| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANOEUVRING PRODUCTS | US13518323 | 2010-12-07 | US20130174519A1 | 2013-07-11 | Andrew Paul Kershaw; Jeremy Keith Baker; Alex Julien Jezequel |
| Packaging apparatus for randomly orientated fragile solid products comprising: a) an apparatus for manoeuvring randomly orientated products prior to packaging, the apparatus comprising at least one conveying means for conveying the products and a vibratory conveyor arranged to receive the products from the at least one conveying means, wherein the mechanical alignment means are arranged to sort the products into parallel lines of products and wherein the vibratory conveyor comprises: an upstream portion having a conveying surface arranged for increasing transverse spacings between the products; a downstream portion having mechanical alignment means arranged to align the products and sort the products into a plurality of lines; and b) a stick-pack packaging machine arranged to receive products from the apparatus and package the products in stick-packs, wherein the stick-pack packaging machine comprises multiple packaging lines arranged in parallel to each receive respective lines of the products. | ||||||
| 122 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR MOVING A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS THROUGH A PLURALITY OF WORK STATIONS | US13714602 | 2012-12-14 | US20130105280A1 | 2013-05-02 | Mark Joseph Warecki; Guido Marchesi; Charles J. Selig |
| An apparatus for transporting a plurality of containers through a plurality of work stations including at least two conveyor assemblies, each conveyor assembly being adapted to sequentially convey at least one group of containers therealong in a row from one work station to another. The apparatus further includes a plurality of holder assemblies for holding the containers, some of the holder assemblies being associated with one of the conveyor assemblies and some of the holder assemblies being associated with the other conveyor assembly. The holder assemblies are located on the respective conveyor assemblies such that the plurality of containers are positioned adjacent to each other as they move through the plurality of work stations. A computer control system is programmable to control the coordinated operation of the conveyor assemblies so as to move such conveyor assemblies at different cycles of movement as the containers move through the work stations. | ||||||
| 123 | Transport system for moving a plurality of containers through a plurality of work stations | US12420569 | 2009-04-08 | US08336700B2 | 2012-12-25 | Mark Joseph Warecki; Guido Marchesi; Charles J. Selig |
| An apparatus for transporting a plurality of containers through a plurality of work stations including at least two conveyor assemblies, each conveyor assembly being adapted to sequentially convey at least one group of containers therealong in a row from one work station to another. The apparatus further includes a plurality of holder assemblies for holding the containers, some of the holder assemblies being associated with one of the conveyor assemblies and some of the holder assemblies being associated with the other conveyor assembly. The holder assemblies are located on the respective conveyor assemblies such that the plurality of containers are positioned adjacent to each other as they move through the plurality of work stations. A computer control system is programmable to control the coordinated operation of the conveyor assemblies so as to move such conveyor assemblies at different cycles of movement as the containers move through the work stations. | ||||||
| 124 | Automatic soldering device and carrier device | US13146193 | 2010-01-26 | US08186563B2 | 2012-05-29 | Takashi Sugihara; Takashi Usuba; Hirokazu Ichikawa; Toshihiko Mutsuji |
| To enable the circuit board to be fixed on a predetermined position and to be conveyed to the solder processing portion.Conveying hooks 10 that hold the printed circuit board W1 therebetween, conveying chains 15a, 15b that drive so that the conveying hooks 10 are movable from a heater part 4 to a solder bath 5, first frames 9A that guide the conveying chains 15a, 15b along the heater part 4, second frames 9B that guide the conveying chain 15 along the solder bath 5, and an absorbing member 124 that is provided between each of the first frames 9A and each of the second frames 9B and absorbs an expansion and contraction based on difference of any thermal expansion between the frames 9A, 9B and the conveying chains 15a, 15b are provided. Since the absorbing member 124 absorbs the expansion and contraction based on difference of any thermal expansion between the frames 9A, 9B and the conveying chains 15a, 15b, it is possible to prevent the conveying chains 15a, 15b from being deviated from the frames 9A, 9B. This enables the printed circuit board W1 to be fixed on the predetermined position and to be conveyed to the heater part 4 and the solder bath 5. | ||||||
| 125 | CATERPILLAR TRACTION APPARATUS | US12950763 | 2010-11-19 | US20110120836A1 | 2011-05-26 | Peter David Jenkins; Daniel Owen Jenkins |
| A caterpillar traction apparatus (110), wherein two pairs of pulleys (122 & 123, 132 & 133) can be driven at different speeds, so that the linear member (40) being driven by the mechanism is subjected to either compression or extension forces. | ||||||
| 126 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR MOVING A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS THROUGH A PLURALITY OF WORK STATIONS | US12420569 | 2009-04-08 | US20100258404A1 | 2010-10-14 | Mark Joseph Warecki; Guido Marchesi; Charles J. Selig |
