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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172076 | Dual apron seal A seal member for sealing a conveyor belt is a monolithic homogeneous piece of material having opposite first and second halves and comprises first and second primary seals and first and second secondary seals. The first secondary seal is resiliently movable relativ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8033386 | Skirtboard apparatus, system and method A skirtboard system for a conveyor belt or line comprising at least two skirtboards mutually opposed to one another. Each one of the skirtboards is positioned near the perimeter of the conveyor. Each one of the skirtboards comprises a support plate, a plurality of e... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8006830 | Exteriorly mounted wear liner for bulk material conveyor belt systems A bulk material conveyor belt system comprises a belt, a skirt, and a wear liner. The belt forms a continuous loop having an upper transfer run and a lower return run. The belt defines a theoretical, vertically oriented, center plane about which the belt is generall... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7926648 | Guide(s) mounted on a conveyor The guide (3) of the invention includes two portions: a rail (11) in the form of a relatively rigid metal strip; and a profile (12) made of a thermoplastic material and snap-fitted onto said rail (11), said profile (12) being shape... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921989 | Sample conveyor apparatus and sample processing apparatus According to an aspect of the present invention, a sample conveyor apparatus for conveying a sample holder which permits a sample container to be held therein, the sample container permitting a sample to be received therein, includes, a belt base extending along a c... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7850000 | Guide assembly for conveyor of articles with resistance to bending A guide for conveying articles includes a first and a second element for guiding and/or routing the articles along a transport path, the elements both having substantially planar portions, a mounting assembly for mounting the first and the second elements to a suppo... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7798314 | Conveyor sealing plate A sealing strip comprising a part of a configuration for fastening to a guide wall of a conveyor, the fastening configuration allowing for interlocking via elastic deformation of one of two parts of the fastening configuration. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7789220 | Liner plate replacement A skirt for a material transport system, eg conveyor belt (104), includes liner plates (111, 112) mounted on the conveyor side of body (200). Removal of certain plates (112) only requires access via the side of body (200) away from... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7748522 | Conveyor device A conveyor device for bottles in particular, having a frame and a replaceable guide for the material, the guide being lockable on the frame for the material to be conveyed. To make such a guide easier to handle, easier to store and easier to install, the guide is de... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748523 | Automated handling line guide rail assembly An automated handling line guide rail assembly. The automated handling line guide rail assembly comprises a guide rail that defines the perimeter of a path of a container when conveyed along part of an automated handling line. The path and hence the perimeter are ar... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7735636 | Arrangement and method for adjustment of rail at a conveyor An arrangement and a method for guide rail adjustment on a conveyor, the arrangement comprising a set of guide rails, a set of mounting elements, which each support at least one moveably suspended guide rail, and means for simultaneous individual adjustment of said ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7694805 | Guard assembly and related methods This disclosure provides a guard assembly and its individual guards for protecting a conveyor system, such as the center conveyor frame. Related methods of installing or removing the individual guards and the guard assembly are also provided. ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7690499 | Tube conveyor with sealing belt edges A tubular conveyor for conveying grain or seed includes an intake end having a first roller and a discharge end having a second roller. A tubular portion is disposed between the intake end and the discharge end. A continuous flexible conveyor belt is coupled with th... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7654387 | Pipe conveyor A conveyor for use in a conveying plant for recovery of diamond and other precious stones, semi-precious stones and minerals, and for conveying any material includes an endless conveyor with both its feed and return portions enclosed in a pipe, with a drive for driv... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7571802 | Conveyor belt skirt assembly A conveyor belt skirt assembly adapted to be attached to a side wall of a conveyor mechanism to retain conveyed material on a conveyor belt of the conveyor mechanism. The conveyor belt skirt assembly includes a skirt having a generally vertical leg member and an inc... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7497325 | Tilting wall The subject of the invention is a guidance surface (4) designed to carry an endless conveyor surface, this surface being characterized in that the curvature of the guidance surface is determined by a horizontal roller (7) and two fixed lateral surfaces... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7484617 | Sealing system for conveying belt A sealing assembly for a conveying system between a conveying belt and a containment wall. The sealing assembly has a primary sealing subassembly, and a secondary sealing subassembly joined by a connecting assembly. The connecting assembly defines a locally flexible... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7431150 | Adjustable curved guideway for a conveyor and method for realising same An adjustable curved neck guide for a conveyor is disclosed. The guide comprises a plurality of segments mounted on first and second plates using a series of pin and slot assemblies. Each segment has first and second surfaces and a guide edge, the segments arranged ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7404556 | Automatic angle adjustment mechanism for stacking apparatus A device for stacking sheets includes a layboy, a transfer conveyor, a main conveyor, a diverting apparatus, and an accumulator. The main conveyor is pivotably mounted to a base to that it may be pivoted between an upper position and a lower position. The diverting ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7383941 | Bolt diversion system A bolt diversion system for use with a conveyor system having a conveyor chain for towing a movable cart. The bolt diversion system is used to prevent debris from interfering with operation of the conveyor chain. The bolt diversion system includes first and second r... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7347319 | Tilting roller The subject of the invention is a retention device for a conveyor roller, characterised in that the roller (7) is mounted on a tilting support (13). ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7310488 | Belt device and image forming apparatus A belt device includes an endless belt, a plurality of rollers around which the endless belt is wound, and a foreign material entry preventing member disposed on at least one side of the endless belt in the width direction. The foreign material entry preventing memb... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7267223 | Belt conveyor with a supporting platform formed from a single sheet of metal A conveyor, primarily but not exclusively for use in the food industry, in which a conveyor belt (19) is supported on a belt platform (11) for movement relative thereto, and the belt platform (11) is formed as a unitary component from a single s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268676 | Actuated braking and distance sensing system for operational regulation of belt loader equipment An actuated braking and distance sensing system for operational regulation of belt loader equipment and/or other applicable ground support equipment, wherein the present invention incorporates, among other embodiments, spring-responsive actuated emergency braking an... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258228 | Clamp system for conveyor belt skirtboards A compact clamp system for use with conveyor belt rubber skirtboards utilizes a minimum number of parts and is easy to adjust, even if positioned in areas that are difficult to access. A base member is attached to the steel support plate of a conventional conveyor. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253892 | Method and apparatus for measuring a characteristic of a plastic container A method for measuring the wall thickness of plastic containers during a container manufacturing process includes providing a plastic container, the plastic container having a longitudinal axis and at least two side walls spaced radially from the longitudinal axis. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7225456 | Gateway screen for interactive television A gateway screen for interactive television includes a television content panel and an internet content panel. The gateway screen is displayed by an interactive television (ITV), e.g., when the ITV is turned on. The gateway screen allows a user to quickly and easily... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210572 | Adjustable guide for a bottle handling system The present invention is directed to an adjustable guide for a container conveyor system. The guide includes multiple pairs of pivoting mechanisms located along the conveyor. Each pivoting mechanism includes a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm which can be inde... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205730 | Article transport vehicle The invention provides an article transport vehicle that includes: a vehicle body; a first wheel that supports the vehicle body; a second wheel that is disposed spaced apart from the first wheel in a fore-and-aft direction, and that supports the vehicle body; a firs... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7178665 | Converting a pre-existing conveyor frame into a belt conveyor A kit and associated methods for converting a pre-existing conveyor frame into a belt conveyor. The converted conveyor comprises a U-shaped pan mounted to the top of a pre-existing conveyor frame. The U-shaped pan has a pair of side walls flanking a base. A carryway... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159708 | Magnetic conveyor support Apparatuses designed to provide support to a conveyor belt in a new manner. In a first illustrative embodiment, a conveyor belt is supported by a number of magnets. A first set of magnets are disposed on the edges of the conveyor belt, and a second set of magnets ar... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156605 | Substrate transport and marking assembly An apparatus for transporting and marking a substrate, such as a collapsed corrugated cardboard carton. A feeder station is configured to receive a substantially vertically aligned stack of substrates. An advancement assembly of the feeder station successively moves... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7150350 | Processing apparatus with conveying unit for continuously conveying heat pipes A processing apparatus for continuously conveying heat pipes includes a feeder, a conveying unit and at least one processing station. The feeder includes a processing stage, which includes a feeding end and an exiting end opposite to the feeding end. A feeding direc... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7121400 | Systems and methods for guiding conveyance elements Systems and methods for controlling the planarity of a conveyance element with respect to a guide while the conveyance element is in motion. This control is achieved by coupling a guide to a conveyance element where the conveyance element is held in a level position... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7096489 | System and method for interactive television A system and method for interactive television (ITV) includes presenting both TV channels and “virtual channels” on an ITV. A virtual channel can be a Web page stored in memory of the ITV (or remote therefrom) and accessed by a microprocessor in the ITV when a u... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086521 | Adjustable lane guide An adjustable lane guide system comprising: 1) first and second generally parallel and spaced apart support bars; 2) a plurality of lane guides generally perpendicular to the support bars; and 3) a plurality of adjustable attachment mechanisms joining the lane guide... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082677 | Assembly line for mounted units A tire assembly line including a wheel soaping work station, a tire soaping workstation, a tire and wheel assembly station, and a tire inflation station. The assembly line is formed from a plurality of modules that are interchangeable and releasably connected to one... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073661 | Self cleaning conveyor with roller scraper and debris reduction skirt Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for a street sweeper having a conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly has a pair of rollers and a conveyor belt connected therebetween. The conveyor assembly is provided with debris skirts to lift the edge of the conveyor ... | 07/11/2006 |
