Conveyors: power-driven inventions

20080196997 - Method for conveying containers through operating stations and a multiple conveyor for actuating the method: The multiple conveyor is associated to an automatic machine for filling containers, and moves the containers through an inlet station, a filling station, a capping station and an outlet station. The multiple conveyor comprises: two transporters developing along a ring-wound trajectory which includes the stations; four batteries each formed by... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20080196998 - Rail element for conveying suspended objects, preform-supply device comprising one such element and curved flat band which can be fixed to one such element: The invention relates to a rail element for conveying suspended objects, such as bottles or preforms. The inventive element comprises two guide rails (11, 12) which are separated by a pre-defined distance and which form lateral support surfaces for the objects being conveyed along a conveyor passageway (13), such as... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080196999 - Safety arrangement for grain augers and the like: This invention provides an improved safety overload prevention device for a material conveying auger which includes an auger casing, a main drive shaft journalled therein and a main auger flight secured around the shaft, an intake flight section 11 secured to and extending along a tubular support sleeve 12 rotatably... Agent: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20080197000 - Guide for conveyor of articles: A guide for a conveyor of articles, comprising: a guide element elongated in a longitudinal direction and intended in use to be arranged along a transport path of a conveyor of articles for the containment and/or the routing of the transported articles, said guide element comprising a substantially planar portion... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080190731 - Multi-purpose transportation system: The present invention provides a multi-purpose transportation system, including: a carrying platform including a gap path; a conveying module located underneath the carrying platform and extending along the gap path; and a carrying device coupled through the gap path onto the conveying module via a conveying base, wherein the carrying... Agent: Wpat, Pc

20080190732 - Passenger conveying system comprising a synchronous linear motor: The aim of the invention is to make person conveying systems more simple and less expensive. Said aim is achieved by equipping a person conveying system with a synchronous linear motor comprising a rack-shaped, permanent magnet-less secondary part (S) for driving purposes while the primary part of the synchronous linear... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, Llc Henry M Feiereisen

20080190733 - Passenger conveyor handrail with sliding material on toothed driven surface: A passenger conveyor handrail (30) includes a plurality of teeth (36) that interact with a toothed driving member (42). In a disclosed example, a low friction material (60) is placed near an end of the teeth (36) on the handrail (30). The low friction material (60) facilitates the teeth sliding... Agent: Carlson Gaskey & Olds

20080190734 - Device and method for storing and removing work pieces to be used by a separating device: The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for the separation and removal of plate-shaped workpieces (7) out of the proximity of a separating device, which arrangement and method are intended for the automatic removal of such workpieces. For this purpose a bearing surface (2, 3) of a two-piece... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080190735 - Assay testing diagnostic analyzer: A diagnostic system with a handling system that has a loading bay to receive and hold a plurality of carriers. An identification device is configured to identify an identifying feature of the carriers to determine the type of contents loaded on each carrier. A transporter transports the carriers from the... Agent: Paul D. Yasger Abbott Laboratories

20080190736 - Cap sorter and associated cleat: A cap sorter for lifting and orienting caps includes a hopper section for holding randomly oriented caps. A conveyor belt travels along a belt path that extends through the hopper section. The belt path extending from the hopper section and moving upward therefrom. A plurality of spaced apart cleat attachment... Agent: Thompson Hine L.l.p. Intellectual Property Group

20080190737 - Assembly stand, assembly method, and process display device for article: Rather than simply changing a component or module to be installed, a conveyance speed of a conveyance means for conveying a workpiece is modified in response to the specifications of a product when a product with specifications modified in part from common specifications of mass produced products is added to... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080190738 - Combination cant turner and hook stop: A cant turner has several discrete laterally aligned cant turning stations spaced laterally across the width of a transfer. At each station the turner has two arms that rotate independently about a corresponding shaft. The arms can be selectively oriented in-line with each other or can be set to be... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20080190739 - Star wheel conveyor for empty plastic bottles or conveyors: The invention finds application in the field of machines for orienting and aligning empty plastic bottles or containers and particularly relates to a star wheel conveyor for unloading the bottles or containers from such a machine. The conveyor (1) is of the type having a plurality of box-like pockets which... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080190740 - Conveyor idler support frame: A conveyor idler support frame (10) for rotatably mounting a conveyor idler (12, 14, 16, 20, 22) is provided. The frame is displaceable between an operation position and an idler removal position. In the operation position, the frame places a mounted idler in operational engagement with a conveyor belt (18).... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080190741 - Directional change twin-belt conveyor: A directional-change conveyor (1) is provided for conveying piece goods (2) along a first conveying strip and a second conveying strip oriented in a different direction. A transfer structure (3) is provided for transferring conveyed piece goods from the first to the second conveying strip. The first and second conveying... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, Pc

