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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167121 | Belt retention guide The invention relates to a belt retention guide for retaining the position of a belt having beads along its peripheral edge. The belt retention guide comprises a first roller, a movable portion, and a fixing portion. The first roller engages with the beads and retai... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7841462 | Side-flexing conveyor chain with pivoting slats and related methods In one aspect, a modular link conveyor chain including slats is capable of assuming a compressed and an expanded condition so as to permit side-flexing while moving along a forward run and a return run in an endless path. The chain is formed of links arranged in row... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832549 | Curved conveyor with guide for preventing radial belt migration A curved conveyor comprises a toothed, endless belt and a slider bed that supports a portion of the belt. The slider bed can include at least one guide in the form of a rail extending along the slider bed in the direction of belt travel. Each of the belt teeth are d... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7810636 | Conveyor chain A conveyor chain has outer and inner first link plates which run on the same side of the conveyor chain and second outer and inner link plates which run on a second side of the conveyor chain, the second side being opposite the first side, wherein the outer first li... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7775346 | Food buffet table system A food buffet table system for conveying food articles around a tabletop to allow a person to access the food articles without reaching across the tabletop includes a base being positioned on and that extends upwardly from a support surface. A tabletop is coupled to... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7604111 | Modular endless conveyor belt The modular endless conveyor belt includes a structure provided with guides to support the upper run of the belt, a curvilinear guide mechanism and a stabilization mechanism for the belt with relation to the perpendicular in curved trajectory sections. The curviline... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7604112 | Beading for a conveyor belt The present invention is related to interlockers or beadings that are attached to the outer edges of conveyor belts. Interlockers and/or beadings are reinforced with aramid fibers to improve their durability. ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7588140 | 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 platfo... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7546916 | Curved band conveyor The invention relates to a curved belt conveyor comprising: a supporting frame (1); at least one guide rail (2, 2′) fastened to the supporting frame (1); a conveyor chain (3) guided inside the guide rail (2, 2′), and; a conveyo... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7543699 | Endless conveyor An endless conveyor, in particular a link conveyor for items of baggage in the baggage-reclaim area of an airport, which, by very straightforward and functionally reliable design, is to replace the expensive, heavy and maintenance-intensive prior-art conveyor guided... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7540375 | Directional-change in roller conveyor installation A roller conveyor installation (1) includes a curved roller conveyor (2) for conveying piece goods, optionally from a first conveying strip to a second conveying strip oriented in a different direction. The first and second conveying strips are roller ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7530452 | Conveyor guard A guard for a conveyor used for conveying objects where the objects may have elements which extend outside the object itself, and which thereby may become stuck in the conveyor structure per se is provided between extremities of the free ends of conveying elements t... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7431149 | Belt junction conveyor A belt junction belt conveyor in which a thick periphery edge of a belt is elastically held after the belt is rewound by upper and lower inclined pulleys so that the meandering tendency of the belt occurring from being rewound by the upper and lower inclined pulleys... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7360645 | Modular-conveyor-belt-based apparatus and method for the distribution of components which are disposed in strips A system (1, 6) for the distribution of components which are disposed in strips (8), using conveyor belts (12) in order to transfer components (8) to a point at which they can be grabbed by the head of a pick-and-place machine. The system... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7303066 | Steering guide A steering guide laterally positions material running over rollers rotating in a roller carriage. The steering guide imparts angular displacement to a support platform positioned between a grooved inner track and a grooved outer track. The roller carriage, which may... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299909 | Taper sleeve for conveyor roller A taper sleeve for a conveyor roller used in a curved conveyor section has a taper wall with internal radial ribs which mate with the surface of a cylindrical roller core. The inner edges of the ribs preferably have an interference fit with the core surface. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7249673 | Belt and conveyor having separate clamping shoes A belt band conveyor having an endless transport belt that is guided over deflection rollers, to which a guide element that projects beyond the belt plane is attached. The guide element can be handled separately before it is attached to the transport belt and moves ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246697 | Washdown conveyor corner section with removable wear strips The present invention is a corner section of a conveyor frame assembly that includes removable slide bars and wear strips. The corner section is formed from two side frames of stainless steel joined by multiple stainless steel cross supports. Each of the cross suppo... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234588 | Merge conveyor A merge conveyor defines a travel pathway for moving cargo. A tail pulley has a first rotational axis which is perpendicular to the travel pathway. First and second nose bars are parallel and spaced and are disposed at an angle with respect to the travel pathway. A ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234589 | Conveyor belt and module with a self-adjusting edge A modular conveyor belt with a self-adjusting edge for bearing against a conveyor side rail. An edge pad, which can be made of a durable material for long wear life, pivotably attaches to the side edge of a belt row. The pivotable attachment allows the pad to adjust... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232029 | Cantilevered conveying belt for a sortation system A conveyor system having a primary conveyor and a cantilevered conveying belt. In the preferred embodiment, the cantilevered conveying belt includes a cantilevered frame having at least one conveyor belt and a belt tension assembly attached to the cantilevered frame... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232030 | Quick release holder for a beading of a conveyor belt and method of using quick release holder The present invention is related to quick release holders that grip the beading of a conveyor belt. Due to a holder's unique structure, without the use of tools, the holder can manually be opened to release the beading and the conveyor belt. Conversely, without the ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228959 | Modular conveyor belt with tight turn radius A modular plastic conveyor belt achieves a very tight turning radius. The belt is configured to permit the belt module rows to collapse using an over/under slotted module geometry, allowing for modules of one row to slip over/under modules of an adjacent row at the ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207436 | Anti-static roller conveyor A roller conveyor having motor driven rollers with electronic motor controls mounted on the conveyor side plates is subject to damage of the motor controls from arcing discharge of static electricity generated by articles traveling on the conveyor. The static electr... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7168556 | Curved assembly line and/or conveyor belt The invention relates to a curved assembly line and/or conveyor belt, especially for assembling and transporting motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts during production, said line or belt being formed by articulated carrier elements that positively engage in each ot... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156224 | Circulating mechanism, and method of operating such a circulating mechanism A circulating mechanism includes a moving member, e.g. a chain or a belt, which travels along a circulating path and is looped about at least one deflecting member for reversing a travel direction of the moving member. Disposed in a section of the circulating path i... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150352 | Curved belt conveyor A curved belt conveyor includes at least two zones, each of which may be defined by a motorized roller and at least one idler roller which are positioned along and between opposite sidewalls of the conveyor, and a continuous belt reeved around the rollers. The conve... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7131530 | Interlocker for a conveyor belt and method of utilizing an interlocker for a conveyor belt The invention is related to drive units for conveyor belts. A flexible rider connected to the belt includes a gear for meshing with a gear of the rotable driver. The meshing of the gears allows the conveyor belt to be pulled about the conveyor. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114613 | Article unscrambler with high speed tapered roller An unscrambler conveyor including a frame, a plurality of tapered rollers rotatably supported by the frame for unscrambling packages, and means for driving the rollers. Each of the rollers has a longitudinal axis and a polyurethane body that extends along the longit... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108126 | Side-flexing conveyor chain having twin transverse connectors An improved conveyor chain formed from a plurality of modular links arranged in rows and each associated with at least two elongated transverse connectors is disclosed. In one embodiment, the connectors define a substantially open, planar conveying surface intermedi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090069 | Circulating type food and drink transport apparatus In circulating type food and drink transport apparatus (EQU), a plurality of plates (5A) is located on a circular link chain (4) including a chain driving section (DV) and a chain driven section (FR) with a predetermined clearance. The circular link ch... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073660 | Belt curve conveyor A belt curve conveyor has a number of guide wheel units provided in proximity to the peripheral part of a fan-type belt slung over between tapered end pulleys of a drive side and a driven side, wherein the guide wheel units comprise first and fourth guide wheels are... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070043 | Modular plastic conveyor belt suitable for tight turns A modular plastic conveyor belt having an A-shaped edge portion in belt edge modules along each belt row for tight collapse of the belt at the inside of a turn. The A-shaped region comprises two alternating series of laterally spaced links, each extending from oppos... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051870 | Suspension track belt Belt assemblies comprising a flexible belt having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of substantially T-shaped plates, each of the substantially T-shaped plates including a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion, the substantially ver... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051869 | Beaded conveyor belt The beads of a beaded conveyor belt for a curve conveyor are constituted by a number of bead constituting bodies (2b) that are disposed over the entire periphery of the outer surface along the outer peripheral edge of a belt main body (2a... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7004311 | Non-slip conveyor and method for producing same A belt for conveying elements in provided wherein the belt comprises a compressible layer attached to the top surface of the belt. Preferably the compressible layer is resiliently deformable to cushion the impact of items on the belt. The belt preferably is a link b... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004310 | Belt band conveyor having separate guide shoes The invention relates to a belt band conveyor such as a curved belt conveyor having an endless transport belt that is guided over deflection rollers. There is a guide element that projects beyond the belt plane wherein this guide element can be handled separately be... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994208 | Curved conveyor An end roller of a curved conveyor has an pivot shaft and a plurality of short rollers rotatably mounted on the pivot shaft. A bearing with an outer race of a larger outer diameter than the outer diameter of the short roller is interposed between at least the adjace... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978884 | Flexible drive shaft for line shaft conveyor A flexible drive shaft for a turn portion of a transfer device, such as a conveyor. The flexible drive shaft can be made from wound steel, wound plastic, wound cable or other wound material. In one embodiment, multiple rollers are rotatably mounted to a support stru... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974022 | Beaded conveyor belt The beads of a beaded conveyor belt for a curve conveyor are constituted by a number of bead constituting bodies (2b) that are disposed over the entire periphery of the outer surface along the outer peripheral edge of a belt main body (2a... | 12/13/2005 |
