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Conveyors: power-driven May archived by USPTO category 05/08

20080121493 - Method and apparatus for creating a slurry: A relocatable oil sand slurry preparation system is provided for preparing an aqueous oil sand slurry amenable to pipeline conveyance while producing minimum overall rejects, comprising (a) a relocatable rotary digester for slurrying oil sand and water and digesting oil sand lumps to form a pumpable slurry, the rotary digester... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20080121494 - Mobile gastronomic table for serving out food: Each module may be provided with a transferring mechanism for transferring food receptacles on the automated transferring device of that module when the table is in the operating position. Said transferring mechanism of a module operatively connects as the table is into the operating position and operatively disengages when the... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20080121495 - Oblique-roller belt conveyor with sideguard: An alignment conveyor for aligning articles along a side of the conveyor without changing their orientation. The conveyor includes a conveyor belt having article-supporting rollers rotating in a direction oblique to the direction of belt travel as the belt advances. The rollers direct the articles to a side of the... Agent: Laitram, L.L.C. Legal Department

20080121496 - Device for conveying sticks in an apparatus for inserting sticks into ice cream bodies: A device is described for conveying sticks in an apparatus for inserting sticks into ice cream bodies, said device comprising guide means in which the sticks are supplied in the form of an elongate stack of sticks, and from which guide means the sticks are destacked singly, said device further... Agent: James C. Wray

20080121497 - Heated/cool screw conveyor: A screw conveyor includes a hollow rotatable shaft having an externally mounted flight extending along a portion of its length. Thermal applicating structure is provided at one end of the shaft for heating or cooling the screw conveyor. A thermosyphon is mounted within the shaft. The thermosyphon includes a hollow... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080121498 - Accumulation-and-release roller-belt conveyor: An accumulation-and-release conveyor using a roller belt with rollers arranged to rotate in the direction of belt travel. The rollers extend through the thickness of the belt to support conveyed articles. The belt continuously advances along a conveyor carryway from an upstream end to a downstream end. A movable stop... Agent: Laitram, L.L.C. Legal Department

20080116035 - Passenger conveyor: In a passenger conveyor according to the present invention, an inlet safety device, an operation device, an operation condition display device, and a passenger detecting device are all received in a end-deck cover at an end of a balustrade panel. Thus, the passenger conveyor is excellent in design because of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080116036 - Slat driven positive displacement sorter: An article sorter is made up of a web defined by a plurality of interconnected, laterally elongated, slats. An upper portion of the web defines a longitudinally extending conveying surface. Each of the slats has a generally planar upper surface forming a portion of the conveying surface. A plurality of... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080116037 - Transfer conveyor: A transfer conveyor which prevents collisions between works to be conveyed when the works to be conveyed or stored are carried on a conveyer track by a work support having a length shorter than the length of works to be conveyed, which permits reverse traveling during maintenance operations and the... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080116038 - Roller chain for a linear guideway: A roller chain for a linear guideway comprises: a plurality of spacers each having two retaining portions and two links, each retaining portion is a hollow structure for holding the rollers. The retaining portions are formed at both sides of the rollers, one side of each of the retaining portions... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080116039 - Material regulating devices and material delivery systems having those devices: A material regulating device and a method of regulating wood pieces are disclosed. In some embodiments, the material regulating device may include a base assembly, a housing, an inclining assembly configured to selectively move the housing relative to the base assembly, and a conveying assembly configured to move material pieces... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.c.

20080116040 - Linear drive for vibratory apparatus: A vibratory feeder apparatus includes a bed, a base, a plurality of elastic amplifiers having a first end connected to the bed and a second end connected to the base, and a plurality of elastic isolators coupled to the base to support the base above surrounding terrain. The feeder apparatus... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080116041 - External direct drive for a roller conveyor: A conveyor that is powered by a drive unit is disclosed. The conveyor includes a frame, and the drive unit includes a gearless external drive motor that is configured to fit within the footprint defined by the conveyor frame. The conveyor includes a series of conveying members, such as rollers,... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080116042 - Adjustable conveyor guide: This invention relates to conveyor guides comprising conveyor guide rail units, such as those used on automated handling lines where containers of different sizes are processed. One or more guide rails are employed to the sides of the conveyor guide to ensure that articles follow a desired path. This invention... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080116043 - Composite conveying belt: A conveying belt suitable for powerturn conveying applications. The conveying belt has a mult-layer structure with layers of parallel laid yarns disposed in various angles relative to the machine direction. The parallel yarns are stitchbonded to a multiply interwoven scrim to form a subassembly. A batt of staple fibers is... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080110723 - Automated supply system for delivery of different products to packaging mechanism: An automated supply system stacks and releases a selected number of products. The products are deposited from a conveyor into an arranging member and formed into a stack of a selected number of products. The stack of products is released into packaging. A product discharged from the conveyor is supported... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080110724 - Device and method for optically scanning a machine-readable label applied to an object: A device and a method for the optical scanning of a machine-readable label applied to an object are proposed. The device has at least one belt conveyor (1) and one receiving tray, which are located sequentially spaced apart. A scanning device (3) is located between the belt conveyor (1) and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080110725 - Magnet assembly for a conveyor system: A magnet assembly for a conveyor system transporting a ferromagnetic container includes a housing having a unitary configuration. The housing defines a pocket, and a magnetic circuit is disposed in the pocket. The magnetic circuit produces a magnetic field having a magnetic flux. The magnetic circuit attracts the ferromagnetic container... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.c.