20080190742 - Modular endless conveyor belt: The modular endless conveyor belt comprises a structure provided with guides to support the upper run (6) of said belt (2), curvilinear guide means and stabilization means for said belt with relation to the perpendicular in curved trajectory sections. The curvilinear guide means are made up of rollers regularly distributed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080190743 - Roller device for a conveyer: A weather-resistant roller device for a conveyer includes a roller body which has two axially opposite end walls respectively having indented wall regions each confining a receiving groove, a spindle supporting the roller body and having two engaging parts each projecting out of a respective end wall, bearing assemblies sleeved... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080190744 - Collecting device: A collecting device (1) for catching crumbs which fall through constructional gaps in the conveyor belt (4) of an oven (2) during baking. The device (1) has an elongated upper plate (10) having a plurality of through perforations (10a) which is mounted beneath the top flight (4a) of the conveyor... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

20080190745 - Belt connecting method, presetter, and belt connecting apparatus: A method for enabling a presetter to connect connecting portions of belts having different widths, and for forming an endless connection of a flat belt with no defects such as the bend of the connecting portions. This method includes a first step of setting so that the connecting portions at... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080185263 - Travelator and method for controlling the operation of a travelator: Travelator, the conveyor of which comprises a frame, which comprises a stationary first frame part and a second frame part that moves in relation to it. The drive wheel is mounted on a bearing allowing rotation onto the first frame part. The power unit rotates the drive wheel. The diverting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080185264 - Safety device for moving handrails: The invention relates to a safety device for moving handrails consisting of a stop (5), arranged at the entrance of the handrail (1) assembled on a fixed railing (3) finishing the handrail, the stop (5) being connected to a rod (7) which can move longitudinally and is retractable against a... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080185265 - Safety device for moving handrails: The invention relates to improvements introduced in invention patent number 200602335 relating to a safety system for moving handrails comprising a plurality of moving handgrips (1), the system having a retractable stop (5) inside the railing (3), a support structure (7), joined to the railing (3), having a guide (9),... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080185266 - Conveying device, conveying process and logistics system: A transport device and a method for transporting motor vehicle body parts (4) is provided. The transport device (49) includes a transportable frame (51) with at least one preferably bar-shaped supporting device (55) for receiving the parts (4) in a stack (5). The transport device (49) includes a loading device... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080185267 - System for conveying and/or selecting fruit and/or vegetable products: A system for conveying and/or selecting fruit and/or vegetable products that mitigates damage, to the fruit, and/or vegetable products is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of buckets presenting respective resting surfaces for one or more fruit and/or vegetable products; a conveying line of said buckets along a horizontal axis... Agent: William J. Cooper, Esq. Eschweiler & Associates, LLC

20080179166 - Supply station of articles to a plurality of channels opening above a continuous blister strip: A supply station of articles to a plurality of channels opening above a continuous blister strip, of a type comprising supply organs for containing the articles and for dispensing the articles towards conveying means located downstream, which conveying means select and direct the articles in an ordered fashion in an... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20080179167 - Hanger system: A hanger system provided with a hanger drive device for driving a hanger for conveying a conveyance object. The hanger drive device includes a drive wheel facing a bar provided to the hanger, a pinch roll, and a cylinder for pushing the pinch roll toward the drive wheel. The hanger... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080179168 - Conveyor belt cleaner system and method of manufacturing the same: A conveyor belt cleaner system and method of manufacturing the same comprising a common component support frame, and key components of: mounting bar, blade support and scraper blade wherein the scraper blade is removably secured within a reusable blade support so as to allow replacement of the scraper blade. Key... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080179169 - Circulation conveyor for food and drink: A circulation conveyor for foods and drinks effectively controls internal temperature of a tunnel section covering an upper portion of a circulation-type conveyor path for foods and drinks. The conveyor has a tunnel section covering an upper portion of and in the longitudinal direction of the carrying path. A cooling... Agent: Chapman And Cutler