101 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COOLING PRODUCTS |
US16225632 |
2018-12-19 |
US20190186804A1 |
2019-06-20 |
Robert VOSS; Alexander Angenheister |
Apparatus for cooling products including a cooling chamber with a conveyor for conveying the products through the chamber, at least one circulator for circulating a cooling gas within at least a part of the chamber, and a first aperture element with a plurality of first aperture openings. The conveyor and the at least one circulator are arranged within the cooling chamber such that the cooling gas can impinge a first side of the conveyor, wherein the first aperture element is arranged within the chamber such that the cooling gas penetrates through the first aperture openings before impinging the first side of the conveyor. |
102 |
Handling device |
US14433561 |
2013-10-02 |
US10099870B2 |
2018-10-16 |
Robert Ebner; Fritz Josef Ebner; Rudolf Steinheimer |
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a handling device for handling a metal component part between a furnace device and a further processing device. The handling device comprises a temperature-control chamber, in which the metal component part can be inserted, and a conveying device. The temperature-control chamber comprises a temperature-control unit that adjusts a temperature in the temperature-control chamber. The temperature-control chamber can be conveyed between a receiving position, in which the metal component part can be conveyed from the furnace device into the temperature-control chamber, and a dispensing position, in which the metal component part can be conveyed from the temperature control chamber to the further processing device. The conveying device is configured in such a manner that the metal component part can be conveyed in the receiving position by means of the conveying device between the furnace device and the temperature-control chamber and that the metal component part can be conveyed in the dispensing position by means of the conveying device between the temperature-control chamber and the further processing device. |
103 |
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORTING AND CONDITIONING PANELS CONTAINING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS |
US15918134 |
2018-03-12 |
US20180282043A1 |
2018-10-04 |
Royce Russell Heap; Michael A. Buss; Richard A. Cardillo, II; Desmond Charlery; Minerva Galoiu; Gail R. Mello |
A rack for holding flat panels containing PCM while the flat panels are conditioned and a method of conditioning the flat panels. The rack includes a frame structure defining an interior through which a conditioning air flow is directed. The interior includes a plurality of vertically spaced shelves for supporting the flat panels in a vertically spaced apart arrangement. The shelves are configured to hold the flat panels with at least a majority of their upper and lower surfaces in contact with the conditioning air flow. A conditioning method includes arranging the flat panels in a spaced apart array in the rack to create air flow channels between adjacent surfaces of the flat panels. Air is circulated between and in contact with the flat panels at a first temperature sufficient to bring the temperature of the PCM in each flat panel at least closer to a required temperature range. |
104 |
FOOD PROCESSING TABLE OR CONVEYOR BELT WITH A LAYER OF SOLIDIFIED LIQUID SUCH AS AN ICE LAYER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH SOLIDIFIED LIQUID |
US15737363 |
2016-06-16 |
US20180186574A1 |
2018-07-05 |
Jens Teilmann |
The invention relates to a table or conveyor belt (1) for conveying and/or processing food and a method and system for producing and/or maintaining a layer of a solidified liquid (4) on such tables and conveyor belts (1). Tables or conveyor belts (1) for conveying and processing food are difficult to clean when in function. For food it is important to avoid cross-contamination with microorganisms and foreign objects. A layer of a solidified liquid (4) such as an ice layer or fat layer on the top surface (3) of a table or conveyor belt (1) may be renewed from time to time by planing off some of the solidified liquid (4) and afterwards apply liquid which is allowed to solidify or apply flaked solidified liquid. A conveyor belt (1) may comprise lamellas (2) with internal cavities (7) or channels for coolant to cool the lamellas (2). Solidified liquid (4) may be produced on the top surface (3) of these lamellas (2) and the lamellas (2) may be kept cold by directing a coolant through the lamellas (2). |
105 |
Methods, apparatus, computer programs and non-transitory computer readable storage mediums for manufacturing an article |
US15818921 |
2017-11-21 |
US20180161934A1 |
2018-06-14 |
John H. BOSWELL |
