101 |
HIGH THROUGHPUT PARCEL HANDLING |
US13079296 |
2011-04-04 |
US20120253507A1 |
2012-10-04 |
Craig Eldershaw; Eric J. Shrader |
A high throughput parcel unloading system includes a robotic arm arrangement, including a cluster of robotic arms having grouping mechanisms. A conveyor system is also provided onto which parcels are placed by the robotic arm system. An image recognition system determines the position and arrangement of parcels within a container, and a control system is configured to receive image information from the image recognition system and control operation of the robotic arm system and conveyor system. |
102 |
Apparatus and Method for Folding Article |
US13183486 |
2011-07-15 |
US20120015791A1 |
2012-01-19 |
Yoichiro Yamamoto |
An apparatus for folding articles advancing in a machine direction including a rotatable roll having a roll surface, at least one protrusion that defines an outermost surface of the roll and at least one pocket that defines an innermost surface of the roll. The apparatus also includes a first and second vacuum conveyor assembly, each comprising two vacuum conveyors. The roll and the vacuum conveyor assemblies are cooperatively configured to fold an article. |
103 |
Apparatus for the automatic fitting of a captive member on a mechanical part |
US36276673 |
1973-05-22 |
US3872530A |
1975-03-25 |
FESTERLING HEINZ |
A vibrating bowl is adapted to feed captive members, for example washers, along a tube having an outlet end disposed lower than the inlet end. The outlet end of the tube has a sleeve with lips preventing the captive members from exiting from the outlet end of the tube except when one end of a mechanical part, such as a bolt blank, the other end of which mechanical part slides down an inclined slideway, picks-up the top most captive member by sliding between said lips. A guide embracing said sleeve and lips and inclined relative to said slideway receives each top most captive member in turn and serves to move such member progressively towards said other end of said mechanical part as the latter continues to slide down said slideway.
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104 |
Loading and conveying apparatus |
US24118872 |
1972-04-05 |
US3856131A |
1974-12-24 |
FLAMAND G; LAZZARINI H |
Loading and conveying apparatus comprising a conveyor, means to position objects on the conveyor comprising a rotary shaft having a spiral land bounding a spiral groove, and means to load objects onto the conveyor and into the groove in sequence as successive portions of the groove reach the loading means.
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105 |
Apparatus for controlling the feed of loose material |
US25280072 |
1972-05-12 |
US3809209A |
1974-05-07 |
AKESSON Y |
Apparatus for controlling the feed of loose material in a transport channel, in which a shaft carrying rotating arms is carried by an oscillating support.
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106 |
Apparatus for classifying flanged pipes |
US36570673 |
1973-05-31 |
US3805945A |
1974-04-23 |
MAEDA K; TAKIZAWA M; SAITO Y |
An apparatus for classifying flanged pipes which can classify various pipes in length. To this end, the flanged pipe is received and conveyed by a tray and discharged from the tray at a desired position. More particularly, the tray carrying the pipe is lifted by chains and tilted in lifting to discharge the pipe at a predetermined stage.
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107 |
Unit train automatic unloading system |
US3730360D |
1971-05-21 |
US3730360A |
1973-05-01 |
AQUINO H; KNIPPEL W |
An automatic control system for regulating the opening and closing of railway hopper car discharge doors and including an electrical and a hydraulic system which senses the approach of a unit train to actuate trackside cam and sensing means to discharge the load, such as, coal into below track pits. Pit sensors sense the height of the coal in each successive pit and signal the electrical and hydraulic control system to prevent discharge of coal into a full pit. Safety control means are included in the system to prevent the door opening cam track means from being raised under the locomotive and from being raised under the caboose. The speed sensor in the control circuit will determine if the train is approaching at too high velocity, and will lower the cam devices and the sensing devices away from trackside so as not to be damaged by the approaching overspeed train.
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108 |
Apparatus for feeding cigarettes or other rodlike articles |
US3633735D |
1969-07-23 |
US3633735A |
1972-01-11 |
MOLINS DESMOND WALTER; WILLIAMSON DAVID THEODORE NELS; MCCOMBIE ALAN KEITH; STONE HORACE ALEXANDER |
The speed of an endless band conveying a stack of rodlike articles aligned parallel to one another and moving transversely to their axes is regulated by means of a flap which partly defines a channel for the stack of articles and moves up and down in response to the variable pressure of the articles beneath it. Two endless bands one above the other and each carrying a stack of the articles may convey the two stacks to a merger zone lying above a third endless band which carries the merged stack with the aid of a top wall confining the upper surface of the merged stack.
