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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7387195 | Conveyor system and method A conveyor system for sorting objects is provided. The conveyor system includes a plurality of lanes arranged in series with one another, wherein each of the lanes is operable to convey and sort a plurality of objects therealong. The conveyor system also includes at... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370752 | Controlled conveyor A declined conveyor for conveying articles in a downstream direction, which is parallel to a longitudinal direction, has one or more controlled conveyor sections interposed between gravity conveyors. Each controlled conveyor includes a plurality of driven rollers wh... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7287640 | Roller conveyor zone with motorized roller A roller conveyor using a motorized drive roller has the drive roller located other than in the terminal roller position of conveyor zones. Damage to the motorized drive roller from overheating or impact loads is minimized. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264109 | Transport system The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for controlling the transportation of a product from a first transporter to a second transporter. Further, a feed transport system and method of use is provided. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7243781 | Conveyor loading zone system and method A conveyor system that includes a zoned conveyor surface and a loading sensor. The loading sensor is configured to detect placement of a load into the zone. A loading timer is activated by loading detection by the sensor and while activated, a controller system halt... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7175018 | Conveyor assembly The conveyor apparatus disclosed herein is generally formed of a first rail and a second rail, each rail having a plurality of rollers. A portion of the rollers are desirably drive rollers, receiving power from an integral motor assembly. The motor generally compris... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7140827 | Transporting apparatus It is an object of the invention to provide an apparatus for transporting a transported object in a transporting direction as the transported object is supported by air, the apparatus having a plurality of transporting units. A specific transporting unit of the plur... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134542 | Modular accumulating conveyor system A conveyor system having a plurality of conveyor modules which are secured together in an end-to-end relationship. Each conveyor module includes a frame and a plurality of drive rollers rotatably mounted along one side of the frame, and a motor mounted to the frame ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7104395 | Control and power distribution system for a conveyor A conveyor conveys objects. The conveyor includes a plurality of sections, a first control panel, and a second control panel. The plurality of sections define the structure of the conveyor. Each of the plurality of sections has components for controlling the mechani... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093709 | Belt conveyor A belt conveyor or belt accumulator includes at least two tandem zones, each of which is defined by a motorized roller and at least one idler roller positioned along and between opposite sidewalls of the conveyor and a continuous belt routed around the motorized rol... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063206 | Accumulating conveyor system An accumulation conveyor system and method of accumulating articles includes providing an accumulation assembly that is adapted to accumulating a plurality of articles into a slug of articles. Slugs of articles are discharged to a transport line which transports the... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062355 | Electrical communications architecture An electrical communications architecture for implementation in a conveyor system, and a method of communicating information among components of a conveyor system, are disclosed. The electrical communications architecture includes a central control device, first and... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040480 | Zero back pressure conveyor A conveyor comprising an outer roller-top belt loop and an inner drive belt loop inside the outer belt loop for accurate and smooth control of conveyed articles. Rollers on the outer belt loop extend beyond outer and inner sides of the roller-top belt. The inner dri... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036522 | Solenoid actuated pneumatic valve with an integrated pass-through and a quick mount body A solenoid actuated pneumatic valve assembly including a valve body having a pressurized air supply inlet port in fluid communication with a source of pressurized air, an outlet port adapted to be in fluid communication with at least one active pneumatically operate... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032736 | Device for conveying products, particularly for automatic packaging machinery, and corresponding method of use A device for conveying articles having an array of rollers set alongside one another so as to define, by means of homologous generatrices, a plane of conveyance of said articles. A plurality of motor-driven units for said rollers, each motor-driven unit being able t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035714 | Integrated conveyor bed A conveyor system, and method of controlling the conveyor system, includes providing a conveying surface, at least one motor propelling the conveying surface and a plurality of lower-level controllers. At least one of the lower-level controllers adapted to control t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028825 | Conveyor roller assembly, conveyor roller insert and axle for conveyor roller A roller insert for a conveyor roller tube including a cartridge having inner and outer ends and configured to be inserted into an end of a conveyor roller tube; a stub axle positioned within the cartridge, the stub axle including an elongate body portion, a cylindr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7023151 | Switching device for controlling at least two motors A switching device for controlling at least two motors has a single converter, wherein the at least two motors are connected to the converter by a power line and a feedback line, respectively. At least one logic module is connected to the converter and evaluates sig... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014037 | Conveying device for conveying workpieces A conveying device for conveying workpieces, for example in a production line, the conveying device including at least one driving line divided into several sections, and each section being able to convey workpieces independently from other sections. At least one ce... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6996454 | Method and control system for controlling a conveyor system and a plant for baling paper pulp Methods are disclosed for controlling conveyor systems including providing status information for each of a plurality of conveyors, providing control information for each of the conveyors based solely upon the status information from that conveyor and from adjacent ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6959804 | Conveyor assembly The conveyor apparatus disclosed herein is generally formed of a first rail and a second rail, each rail having a plurality of rollers. A portion of the rollers are desirably drive rollers, receiving power from an integral motor assembly. The motor generally compris... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6935219 | Accumulation conveyor There is provided an apparatus that is composed of a first plurality of zones. The zones are capable of being separately driven in order to accumulate or transport cartons. A sensor is disposed within each zone for sensing the presence of a carton within the zone, a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923307 | High volume conveyor sortation system A sortation system and method includes providing a sorter assembly and a slug-building assembly. Product is received by the sorter assembly and sorted to a series of sortation lanes. The slug-building assembly includes a plurality of supply lines supplying product f... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915897 | Trailer loader/unloader with pullout section An extendable conveying system for either loading product to or unloading product from a trailer includes an extendable section which defines a conveying surface. The system further includes a pullout section that defines a support surface. The pullout section has a... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6898483 | Driver board control system for modular conveyor with address-based network for inter-conveyer communication A method and control system are provided for controlling a modular conveyor system, which may be networked together with other such systems in order to implement a control strategy for a modular conveyor system. The control system comprises a communications port for... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6883660 | Conveyor bed emergency stop A conveyor system includes a conveyor frame, at least one motor at the frame and a control circuit at the frame. The motor is configured to cause articles placed in at least one location on the conveyor system to be transported when the motor is energized. A first p... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6873882 | Zone controller The present invention aims to provide a zone controller that enables construction of a conveyor line adapted for articles having various shapes and weights. The zone controller includes: an output terminal 15 for output of a driving status signal repre... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6867702 | Freight-loading system for an aircraft A freight-loading system in a cargo hold of an aircraft is provided that offers enhanced operating safety. The freight-loading system comprises a plurality of power drive units (PDUs), which can be actuated by control signals in such a way that items of freight can ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6860381 | Decentralized drive system for a conveyor An accumulation conveyor system for supporting and moving a plurality of objects. The conveyor system is divided into a plurality of zones wherein each zone includes a top and bottom conveying surface and wherein a space is defined between the top and bottom surface... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6843362 | Zone controller A zone controller enabling flexible conveyance according to the use by simple change of setting. An aspect of the invention is a zone controller 10 for a particular zone picked from a plurality of zones for control into which a roller conveyor line 1 is divided and ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6827202 | Methods and apparatus for controlling conveyor zones One aspect of the present invention relates to a module for controlling two or more zones of an accumulating conveyor system. In one embodiment, the single module includes outputs to provide independent actuation signals to cause movement of two zones of the conveyo... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6814222 | Narrow belt non-pneumatically actuated accumulation conveyor The invention is particularly useful for accumulation conveyors. An assembly located beneath its corresponding zone of item transporting rollers activates the item transporting rollers by lifting the accumulator's narrow belt to engage the underneath side of the ite... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6701214 | Driver board control system for modular conveyer with address-based network for inter-conveyor communication A method and control system are provided for controlling a modular conveyor system, which may be networked together with other such systems in order to implement a control strategy for a modular conveyor system. The control system comprises a communicatio... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6598735 | Live roller conveyors The invention relates to a live roller conveyor comprising a plurality of rollers driven by friction drive from a main drive shaft wherein at least some of said rollers are driven from the main drive shaft through a secondary drive shaft and there being c... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6588578 | Conveyor guiderail snag resistant opening A conveyor guiderail snag resistant opening for use in a conveying system which is transporting irregular materials such as newspaper bundles. The snag resistant opening includes a sensor opening for use by optical sensors utilized in the monitoring of th... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6588577 | System for conveying ceramic shaped bodies and a receiving plate used therefor In order to prevent deformations, cracks and breakages of thin-walled ceramic honeycomb shaped bodies upon conveying them, a system for conveying such ceramic shaped bodies and cradles used for the system are provided. Since, in the first aspect of the pr... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6571839 | Automatic press roll control According to this invention, introduction of dynamic, closed-loop force and position control over press rolls of a planer or infeed table provides a dramatic increase in capability, performance, and reliability, as compared to the prior art.... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6471043 | Roller conveyor A roller conveyor with a plurality of rollers (3, 6, 13) which are held in a frame (2), which rollers are assigned to several sections (4), and a drivable and brakable roller (13) is assigned to each section (4) which is coupled with the other rollers (3)... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6460683 | Conveyor with flexible zone parameter control A conveyor with flexible zone parameter control. A flexible zone conveyor includes a zone address interface coupled to at least one zone control unit to configure the at least one zone control unit to control a designated series of motors along a conveyor... | 10/08/2002 |
