141 |
METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PACKAGING GLASS ARTICLES |
US15631652 |
2017-06-23 |
US20170369194A1 |
2017-12-28 |
Manu Chakravarthy Kittanakere Naagaraj; Patrick Aaron Parks; John Robert Turner |
A method of forming bundles of glass articles is provided. The method includes transporting individual glass articles to an insert building station using a conveying system. The glass articles are individually located within article receiving slots of a layer separation insert using the conveying system. Each slot of the layer separation insert receives a single glass article forming a glass article layer of side-by-side glass articles. Multiple glass article layers including layer separation inserts are stacked using the conveying system forming a bundle. The layer separation inserts provide a barrier between adjacent glass articles of each of the glass article layers to inhibit glass-to-glass contact. |
142 |
STACKING RING FOR CHAIR BASES |
US15172719 |
2016-06-03 |
US20170121131A1 |
2017-05-04 |
Thomas A. Hutchinson, JR.; Richard E. Hutchinson; Gerald A. Hutchinson |
A stacking ring for a chair base may be disposable between a first and second chair base such that the stacking ring generally prevents lateral movement of the first chair base relative to the second chair base. The stacking ring may be integrally formed to the chair base, or separate and disposable between at least two chair bases. The stacking ring may substantially prevent rotation of a first chair base relative to a second chair base. |
143 |
SEALING AND DE-STACKING |
US15395560 |
2016-12-30 |
US20170107065A1 |
2017-04-20 |
Leopold MADER |
When being sealed, insulating glass blanks (5) are held in a sealing station (2) gripped at the base by grippers (17) of a gripper arrangement (16) and/or by suction heads (15) and rest at the top against a roller beam (7) fitted with rollers (8). As the insulating glass blank (5) is sealed, only the nozzle (11) of a sealing assembly (10) moves along the outer edge of the insulating glass blank (5), which is stationary during the sealing process. When the lower edge of an insulating glass blank (5) is sealed, grippers (17) engaging the lower edge are released and move away downwards. Sealed insulating glass is removed from the sealing station (2) by a removal robot (24) onto the side opposite the sealing assembly (10), moved to a temporary store and placed therein on A-bearing supports (29) and fan frames (30) sorted according to production lots. |
144 |
Palletizer for a plurality of objects |
US14470887 |
2014-08-27 |
US09511956B2 |
2016-12-06 |
Emanuele Bianchi |
An apparatus for palletizing a plurality of objects, for example bottle packs or containers, is provided. A conveying and sorting system to form an ordered set of objects is provided. A handling system having a support column and movably arranged thereon a first handling member suitable to handle the ordered set of objects from a discharge position of the conveying and sorting system to a pallet arranged at a workstation is provided. A handling system having a support column and movably arranged thereon a second handling-suitable to handle a pallet from a pallet stack to the workstation and/or a cardboard flap from a respective stack to said workstation is provided. |
145 |
STICKERS FOR DRYING AND/OR CURING MATERIALS |
US14676156 |
2015-04-01 |
US20160290717A1 |
2016-10-06 |
John W. Wagner |
A separator and/or stack stabilizer (referred to as a sticker) used to stack materials for drying and/or curing. The sticker has support members that extend radially outwardly from a central portion. An open-ended channel configured to allow air to flow therethrough is defined between each adjacent pair of support members. Together, the central portion and at least a portion of the support members may have an X-shaped cross-sectional shape. A different support platform having a support surface may be connected to each of the support members. Optionally, the support surfaces include airflow grooves. The sticker may be constructed entirely of a material that includes aluminum. |
146 |
PALLETISER FOR LOADING AND PACKAGING UNSTABLE CONTAINERS |
US14898383 |
2013-06-12 |
US20160137433A1 |
2016-05-19 |
Gary Tempany |
The innovation disclosed herein is an improved palletiser for loading and packaging unstable articles, such as plastic, glass, steel, aluminum, etc. containers onto a pallet for bulk storage and/or transport. The innovation includes a pallet station having a pallet housing that receives pallets, a layer pad store substantially aligned with the pallet housing, a container lifting sub-assembly that receives a predetermined row of containers, a pusher assembly that urges the predetermined row of containers onto a pallet, and a layer pad transfer assembly. |
