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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177053 | Air cushion conveyor stacker reclaimer device and method thereof An air cushion conveyor stacker reclaimer device and a method thereof, wherein burial of enclosed air cushion outfeed conveyors eliminates the need for costly, reinforced underground tunnels and walkways, wherein overhead suspension of air cushion infeed conveyors e... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7325673 | Belt conveyor and associated equipment Disclosed is a belt conveyor capable of greatly reducing friction resistance between side portions of a belt and troughs, comprising troughs (5), a belt moving above the troughs (5) along a longitudinal direction thereof, belt bending members (12 | 02/05/2008 |
| 7299917 | Belt conveyor and associated equipment Disclosed is a belt conveyor capable of greatly reducing friction resistance between side portions of a belt and troughs, comprising troughs (5), a belt moving above the troughs (5) along a longitudinal direction thereof, belt bending members (12 | 11/27/2007 |
| 7281624 | Air supported impact section for air supported belt conveyors An improved air supported impact section for air supported belt conveyors that includes a cushioned pad incorporated into the plenum plate to cushion the impact form and minimize damage to the air supported belt conveyors. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7037227 | Pneumatic spinner assembly An improved pneumatic tensioner apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus including: a main drive belt; a chuck assembly, suspended from said main drive belt, having a spinning member and a drive contact portion; a first frictional drive belt in a first track in contact... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7007773 | Lubrication device A lubrication device lubricates traveling lubrication sites, such as on a belt (1), in particular, on a roller or chain belt (1). The lubrication device includes a lubricating apparatus (2) having a catch (C) that is capable of assuming a restin... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006665 | Adaptive, product control and stabilization sub-system for camera-based optical character recognition, and a method of operating the same A mail article transportation and stabilization system, and a method of operating the same, for use in conjunction with a camera-based optical character recognition (OCR), bar code reader (BCR), or similar image capture scanning system, comprises a conveyor drive be... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000758 | Conveyor system A conveyor system comprising an endless conveyor belt (5) having a plurality of mechanical conveyor means (12) projecting from a top surface thereof and a delivery tube (1) having an intake end and a discharge end for receiving a delivery portio... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6971508 | Belt conveyor and auxiliary equipment thereof Disclosed is a belt conveyor capable of greatly reducing friction resistance between side portions of a belt and troughs, comprising troughs (5), a belt moving above the troughs (5) along a longitudinal direction thereof, belt bending members (12 | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966430 | Air supported conveyor with multipressure plenum system A multipressure plenum system for supporting a conveyor belt of a gas supported belt conveyor and method of operation. The multipressure plenum system includes a multipressure plenum having a support surface including a plurality of apertures and a chamber in fluid ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957735 | Pneumatic spinner drive tensioning assembly An pneumatic tensioner apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus including: a main drive belt; a chuck assembly, suspended from the main drive belt, having a spinning member and a drive contact portion; a first frictional drive belt in a first track, the first frictiona... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6699353 | Use of an air permeable paper sheet as support element for a stack of fabrics The invention concerns an air permeable paper sheet as support element for a layer of fabrics (mat) on a production line in particular during the cutting phase. The invention is characterized in that said sheet has in its thickness pores or fine perforati... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6630633 | High speed pneumatic weighing device A pneumatic weighing device has a weigh pan, which is supported for vertical movement by a load cell in response to the weight of an article; the weigh pan is provided with a plenum chamber having an apertured upper surface through which air under pressur... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6491156 | Fluid plenum conveyor trough and method for fabricating and joining the same A fluid plenum trough conveyor support that provides a near frictionless fluid film bearing to support a conveyor belt. The apparatus of the present invention may be used as a discrete conveyor belt support element. The discrete elements formed by the met... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6427827 | Transport apparatus for an information-bearing article, especially a card The transport apparatus for magnetic cards includes a belt drive with an endless belt having a portion bearing on the information-bearing card conveyed by it and an opposing retaining member opposite the belt drive, on which the portion bearing on the inf... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6170644 | Air-floating belt conveyor device An endless belt rotates between a tail pulley and a head pulley. The belt is floated in a tubular belt support by blowing air out of air blowing bores of the belt support, and runs from the tail pulley to the head pulley. A ultra-high molecular polyethyle... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6123186 | Supporting arrangement for thin strip casting A supporting arrangement for the transport belt in thin strip casting plants. The liquid steel is cast onto the circulating transport belt. On its underside, the transport belt has devices for generating a negative pressure and for supporting the belt as ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6062377 | Air supported flat belt conveyor and method of conveying articles An air supported conveyor, particularly adapted for conveying articles such as baggage or packages at a high rate of speed includes a plenum chamber and a belt support containing a plurality of orifices. Air or another pressurized fluid is supplied to the... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5896978 | Product transfer unit A unit for transferring products, wherein a conveyor belt successively feeds the products along a deformable conveying surface defined by the belt itself and extending through a product pickup station; and a deforming assembly is located beneath the conve... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5865299 | Air cushioned belt conveyor A material conveyor consisting of a belt supporting floor having a multiplicity of air cushion apertures therethrough, a walled chamber attached to the material conveyor, the upper wall of the walled chamber consisting of the belt supporting floor, the wa... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5860510 | Hose belt conveyor, and drive assembly therefor Hose belt conveyor (1), comprising an elongated belt 2) which can be folded to a closed hose. At the edges it is provided with thickened parts (3) which are placed resting against each other during the formation of the hose. These thickened parts bound a ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5829577 | Method of retrofitting an idler conveyor system with a V-shaped air plenum and a V-shaped air plenum conveyor A method of retrofitting the idler assemblies of an idler conveyor with an air plenum is shown. The method includes the steps of detaching the belt and removing a preselected number of idler assemblies from an existing frame of the idler conveyor. A numbe... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5813516 | Apparatus for conveying articles, in particular sheet-like, flexible products The conveying apparatus is formed by two conveying sections which are arranged one behind the other, and are in the form of spirals that wind around a center such that the windings of the two conveying sections are nested one inside the other. Each spiral... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5699707 | High speed sheet material cutter and method of using same A machine and method of using same for cutting soft sheet material, such as textile fabric, which includes a cutting table having a support surface with openings distributed thereover. An endless conveyor of relatively high air permeability overlays and i... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5695596 | Apparatus for laying up veneer panels Apparatus for automatically laying up veneer sheets for the manufacture of continuous veneer panels composed of a plurality of stacked sheets, optionally glued on their top face. The apparatus includes a frame, a conveyor for receiving the veneer sheets t... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5687641 | Handling sheet material This invention relates to a method and apparatus for handling stretchable sheet material, to form a stack of leaves of such material. In particular, although not exclusively, the invention concerns the handling of dough sheets in the manufacture of biscui... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5645157 | Flexible conveyor belt A flexible conveyor belt is provided which can run in a curved shape which elongates along a lower inner wall of a circular pipe, while being completely supported above the lower inner wall by pressurized air introduced into a space between the belt and t... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5617910 | Position control apparatus and method for controlling the movement of a block in a woodworking machine The present invention provides an automatic lug loader to place blocks on each lug on a lug conveyor in a finger jointing machine. The lug loader includes a support structure with a control station and a feed table. A powered loading conveyor overlies the... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5601397 | Apparatus for counting and stacking tortillas An apparatus having a series of conveyor belts for flattening and stacking a plurality of flexible, generally planar articles, such as tortillas. The apparatus includes a first conveyor belt extending along first end, upper, second end and lower surfaces ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5518854 | Flexible tubes supported on rigid drum A method of fabricating a cylindrical device comprising having at least one distinct outer layer comprising providing a preformed rigid cylindrical support drum having a predetermined outer circumference, a first end and a second end, providing a flexible... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5413810 | Fabricating electrostatographic imaging members A seamless belt is fabricated by application of a coating to an endless substrate. The substrate is elastically stretched over a hollow cylindrical elongated support mandrel. The mandrel is formed of a porous material. Fluid is applied under pressure thro... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5396071 | Modularized assembly for bulk material analyzer A bulk material analyzer of the type in which the bulk material is transported through the material analyzer assembly on a conveyor belt between at least one radiation source and at least one radiation detector, includes a plurality of lower and upper mod... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5337884 | Lubrication system for a conveyor belt An optical inspection system (10) has a conveyor belt (18) that turns at a non-rotating turning bar (22). An inner surface (20) of the conveyor belt contacts a turning surface (22T) of the turning bar. A reservoir (60) for holding a lubricant (62), such a... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5197812 | High accuracy vacuum belt and pinch roller media transport mechanism A media transport mechanism including a high accuracy vacuum belt used in conjunction with a pinch roller assembly. The media transport mechanism includes a vacuum belt supportably wrapped around two sprocket assemblies and a plenum and disposed in facing... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5135317 | Stationary printhead with moving platen Accordingly, an apparatus has been provided for printing identifying indicia on a work product. The apparatus includes a print mechanism and a transport for imparting relative motion between the work product and the print mechanism. The work product and t... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5128569 | Linear induction motors Improvements in the primary and the secondary of linear induction motors for a SAILRAIL air bearing support and conveying systems increase the efficiency of such systems. In the primary the core includes a plurality of laterally adjacent toothed laminatio... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5115900 | Handrail air cushion An air supporting system is provided for a handrail of a passenger conveyor and includes a plenum. An air supply provides air flow to the plenum. A guide is mounted on one side thereof to the plenum. The guide includes at least one air pocket. A handrail ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5083657 | Spur conveyor assembly An endless flexible belt extends around a set of end rollers supported by a frame with the axes of the rollers definng an angle of 90 degrees therebetween, and one of the end rollers is driven by a variable speed electric motor and gear reducer unit. A pa... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5061142 | Device for loading and unloading vehicles and aircraft The present invention relates to an assembly for loading or unloading cargo which comprises a cargo space having a base portion and a loading-unloading apparatus having a supporting structure. A cargo conveyor has an upper part and a lower part, the upper... | 10/29/1991 |
