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Conveyors: power-driven April category listing, related patent applications 04/11

20110094852 - Dual hopper tubular food product launcher and method with robotic pick belt: A tubular food product launching system and method for interacting with a product loading head is disclosed. The system includes a pick belt, positioned alongside product carrying intermediate belts. The pick belt supplies additional product to a product inspector or vision equipped robot cell to replace defective or missing product... Agent:

20110094853 - Device for separating product groups: The invention relates to a device (1) for forming product groups from a flow of a plurality of identical piece goods fed by means of conveying devices, having an infeed track (16) and dividing elements engaging in the product flow in a synchronized manner transverse to the transport plane on... Agent: Khs Gmbh

20110094854 - Method and apparatus for delivering items to destination areas: A method and apparatus are provided for sorting items to a plurality of sort destinations. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a track that guides the delivery vehicles to the sort destinations, which are positioned along the track.... Agent:

20110094855 - System and method for synchronously conveying underbody components for vehicle body: A synchronized carrying system comprising: an overhead conveyor which transports a vehicle body; a floor-side conveyor which transports an underbody part; a control device which operates and controls the overhead conveyor and the floor-side conveyor; and a carrying device on which the underbody part is mounted, wherein the synchronized carrying... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20110094856 - Modular belt sprocket for easy cleaning: A sprocket for engaging a modular belt having a plurality of belt modules with intercalated link ends connected by transverse pivot members to form hinges. The belt modules may have transverse ribs. The sprocket may be driven by a shaft. The sprocket may be an idler sprocket. The sprocket has... Agent:

20110094857 - Apparatus for storing rolling material in a pile and reclaiming from the pile: The invention relates to an apparatus for stacking rolling material, such as e.g. wood chips, bark or grain into a pile (10) and reclaiming from the pile (10) to a material-discharging conveyor (20) located below the storing point, which apparatus comprises a center column (30) that supports a stacker boom... Agent: Andritz Oy

20110094858 - Conveyor apparatus for shock-sensitive products: A conveyor and associated method for shock-sensitive products and the like, includes a conveyor member having at least one individual compartment for receiving a product therein, as well as upward and downward conveyor sections. An upper conveyor deflector deflects the conveyor member from the upward to the downward section. The... Agent:

20110094859 - Machine and method for handling tubular manufactured items: A machine, and a related method, for automatically transferring tubular items for manufacturing men's socks, comprising a station (S1) for loading automatically the tubular items (1) arranged on a longitudinal axis thereof, a station (S2) for positioning the items in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof, a station... Agent: Santoni S.p.a.

20110094860 - Chain conveyor having damping device: A conveyor (10) includes at least one endless conveying device (20) having a conveying section (22) having a conveying surface (21), on which conveyed goods (11) can be conveyed. The conveying device (20) are held on a frame (12) using at least two deflection rollers (40), thereby enabling it to... Agent:

20110088994 - Vertical chain-driven conveyor apparatus for a merchandise displaying device: A vertical chain-driven conveyor apparatus includes two upright side frames, two sets of upper and lower sprockets mounted revolvably and respectively on the side frames, and a pair of endless chains, each trained on a respective set of the upper and lower sprockets for elevating and lowering a plurality of... Agent:

20110088995 - Method and apparatus for dividing and/or separating a laundry batch, in particular a laundry cake or the like: A method and apparatus in which laundry cakes (10), formed when washed laundry articles are for the most part freed in a dewatering press of the treatment liquid bound in them giving rise to a laundry cake (10) consisting of coherent laundry articles, are divided from the end face (15)... Agent: Herbert Kannegiesser Gmbh

20110088996 - Baggage conveying system: The invention relates to a transport system for piece goods (6), having a conveyor system (2) with at least one piece goods carrier (4) moved by the conveyor system (2) and an unloading device (9) for removing the piece goods (6) from the at least one piece goods carrier (4)... Agent: Kuka Roboter Gmbh

20110088997 - Multipath conveyor installation: The conveyor installation makes it possible to control the speed of items of the bottle (1) type dispatched in several trains distributed across various paths in the form of single-file lanes (11). The lanes are delimited by a pair of walls (16, 17) which are arranged in an omega shape... Agent: Sidel Participations

20110088998 - An apparatus for storing rolling material in a pile and reclaiming from the pile: The invention relates to an apparatus for stacking rolling material, such as wood chips, bark or grain into a pile (10) and reclaiming from the pile (10) to a conveyor (20) located below the storing point, said apparatus comprising a center column (30) that supports a stacker boom (40) and... Agent: Andritz Oy

20110088999 - Instant powder conveyor device of a drinks preparing machine: An instant powder conveyor device of a drinks preparing machine including a rotatable wire conveyor spindle disposed substantially horizontally in a bottom area of the instant powder container. At the wire conveyor spindle, an outflow opening is provided. In the instant powder container, above the wire conveyor spindle at least... Agent: Eugster/frismag Ag

20110089000 - Instant powder conveyor device of a drinks preparing machine: An instant powder conveyor device of a drinks preparing machine including a wire conveyor spindle rotatably disposed in a bottom area of the instant powder container. At the end of the wire conveyor spindle an outflow opening is arranged. A unit for loosening up the instant powder in the instant... Agent: Eugster/frismag Ag

20110089001 - Method and apparatus for transporting pellet-shaped articles: A conveyer apparatus for transporting and processing pellet-shaped articles includes a conveyer and a discharge device. The conveyer includes a plurality of carrier bars to convey a plurality of articles along a predetermined conveyer path. Each carrier bar has a pocket half that cooperates with a pocket half of an... Agent: Ackley Machine Corporation