147 |
PALLETISING DEVICE |
US14764440 |
2014-02-27 |
US20150375945A1 |
2015-12-31 |
Giorgio OPPICI; Giacomo MAGRI |
A palletizing device (10) comprising a lower plane (15) able to supportingly receive a pallet (5) and a loading device (100) vertically mobile above the lower plane (15) and comprising an upper platform (110), superposed in plan view on the lower plane (15) and provided with variable-configuration support means (112) and activating means able to cyclically move the support means (112) between a closed configuration, in which the define a support for a first layer of products (4) to be palletized, and an open configuration, in which they remove the support in order to release the first layer of products (4) downwards, in which the loading device (100) comprises a storing platform (120) defining a support for a second layer of products (4) to be palletized and flanked to the upper platform (110). |
148 |
Aligning and stacking palletizing machine |
US13760878 |
2013-02-06 |
US09126770B1 |
2015-09-08 |
Kevin Widder; Travis Przybylski |
A device for engaging and aligning items moving along a conveyance line that are to be positioned on a pallet is provided. The device includes a robotic arm positioned adjacent the conveyance line and having a manipulator thereon. The manipulator includes a number of fingers that extend downwardly from the manipulator in order to engage the items on the conveyance line. The fingers operate to stop and align the items to form a well-defined stack in the shape defined by the position of the fingers on the manipulator. The manipulator can rotate while the fingers are in engagement with the stack of items in order to reposition the items as desired for placement on the pallet by sliding the items along the various surfaces of the system and without lifting the items off of the conveyance line, thereby limiting the cost and time associated with the operation of the device. |
149 |
WOOD PULP FOR GLASS PLATE-INTERLEAVING PAPER AND GLASS PLATE-INTERLEAVING PAPER |
US14700236 |
2015-04-30 |
US20150233059A1 |
2015-08-20 |
Yasuhiko ASAI; Shinichi AKAHORI; Tomoki HIRASAWA; Yoshiaki TOMOTAKE |
The present invention relates to wood pulp for glass plate-interleaving paper in which an amount of silicone contained in the wood pulp is 0.5 ppm or less with respect to an absolute dry mass of the pulp, as well as relates to interleaving paper for glass plates of which a raw material is the wood pulp, in which an amount of silicone contained in paper is 0.5 ppm or less with respect to the absolute dry matter of paper. The interleaving paper for glass plates formed from the wood pulp of the present invention, as well as interleaving paper for glass plates of the present invention are able to remarkably control contamination of silicone to the surface of glass plates for use as substrate material for flat panel displays for which a high degree of cleanliness and high quality are required. |
150 |
FOOD CONTAINER STACKING DEVICE AND SYSTEM |
US14464913 |
2014-08-21 |
US20150076167A1 |
2015-03-19 |
Marlon Jones |
A food container stacking device comprising: a horizontal member, with a first longitudinal side, a second longitudinal side, a top surface, and a bottom surface, a first corner, second corner, third corner, and fourth corner; the food container stacking device configured to lay on the top surface of a first food container, and further configure to support a second food container on the top surface, thereby allowing for the stacking of the first and second food containers. A food container stacking system, comprising: a first food container; a first food container stacking device configured to lay on the top surface of the first food container, the first food container stacking device comprising: a horizontal member, with a first longitudinal sinusoidal shaped side, a second longitudinal sinusoidal shaped side, a top surface, and a bottom surface, a first corner, second corner, third corner, and fourth corner; a first pin removeably attachable to the first hole, and extending from the bottom surface; a second pin removeably attachable to the second hole, and extending from the bottom surface; a third pin removeably attachable to the third hole, and extending from the bottom surface; a fourth pin removeably attachable to the fourth hole, and extending from the bottom surface, where the first and second pins are configured to lay outside of the perimeter of the first food container, and where the third and fourth pins are configured to lay outside of the perimeter of the first food container, on an opposite side of the first food container. |
