Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
406083000 | WITH LOAD BRAKING OR RETARDING MEANS | 10 |
20100221074 | VARIABLE DIAMETER PNEUMATIC TUBE BRAKE - A braking device and method is provided that is operative to selectively slow and/or stop a pneumatic carrier within a pneumatic carrier system. Generally, the device includes a pneumatic tube that is sized to permit the passage of pneumatic carriers. The pneumatic tube includes at least one braking element that may be disposed into the bore of the pneumatic tube to at least partially impede the passage of a pneumatic carrier through the bore. In one embodiment, the braking element is formed as a variable diameter section of the pneumatic tube that may be selectively constricted to change the diameter of the bore of the pneumatic tube. Such constriction may slow and/or stop the passage of a pneumatic carrier through the bore of the pneumatic tube. | 09-02-2010 |
20110150580 | CONTAINER TRANSPORT DECELERATOR - Cylindrical prescription containers are propelled through a pneumatic transport system at high speeds by low pressure, high-velocity air. Upon arrival at destination stations within the transport system, curvilinear decelerators slow them by directing them through a plurality of curved paths where they dissipate momentum. Once slowed, the containers are deposited upon a moving conveyor to be staged into the next processing station at an even pace. The decelerators comprise curved vanes surrounding the container path, the vanes being held in a fixed, curvilinear relation to each other and the container by a series of yokes surrounding and engaging the vanes. The conveyor is driven by a servo motor controllable by the transport system to pace containers as needed by the next processing station. | 06-23-2011 |
20110170961 | HEAD TYPE MALE SCREW SENDING AND SEPARATING FEEDING APPARATUS - It provides a head type male screw sending and separating feeding apparatus which sends a plurality of head type male screws together close to a machine used and separates them one by one in the vicinity of the machine used, and thereby, even in case the distance from the arranging device to the machine used is very long, there is no loss of feeding time and the feeding speed is greatly enhanced, enabling the reduction of air consumption. | 07-14-2011 |
20110222971 | POSITIONING APPARATUS - A positioning apparatus includes a stage on which a piezoelectric element is set, a stop unit having a stop face to which the piezoelectric element set on the stage is pushed so that the piezoelectric element is positioned at a target position corresponding to an attaching part of, for example, a head suspension to which the piezoelectric element is attached, and a pushing unit to push the piezoelectric element toward the stop face, the pushing unit blowing a gas to push the piezoelectric element. The positioning apparatus is capable of correctly positioning the piezoelectric element to the target position without damaging the piezoelectric element. | 09-15-2011 |
20130064611 | DRY DECELERATOR FOR APPLES OR LIKE OBJECTS - A decelerator device for apples or the like is disclosed. The apples are delivered to the decelerator device by a tube which can be provided with either a positive pressure upstream of the transported objects or a downstream of the transporter device. In one embodiment of the invention, the decelerator is provided with an area of reduced pressure in communication with the distal end of the transport tube. A receiving device such as a plurality of inter-engaged wheels receives the apples of other objects in the area of reduced pressure. The wheels or conveyors receive objects between opposed sealing surfaces, reduce the traveling speed of the object, and transport the object to an area of ambient pressure. The sealing surfaces are disengaged from the transported objects in the area of ambient pressure, and the objects are delivered to a transport path, dry bin, or other desired structure. In another embodiment of the invention, a counter flow of air reduces the speed of the object traveling along the tube. | 03-14-2013 |
20160251173 | APPARATUS FOR ACTING ON MATERIAL TO BE CONVEYED IN A MATERIAL CONVEYING SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
406084000 | Utilizing a fluid | 4 |
20080279640 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR FRUIT AND LIKE OBJECTS - A device for transporting articles is disclosed. In the illustrated and described embodiment of the invention, the articles are fruit such as apples, and the articles can be transported from a picking location on a fruit tree to a collection bin or other site. The device includes a tube member adapted to receive and transport the articles, and a plurality of deformable baffles at spaced-apart locations within the tube. Each baffle defines an aperture which permits the article to engage and deform the baffle and aperture so as to move through the aperture and down the tube. The article is urged through the tube by a pressure differential created across the article. In the described and illustrated embodiment of the invention, this pressure differential is a pneumatic pressure differential. | 11-13-2008 |
20080310927 | Method and Device for Extracting Electronic Components From Tubes and Electronic Component Feeding Device - A method for extracting electronic components from a tube, the electronic components being extracted from the tube with pneumatic means. Also, a device for extracting electronic components from a tube comprising a pneumatic system for extracting electronic components from a tube and device for feeding with electronic components a processing line comprising such an extraction device. The use of pneumatic means for extracting electronic components can offer, among other advantages, that of allowing the tube to remain in horizontal position whilst avoiding the use of delicate and complicated mechanical means. | 12-18-2008 |
20120107059 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING FLOWABLE SOLID MATERIAL - The invention is directed to a method and device for delivering flowable solid material from a first location to a second location. The device has a receiving end which receives the flowable solid material therein and a discharge end which discharges the flowable solid material therefrom. An outlet opening is connected to a vacuum assembly which draws airflow from the device through the outlet opening, thereby drawing fine contaminants associated with the flowable solid material into the vacuum assembly. The airflow drawn from the device reduces the speed of the flowable solid material, allowing the flowable solid material to be discharged from the discharge end at a speed which will not damage the flowable solid material and which will minimize the amount of fine contaminants introduced to the air surrounding the discharge end. | 05-03-2012 |
20120155975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN CONNECTION WITH A REFUSE CHUTE - Method in connection with a refuse chute ( | 06-21-2012 |