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109 |
Apparatus for regularly regrouping and distributing objects from different origins on a leadout conveyor |
US3628649D |
1969-12-19 |
US3628649A |
1971-12-21 |
ARVISENET JACQUES |
An apparatus for regularly regrouping and distributing objects from different origins on a leadout conveyor, these objects being fed by a plurality of feed conveyors extending at right angles to the leadout conveyor. The apparatus comprises, for each feed conveyor, a device for detecting the delivery of the objects onto said leadout conveyor, comprising essentially a lock-chamber disposed at the delivery end of the feed conveyor and equipped with means permitting the passage of only one object at a time towards the leadout conveyor, and an input pickup device adapted to be energized only by the permanent presence of an object on said feed conveyor at a point located upstream of said lockchamber. The apparatus further includes an output pickup responsive to the passage of each object on said leadout conveyor, the various input pickups and the single output pickup being connected to an electric control device causing the simultaneous opening of the lock-chambers of said feed conveyors in which the permanent presence of objects has been detected by their energized input pickups at a rate of opening inversely proportional to the number of energized input pickups.
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110 |
Container transport apparatus |
US3608699D |
1969-04-10 |
US3608699A |
1971-09-28 |
VORIS ARTHUR A JR |
The disclosure describes a container transport apparatus comprising conveyor means for conveying containers along a predetermined path, container-receiving means positioned at the end of the conveyor means, and gating means, positioned in advance of the container-receiving means and above the path of the containers. The gating means is in synchronization with the container-receiving means thereby effecting a continuous flow of containers from the conveyor means to the receiving means.
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111 |
Article feeder and delivery mechanism having a shutoff switch |
US3590182D |
1969-12-16 |
US3590182A |
1971-06-29 |
BECKHARDT ROBERT L; WALTER RICHARD T |
A mechanism including a rotatable motor driven drum which feeds headed studs to a delivery tube adapted to be connected to a stud gun. A normally closed switch, in series with the drum-driving motor, is opened momentarily each time a stud is fed to the delivery tube. When studs fill the delivery tube to a preselected extent, the switch remains open and the motor turns off.
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112 |
Means for supplying pulverized plastic elements |
US3581955D |
1969-01-08 |
US3581955A |
1971-06-01 |
KAWATA TERUHIRO; ARATA YOJIRO; TOKOYAMA KATUMI |
Apparatus for dispensing accurately measured pulverized material from a storage bin to another location, comprising a weighing hopper attached to a weighing scale, a vacuum pump, and a feed pipe capable of picking up the pulverized material under the suction force provided by the vacuum pump and feeding the material to the hopper until a predetermined amount is determined by the scale, whereupon either manually or automatically, the feeding is stopped and a door is opened at the bottom of the hopper by force of gravity acting upon the stored matter to release the material after which the door closes and the sequence is repeated.
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113 |
Method and apparatus for distributing bulk material such as cement |
US3565288D |
1968-06-27 |
US3565288A |
1971-02-23 |
SHUTE HARRY NORMAN |
A wheeled vehicle for storing and dispensing pulverized or granular material such as fertilizer, grain, etc., and more particularly cement, especially mortar cement, at a place where the material is to be used, such as, a residence or a construction site and the like, and which dispenses the material in portions of predetermined size or amounts.
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114 |
Transfer pallet system |
US3540318D |
1968-11-22 |
US3540318A |
1970-11-17 |
GREENBERG MYRON L |
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115 |
Accumulating transfer conveyor |
US3512629D |
1967-05-10 |
US3512629A |
1970-05-19 |
TORRANCE GORDON A |
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116 |
Apparatus for feeding cigarettes or other rod-like articles |
US3495696D |
1968-10-22 |
US3495696A |
1970-02-17 |
MOLINS DESMOND WALTER; WILLIAMSON DAVID THEODORE NELS; MCCOBIE ALAN KEITH; STONE HORACE ALEXANDER |
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117 |
Machine for carrying metal panels past welding stations |
US3475579D |
1967-09-07 |
US3475579A |
1969-10-28 |
MOYER OSCAR E |
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118 |
Bakery product handling system |
US3466839D |
1966-07-27 |
US3466839A |
1969-09-16 |
TEMPLE HIRAM E |
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119 |
Device for unloading transfer cases filled with textile coils |
US3447707D |
1967-01-26 |
US3447707A |
1969-06-03 |
FURST STEFAN |
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120 |
Container type automatic loading and discharge system for dumbwaiters |
US3447704D |
1967-04-10 |
US3447704A |
1969-06-03 |
GUILBERT NICHOLAS R JR |
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