| An apparatus for transporting a plurality of containers through a plurality of work stations including at least two conveyor assemblies, each conveyor assembly being adapted to sequentially convey at least one group of containers therealong in a row from one work station to another. The apparatus further includes a plurality of holder assemblies for holding the containers, some of the holder assemblies being associated with one of the conveyor assemblies and some of the holder assemblies being associated with the other conveyor assembly. The holder assemblies are located on the respective conveyor assemblies such that the plurality of containers are positioned adjacent to each other as they move through the plurality of work stations. A computer control system is programmable to control the coordinated operation of the conveyor assemblies so as to move such conveyor assemblies at different cycles of movement as the containers move through the work stations. | ||||||
| 127 | Apparatus, method and system for handling, positioning, and/or automatically orienting objects | US11939380 | 2007-11-13 | US07735626B2 | 2010-06-15 | Jason Cope; David Kurth |
| A method and apparatus for automatic positioning and/or orientation of an object. The method includes applying a substance or component to an object, or takes advantage of a substance or component already on or associated with an object. The substance or component has a characteristic that can be utilized to automatically attract the substance or component. That characteristic is used to position, move, and/or orient the object automatically, without requiring manual handling. The object can then be further processed or handled. In one embodiment, the substance or component is a magnetically active substance or component. The attraction can be actuated by a magnet. | ||||||
| 128 | Article lifting device | US12460402 | 2009-07-17 | US20100051420A1 | 2010-03-04 | Kazuo Itoh; Tomonobu Hasegawa |
| An article lifting device 1 for lifting up and down articles includes a plurality of basic unit conveyors 11, the conveyors 11 each having an upper and a lower rotary bodies 13, and an elongated carrier 12 looped around the upper and lower rotary bodies 13. The carrier 12 is provided with a supporting body 14 for supporting an article. The basic unit conveyors 11 are arranged vertically and horizontally in a plane, so that the carriers 12 overlap in a vertical direction. | ||||||
| 129 | DEVICE FOR MOVING, IN PARTICULAR FOR ORIENTING LONG ITEMS | US12295295 | 2007-03-05 | US20090178903A1 | 2009-07-16 | Massimo Franzaroli |
| A device (10) for orienting tubular cores made of card for supporting rolls of toilet or kitchen paper includes elements for imparting an angular movement to each long item (11) in such a way that it is fed out of the device at a suitable angle. The elements for the angular orientation of the item (11) are designed to cause the item to be fed forward while keeping it substantially-transversal to the direction of feed and include first mobile members (12) for feeding a corresponding portion of the item (11) and extending along a respective path, which has a curved section (12a), and second mobile members (14) for feeding a second portion of the item (11) and extending along a respective path having a curved section (14a) which is concentric with and radially inside the curved section (12a) of the first mobile feed members (12). | ||||||
| 130 | VACUUM COATING SYSTEM COMPRISING A TRANSPORT UNIT FOR TRANSPORTING SUBSTRATES | US12280931 | 2007-07-09 | US20090173280A1 | 2009-07-09 | Reinhardt Bauer; Frank Hupka; Andreas Heisig; Johannes Struempfel; Hans-Christian Hecht; Wolfgang Erbkamm |
| A vacuum coating unit with a transport device for transporting substrates in a transport direction, comprises at least one first endless conveyor running in the transport direction and having a conveyor device guided around at least two deflection rollers. The conveyor device is located at a distance from a guide device extending in the transport direction parallel to the conveyor device of the first endless conveyor in such a way that the substrates can be introduced into the gap between the conveyor device and the guide device and can be moved in the transport direction by the displacement of the conveyor device. | ||||||
| 131 | Exchangeable attachment and attachment holder for modular belts | US11985407 | 2007-11-15 | US20090127075A1 | 2009-05-21 | Dietmar Elsner |
| A belt module suitable for use in a modular belt and designed for holding attachments such as flights. The belt module has an attachment holder with a dovetail section on the upper surface that accommodates attachments and the like that are designed to be removably attached to the holder by means of attachments furnished with foot extensions that fit into the dovetail section by sliding the foot laterally into a locked position relative to the attachment holder. | ||||||
| 132 | Feed roll construction | US11807882 | 2007-05-30 | US07445109B2 | 2008-11-04 | Ronald L. Anderson |
| A feed roll for use in conjunction with a machine in a food processing operation. A hub of the roll carries a resilient outer component including a sleeve having conical end members which flex during momentary contact with the article. The surface areas of the flexed roll end members are adequate to propel and advance the article being processed while avoiding damage to the article. | ||||||
| 133 | Vertical conveyor | US11469494 | 2006-09-01 | US07434679B2 | 2008-10-14 | Kevin E. Swartz |
| A vertical conveyor for conveying a stream of closely spaced articles along a conveyor path includes at least one pair of roller chain assemblies that face the conveyor path. Each chain assembly includes a roller chain carrying grippers that extend into the conveyor path to securely hold articles between them. Bearings engage the roller chain to limit chain deflection under load to assure reliable conveyance of the articles. | ||||||
| 134 | High capacity delivery with priority handling | US12002850 | 2007-12-18 | US20080156618A1 | 2008-07-03 | Michael D. Brain |
| Systems and methods are provided for transporting articles throughout a fabrication facility according to assigned priority levels. Systems of the present invention are directed to conveyor systems that may include parallel conveyors and nodes where articles can be switched between conveyors. Accordingly, high priority articles can be routed around traffic by switching between parallel conveyors and/or lower priority articles can be rerouted or buffered to make a chosen route for a high priority article less congested. Methods are directed to selecting the most appropriate route for an article amongst the various possible routing alternatives. | ||||||
