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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186501 | Conveying device for packaged items and a method for operating such a device A conveying device for packaged items, e.g. goods carriers, containers, storage boxes, packages etc., includes at least one conveying mechanism, e.g. a conveying roller, a conveyor belt, or a conveying chain. A method operates the conveying device with a drive devic... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7841461 | Roller transport conveyor and method A roller transport conveyor and method provides a device for conveying items along a plurality of rollers, in which the device may be set up and operated and serviced by manually raising and lowering one or more contact members that transmit force from a spring to u... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7748520 | Slip roller conveyor In some embodiments, a conveyor may include one or more of the following features: (a) a plurality of driven roller assemblies mounted on said side walls in spaced relationship and at uniform height along the lengthwise direction of said pathway, each said driven ro... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7708133 | Flexible member tensioning An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention includes a driven roller and a idler roller each coupled with a flexible member. A pressure roller is also included and can be forced against the driven roller to tension the flexible member. | 05/04/2010 |
| 7398874 | Belt-driven accumulator for curved roller segment An assembly is provided for moving the drive belt of a roller conveyor system between a first position in which the drive belt engages the rollers to rotate the rollers and a second position spaced from the rollers, the second position permitting conveyed articles t... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7364035 | Airless accumulation conveyor An accumulation conveyor and method, according to the invention, includes providing a plurality of tandem accumulation zones, each of the zones including a conveying surface and at least one drive roller selectively driving the conveying surface. A drive member belo... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360638 | Integrated control card for conveying systems A material handling system, and method of controlling the material handling system, includes a conveying surface with a plurality of individually controlled zones and a plurality of motors. At least one of the motors propelling the conveying surface at each zone. A ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7299915 | Motorized pulley The present technique, in accordance with one exemplary embodiment, relates to a motorized pulley. The exemplary motorized pulley includes a rim or housing inside of which are disposed an electric motor and a gear assembly, which is configured to transfer torque of ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7290649 | Roller arrangement for an accumulating roller conveyor The invention relates to a roller arrangement (7) for a stowing roller conveyor, comprising a stationary roller axle (20) arranged in a support frame (4) of the stowing roller conveyor, with a driving roller (9) and a conveying roller ( | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281623 | Transport system including vertical rollers A transport system for conveying articles along conveyance paths including straight, curvilinear, horizontal, inclined and declined conveyance sections. The articles are conveyed between a pair of vertical belts while being supported by protrusions extending from th... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7249671 | Roller-belt conveyor for accumulating and moving articles laterally across the conveyor A conveyor using a roller belt with rollers arranged to rotate on oblique axes to urge articles toward a side guide. The conveyor includes an oblique-roller belt supported on a carryway for running in a direction of belt travel. Rollers extend above an outer conveyi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7048112 | Food grade conveyor A yoke for a food grade conveyor is formed of UHMW plastic molded as a single unit having left and right upright portions connected by vertically separated upper and lower cross portions. Each cross portion has a stanchion to provide a support face or ledge for conn... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6971505 | Transporting roller, holding-down means and transporting system for flat articles The invention relates to transporting rollers (22) for transporting essentially flat articles, to holding-down means (23) for pressing the articles onto transporting rollers (22), and to a transporting system (30). In this case, the trans... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6899219 | Tape drive conveyor A roller conveyor includes opposite sidewalls and at least two tandem zones. Each zone includes a plurality of idler rollers rotatably mounted at and between the opposite sidewalls, and a drive system having a motorized or directly driven roller. The driven roller i... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6772874 | Roller conveyor Materials are conveyed by a roller conveyor which comprises a pair of conveyor frames and a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted between the pair of conveyor frames. The roller comprises a roller body and a driving force receiver connected to a motor. When the dri... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6719125 | Conveying and/or storage device for packaged goods A transport and storage device for packaged goods has at least one roller path for goods to be transported and stored, wherein the at least one roller path has rollers. Force transmitting elements are arranged rotatably on the rollers, wherein the force transmitting... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6651808 | Belt driven roller conveyor A roller conveyor belt driver system for a roller conveyor includes a closed loop belt having a continuous driving surface and a non-circular base and a plurality of pulleys which support and engage said non-circular base for at least partially laterally ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6619471 | Furnace roller A furnace roller for supporting a heated workpiece in a furnace, including a roller body with a roller body outer surface that is rotatable along a roller body longitudinal axis. A tire is attached to the roller body outer surface and is rotatable with th... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6612423 | Co-extruded driver pad with wear indicator An article conveyor having live rollers driven by a polymeric driven pad which has a wear indicator element co-extruded with the driven pad. The element is visually distinct from the pad and has converging sides in the driven pad so that wear on the pad i... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6585107 | Drive system, especially for transport rollers The invention relates to a drive system for transport rollers (4) in a roller path. According to the invention, said transport rollers (4) are rotated by drive means (14, 34, 52). Said drive means (14, 34, 52) are completely arranged in the interior of at... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6422378 | Transporter Transport device for work-pieces or the like, which are set upon plate or pallet-shaped work-piece carriers, with a support device, upon which the work-piece carrier is translationally displaceably seated, and a drive device, which is continuously driveab... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6390286 | Belt driven roller conveyor A roller conveyor belt driver system for a roller conveyor includes a closed loop belt having a continuous driving surface and a non-circular base and a plurality of pulleys which support and engage said non-circular base for at least partially laterally ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6223888 | Accumulation conveyor The invention refers to a roller conveyor for individually packed goods units, and particularly for heavy, individually packed goods units such as pallets, with multiple successive and spaced rollers arranged in the direction of conveyance, provided also ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 5996658 | Feed roller The present invention relates to a feed roller (1) by means of which a felled tree (2) trunk is fed into a timber harvester for delimbing. The apparatus comprises a drive wheel (4) and at least one transmission means (5) arranged at the outer circumferenc... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5878869 | Roller conveyer The invention relates to a roller conveyer that includes a power rack, a motor drive mounted in the power rack, and two track and roller units bilaterally mounted on the power rack. The track and roller unit includes a track, spaced roller assemblies moun... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5649617 | Torque transmitting drive for a live roller conveyor system A conveyor system including a frame having a pair of extending side rails in spaced relation to one another, a plurality of live rollers transversely mounted between the side rails, an elongated drive shaft extending between the side rails adjacent to the... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5377817 | Bi-directional accumulation roller conveyor A bi-directional accumulation roller conveyor includes a plurality of upper load carrying rollers longitudinally coextensive with and superimposed over a plurality of lower load carrying rollers, a drive for driving the upper and lower load carrying rolle... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5244081 | Conveyor apparatus for horizontally feeding sheet material A conveyor apparatus for feeding a sheet material such as a sheet of glass in a heating furnace includes an array of feed rolls for feeding the sheet material in a feeding direction, the feed rolls having respective axes extending in a direction transvers... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5082109 | Handling apparatus for displacing, in a substantially horizontal longitudinal direction, unitary loads resting on rolling members A handling apparatus for displacing, in a substantially horizontal longitudinal direction, unitary loads resting on rolling members such as rollers or rolls engaged on traverse shafts driven by friction, and comprising a chassis having two parallel, verti... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4974723 | Live roller conveyor A live roller conveyor comprising a plurality of rollers which provide a conveying surface for a plurality of articles supported on said surface, a first friction drive means operable to apply to at least some of the rollers a first torque, a second frict... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4887707 | Interlocking torque tube-pulley assembly for live roller line shaft conveyors An interlocking torque tube-pulley assembly as provided for live roller, line shaft conveyor systems. The assembly is actually disposed along a rotating drive shaft and generally includes a number of drive pulleys with spacer members interposed therebetwe... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4832184 | Live roller conveyor apparatus An improved chain drive (13 or 109) live roller (12 or 101) conveyor apparatus (10 or 100) with belts (21 or 110) which are easily replaced is described. The apparatus has a drive wheel (25 or 105) mounted around a shaft (27 or 107 ) projecting from a fra... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4753339 | Accumulating conveyor of the low pressure type In a low pressure accumulator conveyor of the type where cartons are conveyed on a surface defined by successive freely rotatable rollers which are driven from beneath by frictional engagement with a continuous belt, the belt is held in periodically relea... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4502593 | Conveyor facility The specification discloses a conveyor facility including a continuously moving drive belt having upper and lower parts and a plurality of selectively rotatable control elements supported between the upper and lower drive belt parts. Each control element ... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4266659 | Accumulating roller conveyor An accumulating roller conveyor for conveying articles including a frame and a plurality of conveyor rollers, means rotatably supporting each conveyor roller on the frame and movable upwardly and rearwardly with respect thereto, each conveyor roller norma... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4221288 | Conveyor roller A roller of the slip-type is comprised of a sleeve with an insert press fitted therein. The other end of the insert houses a bearing assembly, the inner and outer race of which are respectively keyed to a stationary support axle and to the insert. A drive... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4198833 | Controlled slippage, limited torque transmission A controlled slippage, limited-torque transmission comprises a driving member, a driven member spaced therefrom, and a transmission belt wrapped about the members to transmit torque from the driving member to the driven member. An annular split slippage m... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4164280 | Roller conveyor A hesitation device is provided in a material conveying roller conveyor system which is simple and inexpensive in construction, while at the same time allows accumulation of conveyed materials with any damaging or disturbing effect upon the conveyed mater... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4133425 | Accumulating conveyor An accumulating conveyor having a frame, a plurality of carrier rollers rotatably mounted on the frame, a plurality of individully adjustable spring-biased pressure rollers underlying the carrier rollers and a polyvinyl chloride, flat, endless belt arrang... | 01/09/1979 |