A method of manufacturing an article, the method comprising: controlling an additive manufacturing printer to build an article in a cavity of a build chamber from a powdered material, the build chamber being removable from the additive manufacturing printer and including one or more heaters configured to provide thermal energy to the cavity of the building chamber; and controlling the one or more heaters of the build chamber to heat the article to a predetermined temperature while building the article to prevent the article from cracking while the build chamber and the article are transferred from the additive manufacturing printer to a heater, the predetermined temperature being between the upper temperature of the ductility drop temperature range of the powdered material and the sintering temperature of the powdered material. |
106 |
Apparatus and method for transporting plastic preforms with dual pitch delay |
US14886128 |
2015-10-19 |
US09731907B2 |
2017-08-15 |
Bernhard Domeier; Harald Wels; Josef Penninger; Wolfgang Hausladen |
Apparatus for treating plastic preforms, with a first transport facility transporting the plastic preforms along a predefined transport path at a first predefined pitch, with at least one heating unit heating the plastic preforms at least at times during their transportation and with a second transport facility arranged downstream with respect to the first transport facility in transport direction of the plastic preforms, which comprises a plurality of holding unit means for holding the plastic preforms and which is suitable and destined to alter a pitch between consecutive plastic preforms. The apparatus comprises a further transport section arranged, at least in sections, in transport direction of the plastic preforms between the first transport facility and the second transport facility, in which a pitch between the plastic preforms is altered. |
107 |
Anti-oxidation bulk product dispensing system |
US14805581 |
2015-07-22 |
US09611108B1 |
2017-04-04 |
Scott Johnson; John Clayton Odom; Ronald Brundick |
An anti-oxidation bulk product dispensing system for oxidation-sensitive bulk product includes a gravity-feed bin, an oxygen displacement substance, a supply source, and a control valve. A reservoir of the gravity feed bin is filled through an inlet with oxidation-sensitive bulk product. The product is stored in the reservoir and selectively dispensed through an outlet of the bin. The bin inadvertently receives oxygenated ambient air while receiving and dispensing the product. The supply source is configured to selectively provide the oxygen displacement substance to the bin. The control valve is in communication with the supply source and the bin and is configured to selectively deliver the oxygen displacement substance to the bin. The oxygen displacement substance displaces the oxygenated ambient air in the bin, thereby lessening oxidation of the stored product. |
108 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING PLASTIC PREFORMS WITH DUAL PITCH DELAY |
US14886128 |
2015-10-19 |
US20160114984A1 |
2016-04-28 |
Bernhard Domeier; Harald Wels; Josef Penninger; Wolfgang Hausladen |
In an apparatus for treating plastic preforms, a first transport facility transports the plastic preforms along a predefined transport path at a first predefined pitch, with at least one heating means heating the plastic preforms at least at times during their transportation and with a second transport facility arranged downstream with respect to the first transport facility in transport direction of the plastic preforms, which comprises a plurality of holding means for holding the plastic preforms and which is suitable and destined to alter a pitch between consecutive plastic preforms. According to the invention the apparatus comprises a further transport section arranged, at least in sections, in transport direction of the plastic preforms between the first transport facility and the second transport facility, in which a pitch between the plastic preforms is altered. |
109 |
Apparatus for Loading and Evenly Distributing Material into a Container |
US13631810 |
2012-09-28 |
US20140093341A1 |
2014-04-03 |
Robert Abbott; Don Kramer |
An overhead material handling system and methods for its use are provided, where the system comprises: (a) a compactor and (b) a leveler in communication with the compactor, where the leveler comprises (i) a cover, (ii) a trough, and (iii) a trigger, where the trough has a first end and a second end and the trough is rotatably-mounted between a first end of the cover and a second end of the cover. |
110 |
System and method for compacting materials in open top transport conveyance |
US13055456 |
2009-12-29 |
US08549997B2 |
2013-10-08 |
Charles Wayne Nyquist; Mark D. Stephen; Zachary Johnston Renner; Michael A. McCurdy |
