Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
198349000 | With selection responsive to means containing or introducing changeable operating instructions | 13 |
20090301839 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCUMULATING PACKAGES OF VARYING LENGTHS - A drive controller for controlling movement of a plurality of packages by an accumulation conveyor. The drive controller is configured to determine a length of each of the packages and to coordinate driving of a number of zones needed to accommodate the package. For example, a sensor in each of the conveyor zones communicates blockage by the packages to the drive controller. The drive controller determines a sequence of blockage of the sensors in adjacent zones. Blockage of the sensor in an upstream zone before the sensor in a downstream zone indicates an oversized package that extends longer than a zone length of the downstream zone and into the upstream zone. The drive controller is configured to drive the downstream zone and upstream zone simultaneously when detecting the oversized package. | 12-10-2009 |
20100133064 | CIRCUIT BOARD INSPECTION APPARATUS - A circuit board inspection apparatus is equipped with a plurality of lane divided sections for transferring circuit boards, a plurality of movable transfer devices disposed on the plurality of the lane divided sections and having transfer portions for transferring the circuit boards, and visual recognition positions disposed adjacent to the plurality of the lane divided sections in a Y direction. The plurality of the movable transfer devices transfer the circuit boards from the lane divided sections to the visual recognition positions. One of the movable transfer devices has a height adjustment portion that moves a corresponding one of the transfer portions in a Z direction to prevent the movable transfer device from interfering with a corresponding one of the lane divided sections, in transferring one of the circuit boards from one of the lane divided sections to one of the visual recognition positions. | 06-03-2010 |
20110088996 | Baggage Conveying System - The invention relates to a transport system for piece goods ( | 04-21-2011 |
20110132721 | HIGH SPEED COUNTER - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for counting a plurality of objects and parsing the objects into groups of varying quantities. In various embodiments, the system includes a singulating and counting module operable to singulate and count a plurality of objects from a large volume of the objects. Additionally, the system includes a diverter and accumulator module operable to receive the singulated objects, parse the objects into groups of varying quantities, and direct each group into a selected one of a plurality of discharge funnels. Furthermore, the system includes an object collection module operable to sequentially position each one of a plurality of object collection receptacles adjacent the discharge funnels such that each group of objects is deposited into a respective corresponding one of the object collection receptacles. | 06-09-2011 |
20110272242 | Sort gap control - A sortation conveyor is controlled such that a divert element which is determined to be longitudinally located too close to both of adjacent articles on the sortation conveyor for the divert element to be diverted without contacting both articles is not diverted when the first article to be diverted is diverted. That divert element may be diverted when the second article to be diverted is diverted. | 11-10-2011 |
20130092508 | Material Handling Apparatus for Delivering or Retrieving Items - A method and apparatus are provided for sorting or retrieving items to/from a plurality of destinations areas. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a track that guides the delivery vehicles to/from the destination areas, which are positioned along the track. Once at the appropriate destination area, an item is transferred between the delivery vehicle and the destination area. | 04-18-2013 |
20140014467 | AUTOMATED CASE ORDER SEQUENCING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system and method for automatically preparing client orders in a distribution facility, where the inputs to the system are complete pallets of cases of individual products and the outputs of the system are client order pallets of mixed products. Specifically, the methods and systems are for conveying, storing, and dispensing cases using automated case order sequencing typically using non-product-dedicated and non-accumulating buffer conveyors. | 01-16-2014 |
20140251756 | DISPENSING DEVICE FOR VENDING MACHINE - A vending machine is equipped with a dispensing device that includes a plate, a track, carriers, a work station, a driving unit and a sensor. The plate is horizontally placed in a vending machine. The track is connected to the plate. The carriers are movably connected to the track for carrying products. The work station causes a selected one of the carriers to release the corresponding one of the products. The driving unit drives the carriers along the track. The sensor senses the selected one of the carriers and accordingly stops the driving unit so that the selected one of the carriers is placed at the work station. | 09-11-2014 |
20150075946 | HIGH SPEED COUNTER - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for counting a plurality of objects and parsing the objects into groups of varying quantities. In various embodiments, the system includes a singulating and counting module operable to singulate and count a plurality of objects from a large volume of the objects. Additionally, the system includes a diverter and accumulator module operable to receive the singulated objects, parse the objects into groups of varying quantities, and direct each group into a selected one of a plurality of discharge funnels. Furthermore, the system includes an object collection module operable to sequentially position each one of a plurality of object collection receptacles adjacent the discharge funnels such that each group of objects is deposited into a respective corresponding one of the object collection receptacles. | 03-19-2015 |
20150360869 | CROSS BELT SLAT SORTER - A conveyor sortation system includes a frame and two or more carriages riding along the frame in a travel direction. Each carriage includes a belt and an electric motor. The belt is oriented at a direction that is transverse to the travel direction of the carriage. The electric motor is configured to drive the belt. In one form, the belt has a width that is at most 8 inches (20.32 cm) wide. In another form, the carriages have a vertical recirculation pattern along the frame. | 12-17-2015 |
20160016734 | APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING STICKERS TO LUMBER STACK - An apparatus for conveying stickers to lumber stack. | 01-21-2016 |
198349500 | Using central memory to store code until article is discharged | 1 |
198349600 | Memory stores plural sources or destinations | 1 |
20090000908 | Systems and methods for buffering articles in transport - A system for buffering articles in transport is provided. The system comprises a buffer module configured to buffer articles and a computing system. The buffer module includes a first conveyor configured to transport the articles and a transference node configured to transfer the articles between the first conveyor and an external location. The computing system is configured to maintain an inventory list including a present location of each of the articles buffered by the buffer module. The computing system is further configured to control operation of the buffer module to transfer a selected article among the buffered articles to the external location. | 01-01-2009 |
198351000 | By selectively positioned abutment means | 1 |
20090057098 | ARTICLE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS - This invention relates to an article distribution apparatus for distributing a stream of conveyed food articles from a conveyor conveying the food articles to one or more receiving stations, where two or more receiving arms are used for successively receiving and displacing the food articles from the conveyor to the one or more receiving stations. In a receiving position the first receiving arm is arranged at the end of the conveyor and forms an extension of the conveyor and the conveying path of the food articles for receiving one or more of the food articles. After receiving one or more food articles from the conveyor the first receiving arm is moved from the receiving position to the one or more receiving stations, the receiving position subsequently being replaced by the second receiving arm for receiving one or more of the subsequent food articles. | 03-05-2009 |