20110089002 - Powered roller conveyor systems: A power roller conveyor system includes a section having a slide mechanism that engages a loop that is driven by an external motor. The loop slides along a surface of the slide mechanism. The slide mechanism maintains the loop in frictional engagement with surfaces of rollers of the conveyor, whereby... Agent:

20110089003 - Pet bottle gripper: The invention relates to a device for gripping PET bottles in bottle filling installations, in particular for transferring bottles from the spider element to the spider element/filling element/rinsing element or similar. The aim of the invention is to provide a gripper device that allows different gripping strengths to be achieved... Agent: Khs Gmbh

20110083937 - Passenger conveyor handrail drive: A passenger conveyor (20) includes a handrail drive (40) for propelling a handrail (30). A suspension (100) associated with the drive (40) supports a weight of a corresponding portion of the handrail (30) in the vicinity of the drive device (40). In a disclosed example, the suspension (100) includes at... Agent:

20110083938 - Handrail for an escalator or a moving walkway: The invention relates to a handrail (1), used in particular for escalators or moving walkways, comprising a plurality of grip elements (10) or grip segments (10)arranged next to one another. The grip elements or grip segments (10) consist of a base body (11) that has an outer shell (12) or... Agent:

20110083939 - Device and method for composing packages for a packaging machine: The invention provides a device (1) having at least one inlet conveyor belt (3) for loose, un-grouped articles (5), and at least one grouping device (7) for the loose, un-grouped articles (5) for the orderly composing of articles. An outlet conveyor belt (9) is associated with the grouping device (7),... Agent:

20110083940 - Shuttle machine for machine tool: A shuttle machine for transporting work pieces for a sealing press or other machine tool is disclosed. It has two conveyers for transporting work pieces. The two conveyers are supported by a frame to move back and forth in opposite directions. When the two conveyers are in a first position,... Agent:

20110083941 - Dynamic singulator: An article singulating conveyor assembly and method of singulating articles includes providing a conveying surface defining a plurality of tandem zones. The conveying surface travels in a longitudinal direction. Each of the zones includes a pair of laterally spaced side frame members and a plurality of generally parallel elongated driven... Agent: Dematic Corp.

20110083942 - Conveyance receiver for honeycomb formed article, and conveyance apparatus and conveyance method using the conveyance receiver: There is provided a conveyance receiver 1 having a bottom face 6 formed in parallel with the conveyance path to abut against the conveyance path and a support face 7 formed to match a shape of an outer periphery 5 of the honeycomb formed article 4. The support face 7... Agent: Ngk Insulators, Ltd.

20110083943 - Conveyor cargo handling system and method of use: A conveyor cargo handling system for the synchronized, computerized loading and unloading of cargo containers from a vessel is comprised of at least two conveyor lines. Individually powered conveyor units, idler conveyor units, translate powered conveyor modules (“TPCM”), and rotate powered conveyor modules (“RPCM”), are remotely computer coordinated to operate... Agent:

20110083944 - Vibratory conveyor: A balanced vibrating conveyor apparatus is provided by using a torsion bar spring and rocker arm for conveyor trough and balancing weight. The design provides synchronized 180° out of phase vibrations of trough and balancing weight as well as balance at variations in stroke lengths. With a torsion bar spring... Agent:

20110083945 - Conveyor belt with varying flexibility and method of construction of same: A conveyor belt having a width and a length, and a longitudinal centerline, also has a first longitudinal edge, and an opposing second longitudinal edge and a load bearing region. The load bearing region is located evenly about the belt longitudinal centerline, throughout the length of the belt. The conveyor... Agent: Veyance Technologies, Inc.

20110079487 - Steerable conveyor: The steerable conveyor includes a conveyor frame supported on a first pair of wheels and a second pair of wheels at laterally opposed first and second sides of the conveyor. The conveyor includes a hitch for connection to a towing vehicle such that the conveyor is pivotal relative to the... Agent:

20110079488 - Portable low profile drive-over truck dump conveyor system: A portable truck dump comprises a conveyor system mounted on an elongate frame to transport material from a first end of the frame to a second, opposite end of the frame. A grate is positioned over the conveyor system and is supported by first and second sides of the frame.... Agent: Superior Industries, LLC

20110079489 - Window component system including pusher for scrap removal: An apparatus for automatic removal of scrap elongated window component stock from a conveyor includes a path of travel altering mechanism, a translating mechanism, and a controller. The path of travel altering mechanism is positioned along the path of travel that selectively facilitates movement of scrap elongated window component stock... Agent: Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.

20110079490 - Apparatus and method for product counting, grouping and discharging: An apparatus and method to efficiently and accurately count, group and discharge individual products from a production line. The apparatus and methods are suitable for a variety of products, including products with irregular shapes, and/or products that travel down production lines at irregular intervals. In one embodiment the apparatus can... Agent: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC

20110079491 - Conveyor chain tension monitor: At least one single link of a conveyor chain is configured to support a tension load cell. A main body portion of the link includes a central cavity sized to contain the load cell, which has been inserted therein through an opening of the main body portion, and at least... Agent: Ecolab Inc.

20110079492 - An apparatus for reclaiming rolling material from a pile: The invention relates to an apparatus for reclaiming rolling material, such as e.g. wood chips, bark or corn from a pile (10) to a conveyor (20) below the storing point, which apparatus comprises a reclaimer boom (50) that is supported onto a center column (30), to which reclaimer boom (50)... Agent: Andritz Oy

20110079493 - Guide rail system: A guide rail system for guiding containers moved by a conveyor defining a path with a curved segment. The guide rail system includes a number of contact portions, for engaging the containers, to at least partially locate the containers in preselected positions on the conveyor, and a number of adjustable... Agent: