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Conveyors: power-driven June invention type 06/10

20100155194 - Material-flow control for collision avoidance in a conveyor system: The present invention relates to a conveyor system and a method for merging or crossing of at least two conveyor lines (22, 24, 58) on which transport units (48, 50), particularly containers, are conveyed in an upstream direction (28), wherein the conveyor lines (22, 24) meet each other in an... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20100155195 - Apparatus and method for orienting objects: e

20100155196 - Parts feeder: A parts feeder includes a feed device or tray for putting a pile of parts on. The feed device imparts vibration to the pile of parts to feed them. An ion generating device is disposed above the feed device for providing ions to the parts. An airflow passage is formed... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Patent Attorney

20100155197 - Safety arrangement: A safety arrangement for use with a piece of equipment. The safety arrangement includes a signal generating unit for generating an optical signal, an elongate element, and a signal detecting unit. The elongate element is disposed along, about, around or through the piece of equipment and is capable of transmitting... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20100155198 - Support station for a belt conveyor and corresponding conveyor: at least one anti-jamming protection element (35, 37) fixed to the frame (15), the protection element (35, 37) being disposed along at least one of the rollers (31, 33) and having an elongate shape longitudinally substantially parallel to a generatrix of the roller (31, 33), characterized in that the protection... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100155199 - Fluororesin-covered roller and production method thereof: A fluororesin-covered roller and a production method thereof. The fluororesin-covered roller has a laminar structure in which a rubber layer and a fluororesin layer are provided in this order on a roller base material. In the fluororesin-covered roller, the fluororesin layer is a covering layer formed of a fluororesin tube... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20100155200 - Push body and conveyor unit: A push body for transmitting push forces in a conveyor device includes a link having, at a first end, a first joint element formed by a joint body and, at a second end, a second joint element formed by a joint socket. The joint elements are shaped corresponding to one... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20100147648 - Load-bearing structure for people and/or goods transport systems: Load-bearing structure of a people and/or goods transport system, comprising a mobile band, blades/rungs containing a roller; two side beams; a central body in the form of a sheet having: an upper connection surface to connect the side beams through connection elements; a lower sealing surface parallel to the upper... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100147649 - Feeder for an auto mounting device: An feeder for an auto mounting device includes a main frame, a blocking mean, an intake assembly, a transmission assembly, an input assembly and a sensor. By the sensor detecting the movement of the auto mounting device and transmitting a signal to activate the transmission assembly, the feeder could be... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20100147650 - Apparatus for conveying packages: An apparatus (1) for conveying packages (10), comprising a first conveying device (4) which conveys the packages (10) in a predefined conveying direction (r), and a rotating device (6) which rotates at least some of the packages (10) by a predefined angle of rotation with respect to a predefined axis... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20100147651 - System for conveying fruit and vegetable products: The system comprises a first conveyor and singularization line for fruit and vegetable products defined within a V-slot made in a body and presenting two first motorised belts installed on opposite walls which define the slot near the bottom of the slot and two motorised belts; installed on each of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100147652 - Apparatus for buffering objects: An apparatus for buffering objects having at least one first conveyor and at least one second conveyor, where objects enter the apparatus via the first conveyor and leave the apparatus via the second conveyor. Along a linear guide, a transfer device can be moved parallel to first and second conveyor... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20100147653 - Equipment for processing containers filled with liquid or powder products.: Containers (2) to be filled with liquid or powder products are processed by equipment (1) comprising at least one carousel (5) mounted on a floor-standing base frame (10) and set in rotation about a vertical axis (X) by drive components (9) housed internally of the frame (10); the carousel (5)... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20100147654 - Production line: A production line used to assemble, test and pack some electronic components comprises an assembly line including a first side board and a first conveyor belt adjacent to the first side board, a testing line including a second side board and a second conveyor belt spaced away from the second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100147655 - Adjustable item transport: An adjustable item transport includes a deck for supporting items, a transport element for transporting the items along the deck on a transport path, a plurality of support elements rotatably supporting the transport element, and an adjustment member. Each support element may include a plurality of recesses configured to receive... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc.

20100147656 - Conveyor with troughed low friction, positive drive belt: A conveyor comprises an endless thermoplastic belt having a substantially flat surface on one side of the belt and a plurality of teeth on the other side of the belt. The teeth are adapted to be driven without tension around a drive sprocket and an idler. The conveyor further includes... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20100140046 - Robotically controlled entertainment elements: A robotic mount is configured to move an entertainment element such as a video display, a video projector or a staircase. The robotic mount is movable in three-dimensions, whereby the associated entertainment element is moveable in three-dimensional space. In one embodiment, a unitary display comprises a plurality of closely spaced... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20100140047 - Device for packaging articles: A device for transporting articles within a packaging machine is disclosed. The device includes at least one conveying system for the articles to be packaged or for the packaging units for the articles to be packaged. The conveying system includes a continuously circulating transport track. The at least one conveying... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20100140048 - Dynamic buffer: A dynamic buffer is associated to two consecutive conveyor lines, respectively belonging to a first machine and a second machine and comprises: a storage conveyor, in which an operating station for inlet and outlet of articles is defined, situated in proximity of an unloading position of the first line; handling... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20100140049 - Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having bottle plate support tables therein: A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage material having bottle plate support tables therein. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence... Agent: Nils H. Ljungman & Associates

20100140050 - Article grouping lug: An loading apparatus (100) for use in a packaging machine includes a grouping conveyor (300) for conveying groups of articles (16) in a flow direction (10). The grouping conveyor (300) includes a plurality of conveyor plates (320) and grouping lugs (310) that are slidably attached to one of the plurality... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation Attn:IPLegal Department

20100140051 - Device and method for transferring a group of products from an input conveyor to an output conveyor: The invention relates to a device for transporting food products (20), particularly product slices produced by means of a slicer (26, 28, 30), comprising at least one transfer station (10) for receiving food products from an incoming product stream flowing in from at least one incoming conveyor (12) and for... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100140052 - Metering apparatus with independent tool drive means: A metering system (1) for grouping and spacing articles (A) that are initially in a stream of articles passing within a working reach of the metering system, which metering system comprises a plurality of tools (10), which tools are arranged and adapted to be brought into contact with and subsequently... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation Attn:IPLegal Department

20100140053 - Space-saving sorting plant and method for sorting articles: A sorting plant and method for sorting articles, especially flat mail consignments, include a conveying device, a transfer mechanism and at least one reception device. A conveying transport mechanism of the conveying device transports an article along a conveyor track. The reception device has a plurality of reception components for... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20100140054 - Apparatus and method for buffering products: An apparatus for buffering products comprises at least three buffer conveyors (2) arranged in series, which can be driven independently of each other, a first buffer conveyor (2a) which can be connected to supply means for supplying products and a last buffer conveyor (2c) which can be connected to discharge... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20100140055 - Product stabilizing conveyor system and method: A product stabilizing conveyor system for a continuous, segmented lane curvilinear conveyor having linear and curvilinear sections. The conveyor is configured to transport small products, e.g. 0.46 diameter glass vials, in circular fashion. Wedged-shaped diverter elements are positioned at the juncture between a linear section and curvilinear section of the... Agent: Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson & Goldstein PC Willow Ridge Executive Office Park

20100140056 - Device and method for changing automatically the size of packs in a conveyor, in particular for an automatic packaging machine: A conveyor device, in particular for an automatic packaging machine for paper rolls, having a horizontal plane of advance, at least one pair of motorised flexible transmission members extending along a closed loop and bearing a plurality of transverse bars fastened to said flexible transmission members, a plurality of thruster... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20100140058 - Conveyance device: The invention relates to a device for conveying dough portions (7, 15, 16), comprising a circulating conveyance means (2,20) forming a conveyance surface for in a conveyance direction (T) conveying and supporting the dough portions (7, 15, 36), a support device for at least partially supporting the conveyance means, wherein... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20100140057 - Conveying apparatus: A conveyance device uses a simple structure to cause a travel body on which food and drink are placed to travel stably. The conveyance device (10) causes the travel body (11) to travel and convey the food and drink that can be placed on the travel body (11). The conveyance... Agent: Chapman And Cutler

20100133064 - Circuit board inspection apparatus: A circuit board inspection apparatus is equipped with a plurality of lane divided sections for transferring circuit boards, a plurality of movable transfer devices disposed on the plurality of the lane divided sections and having transfer portions for transferring the circuit boards, and visual recognition positions disposed adjacent to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100133065 - Device and method for transporting elongate food products: The present invention relates to a device for transporting elongate food products, comprising: a plurality of elongate product carriers, coupling means for parallel coupling of the product carriers and drive means for displacing the coupled product carriers over a transport path. The invention also relates to a method for displacing... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20100133066 - Discrete article spacing apparatus for vibration trays: A container filling machine comprising a vibration tray that is suitable for moving discrete articles from a discrete article receiving end of the vibration tray towards a plurality of guiding paths that lead to a container. The container filling machine further comprises at least one spacing device located in proximity... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20100133067 - Starwheel conveying device including a wheel vertical adjustment device: An article conveying device (1) comprising a star wheel (2) having a plurality of gripping devices (3) mounted on the circumference thereof, a rotary drive shaft (8), a hub (10) coupling the wheel (2) to the drive shaft (8), said conveying device (1) being characterized in that it comprises adjustable... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100133068 - Device for transporting and shaking blanks: A device for transporting and shaking blanks supported on pallets has a shaking station with a shaking table, a feeding conveyor upstream of the shaking station in a transport direction of the blanks, and a discharge conveyor downstream of the shaking station in the transport direction of the blanks. The... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20100133069 - Conveyor belt module: The present invention relates to a transport belt module with a body on which at least a deflecting roller and another deflecting element are rotatably mounted, around which a conveyor belt is guided, as well as drive means for driving at least the deflecting roller that is arranged in the... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20100133070 - Conveying device using electrostatic adsorbing plate: Provided is a low-cost electrostatic attraction transfer apparatus which can perform high-speed transfer, stabilizes a contact status of an electrostatic attraction board with a film and the like and does not generate fine defects on an object to be transferred.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20100133071 - Transfer belt: A transfer belt for carrying a fibrous web and a papermaking or similar machine. The transfer belt consists of a supporting substrate of a polymer foam and a reinforcement layer of aramid or glass fiber in either fabric or layer foam and a release layer that overlies and is bonded... Agent: Todd T. Taylor Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20100133072 - Fastener assembly for a conveyor chain, a carrier for use with the fastener assembly and method for modifying a conveyor chain: The present invention relates to a fastener assembly (1) for attaching a carrier (2) to a conveyor chain (3). Said fastener assembly (1) comprises a first and a second link plate (4, 5), connected by means of link pins (9) such that they define between them an interspace (6). Said... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP