Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
198470100 | Comprising a load gripping element | 53 |
20080210520 | Rotary Device for Transferring Containers - Rotary device for transferring containers, with a base ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080210521 | Conveying System - A conveying system to be used in the printing industry, especially in mailroom technology, includes a revolvingly driven conveying member that is provided with supporting elements that are fixed to a traction rope in a stationary and optionally torsion-proof manner. The conveying member can be provided with another rope that has the same length as the traction rope, revolves substantially parallel thereto, and is used as a guide rope or second traction rope. Grippers that are disposed laterally on the belt-shaped conveying member, which is formed by ropes and supporting elements, are arranged on the supporting elements in order to grab and hold individual printed products or groups of printed products. The conveying members is deflected onto different deflection planes via guiding devices while being twisted between such deflections such that the three-dimensional position of the supporting elements and the conveyed printed products can be modified. The guiding devices are equipped with revolving guiding members that are positioned so as to be in contact with the supporting elements. | 09-04-2008 |
20080223691 | Article conveying device - An upstream side wheel Ha including grippers B which do not perform opening and closing operations for themselves, and a downstream side wheel Hb including grippers A each having an opening and closing mechanism are included, and in a delivery position in which both the wheels are adjacent to each other, a plastic bottle | 09-18-2008 |
20080257688 | Device for Conveying Items - The proposed endless conveyor device ( | 10-23-2008 |
20090211880 | Device for Conveying Objects - Disclosed is a device for conveying profiled objects, particularly bottles or parisons comprising an annular collar between two sliding planes with the aid of at least one conveying apparatus, at least one part of which rests against the object in a frictionally engaging manner and is supported on receiving elements or pressure rollers. | 08-27-2009 |
20090277750 | Quick-Change Apparatus for Transporting Containers - An apparatus for transporting containers may include a transport body having at least two segments. The transport body is arranged such that it can rotate about a predefined geometric axis of rotation. The transport body has a plurality of openings and, on its outer circumference, a plurality of recesses for receiving at least one region of the containers to be transported. The apparatus comprises a plurality of holding bodies for holding the transport body. An extension direction of the holding bodies extends at an angle other than 0° relative to a plane of the transport body. At least one engagement region of each of the holding bodies is arranged in each case in one of the openings. According to the disclosure, the cross section of at least some of these openings is larger than the cross section of the engagement region of the holding bodies which is arranged in these openings, so that the segments are movable at least at times relative to the holding bodies in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation. | 11-12-2009 |
20090294251 | SINGLING MACHINE FOR LOLLIPOPS - The present invention is related to a singling equipment for a device for packaging articles, comprising a singling plate which rotates around an axis and a removing wheel which rotates around an axis and which comprises a plurality of removing units with two grippers for receiving and clamping the articles, whereas both grippers are pivotable around a respective gripper lever axis, each removing unit is ratable around an own pivot axis and each gripper has a gripper jab, whereas the distance between the gripper lever axis and the gripping jaw is equal at each gripper-pair and the gripper jaws are designed to grip the stick of a lollipop. | 12-03-2009 |
20100072028 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS - The invention relates to a device ( | 03-25-2010 |
20100133067 | STARWHEEL CONVEYING DEVICE INCLUDING A WHEEL VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - An article conveying device ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100170768 | SEPARATING UNIT FOR SEPARATING OPENING DEVICES TO BE APPLIED SINGLY TO RESPECTIVE PACKAGES OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS | 07-08-2010 |
20100200367 | VESSEL CONVEYING DEVICE SEPARATING A MAIN VESSEL FLOW INTO A PLURALITY OF SECONDARY FLOWS - The invention relates to a device for conveying vessels of the bottle type, characterised in that it comprises: a primary wheel for conveying the bottles including a plurality of transfer arms; at least two secondary conveying wheels respectively capable of conveying the bottles fed by the primary wheel; the conveying path of the bottles grasped by the clamps of the transfer arms of each secondary wheel being at one point tangential to the conveying path of the bottles grasped by the transfer arms of the primary wheel, whereby the main flow of bottles conveyed by the primary wheel is divided into at least two secondary flows of bottles respectively conveyed by the secondary conveying wheels. | 08-12-2010 |
20100200368 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE TRANSFER OF FLEXIBLE FLAT ARTICLES - A device and method for the transfer flexible flat articles between two conveyors. The device includes a first gripper conveyor with first grippers moved along a first gripper conveyor track for suspended transportation of the articles in a conveying direction, and a second gripper conveyor with second grippers moved along a second gripper conveyor track. Opening and closing of the grippers is controlled so that a transfer of the articles from the first to the second grippers is able to take place. In doing so, a spacing between the first grippers differs from the spacing between the second grippers such that, in a transfer zone, one gripper conveyor track, the grippers of which include the greater spacing between one another, defines a concave course, and the other gripper conveyor track, the grippers of which have the smaller spacing between one another, defines a correspondingly convex course. | 08-12-2010 |
20100230240 | CONVEYING DEVICE - Device and method for conveying an object having wall having an outer surface, wherein a device according to any one of the preceding claims is used, wherein at least one clamping set having at least one clamp, in an opened position thereof, is pressed against the outer surface and subsequently thereto the clamp is brought into a closed position while clamping the cloth material of the wall, and the clamping set is moved to a location of discharge, where the clamp is opened again. | 09-16-2010 |
20100270125 | CONVEYOR CHAIN AND CONVEYOR FOR GRIPPING AND CONVEYING PAPER MATERIAL - A conveyor chain for gripping and conveying paper material has a plurality of links hingedly connected to each other. At least one of the links has a grip arm having a first grip surface. The grip arm is movable back and forth relative to a second grip surface of the chain between a grip position for holding paper material and a retracted position for insertion of the paper material between the first and second grip surfaces. The links are molded of plastic material. The or each grip arm is an integrally molded portion of one of the links. A conveyor including such a chain is also described. | 10-28-2010 |
20100294622 | METHOD OF TRANSPORTING CONTAINERS WHILE SUPPORTED BY PARTIAL ENGAGEMENT, AND AN INSTALLATION IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method of transporting containers, each comprising a body having a bottom and, at its opposite end, a mouth, the method comprising the steps of:
| 11-25-2010 |
20100314219 | APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING CONTAINERS WITH NON CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION - An apparatus ( | 12-16-2010 |
20100314220 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING PLANAR PRODUCTS - The conveyor system for planar products ( | 12-16-2010 |
20100320059 | Adjustable Stacker Infeed - A stacker infeed machine providing adjustment of a gripper drum with respect to an overhead conveyor system. The infeed further provides for separate adjustment of a conveyor system with respect to the gripper drum without altering the vertical spacing between the gripper drum and the overhead conveyor. | 12-23-2010 |
20110036686 | CONVEYER DEVICE - A conveyer device according to the present invention conveys a component assembly including a female screw component having a through hole defining a female screw, an assembling component to be assembled to the female screw component from above, and a bolt to be screwed to the female screw of the female screw component from above the assembling component to fix the assembling component, and the conveyer device includes a holding member ( | 02-17-2011 |
20110240441 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING FLAT OBJECTS - An apparatus for conveying and discharging flat, preferably flexible articles, in particular printed products, the apparatus including a plurality of grippers which can be moved in a conveying direction (F) along a continuous conveying path (U) defined by a conveying mechanism. The grippers include a first gripper jaw and a second gripper jaw, which can assume a clamping position and an open position relative to one another. The first gripper jaw is longer than the second gripper jaw and includes a first gripper part, which in the clamping position interacts with the second gripper jaw, and a second gripper part, which in the clamping position projects beyond the second gripper jaw. The orientation of the first and second gripper parts of the first gripper jaw relative to one another is variable and can be adjusted by a control means. | 10-06-2011 |
20110284342 | APPARATUSES AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING FLEXIBLE FLAT OBJECTS - An apparatus and a method for transferring flexible flat objects, in particular printed products, between two conveyers wherein the apparatus includes a first gripper conveyor having first grippers moved along a first gripper conveying path for the substantially suspended transport of the objects in a conveyor device by seizing a first object edge, a second gripper conveyor having second grippers moved along a second gripper conveying path for receiving the objects by seizing a second object edge located opposite of the first object edge, at least one actuating apparatus for opening and closing the first and second grippers such that a transfer of the objects from the first grippers to the second grippers can take place in a transfer region. At least one auxiliary conveyor including auxiliary grippers carried along an auxiliary conveyor conveying path together with the first grippers is provided. | 11-24-2011 |
