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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7708134 | Power conveyor with corner assembly and pallet therefor A twin strand conveyor uses roller chains to move pallets along straight conveyor sections and an unpowered corner assembly that enables the pallets to glide around corners of the conveyor. The pallets are transferred from an upstream conveyor section into the corne... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7306091 | Tapered spline roller for curved roller conveyor A tapered spline conveyor roller, and a curved conveyor roller assembly using a plurality of the tapered spline rollers. The tapered spline roller has a cylindrical barrel and an inner and an outer drive portion that is formed of a plurality of parallel, radially-di... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299916 | Transfer mechanism and method of use A transporting device includes a power roller mounted to a chassis for transporting a tray between positions. A belt transfers power from the power roller to a shaft. The belt may be used to rotate the shaft. A pulley is mounted to the shaft and rotates in substanti... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7032742 | Differential drive spiral accumulator apparatus Various designs of a spiral accumulator apparatus are disclosed for controlling the flow of articles. The accumulator may have an infeed conveyor driven in a first direction to convey articles therealong in the first direction along a first path that is at least par... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025195 | Conveyor system for transport of containers A conveyor system for transport of containers, in particular an airport baggage handling system, includes a conveyor having a curved transport path with one end defining an entry zone and another end defining an exit zone. The containers are moved by a container pro... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004301 | Transport system for advancing containers, and curve section of such a transport system A transport system for advancing containers includes a curve section for defining a curved transport path which is defined by a curve radius, and a driving and guiding assembly for advancing and guiding a container along the transport path. The driving and guiding a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6685005 | Skewed-roller belt drive for belt-driven roller conveyor A belt guide for a drive belt of a roller conveyor that cants the belt in the skewed roller section of the conveyor so that an edge portion of the belt, and not the entire width, engages the skewed rollers to impart driving motion. This is accomplished by... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6622846 | Aircraft cargo loader A cargo loader platform having an array of roller assemblies on the deck thereof which are capable of moving a container longitudinally or laterally or rotating it includes several independently driven groups of roller assemblies. The groups include group... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6363753 | Curved glass manufacturing apparatus with improved bending and conveyor units A roll-forming unit of a curved glass manufacturing apparatus includes a cooperating pair of upper and lower forming roll mechanisms. Each mechanism includes a forming roll having a resilient rod covered with a cover member except opposite end portions th... | 04/02/2002 |
| 5890582 | Ball deck An improved ball deck having a plurality of driven balls arranged in rows, with each driven ball supported on a freely rotatable ball and a pair of drive wheels secured to parallel shafts positioned on either side of the driven balls in each row, and a tr... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5826702 | Take-up system for the drive belt of a live roller conveyor A drive belt take-up system for a live roller conveyor. Live roller conveyors are made up of one or more curved and/or rectilinear segments. Each segment comprises a pair of spaced side frames which support the live rollers. The live rollers carry and tra... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5657854 | Roller conveyor A roller conveyor composed of a main body, several rollers, a roller's fixed block and a transmission device and is shaped as a rectangle or a circular arc. The two sides of the main body are preferably composed of an aluminum extrusion frame. The roller ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5558205 | Conveyors A conveyor with a straight pathway has laterally spaced side walls with opposing banks of driven roller assemblies mounted thereon. Each roller assembly has a shaft, a roller, and a driven pulley. The pulleys of assemblies on a side wall are driven by an ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5396977 | Conveyor apparatus for directionally controlled translation of an article A conveyor apparatus especially useful for loading a cargo airplane utilizes several parallel transverse and longitudinal shafts on which are fixed for rotation wheels which contain around their periphery rollers which have axes of rotation in a plane per... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5335780 | Multi-direction package movement device A conveying apparatus for moving articles such as pallets in a plurality of directions. The article is supported, at least partially, by a plurality of rollers mounted along parallel chains. The rollers are free to rotate, and are mounted to the chains wi... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5293984 | Device to handle and to orient flat workpieces arranged in batches A handling and orienting device comprises a carrier plane surface that includes a series of driven rollers between which a table equipped with driven balls is located, the carrier plane and table are relatively movable upward and downward, as well as shif... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5261526 | Conveyor system with driven balls, protectable against overloading A conveyor system with driven balls, in which each driven ball is supported by at least one driving roller. The point of contact between the driving roller and the ball is located at some distance below the horizontal plane through the center of the ball,... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5246096 | Rotate/translate conveyor module A rotate/translate conveyor module enables a workpiece to be selectively rotated and translated between adjacent sections of a conveyor without having to be lifted above the plane of the adjacent conveyor sections. The rotate/translate conveyor module com... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5240102 | Table with carrier balls designed to rotate in directions extending along two parallel orthogonal lines A table for orthogonally sorting flat workpieces comprising a tray with freely rotatable carrier balls protruding from both surfaces of the tray, an arrangement engaging the balls to support the balls and to rotate them in either direction along a first l... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5222585 | Conveyor table A conveyor table for displacing articles along a transporting surface includes a support construction and substantially rotation-symmetrical conveyor members, the conveyor members being suspended for rotation about axes thereof relative to the support con... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5159880 | Cable transport installation with cars driven by friction In the by-pass zone of a car transfer track, in a terminal station of a detachable gondola lift or chairlift, the cars are driven by tired wheels. Transmission between two successive wheels comprises two toothed bevel pinions, wedged onto the wheel spindl... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5160017 | Rolling ball assembly and deck A rolling ball assembly for a rolling ball deck with a spherical ball (10), a support for the ball to permit free rotation about any horizontal axis through the ball; a pair of horizontal drive shafts (4, 5), one on either sie of the ball; a collar (8, 9)... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5147032 | Conveyor system with driven balls, protectable against overloading A conveyor system with driven balls, in which each driven ball is supported by at least one driving roller. The point of contact between the driving roller and the ball is located at some distance below the horizontal plane through the center of the ball,... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5107982 | Conveyor apparatus A roller conveyor apparatus includes a plurality of tapered tubular rollers, each rotatably mounted on an axle. The roller axles are supported by a frame so that, in one embodiment, the rollers are arranged to form a conveyor turn segment. A drive wheel, ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5101960 | Conveyance apparatus and related method of operation A system for conveying heavy loads or pallets that includes a conveyor device and a frictional pivot device for rotating these loads. The pivot device has a normal position below the conveyance plane, out of contact with a load, and is moved towards into ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5020657 | Drive roller unit A drive roller unit for driving an article on a conveyor track comprises first and second drive rollers which can be driven in rotation by an electric motor by way of a transmission. The drive rollers are arranged with their axes of rotation in concentric... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5009304 | Multi-directional drive for roller conveyors or similar A multi-directional drive for roller conveyors or similar which is capable of reversible conveying of any goods deposited on it in the X and Y directions comprises essentially a plurality of rolling elements (4, 6) consecutively configured on a shaft conf... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5007526 | Conveyor curve and live roller, line shaft conveyor system incorporating same A curve unit for live roller line shaft conveyor systems is described. In a preferred embodiment, the curve unit includes a curve segment with driven rollers powered by a drive disc and a pair of straight segments with driven rollers powered by a pair of ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5000305 | Transfer and orientating device for batchwise arranged flat objects A device including a ball carrier table having an opening in it scenter provided with a turntray with driven carrier balls is used to change the orientation of an article, such as a stack of sheets of boards. The carrier balls are driven by an arrangement... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4979606 | Transporting direction controlling device in conveyor system A transporting direction controlling or translating device employs a rotor member having a plane contacting with an object to be transferred. The rotor member is rotatably supported by a rotary shaft which is tiltable in variable directions for tilting th... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4978272 | Loader deck counter-rotating side guide rollers The present invention has to do with aircraft cargo handling and loading equipment and specifically with a type of roller deck surface employed thereon.... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4958717 | Skid conveyor system A conveyor system for carrying skids supporting products to be assembled along an assembly line comprises straight sections of driven belt conveyors having skid positioning rails extending above the surface of the belt conveyors on either side with the ra... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4909374 | Flat article direction changing device A device for guiding flat articles being fed horizontally and changing the direction of movement from one direction to another wherein the change in direction may be as great as 90°. This is accomplished by providing a housing with internal rollers capab... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4886262 | Method of and system for turning over papers in a paper arranging apparatus In a paper arranging apparatus, a method and system for turning over papers while the papers are being transferred to a paper piling table from a paper feeding table by means of a crossing plate located between the two tables. A rotary shaft is disposed a... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4759434 | Drive mechanism for a conveyor A drive mechanism for a conveyor system. A pair of conveyors are located in parallel spaced relation and each conveyor includes a drive pulley with the drive pulleys being axially aligned. A transfer conveyor consisting of a plurality of parallel drive ro... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4685556 | Drive mechanism for a live roller conveyor A live roller conveyor includes a plurality of rollers arranged in a curved path with the axes of the rollers being located at an acute angle with respect to each other. A rotatable drive disc is located above the adjacent inner ends of the rollers, and a... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4683707 | System for packaging, weighing and labeling articles A system for packaging, weighing and labeling articles has a packaging device and a weighing and labeling device which are disposed parallel to each other. A turn conveyor connects an article outlet of the packaging device to an article inlet of the weigh... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4583637 | Conveying apparatus A drive system for a curved, live roller conveyor comprised of two groups of rollers is disclosed. The drive system includes separate drives, one for each group of rollers and a common power source for rotatably driving each of the separate drives. Each r... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4573848 | Arrangement for dispensing sheets from a store thereof, for example bank notes An arrangement for dispensing sheets from a store (10) to a withdrawal station (11), including first transport means (13-14) for transporting sheets from the store (10) to a collecting station (15), and second transport means (16-17) for transporting a bu... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4572447 | Double-sided textile machine A double-sided textile machine, includes a plurality of bobbin assemblies between first and second ends of the textile machine for producing cross-wound bobbins; a device for collecting and transporting the bobbins produced in the bobbin assemblies, inclu... | 02/25/1986 |
