Conveyors: power-driven inventions

20090288930 - Intelligent accumulation conveyor track: A conveyor line segment (N+1; N; N−1) with a predetermined length for accumulating several conveyed goods thereon, includes a conveying means (12) for moving the conveyed goods (A, B, C) thereon along a conveying direction (28), which is oriented parallel to a longitudinal direction of the segment (N), along the... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20090288931 - Vertical carrying apparatus: An elevation conveyor 5 includes a turntable 17 and a roller conveyor 18. The roller conveyor 18 is supported onto the turntable 17. A turntable controller 7 turns the turntable 17 so that the roller conveyor 18 matches with a carrying direction of a conveyor rail for receiving or delivering... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090288932 - Gripper conveyor delivery: A signature transport device is provided. The signature transport device includes a saddle conveyor for transporting signatures, an escalator tucker for lifting the signatures off the saddle conveyor and a linear gripper conveyor located adjacent to the escalator tucker and having a plurality of grippers for gripping the signatures. The... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090288933 - Belt type conveyor apparatus with adjustable tail pulley: A conveyor apparatus for use with a conveyor belt includes an elongate conveyor support frame and a plurality of conveyor support devices mounted on this frame. These devices include a tail pulley mechanism having two tail pulley sections mounted on a pulley support for rotation about a common central axis... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20090283384 - Machine for orienting and aligning articles: A rotary structure carries cavities with an upper inlet for receiving articles and an open bottom for dropping articles distributed along a closed circuit, and funnel-shaped conduits, each of which is located below a respective cavity to receive an article therefrom, means for temporarily supporting the articles in the cavities... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090283385 - Conveyance device and packing device provided therewith: A conveyance device for accumulating and aligning a plurality of articles and conveying a batch of the articles includes a conveyance unit, first, second and third support members, and a drive unit. The conveyance unit is configured to convey the batch of the articles in a conveying direction. The first... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090283386 - System to automatically move physical infrastructure to optimize geothermal cooling: A system for selectively moving computer equipment to a naturally cooled underground data center. In one aspect of this disclosure, the system includes at least one movable pod for mounting computer equipment. The pod is electrically connected to a power and communications source to provide power and communications to the... Agent: Weitzman Law Offices LLC

20090283387 - Coupling arrangement and system for continuous haulage conveyor: A connector, and coupling system, for portions of a belt for a conveyor system. A connector (10),(60) has inter-cooperating releasable coupling portions (11),(12),(61),(62). These can be provided at respective ends of edge portions of a conveyor belt to be coupled. The releasable coupling portion (male/female) of one belt portion is... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20090283388 - Belt link with half the surface inclined: A conveyor chain link where the link is defined by a leading edge, a trailing edge, two opposed side edges, a load carrying upper surface, and a bottom face, wherein along the leading edge is provided a plurality of eye parts separated by openings and where the link along the... Agent: James C. Wray

20090277747 - Material handling system including dual track assembly and method of operating same: A lobed bushing is provided for a track assembly of a track-type machine. The track assembly includes a first chain and a second chain coupled together with a track pin. A bushing, defining a longitudinal axis, includes a central bore oriented along the longitudinal axis and extending from a first... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090277746 - Modular manufacturing chain including a reverse transport direction and method of operation therefor: A manufacturing chain includes a plurality of modular manufacturing stations positioned in series and defining a forward transport direction. An article transportation device of at least one modular manufacturing station is configured to move a carrier in a reverse transport direction while an article transportation device of at least one... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090277745 - Modular manufacturing chain including a utility transfer module and method of operation therefor: A manufacturing chain includes a plurality of manufacturing modules positioned in series. Each of the manufacturing modules includes a utility transfer module for transferring at least one of electric power, fluid, and data through the manufacturing module. Each utility transfer module includes an entry port for engaging a utility transfer... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090277748 - Modular manufacturing line including a buffer and methods of operation therefor: A manufacturing line includes a plurality of manufacturing modules positioned in series and defining a main path through the manufacturing line. A main track assembly is supported by the manufacturing modules and includes at least a first friction drive system for transporting a trolley assembly along the main path. A... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090277749 - Modular manufacturing chain including a position tracking device and method of operation therefor: A manufacturing chain includes a plurality of modular manufacturing stations positioned in series. A first position tracking device of a first modular manufacturing station is configured to detect a first position of a carrier being transported along a first article transportation device through the first modular manufacturing station. A control... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090277750 - Quick-change apparatus for transporting containers: An apparatus for transporting containers may include a transport body having at least two segments. The transport body is arranged such that it can rotate about a predefined geometric axis of rotation. The transport body has a plurality of openings and, on its outer circumference, a plurality of recesses for... Agent: Rissman Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20090277751 - Slides for endless belt conveyors: Slides for use on an endless belt conveyor belt and wear pads for use on slides for endless belt conveyors.... Agent: Stikeman Elliott LLP

