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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016101 | Belt junction conveyor A change-over mechanism causing a main support frame and a sub support frame to rotate is made up of a drive motor, a rotating body, and coupling rods. One end of the coupling rod is coupled to the rotating body, and the other end thereof is coupled to the main supp... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7628267 | Installation for conveying goods An installation for conveying goods, such as bulk materials, breakdown and overburden materials, mineral substances, and the like, from a loading station to an unloading station has a continuous conveyor belt that is borne by supporting cables, is moved along guide ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7367442 | Device for transferring continuously transported printing products from a flat lying position into an upright position or vice versa A device (1) for transferring continuously transported printing products (2 a . . . g), e.g., book blocks, books or sheet stacks consisting of folded and/or non-folded sheets, from an essentially flat lying position into an upright position or v... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7322459 | Differential speed conveyor accumulation system and method A product conveying and accumulation system and method employs a primary product transporting conveyor with accumulation and re-circulating sections. The conveyor is configured to receive products from an upstream destination and discharge products to a downstream d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275638 | Method and blank for manufacturing a bent curve element, bent curve element, curve unit comprising a bent curve element and also conveying track comprising such a curve unit Method for manufacturing a bent curve element and a blank for manufacturing a bent curved metal element for an endless chain conveying track are disclosed. The bent curve element has a support flange intended to constitute a guide rail for a first side of chain elem... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7237669 | Clip for assemblage by clamps Resilient clamps assemble modular sections of a serpentine conveyor belt at peripheral positions of mated interface walls and retain the walls in sealing, face-to-face contact while the belt moves through a laterally bending pathway. The clamps provide opposed latch... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222731 | Laterally adjustable conveyor A laterally adjustable conveyor utilizes a belt support assembly consisting of a plurality of pivoting support plates connected by pivots for sliding support of a flexible belt. A plurality of support stands provide support for the pivot plates from the floor or oth... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213785 | Method and device for turning strips The invention relates to a method for turning and reorienting the displacement direction of strips (1), especially of a thin hot strip. The strip can be turned about any angle by means of at least one deflection roller, with roller banks (5) which are ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6964329 | Step down product accumulation system A step down product conveying and accumulation system employs one or more conveyors with a product path section, on which products are conveyed, and an accumulator section, for accumulation of products for recirculation and eventual delivery to a downstream destinat... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6920678 | Machining cell in automatic machining system and automatic honing system This is a processing cell of an automatic machining system having a small, lightweight and simple structure, easy to determine or change the number of process, easy in design, and low in apparatus cost. A processing cell (A) has a unit structure comprising a conveyi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919557 | Device for continuous movement of objects with symmetry, use for visual inspection and control A device for controlling a continuous movement of an object with symmetry of revolution (1) comprises a conveyor (5) having two parallel guides, (6) and at least one pair of belts (8) stretched on the guides, between and on which these ob... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6902053 | Conveyor belt alignment system A conveyor belt alignment system for maintaining a maintaining a conveyor belt's alignment under various operating conditions. The conveyor belt alignment system includes a mounting plate for attaching to a structure, a first plate attached to a second plate, wherei... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6886681 | Conveyor for inverting web of material The present invention relates to a conveyor apparatus, and more specifically to a conveyor apparatus that is capable of accepting a web of material having little to no inherent structural integrity from a first direction, inverting the material, and dispatching said... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6802503 | Transport mechanism of sorting machine for large thin objects In a transport mechanism of a sorting machine for large thin objects, objects to be transported (paper sheets such as postal matter) stored in transport boxes can be made collectable into smaller collection boxes than the transport boxes. The transport boxes storing... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6685010 | Device for inward and/or outward transfer of material to be conveyed A device for inward and outward transfer of material comprises a conveyor section with a continuous belt for receiving the material at an angle, and an airlock section and a guide section for guiding the continuous belt. The airlock section has a rectangu... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6662937 | Device for inward and/or outward transfer of material to be conveyed A device for inward and outward transfer of material to be conveyed at an angle into a conveyor section. The device comprises an airlock section over which the material is conveyed, having a rectangular end area and an acute-angle end area; and a guide se... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6640965 | Installation for conveying bulk materials A conveyor belt moves material from a loading station to an unloading station. The belt is formed on its two sides with spaced support rollers that move along a support track. The belt is guided over deflection drums in the loading station and in the unlo... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6612425 | Multiple drive conveyor system A conveyor system which has a continuous path conveyor is to be used for transporting and accumulating excessive loads. The conveyor may be formed of a continuous loop of chain elements. The conveyor path consists of two or more product carrying sections ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6357572 | Turning-around-type continuous conveying apparatus A continuous conveying apparatus of an unified going/returning way type in which tread faces can be turned around with driving elements (chains or the like) on both sides of the tread faces maintained. A movable member having tread faces is turned helicoi... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6334526 | Hybrid closed loop conveyor A conveyor, such as a baggage reclaim or air-side collection carousel, having a moving surface with overlapping flat plates. The plates are horizontal in some portions of the conveyor, and are tilted in at least one other portion of the conveyor, with tra... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6276520 | Side-by-side belt conveyor system and method of use A conveyor system comprises a pair of side-by-side conveyors adapted to move articles such as baggage or cargo in opposite directions simultaneously, preferably at the same elevation, and linked together by an endless belt. The endless belt is directed fr... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6196377 | Tape drive conveyor system with twisted conformation A flexible drive tape conveyor system for conveying items between at least two spaced apart stations includes a carrier member and at least one tape guide track having a tape guide. The drive tape is substantially inflexible in a direction transverse to i... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6170648 | Angle station The present invention relates to an angle station 3 for lateral angular displacement of an endless conveyor belt 2 in a conveyor system. The angle station 3 comprises a belt guide in the form of a multiplicity of guide rollers 22 mounted on a roller suppo... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6145653 | Side by side belt conveyor system and method of use A conveyor system comprises a pair of side-by-side conveyors adapted to move articles such as baggage or cargo in opposite directions simultaneously, preferably at the same elevation, and linked together by an endless belt. The endless belt is directed fr... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6053307 | Apparatus for changing and guiding running direction of conveyor belt A main object of the present invention is to provide a running direction changing and guiding apparatus for a conveyor belt which can change a running direction of a conveyor belt having a concave portion formed on a transferring surface of the conveyor b... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6021889 | Conveyor belt with deflection rollers A conveyor for an endless, closed-loop conveyor belt (1), which is flexible transverse to its extension, has a guide (11) keeping conveyor belt on a substantially rectilinear main path (3) and on a generally perpendicular branch. A branch device (9) is mo... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5823526 | Sheet delivery for a sheet-fed printing press Sheet delivery for a sheet-fed printing press having gripper systems arranged on conveyor chains or toothed belts revolvingly guided and driven by guide wheels, the gripper systems being activatable by a locally fixed control member for gripping sheets in... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5743379 | Conveyor belt feed/discharge insert A feed/discharge insert for transporting goods at an acute angle with respect to a main conveyor belt. The insert includes an endless loop conveyor belt having an upper segment and a lower segment. Two rigid deflection bars are positioned one above the ot... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5725783 | Concentrating method and means therefor Methods and apparatus for concentrating a liquid suspension of solid particles are disclosed including providing a screening web moving in an endless path, folding the screening web into a tubular configuration at a first location along that path, unfoldi... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5520824 | Method of separating a solid-liquid mixture by wringing a twisted filter belt enclosing the mixture The solid content and liquid content in a solid-liquid substance can be separated continuously at a high solid-liquid separation ratio by: causing a looped filter cloth member to travel, the filter cloth member being wound at least once around a wringing ... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5431289 | Product conveyor A conveyor system for transporting and aligning articles to be sorted in an automated bulk processing system is disclosed. The conveyor comprises one or more product-carrying lanes, each lane comprising two side belts separated by a central product-carryi... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5421449 | Angle station In an angle station for lateral angular displacement of an endless conveyor belt in a conveyor system, the angle station comprises a belt guide in the form of a plurality of large diameter guide rollers mounted in support brackets on a support structure w... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5400898 | Conveying system with conveyor chains A conveying system has at least two equidistant conveyor chains. In order that the chain links of the conveyor chains also move synchronously on conveying path portions in which the radii of curvature of the individual chain paths differ from one another,... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5358260 | Displaying and conveying apparatus and game machine using the same A main conveyor belt endlessly conveys articles to be displayed. A side conveyor belt guides said articles in the direction of conveyance. Said main conveyor belt is disposed along an endless conveyance path having a plurality of corners, and said side co... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5341920 | Load sensitive conveyor training apparatus An improved belt supporting and guiding apparatus enabling belt travel in other than a linear path wherein there is a base frame and a second frame mounted on the base frame; the second frame has center, left and right portions with surfaces which togethe... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5330776 | Method and apparatus for preparation of rolled products Rolled products are prepared by transporting articles from an upstream end to a downstream end of an endless conveyor belt upper run having a complete spiral twist therein for shaping the articles so that rolled products emerge from the twist on the upper... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5152389 | Curvilinear haulage system Mined material, such as coal, is transported in a curvilinear path. An endless conveyor belt is mounted by a string of wheeled cars having upper and lower sets of rollers. The cars are positioned at a sharp turn connecting first and second paths extending... | 10/06/1992 |
| 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 |