20110290618 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPENING PRINTED PRODUCTS - The invention is related to a device for opening and further transporting of printed products ( | 12-01-2011 |
20110297508 | VIAL CONVEYOR - A conveyor includes a plate with a closed-loop track along which vials are driven in a continuous manner in holders arranged so as to be in free contact with each other in order to form a continuous stream along the track. Each holder includes a horizontal platen ( | 12-08-2011 |
20110308916 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING BOTTLES HELD IN THE NECK AREA BY MEANS OF GRIPPERS OR THE LIKE - The invention relates to a device ( | 12-22-2011 |
20120090955 | MAILPIECE SELECTOR DEVICE FOR SELECTING MIXED MAILPIECES - A mailpiece selector device comprising at least a first guide that is mounted above a support plate for supporting said mailpieces, and that is made up of a plurality of moving shoes for selecting said mailpieces one-by-one and for transporting them downstream along a referencing wall, at least one of said plurality of moving shoes having a varying coefficient of adhesion that increases going towards said support plate, the top portion of the moving shoe having a low coefficient of adhesion and the bottom portion having a high coefficient of adhesion. | 04-19-2012 |
20120186944 | ARTICLE TRANSFER AND PLACEMENT APPARATUS WITH ACTIVE PUCK - An apparatus for transferring articles such as absorbent cores or disposable diaper chassis components from a rotary mechanism, such as a pad turner, to a linear mechanism, such as a conveyor, for further processing. A puck on the apparatus is capable of stretching and rotating the article during this transfer procedure. The puck includes a pair of end segments each of which is arranged to move from a first position where each end segment is at a first distance and a first angle relative to the puck and a second position where each end segment is at a second distance and a second angle relative to the puck during the transfer process. | 07-26-2012 |
20120199442 | TURNING WHEEL - A turning wheel comprising a number of blades. Each blade has a front side provided with a front projection, and a back side provided with a back projection. Each two consecutive blades form a gap between the backside of a first blade and a front side of a second blade. The gap comprises an inner gap formed radially inward from the back projection and the front projection. During rotation of the turning wheel a container can be held in the gap and an end portion of the container can be held in the inner gap, thereby protecting the end portion from being damaged. | 08-09-2012 |
20120228087 | TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING AN ITEM - A transfer apparatus for transferring an item includes a rail ( | 09-13-2012 |
20130015040 | DEVICE FOR GRIPPING A BLOW-MOULDING CONTAINER PREFORMAANM Leroux; JulienAACI Octeville-Sur-MerAACO FRAAGP Leroux; Julien Octeville-Sur-Mer FRAANM Lacaille; FranckAACI Octeville-Sur-MerAACO FRAAGP Lacaille; Franck Octeville-Sur-Mer FRAANM Bertin; PascalAACI Octeville-Sur-MerAACO FRAAGP Bertin; Pascal Octeville-Sur-Mer FRAANM Dujardin; WillyAACI Octeville-Sur-MerAACO FRAAGP Dujardin; Willy Octeville-Sur-Mer FR | 01-17-2013 |
20130062163 | DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING HOLLOW BODIES - A device for transporting hollow bodies, includes: at least one element for grasping a hollow body, the element including at least one cam follower ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130068591 | MECHANISMS FOR TRANSFERRING ITEMS - A transfer mechanism for transferring items between one or more input streams and one or more output streams is disclosed. The transfer mechanism comprises a turret, an arm extending from the turret, and a carrier mechanism engaged with the arm. The carrier mechanism comprises a base and a plurality of rods extending from the base. At least one of the rods is movable relative to at least one other rod. The rods are configured to engage void areas in the items. | 03-21-2013 |
20130168206 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE TRANSFER OF CONTAINER FITTINGS - A device for the transfer of fittings, such as labels during container labelling, having at least two gripper units that are offset in the circumferential direction around a transfer axis of a transfer station whereby it is possible to activate each in a clocked manner, whereby each of said gripper units takes over, via a movement around the transfer axis generated via a drive, a fitting individually from a moving take-over position of a feeder and transfers it through the transfer station to a moving hand-over position that is offset in the circumferential direction of the transfer station, at least two of the gripper units are arranged such that they can be moved around the transfer axis relative to one another, and stationary drive motors are provided for the gripper units that can be moved relative to one another, with which drive motors individually periodically non-uniform movements of the gripper units can be generated in the circumferential direction within one rotation. According to the method, each gripper unit is driven within one full rotation in the transfer station, relative to another, in a periodically non-uniform manner. | 07-04-2013 |
20130319820 | MOVABLE RANGE ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR WORKPIECE CONVEYING DEVICE - The present invention enables adjustment of a motion range of a workpiece conveying mechanism by a simple configuration. Provided is a workpiece conveying device including a simple motion range adjusting mechanism for conveying workpieces of different sizes. According to one embodiment of the invention, the workpiece conveying device for conveying workpieces includes a workpiece holding mechanism configured to operate to hold and release the workpiece. The workpiece conveying device also includes an actuator equipped with a movable member directly or indirectly connected to the workpiece holding mechanism to drive the workpiece holding mechanism. The workpiece conveying device further includes a stopper device having a male member and a female member, and these male member and female member are configured to engage with each other in at least two different arrangements, thereby defining at least two predefined discontinuous holding positions of the workpiece holding mechanism connected to the movable member. | 12-05-2013 |
20140069775 | Article Transfer Device - An article transfer device with a simpler structure is provided which can transfer an article to a proper position. Operation of a first projecting and retracting motor is stopped when torque that is greater than or equal to a first preset value occurs in the first projecting and retracting motor when a first article holder is being projected toward a projected position by operation of the first projecting and retracting motor. And operation of a second projecting and retracting motor is stopped when torque that is greater than or equal to a first preset value occurs in the second projecting and retracting motor when a second article holder is being projected toward a projected position by operation of the second projecting and retracting motor. | 03-13-2014 |
20140110222 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURE AND FILLING OF FLEXIBLE CONTAINERS - The present invention relates to a packaging method comprising the operation of transferring containers to an endless conveyor element moving forward continuously, conveying suspended containers and describing a closed trajectory imposed by a series of rotary diverting elements using to that end a container transferring device assembled on one of the diverting elements of the endless conveyor element, and rotating in a synchronized manner therewith. A device for putting the method into practice comprises a rotary body driving a plurality of clamps guided by mechanisms which can further slow down the displacement of the clamps without changing the rotating speed of the rotary body. | 04-24-2014 |
20140231221 | TIRE CONVEYANCE DEVICE - A tire conveyance device is provided with at least two tire gripping devices spaced from each other at an interval in a front-rear direction and capable of gripping a horizontally situated tire from left and right sides of the tire in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance path along which the tire is conveyed in the front-rear direction. The front and rear tire gripping units are each provided with a pair of left and right tire support mechanisms facing each other across the conveyance path. The tire conveyance unit is also provided with a drive unit which moves the two tire gripping units together in the front-rear direction with a stroke equal to the interval between the two tire gripping devices in the front-rear direction. | 08-21-2014 |
20140305770 | Transport member for transporting strip-like elements to be treated in a bath - The present invention provides a transport member for transporting strip-like elements to be treated in a bath. The transport member is provided with a horizontally oriented endless carrier belt with resilient wire-like clamping members attached thereto by means of their own resilience for the purpose of clamping the strip-like elements at the position of wire ends of the clamping members. Wire ends of adjacent clamping members are provided opposite each other for clamping the strip-like elements therebetween. | 10-16-2014 |
20140332347 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING PLATE-SHAPED PROCESS ITEMS - In apparatuses and methods for treating a plate-shaped process item including a bottom side, a top side and edges between the bottom side and the top side with a process medium, a transport unit is used, which includes an endless unit with support elements projecting from the same. A bottom side of the plate-shaped process item is supported on support elements of the transport unit and the transport unit is driven to move the support elements together with the supported plate-shaped process item in parallel to a process media level of a process medium. In a first operating mode, during a movement of the plate-shaped process item in parallel to the process media level, no parts of the transport unit engage the edges of the plate-shaped process item. | 11-13-2014 |
