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Conveyors: power-driven February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/10

20100044185 - Conveying device: A conveying device for objects, in particular for bottles, having a first conveyor, a second conveyor and an intermediate buffer communicating with said first and second conveyors via a first transfer site. In order to increase the flexibility of such a conveying device, the first and second conveyors are connected... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20100044187 - Conveyor system: A continuous sharp chain conveyor system is disclosed wherein a workpiece may be elevated from the sharp chain conveyor while the workpiece is transported down the sharp chain conveyor such that the workpiece may be rotated to maintain the workpiece in an optimized position. The system includes a sharp chain... Agent: Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20100044186 - Method and device for transport of a substrate: Method and device for transport of a substrate 6 where the substrate is supported by one or several elongated transport elements 2 and is moved forwards in a substrate transport direction 22 by moving the elongated transport elements 2 and where the elongated transport elements 2 perform a shift in... Agent: Markus Hlusiak

20100044188 - Moving cart system: The present invention features, in part, a moving cart system that comprises a moving cart main line which is disposed along process portions and on which a moving cart is transpired along a positive length direction of the moving cart main line, a moving cart return line which is disposed... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100044189 - Non-halogenated rubber compounds for use in conveyor belts: A non-halogenated rubber compound is provided for use in conveyor belts, particularly those used in underground mining. The non-halogenated rubber compound is fire-resistant in accordance with MSHA standards and produces acceptable levels of toxicity and smoke upon burning. Such non-halogenated rubber compound includes a blend of rubbery polymers in combination... Agent: Alvin T. Rockhill

20100044190 - Hoisting and lowering driving engagement multi-row chain: Aspects of the invention provide a hoisting and lowering driving engagement multi-row chain in which the weight of the chain is balanced across the chain width direction so as to improve the load balance. This allows the weight of articles to be hoisted and lowered more stably hoisted and at... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20100044191 - Module for a conveyor mat, modular conveyor mat and conveyor: A module for a conveyor mat, comprising a body part (3) which is provided, on front and rear sides extending, during use, transversely to a conveying direction, with staggered rows of hinge loops (6), spaced apart by intermediate spaces, transversely to the conveying direction, with hinge holes extending transversely to... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20100038207 - Apparatus and method for forming piece goods batches: An apparatus for forming piece goods batches, comprising a first transport device which transports the piece goods along a predefined transport path at a first transport speed, a second transport device which transports the piece goods along the predefined transport path at a second transport speed and which is arranged... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20100038208 - Conveyor device: A conveyor device is described. The conveyor device includes a conveyor belt and a receiver including a storing compartment and a guiding board. The guiding board is spaced above the conveyor belt, used to guide a part moving on the conveyor belt into the storing compartment without having to stop... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100038209 - Apparatuses and methods for controlling the spacing of and ejecting conveyed objects: In one embodiment, apparatus for controlling spacing of objects conveyed by an object conveyor and for selectively ejecting objects from the object conveyor include flights that extend transversely across the object conveyor to limit travel of the objects to control their relative spacing, and ejectors associated with the flights that... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20100038210 - Conveying apparatus for the conveying of beverage bottles from a beverage bottle treatment machine to a beverage bottle packaging machine in a beverage bottling plant, and a conveying apparatus for the conveying of products from a product treatment machin: A conveying apparatus for the conveying of beverage bottles from a beverage bottle treatment machine to a beverage bottle packaging machine in a beverage bottling plant, and a conveying apparatus for the conveying of products from a product treatment machine to a product packaging machine. The abstract of the disclosure... Agent: Nils H. Ljungman & Associates

20100038211 - Method and blank for producing a screw-tube conveyor and screw-tube conveyor produced in this way: The invention relates to a method and a blank for producing a screw-tube conveyor in the form of a cylindrical rotary tube (110) with an internal screw spiral (120) for conveying and mixing a bulk material. To simplify the method and to create even long screw-tube conveyors with small diameters... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20100038212 - Conveyor means for articles: A conveyor means (1) for transporting articles (3) by an endless conveyor belt (5) is disclosed. The endless conveyor belt (5) has lengthwise two sides (6) and is lead on a support (11) and composed of a plurality of chain links (9). The endless conveyor belt (5) has a curved... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20100038213 - Conveyor machine having pivot connector comprising curved track and rollers engaging track: A hitch apparatus is provided for use on a first mobile machine such as a conveyor vehicle to be used with a second mobile machine connected to the first machine. The apparatus includes a track member adapted for mounting at an end of the first machine, this member providing a... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20100038214 - Conveyor idler roller: The present invention provides an idler roller (4, 5, 6) for supporting an endless belt (2) in a roller conveyor (1), said idler roller (4, 5, 6) including a frame (7) for mounting the idler roller (4, 5, 6) to the conveyor (1); a support shaft (8) mountable to the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100038215 - Pushing belt: Conveyor belt, of the type used in endless conveyors, where said conveyor belt is made from a plurality of belt links, where each belt link is substantially identical, where each belt link is defined by a front edge, a rear edge, two side edges, and an upper surface and an... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20100038216 - Modular belt link with an ec edge: Modular belt link of the type having a leading and trailing edge and a top surface there between, and two side surfaces at right angles to the leading and trailing edges, and a lower carrying surface and furthermore provided with means for hingely connecting to adjacent modular belt links, characterised... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20100032261 - High speed diverter: A diverter assembly for handling articles transported on a conveying surface is disclosed. The diverter assembly includes at least one diverter arm and a motor coupled to a drive arrangement for swinging the diverter arm over the conveying surface. An inverter controller is provided for operating the motor at a... Agent: HorizonIPPte Ltd

20100032262 - Tray handling apparatus and semiconductor device inspecting method using the same: Disclosed is a tray handling apparatus in which the conveyance and inversion of a tray can be performed simultaneously to thereby achieve a rapid inspecting operation and a simplified apparatus configuration, and a semiconductor device inspecting method using the tray handling apparatus. The tray handling apparatus includes an inverting unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100032263 - Manufacturing method for absorptive article: A manufacturing method for an absorptive article having a waistband member, includes: transporting a continuum (for example, second to seventh continuum) including waistband regions 1A and 1B corresponding to the waistband member. In the transporting, the continuum is asymmetric with respect to a center line CL of the continuum in... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20100032264 - Releasable coupling: A releasable coupling, including a first and a second coupling part for transmitting torque, where the first coupling part has a projection which extends in the direction of the geometrical axis of rotation and in the circumferential surface of which a first peripheral groove is embedded, that the second coupling... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20100032265 - Article conveying device: An article conveying device 10 in which a floor surface 21 of each of a plurality of fixed floors 20 is arranged so as to form a descending slope towards a downstream side in a conveying direction with respect to each other, each of a plurality of moving floors 30... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100025185 - Passenger conveyor handrail drive device: An exemplary device for driving a handrail of a passenger conveyor includes a handrail drive member configured to engage a handrail. A motor is associated with the drive member such that a driving output of the motor is exclusively for moving the handrail drive member. An exemplary passenger conveyor includes... Agent: Carlson Gaskey & Olds

20100025186 - Conveyance device: A conveyance device has two endless arrangements of tread steps, step plates or pallets driven in a transportation direction by a drive. Adjacent to a first longitudinal side of the first arrangement is a first balustrade with a handrail, and adjacent a second longitudinal side of the first arrangement is... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20100025187 - Chain bed conveyor for cylindrical modules: In one embodiment, a system for removing a plastic wrap from a cylindrical module includes a conveyor transporting the cylindrical module toward a disperser with the cylindrical axis of the module parallel to the direction of conveyor movement. In another embodiment, the disperser is a travelling head disperser thereby providing... Agent: G. Turner Moller, Jr.