151 |
SEALING AND DE-STACKING |
US14350472 |
2012-10-22 |
US20150034231A1 |
2015-02-05 |
Leopold Mader |
When being sealed, insulating glass blanks (5) are held in a sealing station (2) gripped at the base by grippers (17) of a gripper arrangement (16) and/or by suction heads (15) and rest at the top against a roller beam (7) fitted with rollers (8). As the insulating glass blank (5) is sealed, only the nozzle (11) of a sealing assembly (10) moves along the outer edge of the insulating glass blank (5), which is stationary during the sealing process. When the lower edge of an insulating glass blank (5) is sealed, grippers (17) engaging the lower edge are released and move away downwards. Sealed insulating glass is removed from the sealing station (2) by a removal robot (24) onto the side opposite the sealing assembly (10), moved to a temporary store and placed therein on A-bearing supports (29) and fan frames (30) sorted according to production lots. |
152 |
STACKING RING FOR CHAIR BASES |
US14307843 |
2014-06-18 |
US20140375107A1 |
2014-12-25 |
Thomas A. Hutchinson, JR.; Richard E. Hutchinson; Gerald A. Hutchinson |
A stacking ring for a chair base may be disposable between a first and second chair base such that the stacking ring generally prevents lateral movement of the first chair base relative to the second chair base. The stacking ring may be integrally formed to the chair base, or separate and disposable between at least two chair bases. The stacking ring may substantially prevent rotation of a first chair base relative to a second chair base. |
153 |
DEVICE FOR STABILIZING A PALLET |
US14266915 |
2014-05-01 |
US20140328661A1 |
2014-11-06 |
Anthony V. DiNello; Christopher Ramsey |
A device for palletizing a plurality of articles and for stabilizing selected ones of the plurality of articles is provided. The device includes at least one load stabilizer and at least one stabilizer applier. The at least one load stabilizer includes a stabilizer sheet and an adhesive layer coupled with the stabilizer sheet. The at least one stabilizer applier receives the at least one load stabilizer and applies the adhesive layer to a select potential shift point of a palletized load. |
154 |
Method and device for packing large drinks packs |
US12524715 |
2008-05-14 |
US08348591B2 |
2013-01-08 |
Kurt Perl |
A device for forming stacks of piece goods batches, includes a movable transport device for transporting the piece goods batch. A feed device feeds the piece goods batch to the transport device. The transport device includes a support device which at least intermittently supports the piece goods batch and relative to which the piece goods batch can move and which can be removed essentially completely from a region located below the piece goods batch. The transport device includes at least one controllable fixing device for temporarily fixing an intermediate layer, wherein the fixing device for fixing the intermediate layer moves below the piece goods batch. |
155 |
PALLETIZING SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US12890576 |
2010-09-24 |
US20110076128A1 |
2011-03-31 |
Ole Johnsen; Wojciech Kowalczuk; Denis Trottier |
A first layer of items is assembled on a movable conveyor belt on a support platform, and the conveyor belt advances to position the first layer of items above and in registration with a pallet while a second layer of items is assembled behind the first layer. The conveyor belt then stops, and part of the support platform and an associated portion of the conveyor belt retract from beneath the first layer of items, depositing the first layer of items on the pallet, after which the pallet is indexed downward. The retractable portion of the support platform and the associated portion of the conveyor belt then extend to the position above and in registration with the pallet, and the conveyor belt advances during this extension to position the second layer of items above and in registration with the pallet. Apparatus for placing slip sheets onto pallets is also described. |
156 |
Robotic packaging device |
US12217545 |
2008-07-07 |
US20090019818A1 |
2009-01-22 |
Scott C. Gilmore; Jason M. Ernst |
