portable inverter for transferring bulk goods between pallets |
US179869 |
1980-08-20 |
US4295776A |
1981-10-20 |
Alan Payne; Robin G. Bunning |
A portable inverter, adapted to be moved to a desired location by a fork lift truck, enables bulk goods packed in sacks, boxes and the like and supported on a first pallet to be transferred to a second pallet. The inverter comprises a unitary three-sided, rotatably supported platform, the three sides of which are reinforced by intersecting ribs, which receives bulk goods stacked onto the first pallet, and includes a sheet metal floor onto which the pallet can be placed, a sheet metal side wall for retaining bulk goods resting against it, and a sheet metal rear wall which is longer than the side wall so that the first pallet can be loaded widthwise onto the load platform from the front thereof. A lid is slideably supported on the rear wall of the load platform in spaced parallel relationship to the floor for movement, by means of a hydraulic ram actuator, towards and away from the floor. The lid is adapted to support the base of a second pallet which is placed in the load platform with its load-accepting surface resting on top of the stack of goods. After the two pallets and the intervening bulk goods are loaded into the load platform, the lid is retracted to engage the base of the second pallet, the load platform is then rotated from an initial upright position to an inverted position, the direction of rotation being such that the side wall supports the load during the inversion, and the lid is then moved downwardly to release the load. |
157 |
Load-shifting cargo transfer apparatus |
US442001 |
1974-02-13 |
US3958701A |
1976-05-25 |
Shukuro Yatagai; Katunori Tamura |
The present invention relates to a cargo transfer apparatus of load-shifting type. The load-shifting type cargo transfer apparatus according to the present invention consists of a stationary unit and a mobile unit. The stationary unit comprises a series of equally spaced parallel projections of equal width and height. The mobile unit comprises a main frame of a hollow square section with a rectangular top, and a support equipped with a plurality of tines integrally attached like comb-teeth at equal intervals perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of said main frame, the tines having a H-shaped cross section and having rotatable rollers fitted to a plurality of shafts fixed at both ends to both ends of the underside of the tine at the same height. A cargo holder covers the top and both side surfaces of the tines in their longitudinal direction and has elliptical guide holes to engage a plurality of knock-pins provided at equal heights on the upper sides of tines. A flexible hose is sandwiched between the tine and the cargo holder, the flexible hose being connected through pressure ducts to the supply and exhaust mechanisms for a working fluid such as pressurized oil or compressed air. |
158 |
Glass turnover and packing device |
US3771671D |
1972-05-09 |
US3771671A |
1973-11-13 |
CATHERS W |
An L-shaped member is used for placing horizontal stacks of glass in a substantially vertical position in an L-shaped frame such as a pallet or an L-skid. The glass is transferred from a packing machine by a roller conveyor to the L-shaped member. The L-shaped frame is placed upside down around the glass and the member is rotated between about 91* and 100* so that the glass is in a substantially vertical position resting on edge in the Lshaped frame.
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159 |
Conveyor track for pallets |
US3756436D |
1972-07-17 |
US3756436A |
1973-09-04 |
LINGG G |
A track system for air freight is disclosed, having a short track of narrowly-spaced rollers and a long, principal track of widely-spaced rollers at a lower level. A transition station has rollers of both types of roller spacings, the rollers being organized in two sets, and respectively alignable with the two tracks. Auxiliary carriers of perforated construction are used in the wide-spaced track, and the narrow-spaced rollers in the station can reach through the perforations for lowering the load onto an auxiliary carrier which is supported by widely-spaced rollers; the load-bearing carrier is then rolled onto that track.
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160 |
Portable platforms, with roller means installed on their upper side, for the handling and transporting of freight |
US3690485D |
1970-11-20 |
US3690485A |
1972-09-12 |
FISCHER HANS JURGEN; BEHRMANN GEORG |
A portable supporting platform particularly adapted for intermodal transporting and handling of containerized freight, in which there is an upper section upon which the freight is supported, and a lower section having roller means extending upwardly through openings in the upper section to rollingly support the freight when the upper and lower sections are in assembled relation. The upper section or both sections include attachments for conventional lifting and for securing means to permit transporting of such sections together with the freight as an integral unit.
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