A compacting system compacts particulate matter in open-top railroad gondola cars rolling on rails. The compacting system comprises a compacting station adjacent the rails and a scanning system that scans the gondola cars as they move along the rails toward the compacting station. The scanning system transmits data of the gondola car to an electronic control system. The compacting station has at least one compaction member, e.g., a plate structure or a roller, configured to contact an upper surface of the particulate matter in the gondola cars. The electronic control system controls the compacting station so that the compaction member engages with and applies force to the upper surface of the particulate matter in the gondola car so as to compress the particulate matter in the gondola. A method for compacting particulate matter in a gondola car is also shown. |
111 |
CONVEYING SYSTEM |
US12398409 |
2009-03-05 |
US20100040412A1 |
2010-02-18 |
Steffen Fickeisen |
A conveying system for conveying material having a tendency to stick, in particular a mobile conveying system for paving material used for constructing road mats has at least one conveying element which is accommodated in a conveying channel. The conveying element is directly or indirectly driven by at least one combustion engine. The conveying system has a primary heating device predominantly for the conveying element and/or the conveying system. Furthermore, the conveying system has at least one secondary heating device for at least partially relieving the primary heating device. The secondary heating device is operated with direct or indirect exit heat of the combustion engine. Alternatively, a combination of a primary heating device and at least one secondary heating device is provided, which secondary heating device is operated with exit heat originating from the combustion engine in order to at least partially relieve the primary heating device. |
112 |
Container and method for the transport and pneumatic conveying of bulk powders |
US10538906 |
2003-12-16 |
US07597506B2 |
2009-10-06 |
Brian Snowdon |
An elongate container (7) for the transport of bulk powders is provided along its base with a longitudinally sloping membrane support. A gas permeable membrane (11) is mounted on the support and the support is itself unsupported relative to the container between its longitudinal and transverse ends. A method of conveying bulk powder using such a container is also described. |
113 |
Hot material conveyor |
US10546350 |
2004-02-19 |
US07228960B2 |
2007-06-12 |
Lutz Müller; Burkhard Poppeck |
A conveyor for hot material comprising a conveying unit for conveying the hot material, a material delivery unit for delivering the hot material to the conveying unit, a housing for covering at least a portion of the length of the conveying unit, introduction devices disposed in the housing for furnishing water to the hot material on the conveying unit, wherein the introduction devices are disposed exclusively in a section of the housing that in the conveying direction is remote from the material delivery unit, and an exhaust unit connected to the material delivery unit for withdrawal of water vapor, generated by the furnishing of water, to produce a water vapor stream that is counter to the conveying direction of the hot material and is directed toward the material delivery unit. |
114 |
Method for storing thermoplastic preforms in a container |
US10964287 |
2004-10-13 |
US07093411B2 |
2006-08-22 |
Andrew Wallis |
In order to store thermoplastic preforms in a container, the outside faces of the preforms are treated so as to make said outside faces more slippery, and the preforms are stored in bulk in the container, with the outside faces of the preforms after treatment presenting a coefficient of friction that is low enough to ensure that the packing density, i.e. the number of preforms stored per unit volume, is greater than the packing density that would be obtained under the same conditions with non-treated preforms. |
115 |
Method for storing thermoplastic preforms in a container |
US10182083 |
2002-11-04 |
US06820396B2 |
2004-11-23 |
Andrew Wallis |
In order to store thermoplastic preforms in a container, the outside faces of the preforms are treated so as to make said outside faces more slippery, and the preforms are stored in bulk in the container, with the outside faces of the preforms after treatment presenting a coefficient of friction that is low enough to ensure that the packing density, i.e. the number of preforms stored per unit volume, is greater than the packing density that would be obtained under the same conditions with non-treated preforms. |
116 |
Method for withdrawing and dewatering slag from a gasification system |
US09781200 |
2001-02-13 |
US06706199B2 |
2004-03-16 |
John D. Winter; Rajasekar Kamarthi; Thomas F. Leininger; Katherine S. Lee; Chih-Hao M. Tsang; Pravit Vassantachart |