20090277752 - Apparatus for raising and lowering: A method and apparatus for moving objects, such as pallets, between an upper horizontal conveyor and a lower horizontal conveyor. A lift raises the pallet from a lower conveyor, and a clamp disposed above the lift with inwardly and outwardly pivotable arms, having inwardly facing fingers at the ends of... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20090277753 - Device for conveying isolated fields: A device includes an assembly of conveying modules (3). Each of the conveying modules (3) is made up of a frame (1), a continuous handling conveyor, height and inclination adjusting element (18) and (2), and mechanical and electrical linking element (8) and (13) enabling the different modules to be linked... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090277755 - Mobile module for transportating a carrier from a first modular line to second modular line: A manufacturing line includes a first line and a second line. The first line includes a first plurality of stationary modules positioned in series and defining a first path through the first line, and a first friction drive system for transporting an article along the first path. The second line... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090277754 - Modular manufacturing chain including a vertical lift device and method of operation thereof: A manufacturing chain includes a building defining a manufacturing area and having a planar floor. A plurality of modular manufacturing stations are positioned in series within the manufacturing area and above the planar floor. An article transportation system includes a plurality of carrier tracks defining a transportation path, having at... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090277756 - Transporting and packaging device and method of use: A system and method designed to transport and package sequenced product. The system includes a first transport system for receiving and transporting, in a closed position, holders each of which contain product. A second transport system transports, in the closed position, the holders until each of the holders are aligned... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein

20090277757 - Slides for endless belt conveyors: Slides for use on an endless belt conveyor belt and wear pads for use on slides for endless belt conveyors.... Agent: Stikeman Elliott LLP

20090277758 - Enclosure member: The present invention relates to a multi-link conveyor chain which may be used (for example) in the glass industry and to an enclosure member for use in the multi-link conveyor chain.... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C.

20090272622 - Vehicle conveyor with maintenance support device: A conveyor for a construction vehicle includes a frame removably connectable with the vehicle. The frame includes front and rear ends, first and second sides extending between the two ends, and upper and lower surfaces extending between the front and rear ends. An endless belt is disposed generally about the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090272623 - Mail processing system and method of delivering articles to delivery locations therein: A mail processing system that delivers articles to delivery locations includes a predetermined number of casing towers arranged in parallel, wherein each casing tower has a plurality of slots to receive articles. A transport system is associated with the casing towers and configured to guide at least one transport vehicle... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090272624 - Conveyor assembly with air assisted sorting: A conveyor assembly for sorting a plurality of objects comprises a conveyor belt having a surface with a first end and a second end, adapted to carry the plurality of objects from the first end toward the second end, and an electric motor adapted to move the conveyor belt. At... Agent: Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone Robert K. Roth, Esq.

20090272625 - Belt scraper assembly and scraper blade thereof: A belt scraper assembly having a blade holder and a scraper blade disposed therein, wherein a stiffener extending in a longitudinal direction with respect to the belt is provided in the blade body to resist bending of the blade. A scraper blade having a body with a rigid plate member... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090272626 - Apparatus for dispensing gravel: Gravel is fed into and spread onto the floor of a newly constructed basement by a hanging frame which attaches to a window sill and supports a hydraulically driven conveyor belt with a feed spout at a feed end of the conveyor belt and a guidance belt mounted on top... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20090272627 - Vibratory feeder: A vibratory feeder for delivery of material in different directions comprising a set of vibrators that are vibrationally isolated from each other to enable activation of one of the vibrators to vibrationally direct conveyable material in a first direction and activation of another vibrator to vibrationally direct conveyable material in... Agent: Carl L. Johnson Jacobson And Johnson

20090272628 - Device and method for vertical transportation of particulate materials: Device for vertically upward transportation of particulate materials with a substantially uniform particle size and shape, comprising a substantially vertical pipe with a stirrer arranged concentrically within said pipe with a clearance between the pipe wall and the outer parts of the stirrer, said clearance being at least 1.5 times... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090272629 - Conveyor for and method of conveying heated material: A conveyor for conveying hot ash may include a frame, a trough supported on the frame to receive a quantity of hot ash, the trough including a trough wall with a plurality of semi-circular steel plates that define a surface of the trough wall and a plenum disposed beneath the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090272630 - Gripper for holding and conveying flat objects: A gripper for holding and conveying flat objects (P) in a firmly held manner, in particular printed material such as newspapers, magazines or brochures, includes two clamping tongues (4 and 5) which can pivot relative to one another into an open and into a closed configuration, wherein the clamping tongues... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090272631 - Steerable conveyor with height adjustable wheels: A steerable conveyor vehicle for use with an endless conveyor belt includes an elongate conveyor mechanism having two opposite side frame members. A pair of transversely aligned wheel units for supporting the conveyor are provided with each unit having a wheel support structure detachably connected to a respective side frame... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20090272632 - Link chain for chain conveyors and chain wheel thereof: The invention relates to a link chain for scraper chain conveyors with vertical chain links which are interlinked in an articulated manner and horizontal chain links, wherein vertical chain links have around the full circumference a constant cross-sectional profile provided on the outside with a flat section and on the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090272633 - Conveyor belt having replaceable segments: The invention relates to a conveying belt which is made of elastomeric material and has a load-bearing side (2) for the conveying material and a running side and, in particular, has a reinforcing support embedded within the conveying-belt core, wherein the conveying belt has at least one exchangeable part, wherein... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.