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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120067706 | BELT The present invention provides a belt excellent in mechanical properties at high temperatures. The belt of the present invention comprises a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtainable by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120048689 | LINK FOR A LINK CONVEYOR The invention relates to a link (2-4) for a link conveyor (1), particularly for a transport link conveyor, having at least one plug element (5, 6) for positively latching to a complementary plug element (5, 6) of a further adjacent lin... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048677 | POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT SORTER A positive displacement sorter includes a plurality of interconnected parallel slats defining an endless web that travels in a longitudinal direction. The web has upper and lower runs and transition sections between the upper and lower runs. An upper surface of the uppe... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110303512 | CONVEYOR BELT WITH WEAR-TOLERANT STACKED ROLLERS A conveyor belt having multiple roller sets, each roller set including a first roller and a second roller, the first roller being movable into contact with the second roller so that driving of one of the rollers in a first angular direction causes rotation of the other ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110284347 | METAL-FUSED PLASTIC CONVEYOR BELT COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING Metal-coated thermo-plastic conveyor belt components and methods for their manufacture. Hinge rods, sprockets, and belt modules are coated with metal to increase their stiffness or wear resistance or to improve other performance characteristics.... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110241269 | ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TREATMENT OF REINFORCEMENT CORDS AND USE IN RUBBER ARTICLES The present invention is directed to a method of treating a reinforcement cord, comprising the steps of
| 10/06/2011 |
| 20110236087 | CONVEYING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A conveying device including: a rotating body that rotates; a conveying belt that rotates while nipping a conveyed member between the conveying belt and the rotating body, thereby conveying the conveyed member; a pressing member that is disposed at an inner periphery of... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110232002 | TPU Compositions For Melt Coating Processes A TPU composition comprising two or more TPU polymers is disclosed. The TPU composition gives a broad process window for melt coating applications. The blend of TPUs give better processing than either of the individual TPU polymers used in the blend alone. This results ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110220467 | Conveyor Belt for Transporting Hot Material A conveyor belt has a reinforcement insert and is provided to transport hot materials at higher temperatures. The core of the conveyor belt is protected against the high temperatures by an additional textile layer made of basalt fibers arranged above the reinforcement i... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110135926 | CORD AND POLYMER JACKET ASSEMBLY HAVING A FRICTION STABILIZER IN THE POLYMER JACKET MATERIAL An exemplary assembly includes at least one elongated tension member (32). A jacket covers at least some of the tension member (32). The jacket comprises a polymer material (64, 68) including a friction stabilizer (62) that facilitates mainta... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110048903 | LOW FRICTION, DIRECT DRIVE CONVEYOR BELT A thermoplastic endless belt has a smooth outer surface substantially free of discontinuities and an inner surface with a plurality of teeth at a given belt pitch. The teeth are adapted to engage a pulley with circumferentially spaced sheaves at a pulley pitch greater t... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048901 | CONVEYORS AND TRANSMISSION BELTS A belt (2), forming a conveyor or a transmission belt, comprising at least one, but possibly a plurality of substantially inextensible but elastically flexible planar strips, typically of spring steel, rigidly fixed together lengthwise to form an endless belt. Th... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110017578 | LOW FRICTION, DIRECT DRIVE CONVEYOR WITH A RAKED TOOTH DRIVE An endless conveyor belt has teeth with drive faces raked away from the direction of travel. The belt can be driven by a drive pulley having sheaves with drive faces raked toward the direction of travel. The drive faces on the sheaves engage the drive faces on the teeth... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110000767 | CONVEYOR PROVIDED WITH SIDE GUARD, AND SIDE GUARD ELEMENT A conveyor, comprising a conveying face with a side guard which is formed with a series of wall parts (3A, 3B) extending in conveying direction and upstanding transversely to the conveying direction. In each case, at least two wall parts over-lap in convey... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100252401 | Method and apparatus for transporting caplets A carrier bar for conveying at least one caplet along a predetermined conveyer path includes at least one pocket adapted to receive a caplet. Each pocket includes a longitudinal axis that is angled or offset from a direction of travel of the carrier bar in use. Each cap... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100236897 | SEMI-CONDUCTIVE SILICONE POLYMERS Semi-conductive silicone compositions and articles of manufacture containing these compositions are formed by combining a silicone precursor composition with an alkali metal salt and polymerizing the silicone precursor composition in the presence of the alkali metal sal... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100200118 | LOG TRANSPORT SYSTEM A system for lineally transporting logs, lugs therefore, and an associated method are provided. The system includes first and second tracks connected to a frame to provide continuous track surfaces. Lugs having support surfaces that correspond to the track surfaces are ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100163371 | CONVEYING APPARATUS HAVING A THRUST ELEMENT In the conveying device (1) with pusher elements (2) every one of the pusher elements (2), respectively, comprises at least one roller element (3) and at least one spacer body (4), wherein the at least one spacer body (4) is des... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100126831 | SELF CLEANING BELT CONVEYOR Apparatus and methods relating to a self cleaning belt conveyor for transporting a substrate through a chamber are provided. One embodiment of the apparatus provides a belt conveyor apparatus for transporting a substrate through a chamber comprising at least one endless... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100108467 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOVING A VEHICLE FROM DUAL BELT CONVEYOR TO DUAL BELT CONVEYOR A system and method for transferring a vehicle from a first dual belt conveyor to a second dual belt conveyor utilizes transitions between the belts of the first and second conveyors which are offset along a direction of travel. The offset transitions result in only one... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100084248 | Device and Method for Transferring Nonwoven Material A device for transferring nonwoven material from a fleece-laying machine to a consolidation device having an endless circulating output conveyor belt of the fleece-laying machine for accepting card webs which are laid on the output conveyor belt from above by the fleece... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100078297 | Transverse belt Modular belt link for use in endless conveyor belts where each modular belt link has a top surface, a bottom surface having a material thickness between said top and bottom surfaces, a leading and trailing edge, and side edges arranged connecting said leading and traili... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100065404 | CURVED BELT The inventive curved belt includes first electrically conductive members provided to belt fabric in a first direction and second electrically conductive members provided to the belt fabric in a second direction that intersects the first direction. Static electricity acc... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100059343 | Conveyor Belt With Guide A conveyor belt with a guide includes: a flat belt; and a guide projecting from a surface of the flat belt on a side of a pulley along a longitudinal direction; the flat belt and the guide being integrally molded with an elastic material. Thus, the guide cannot be detac... | 03/11/2010 |
| 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 predetermin... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090120769 | DRIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR A STRIP OF CUVETTES IN ANALYTICAL DEVICE The invention relates to a drive arrangement for a series of cuvettes (C) forming a strip (2) fixed by means of a film (3) in an automatic analytical device (1), comprising at least one toothed belt (12), the teeth of which engage with the co... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090114511 | Cogged belt “Improved cogged belt,” of the type used as a conveyor belt, whereby its inner face is equipped with transverse traction teeth, characterized by the fact that, in the spaces between said traction teeth, the belt has a number of secondary teeth, which are preferably ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090074546 | SYSTEM FOR UNLOADING OR LOADING OF CARGO The present invention is a system (1) for unloading or loading cargo, for example cargo packed in boxes (16), and including first transport means (5) with a handling apparatus (6) and a second longitudinally variable transport means (8... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090056899 | BELT FOR A MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WEB MATERIAL, SPECIFICALLY PAPER OR CARDBOARD The invention relates to a belt for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, including a carrying structure and a pattern of wear-resistant material on at least one side of the carrying structure. The invention further relates to a ma... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20080286076 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REPOSITIONING SUPPORT FOR A SUBSTRATE CARRIER In a first aspect, a first method is provided repositioning support provided by an end effector. The first method includes the steps of (1) employing the end effector to support a substrate carrier by a bottom of the substrate carrier; (2) transferring the substrate car... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080269385 | 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 burn... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080223697 | Product Conveyor with Load-Carrying Platforms A device for conveying products along an endless conveying path, which device includes a frame, an elongated flexible conveying element supported by the frame, which includes links that are pivotable relative to each other about vertical pivots, load-carrying platforms ... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080217213 | Material separator systems A vehicle for separating a mixed debris stream is disclosed. The vehicle includes an elongate vehicle frame; a separating structure mounted on the vehicle frame and configured to contact the mixed debris stream with a fluid stream at a contact region to separate the mix... | 09/11/2008 |
| 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 (1... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080164127 | Needled felt and monofilament fabric conveyor belt A conveyor belt construction is disclosed comprising at least one layer of carded non-woven material and one layer of woven fabric that are needled together to form a carcass structure. The layer of non-woven material is carded so that a substantial portion of the stapl... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080125292 | Running machine belt A running machine belt is a belt rotated by a driving roller of a running machine main body. The running machine belt is formed in an endless shape and in width enough for allowing a person to stand thereon. The running machine belt includes a core belt formed of at lea... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080110570 | APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING PACKING BOXES An apparatus for positioning packing boxes relative to a covering sheet comprises a belt for conveying the sheet from a gluing unit to a device for centering the box on the pre-glued sheet and optical sensors for identifying the position of the sheet on a belt conveyor ... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080110728 | PTFE CONVEYOR BELT A method of manufacturing an endless conveyor belt comprises providing a flexible web in the form of a PTFE cross film laminate which in its as laminated state has a first length and a first lengthwise yield strength. The web is prestressed by lengthwise stretching to a... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080099312 | Modular belt with surface engraving A method of marking modular plastic belts for identification or functional purposes including injection molding the plastic belt modules and then transferring the modules to laser marking station.... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080087527 | Process belt for transporting a good through a process space, more preferably for forming a nonwoven and usage of such a process belt With a process belt, more preferably for the forming of a nonwoven, electrostatic charges can be safely prevented if a mixed fabric with a metal component and a plastic component is used as process belt. The metal and plastic components are interwoven with one another.... | 04/17/2008 |