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for withdrawing and dewatering slag from a gasification system. In particular, the present invention relates to a conveying lockhopper and method of using the conveying lockhopper to collect slag and other waste byproducts from the gasifier of a gasification system. The conveying lockhopper is configured to receive slag from a gasifier, simultaneously extract and dewater the slag, and expel the processed slag directly into an awaiting container suitable for carrying the processed slag away. The conveying lockhopper generally comprises a housing with inlet and outlet valves to receive and expel slag, respectively. The housing is inclined at an angle typically between 5 and 60 degrees to the horizontal so that the outlet is at a higher elevation than the inlet. Inside the housing, an auger or similar conveying mechanism conveys the slag from the inlet towards the outlet while simultaneously dewatering the slag. As a result, the processed slag that is discharged at the outlet is fully processed and ready to be transported away. |
117 |
Belt conveyor device for transporting cold foods |
US09424926 |
2000-03-02 |
US06318111B1 |
2001-11-20 |
Masaru Murakami; Saburo Aizawa |
A belt conveyor device for transporting cold foods capable of controlling the quality and sanitation of foods, without requiring the necessity of cooling a whole processing room and without being affected by an environmental temperature, by forming cooling spaces only in the food transporting spaces of a conveyor for processing and transporting cold foods. Wherein cold air outlets and cold air suction ports are provided on the right and left sides of the transporting spaces of the belt conveyor opposedly to each other across the belt conveyor, cooling parts are provided in spaces sandwiched between the upper and lower sides of the running belt, food transporting spaces on the surfaces of the belt conveyor in a working space are formed, by a cool air flow from the cold air outlets to the cold air suction ports, into the cooled spaces having temperatures equivalent to a food refrigerating temperature of approx. 10-C. or below which is lower than the temperature in the working space, and cool air is injected against the rear surface of the belt so as to cool the rear surface of the belt. |
118 |
Device for orienting and achieving the optimal density of a quantity of elongated objects |
US08926225 |
1997-09-09 |
US06290055B1 |
2001-09-18 |
Paul Glorfield |
A device for orienting and achieving the optimal density of a quantity of elongated objects having a cleated conveyor belt with a substantially horizontal first portion upon which a pre-weighed product is deposited, an inclined middle portion, and a substantially horizontal end portion. The inclined conveyor belt establishes an even rate of discharge for the elongated objects so that such elongated objects tend to be oriented in a horizontal plane after they have fallen into a product orientation hopper. By having the width of the product-orientation hopper narrower than the length of most of the elongated objects, the longitudinal axis of the elongated objects will tend to be parallel to the sides of the product-orientation hopper. The product-orientation hopper is, also, vibrated to increase the density of the elongated objects. To fill voids which exist between the elongated objects in the product-orientation hopper, a horizontal squeezer pushes such elongated objects from their ends by forcing the ends of the product-orientation hopper toward one another. |
119 |
Manhole mounted filtering system for self-loading semi-trailer |
US593315 |
1990-10-01 |
US5073259A |
1991-12-17 |
Keith F. Solimar |
A system for separating particulate matter from an airstream during pneumatic loading of a tank is disclosed. The system includes a compact filter unit that can be housed within the periphery of a standard manhole in the tank of a pneumatic truck trailer. The system further includes a canister to protect the filter, and a means of storing extra filter units within the interior of the tank. |
120 |
Apparatus for laying elongate members |
US389405 |
1989-08-04 |
US5054603A |
1991-10-08 |
Mark T. Churchland; Walter W. Schilling |
A process for continuously forming a product having elongated members at least about one foot long which are oriented, compressed and bonded is provided, the process comprising depositing elongated members on a moving carrier with an orientation that is substantially parallel to the direction of movement of said carrier, said members being deposited on said carrier over a length of carrier that is at least as long as about one and one-half times the length of the elongated members and is at least as long as about 30 times the final thickness of the compressed, composite product. |