20140374218 | OVAL CONTAINER TREATMENT DEVICE - An apparatus for treating containers includes an annularly closed guiding-and-carrying element, a chain of container carriers, and a central drive. Each container carrier receives a container and has a holding-and-centering unit, an individual drive, and guide unit. The drive is configured to turn the container about its axis. The guide unit circulates the container carriers on the guiding-and-carrying element. A vertical axis of the holding-and-centering unit and that of the drive are congruent with the container axis. The guiding-and-carrying element has straight sections and curved sections. Each holding-and-centering units is connected by connecting elements that are mounted or secured on it in a manner flush with its vertical axis or concentrically to the rotational axis of the holding-and-centering unit. As a result, all endlessly circulating axes of rotation of the holding-and-centering units and containers located therein move at a common speed in every section of the guiding-and-carrying element. | 12-25-2014 |
20150060235 | MAGNET CONVEYANCE POSITIONOING DEVICE - A magnet conveyance positioning device including a conveyance unit and an attachment device attached to the conveyance unit to move integrally with the conveyance unit. The attachment device includes a support unit abutting on a object and supporting the conveyance unit from the object, a holding unit provided movably relative to the support unit to detachably hold the magnet, and a driving unit moving the holding unit so that the magnet approaches the object in a state where the support unit is abutted on the object. | 03-05-2015 |
20160001986 | INSTALLATION DE TRANSPORT DE RECIPIENTS - An installation for transporting containers having necks, the installation comprising an intermediate rotary platform provided in its periphery with slots each having a jaw mounted in the vicinity thereof in order to pivot between a closed position and an open position. Each jaw is provided with blocking means for blocking it in each of its positions, and includes a first contact surface projecting into the slot when the jaw is in the open position in such a manner that when the neck is inserted into the slot it pushes against the first contact surface and brings the jaw into the closed position, and a second contact surface facing the slot when the jaw is in the closed position in such a manner that when the neck is discharged from the slot it pushes against the second contact surface and brings the jaw into the open position. | 01-07-2016 |
20160001987 | Installation for transporting containers - An installation for transporting containers, the installation comprising a rotary platform ( | 01-07-2016 |
198471100 | Suction gripping element | 9 |
20090183970 | Device for transferring a hollow body by means of a rotated drum, from a supply conveying system to a discharge conveying system - A device for the transfer of hollow bodies, such as cans or tubes, from a supply conveying system or an incoming means of transport to a discharge conveying system or an outgoing means of transport with one rotary driven drum with transport trays for holding the hollow bodies which are provided on the drum swivably around tubes parallel to the drum axis and to which vacuum pressure can be applied, with the transport trays being positively guided along a radial cam to generate a non-uniform transport speed. According to this invention, the transport trays are shiftable an swivable tubes for supplying the vacuum pressure axially and individually movably on intermediate slides in curved paths of the drum, with the transport trays being in contact, on the swivable tubes via swivel levers rigidly connected with them, with at least two radial cams for adjustment to the speeds of the incoming and outgoing means of transport at the corresponding transfer points. | 07-23-2009 |
20100018838 | System, Apparatus, and Method for Conveying a Plurality of Containers - A system, apparatus, and method for conveying a plurality of deformable containers for rotary apparatuses. The system can include a conveyor apparatus, an in-feed apparatus, and a rotary apparatus. The in-feed apparatus can be configured to receive the containers from the conveyor apparatus, and may include a first feed screw and a second feed screw. The rotary apparatus can be configured to receive the plurality of filled and sealed containers after the in-feed apparatus. The in-feed apparatus also may be configured to create space between adjacent ones of the filled and sealed containers, with the first and second feed screws acting on the containers to create the spacing between the containers. The space created between adjacent ones of the filled and sealed containers may be for receipt by said rotary apparatus. The first feed screw may be configured to be positioned substantially directly above the containers, and the second feed screw may be positioned so as to act on the sidewall of the plurality of sealed and filled containers. | 01-28-2010 |
20100219044 | HANDLER FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, IN PARTICULAR IC'S, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CIRCULATING CARRIAGES THAT ARE GUIDED ALONG A CIRCULATING TRACK - The invention relates to a handler for electronic components, in particular IC's, having a plurality of circulating carriages ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100270126 | UNIT FOR TRANSFERRING PRODUCTS - Products are transferred in an automatic manufacturing machine by a unit ( | 10-28-2010 |
