Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
198431000 | By depositing items successively from one conveyor onto group conveyor | 18 |
20090000912 | Method and Apparatus for Non-Linear Unit-Level Sortation in Order Fulfillment Processes - A flexible, non-linear, unit-level sortation system for sorting mixed collections of items into orders. Collections of unsorted items for fulfilling requests are delivered to one or more singulation stations. At a singulation station, individual units of items are selected from a collection, associated with particular conveyance receptacles, and placed into the receptacles, with one and only one unit per receptacle. The receptacles may be inducted into a conveyance mechanism under the direction of a control system. The receptacles are not fixed to the conveyance mechanism. The control system may direct the conveyance mechanism to route the receptacles to a particular one of one or more sorting stations. At a sorting station, the units may retrieved from receptacles and placed into locations corresponding to particular orders under control or direction of the control system. The conveyance mechanism may, but does not necessarily, return empty conveyance receptacle to a singulation station. | 01-01-2009 |
20090032369 | DEVICE TO TRANSPORT STAPELS OF FLATS - Disclosed is a device for conveying a stack of flat objects, in particular a stack of mail items, in a conveyance direction. The conveyor device comprises a base face, a side wall, which is perpendicular to the base face, a base face conveyor facility let into the base face and a side wall conveyor facility let into the side wall. The side wall is divided into two partial side walls. The rear partial side wall—viewed in the conveyance direction—is offset outward in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction in relation to the front partial side wall. The side wall conveyor facility is let into the rear partial side wall. The base face conveyor facility is embodied to exert a force on the objects, which moves the objects toward the side wall conveyor facility. | 02-05-2009 |
20100078292 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING AND ALIGNING FLAT PRODUCTS - A conveying device for conveying and aligning flat products or stacks of flat products, in particular printed products, includes comprises leading pins for stop on a leading edge of conveyed products and trailing pins or pushers for stop on a trailing edge of the conveyed products. The products are insertable between the leading and trailing pins and are thus aligned by the pins. A distance between successive pushers is adjustable without parts of the device having to be exchanged. | 04-01-2010 |
20100187070 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING BATCHES OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELEPIPED OBJECTS MOVING ON A CONVEYOR BELT - The method of the invention comprises immobilising the queue on its entire length using flaps ( | 07-29-2010 |
20110024263 | PAPER HANDLING APPARATUS - A paper handling apparatus comprising: a plurality of feeder stations, for feeding documents to a conveyer, means for collating documents into packs, and means for collating packs into groups of documents, and an inserter module for inserting each group into an envelope, further comprising: means for monitoring the cycling and working times of sections of the inserter module, and means for determining at least one of: a first desired gap being the minimum gap between trailing edges of consecutive groups; a second desired gap being the minimum gap between the trailing edge of one pack and the leading edge of the following pack; a third desired gap being the minimum gap between the trailing edge of one group to the leading edge of the following group; and means for controlling at least one of the feeder stations to achieve at least one of the respective desired gaps. | 02-03-2011 |
20110067976 | DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ARTICLE FLOWS AND METHOD THEREFOR | 03-24-2011 |
20120318638 | Carton Stacking Apparatus and Methods - An apparatus for stacking items (I) includes first and second pluralities of stacker shelves ( | 12-20-2012 |
20130062162 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR FORMING ROLLED BAR BUNDLES - An apparatus for forming a bundle ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130161155 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING STACKING OF FLAT ITEMS - A system for improving stacking of flat items stacked on edge and forming a batch of items in a sort bin ( | 06-27-2013 |
20130168205 | Accumulator for a Sheet Handling System - An apparatus for accumulating sheet material in a sheet handling system including a first conveyance, a second conveyance, an auxiliary conveyance and a processor to control the conveyances based upon a selected operating mode. The first conveyance receives singulated sheets and conveys the sheets to an accumulator station to produce completed collations. The second conveyance is operative to dispense completed collations from the accumulator station and, receives the completed collations from the first conveyance, in one operating mode, and from the auxiliary conveyance in another operating mode when the first conveyance is inoperative. The processor is responsive to a next collation signal, to control the conveyances based upon a selected one of the operating modes. | 07-04-2013 |
20130206544 | Apparatus And Method For Placing Rows And/Or Piles Of Packaged Units Onto Transport Pallets - A palletising device for populating transport pallets ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130220772 | INSTALLATION FOR PREPARING BATCHES OF PRODUCTS, OF THE VIAL OR BOTTLE KIND OR THE LIKE - The installation comprises:—an upstream conveyor ( | 08-29-2013 |
20140061001 | Product Handling System and Carrier Device - A carrier device and product handling system are described, in which product items are stored or transported through a product processing environment including such stages as portioning, packaging and labeling. The carrier device is designed such that product items can be loaded and unloaded automatically on trays. Traceability is provided by means of a machine-readable tag storing information relating to the contents of the carrier device's array of compartments. Examples of loading and unloading mechanisms are also described. The invention has particular application to the processing of meat products or other perishable goods. | 03-06-2014 |
20140110221 | DEVICE FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF PRODUCTS - The invention relates to an accumulation device ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140151188 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GROUPING ARTICLES - The invention relates to a device for grouping (flat) articles ( | 06-05-2014 |
20140339049 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING PACKAGING UNITS - A container-bundler includes a transporter having an alignment section with infinitely revolving single-station conveyor elements drivable in the transport direction with a controllable rotation element. An actuatable adjustment element is arranged in an alignment section. The controllable rotation element interacts with the adjustment element. A partitioning and/or compressing unit is downstream of the alignment section. | 11-20-2014 |
20140353119 | PAPER BOARD STACKING MECHANISM - A paper board stacking mechanism includes a transfer platform, a front conveyor group, a rear conveyor group, an inclination device, an elevation platform, and a stop plate. The transfer platform receives and conveys cut paper boards rearward. The front conveyor group includes first and second belt conveyors. The first belt conveyor is connected to the transfer platform. The second belt conveyor is connected to the rear end of the first belt conveyor. The rear conveyor group includes third and fourth belt conveyors. The paper boards pass through the front conveyor group and the rear conveyor group to then form at least a paper board stack. The rear end of the fourth belt conveyor maintains a fixed height difference from a surface of the elevation platform on which no paper board stack is loaded or from a top end of a paper board stack positioned on the elevation platform. | 12-04-2014 |
20150068868 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLING TRAYS WITH ROD-SHAPED SMOKERS' ARTICLES - An apparatus for filling trays with rod-shaped smokers articles comprises a station for filling the trays, a conveying apparatus for directing the smokers' articles in bulk to the filling station, a first conveyor assembly for directing the empty trays in succession to the filling station, and a second conveyor assembly for removing the full trays in succession from the filling station; the conveying apparatus has an outlet in communication with the filling station, and the apparatus comprises a delivery device for delivering the smokers' articles, in communication with the outlet and insertable into each tray to be filled, and a movement device for reciprocally moving the delivery device and each tray while the tray is being filled. | 03-12-2015 |