An end of arm tool that is capable of handling fragile items such as eggs that are packaged in containers (e.g., egg cartons) that require special handling is provided. The end of arm tool comprises vacuum cup assemblies to grip the top surfaces of the packages, clamp fingers to clamp the edges of the packages, and optionally a pusher assembly to release the packages from the clamp fingers. In addition, a method of loading packages into cases using the end of arm tool apparatus of the present invention is provided. A gripper may be provided to place divider sheets between packages in the cases. |
157 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STACKING LAYERS OF ITEMS |
US11694275 |
2007-03-30 |
US20070243056A1 |
2007-10-18 |
Zane Lee SIMMONS |
A stacking apparatus includes a feed device that feeds a succession of elongated items to a pick-up station, and a rotating structure having first and second arms at different angles about a rotation axis of the rotating structure. The arms have receiving surfaces mounted thereto that receive the elongated items as a layer at the pick-up station during rotation of the rotating structure as the receiving surface travels past the pick-up station. The apparatus also includes a carriage having layer supporting forks that receive the layer from the receiving surface during rotation of the rotating structure as the receiving surface travels past a layer receiving station. The carriage carries the layer from the layer receiving station and deposits the layer at a layer stacking station from the forks to form the stack of superimposed layers. |
158 |
SEPARATOR FOR PALLETIZED AND OTHER STACKED MATERIAL |
US11460190 |
2006-07-26 |
US20070026194A1 |
2007-02-01 |
Gary Werner; Charles Krupka |
A separator sheet for pallets, parts, or other stacked material is formed from a polyolefin such as HDPE using a method that produces a roughened surface on the sheet that helps prevent shifting of the stacked material. The sheets can be made by extruding melted polyolefin through a die, and the roughened surface can be provided by stretching the extruded material through the nip of a pair of rollers run at different temperatures and at a speed that is greater than the extrusion speed of the polyolefin. Alternatively, the heated polyolefin can be provided with a suitable level of moisture content or a foaming agent to obtain the roughened surface. Injection molding techniques can also be used to form the separator sheets. |
159 |
Wheel rim stacking device |
US10426972 |
2003-05-01 |
US07117999B2 |
2006-10-10 |
Stephen Thomas Taylor |
A wheel rim stacking apparatus to stack at least two wheel rims in a co axial and vertical relationship. The apparatus including an annular flange including an inwardly directed substantially cylindrical shaped wall of a diameter substantially commensurate with the outside diameter of the bead of a wheel rim to allow the wheel rim to be located with the cylindrical wall to be located on the outside thereof, the cylindrical wall having an upper edge and a lower edge. The annular flange including therefrom a radially inwardly extending landing web positioned intermediate of the upper and lower edge of the cylindrical wall, the landing web presenting (a) an upwardly facing surface by which a lower positioned bead of the wheel rim can engage to provide a vertical support to an upper one of the wheel rims and (b) a lower surface to locate on top of the upper positioned bead of an adjacent lower one of the wheel rims. |
160 |
Interlacing device for a palletizing machine and palletizing machine equipped with one such device |
US10523322 |
2003-07-28 |
US20060182614A1 |
2006-08-17 |
Yves Roesch |
The invention relates to an interlacing device which can be used automatically to interlace long products on a transport pallet in an economical and optimum manner, which can be adapted to tubes of any length and which operates concurrently with the palletizing machine. The inventive interlacing device (10) is characterized in that it comprises at least one interlacing gantry (11) which extends parallel to the palletized products along at least part of the length thereof and which comprises at least one wire guide (20), the wire guide being fed by at least one interlacing (12′) link reel (12). The aforementioned interlacing device (10) also comprises drive means (14) which are connected to the interlacing gantry (11) in order to move same alternatively between at least two end positions such as to move the guide wire (20) alternatively from one side of the transport pallet (7) to the other in at least one interlacing plane (P) which is essentially perpendicular to the palletized products (2). The invention is suitable for palletizing any long product, e.g. cylindrical tubes. |