20080110726 - Drive for a conveyor, in particular baggage conveyor in airports: The invention relates to the drive for a conveyor, in particular baggage conveyor having overlapping plate-like carriers which are fastened on an endlessly circulating articulated traction chain. In order for the drive to be of straightforward, functional and effective configuration, the invention proposes a drive mechanism which comprises at least... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080110727 - Hingeless belt: A hingeless belt comprises modules having opposed leading and trailing sides, first and second bases and opposed outer sides. The modules are connected to joining members with layers that can be, for example, an adhesive. The joining members comprise an elastic material which allows the modular belt to bend and... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080110728 - Ptfe conveyor belt: A method of manufacturing an endless conveyor belt comprises providing a flexible web in the form of a PTFE cross film laminate which in its as laminated state has a first length and a first lengthwise yield strength. The web is prestressed by lengthwise stretching to a second length greater... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080110730 - Endless conveyor: The invention relates to an endless conveyor, in particular a link conveyor for items of baggage in the baggage-reclaim area of an airport, which, by very straightforward and functionally reliable means, is to replace the expensive, heavy and maintenance-intensive prior-art conveyor guided on link chains. According to the invention, it... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080110729 - Slat conveyor with display means: A conveyor (2) which has a plurality of slats (6) for transferring articles around the conveyor (2), some or all of the slats (6) having at least one visible surface (14) through which indicia is displayed.... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080110731 - Conveyor guard: The present invention is particularly directed to a conveyor used for conveying objects where the objects may have elements which extend outside the object itself, and which thereby may become stuck in the conveyor structure per se.... Agent: James C. Wray

20080105514 - Apparatus for separating and conveying articles: Apparatus for transferring pliant articles, such as poultry carcasses or parts thereof, includes a first separator stage comprising a slide plate with spaced apart sets of guides for receiving articles and for conveying the articles toward a second separator stage. The second separator stage comprises a rotary drum with spaced... Agent: Ip Section Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

20080105515 - Systems and methods for feeding articles to and removing articles from an automatic washer: Systems, methods, and devices for feeding articles to and removing articles from an automatic washer, for example, a tunnel-type automatic washer are provided. The systems and methods employ conveyors, for example, belt conveyors, gantry-type conveyors, and shuttle-type conveyors, for handling and conveying articles to or from a washer or an... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080105516 - Method for dispensing tablets into a multi-compartment clinical reagent container: A method for dispensing a desired number of oriented tablets from a bulk source into a well within a reagent container by moving the tablets by vibration into a number of parallel loading chutes and transfer chutes and displacing the desired number of tablets into a drop chute aligned over... Agent: Dade Behring Inc. Legal Department

20080105517 - Spliceless, corded baler belt: An endless elastomeric baler belt is comprised of one or more fabric reinforcement layers, and one or more elastomeric layers, and further comprises a reinforcement layer formed of cord or a rubberized strip of one or more cords that are spirally wound in an endless configuration forming a helix. The... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080105518 - Conveyor belt with intermodular supported rollers: The invention may include a series of rows of belt modules. A first one of the rows may have a plurality of hinge elements along an end of the first row. A second one of the rows may have a plurality of hinge elements along an end of the second... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080105519 - Rodless modular conveyor belt: A conveyor belt assembled of modular plastic components is retained together without the usual connecting rods or pins. In one embodiment the modules, each of which has series of finger-like projections or knuckles both at forward and rear ends of the module, the projections are tapered to narrows in width... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20080105520 - Conveyor system with automatic incline: A conveyor assembly including a first conveyor frame configured to move along a path relative to a mounting frame and including a conveyor belt. The conveyor assembly further includes a second conveyor frame, connected to the first conveyor frame via a pivot, and configured to automatically rotate to change an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080099307 - Device for grouping individually packaged goods: A device for grouping individually packaged goods which are fed in a substantially closed stream by the means of conveyance along a transport plane, and grouped by at least one divider finger which can be introduced from below transversely to the transport plane into the stream along the conveyance direction,... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080099308 - Method and apparatus for regulating signature handling to compensate for chain elongation: Methods and systems are provided for regulating the operation of a chain driven conveyor to minimize the effect of chain stretch. The system includes a chain conveyor having a chain and a plurality of indexing pins mounted to the chain, a signature feeder, at least one sensor adapted to detect... Agent: John Pietrangelo Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, P.C.

20080099309 - Roller for a roller conveyor: The invention relates to a roller (10′) for a roller conveyor, having an outer cylinder (12′) that is rotatably mounted on a stationary shaft (14′) and which may be driven by a motor (16), the roller (10′) having an optoelectronic sensor system (20′) comprising a light transmitter (22′) and a... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080099310 - Elevating conveyor: An elevating conveyor for flowable material comprises an inlet (14) and an outlet (20) at opposite ends of a tubular barrel (1) surrounding a helical elevating member (2). Elevating member (2) is restrained against rotation about a longitudinal axis and tubular barrel (1) is co-axially rotated about elevating member (2)... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20080099311 - Adjustable side rails for article conveying system, and conveyor and system incorporating same: An assembly is disclosed for positioning side rails for an article handling conveyor extending in a conveying direction. The assembly includes a frame, two side rails movably mounted to the frame on opposite sides of the conveyor and extending along the conveying direction, each side rail including an input gear.... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080099312 - Modular belt with surface engraving: A method of marking modular plastic belts for identification or functional purposes including injection molding the plastic belt modules and then transferring the modules to laser marking station.... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building