20110005899 | METHOD AND CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM HAVING AT LEAST ONE CONVEYOR BELT FOR TRANSPORTING FLAT TRANSPORT GOODS - The invention relates to a method for transporting flat transport goods, particularly substrates such as silicon wafers and solar cells, on at least one conveyor belt of a conveyor belt system, wherein the substrates are held on a conveying surface of the conveyor belt at least in some cycles during the transport by means of suction. In order to ensure improved slip-resistant and gentle transport of the substrates on the conveyor belt, according to the invention along at least one of the two longitudinal edges of the strap of the conveyor belt that extend in the transport direction, in a plurality of positions spaced with respect to each other, underpressure that is based on the Bernoulli effect is generated by means of a guidance of a pressure medium, such as compressed air, that is controlled by a flow system, and, as a result of the pressure difference between the atmospheric pressure and the underpressure generated at the respective position formed at the respective position on the longitudinal edge of the belt, the substrates are held with uniform pressure on the transport surface of the conveyor belt with the contact surface. | 01-13-2011 |
20110272245 | Universally Adjustable Star Wheel - A universally adjustable star wheel for conveying articles on an automated handling line is disclosed. In one embodiment, the adjustable star wheel includes rotatable elements that are configured to rotate around a central axis. Each rotatable element has a central axis, a periphery, and at least one control surface for assisting in controlling the article being conveyed. The control surfaces on the rotatable elements are arranged to together form at least one pocket for the article, wherein the pocket has a width and a depth. The angle defining the control surface on at least one rotatable element is different from the angle of another rotatable element to form the depth of at least a portion of the pocket. In this embodiment, the boundaries of the pocket are configured solely by at least partially rotating at least some of the rotatable elements to adjust the location of the control surfaces of the different rotatable elements to form a pocket for the article being conveyed. An automated adjustment mechanism for adjusting a star wheel to accommodate different articles is also disclosed. The automated adjustment mechanism may be used with any suitable star wheel. | 11-10-2011 |
20110315512 | PRODUCT COLLATING SYSTEM - A system for collating products may comprise a holding belt mechanism operable to hold onto products introduced vertically onto the holding conveyer belt, a conveyer belt, and a drum mechanism. The drum mechanism may include a rotating outer drum, a plurality of pick head modules on the rotating outer drum, and a plurality of vacuum cups within each of the plurality of pick head modules, wherein the plurality of vacuum cups are operable to capture the products held onto by the holding conveyer belt and to release the products in a collated manner onto the conveyer belt. | 12-29-2011 |
20120024664 | VARIABLE VACUUM BELT AND PLENUM FOR IMPROVED MEDIA SHEET ACQUISITION AND TRANSPORT - This invention provides a vacuum belt media transport system wherein the media is held on the belt via vacuum pressure. The vacuum force is higher at the media acquisition location and is lower at the subsequent media transport and delivery stage. The vacuum pressure is provided by vacuum plenums located in the system causing vacuum pressure through holes in the belt throughout its length. | 02-02-2012 |
20120168280 | SUCTION BELT - A suction belt for conveying an object, includes a first area configured to allow applying a suction force to at least a part of an object; and a second area which is arranged adjacent to the first area, wherein a thickness of the suction belt changes at a transition from the first area to the second area. | 07-05-2012 |
198472100 | Magnetic or electrostatic gripping element | 2 |
20080236996 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM - A conveyor system has an elongated guide defining a closed transport path extending through a plurality of treatment stations and a plurality of carriers movable on the guide along the path and each capable of holding a respective workpiece. At least one magnet is provided on each carrier, and an annular row of individually energizeable electromagnets extends along the path and is capable of exerting force on the magnets of the carriers so as to displace the respective carriers along the path. A plurality of sensors spaced along the path detect the carriers and generate outputs indicating positions and movement of the carriers along the path. At least some of the electromagnets at least intermittently form some of the sensors. | 10-02-2008 |
20150298159 | Treatment arrangement for ferromagnetic parts - The invention relates to a treatment arrangement for ferromagnetic parts, particularly screws and nuts, comprising at least a treatment wheel having at least one magnet for holding the ferromagnetic parts on the circumference of the treatment wheel, a feed apparatus for feeding the ferromagnetic parts to the treatment wheel and for placing the ferromagnetic parts on a first circumference line of the treatment wheel, a treatment apparatus for treating the ferromagnetic parts, and a discharge apparatus for removing the ferromagnetic parts from the treatment wheel, and is characterized in that the treatment wheel comprises at least one further circumference line for holding the ferromagnetic parts, and that the treatment arrangement furthermore comprises means for transferring the ferromagnetic parts from the first circumference line of the treatment wheel to a second adjacent circumference line of the treatment wheel. | 10-22-2015 |