20100025188 - Process and device for picking up, transferring and handling plastic container preforms: A process and a device for picking up, transferring and handling plastic container preforms molded by a special molding machine, wherein gripper pick up and transfers the preforms from the mold or from an ejector to a conveyor device. The preforms are deposited and carried on the conveyor in a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100025189 - Method and device for unifying imbricated flows: A method and a device are provided for combining overlapping flows (S1, S2) of flat products (10, 20), particularly of printed products, to common product flows (P3). The products (10, 20) from the first or second overlapping flows (S1, S2) are received by an intermediate conveyor (50), and transported to... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20100025190 - Conveyor for conveying and buffering articles: A conveyor is provided for conveying and buffering articles (G) and the like along a vertically extending, substantially helical path. A conveying assembly such as a conveyor belt or conveyor rollers is supported by a frame and driven by a drive unit and extends along said helical path and conveys... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20100025191 - Method and apparatus for processing logs: The present invention relates to a method of processing logs by means of an apparatus comprising a transportation level in the advancing direction (P) of the logs, where they are arranged to be transported in a position perpendicular to their advancing direction (P), and where orifice members going therethrough and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100025192 - Lifting arm system for conveyor: The lifting system includes a lifting portion and a hinging portion for lifting a conveyor The lifting portion is fixed to a structure and extends from the structure to mate with the conveyor at a lifting point. The lifting portion moves the conveyor vertically upward and downward at the lifting... Agent: Jeremy J. Klobucar Dickinson Wright PLLC

20100025193 - Conveyor slat/support beam assembly for reciprocating slat conveyor: Conveyor slats (14, 14′, 14″) are supported for longitudinal movement along support beams (12, 12′). The slats (14, 14′, 14″) are constructed from a structural plastic material and the support beams (12, 12′) are constructed from metal. The support beams (12, 12′) have a center portion in the form of... Agent: Vantage Law PLLC

20100025195 - Lifting/holding slats for a slat conveyor: A conveyor comprises laterally spaced apart lifting/holding slats (12) and laterally spaced apart conveying slats (10) between the lifting/holding slats (12). The conveying slats (10) are advanced in a first direction for conveying a load and are retracted in a second direction for returning them to a start position. The... Agent: Vantage Law PLLC

20100025194 - Reciprocating slat conveyor with moving slats between fixed slats: Movable conveyor slats (10, 10′) have side parts (14, 14′, 16, 16′) which rest on top parts (94) of bearings (92). The bearings (92) have a generally U-shaped cross section and they fit on wings (72, 74) which extend outwardly and upwardly from the sides of a fixed conveyor slat... Agent: Vantage Law PLLC

20100025196 - V-slat reciprocating slat conveyors: Movable conveyor slats (12) have side parts (42, 44) which rest on top parts (32) of bearings (30). The bearings (30) have a generally U-shaped cross section and they fit on wings (16, 18) which extend outwardly and slope upwardly from the sides of a fixed conveyor slat (10). The... Agent: Vantage Law PLLC

20100025197 - Roller strip for constructing a roller conveyor: The invention relates to a roller strip for constructing a roller conveyor, comprising a longitudinal carrier and a plurality of drive modules. Each drive module includes a roller and a drive for the roller, wherein a plurality of inserts are disposed along the longitudinal carrier for receiving the drive modules.... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20100025198 - Sensor system for a conveyor belt: A monitoring system is provided for a moving conveyor belt having a plurality of embedded reinforcing cords and identification tags. A tag reader detects and identifies the identification tags passing by the tag reader while a belt monitor scans the cords to detect a plurality of magnetic reference points and... Agent: Alvin T. Rockhill

20100025199 - Method for applying a marking to a conveyor belt: A method for applying a marking to a belt includes applying an electromagnetic radiation to a surface of the belt so as to mark the belt in at least one region of the belt, wherein the marking modifies at least one optical property of the belt according to a predetermined... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20100025200 - 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 by direct molding or with layers that can be, for example, an adhesive. The joining members comprise an elastic material which allows the modular... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building