| 135 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING, POSITIONING, AND/OR AUTOMATICALLY ORIENTING OBJECTS | US11939380 | 2007-11-13 | US20080131254A1 | 2008-06-05 | JASON COPE; DAVID KURTH |
| A method and apparatus for automatic positioning and/or orientation of an object. The method includes applying a substance or component to an object, or takes advantage of a substance or component already on or associated with an object. The substance or component has a characteristic that can be utilized to automatically attract the substance or component. That characteristic is used to position, move, and/or orient the object automatically, without requiring manual handling. The object can then be further processed or handled. In one embodiment, the substance or component is a magnetically active substance or component. The attraction can be actuated by a magnet. | ||||||
| 136 | Unit for feeding stacked packing material to a packing machine | US11253799 | 2005-10-19 | US20060090420A1 | 2006-05-04 | Mario Spatafora |
| A unit for feeding stacked packing material to a packing machine. The unit has a group of containers, each for housing a respective stack of packing material; a first conveying device for feeding the group of containers along a first path; a pickup station located at the end of the path to remove a single container from the group of containers; a second conveying device for feeding a container along a second path as of the pickup station; and a feed station located along the second path to remove the stack of packing material from a container, and to feed the stack of packing material to the packing machine. | ||||||
| 137 | Specimen carrier transfer apparatus for a conveyor track | US10626466 | 2003-07-24 | US06999847B2 | 2006-02-14 | Douglas Barry; Thomas L. Bybee; Adrian Chan; John Fuller; Ray Puseman; Greg Rothman; Don R. Simms; Michael Turner; Jay Woods; Inna M. Zevakina |
| A transfer apparatus includes a shuttle depending from an overhead support with a pair of arms for receiving and shifting a specimen carrier from one conveyor to a second conveyor of a dual-conveyor track. The shuttle is operable to retain a specimen carrier along either the first or second conveyor and to release a specimen carrier along either the first or second conveyor. Sensors are located to detect the presence of a specimen carrier at each of the retention locations, and to confirm the release of a specimen carrier from the shuttle along each of the conveyors. A drive motor for moving the shuttle between the retention and release positions is electrically connected to a command module with a processor, for receiving instructions as to the position of the shuttle. The sensors are also connected to the processor to transmit detection data to the processor. A queue is positioned upstream of the shuttle and is electrically connected to the processor. The queue includes retractable shafts, sensors and scanners for selectively retaining, detecting and scanning identification data from a specimen carrier on either conveyor upstream of the shuttle, and transmitting the information to the processor. | ||||||
| 138 | Two-axis robot for specimen transfer | US10627415 | 2003-07-25 | US06843357B2 | 2005-01-18 | Thomas L. Bybee; Chris Harvey; Sheri Kime; Dave Murphy; Greg Rothman; Steve Wright |
| A two-axis robot includes a vertical tubular post mounted for rotation about its vertical axis, with a vertically slidable shaft extending through the post. An arm on the upper end of the post projects radially outward and has a gripper assembly thereon with operable jaws for gripping a specimen tube. The robot is positioned between two reference locations, for retrieving a specimen tube from one reference location and transferring it to the other. The reference locations are located along a circle circumscribed by a central vertical axis of the gripper jaws as they swing about the rotational axis of the post. | ||||||
| 139 | Plate-shaped work piece transporting apparatus | US10885210 | 2004-07-06 | US20050005583A1 | 2005-01-13 | Susumu Moriya; Shigeto Murayama; Yuichi Morimoto; Yoshiteru Ikehata; Takayoshi Ono |
| It is an object of the present invention to provide a plate-shaped work piece transporting apparatus that has a fan, a dust-removal filter disposed above this fan, and a plate-shape porous member disposed above the dust-removal filter. By forming a chamber in which air can accumulate between the porous member and the dust-removal filter, it is possible to suppress air pulsations. Further, by providing support members on the porous member, the plate-shaped work piece can be supported and damage thereto can be avoided when the plate-shaped work piece, which is supported by air from the fan, drops to below a set height. | ||||||
| 140 | Chain conveying apparatus for spouts or bags with spouts | US10392260 | 2003-03-19 | US06786326B2 | 2004-09-07 | Shinichi Hiramoto; Shoji Tsutsui |
| A chain conveying apparatus for spouts or bags having spouts, including a pair of annular chains. The attachment plates are provided on the respective oppositely-rotating annular chains so that the attachment plates have play in a vertical direction. Centering guide members are disposed so as to be close to the axial portions of the spouts so as to regulate the movements of the spouts in the direction perpendicular to the attachment plates' moving direction; upper-side guide members and lower-side guide members are disposed above and below the attachment plates so as to regulate the height position of the attachment plates; and flange regulating members are disposed so as to be above the flanges of the spouts, which is being conveyed, with a narrow gap between the flange regulating members and the flanges so as to regulate an upward movement of the spouts. | ||||||
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