| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 406086000 | HAVING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING LOAD IN SUSPENSION ALONG FLOW PATH | 22 |
| 20090010719 | Material Transportation Apparatus and Method - A method of, and apparatus for, transferring material, which may be hydrocarbon exploration and production industry by-products in the form of drill cuttings, from a first location to a second location. A container is provided containing fluid and the material is transferred from a first location outside of the container to a second location inside the container. Fluid, which is typically air, is at least partially evacuated from within the container in order to facilitate progression of the material into the container. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20130129427 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MOVING OBJECTS BASED ON A BUOYANCY FORCE - A pipe of an apparatus has a first gas in a first space and a second gas in a second space. The first gas is in the amount to generate a buoyancy force that exceeds at least a gravity force to position the apparatus in a stationary state at a predetermined distance relative to a reference surface. A fixture is coupled to the apparatus to secure the apparatus in the stationary state relative to the ground without supporting the apparatus. The first gas is lighter than the second gas. The pipe is capable of creating a flow of the second gas. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20110142553 | CONVEYOR DEVICE FOR PNEUMATICALLY CONVEYING BULK MATERIAL - A conveyor device is used for the pneumatic conveying of bulk material. The conveyor device has a main conveyor pipe and a plurality of bypass conveyor pipe sections which are separate from one another and arranged one behind the other within the latter. The main extent direction of the bypass conveyor pipe sections runs along the main conveyor pipe. The bypass conveyor pipe sections in each case have an inlet opening and an outlet opening for conveyor gas. The inlet opening, when the main conveyor pipe is horizontally installed, is arranged in a cross sectional portion of the main conveyor pipe, which is located above a cross sectional portion of the main conveyor pipe, in which the outlet opening is arranged. The result is a conveyor device, of which the efficiency, in other words the ratio of the conveying power and the conveyor gas quantity used, is improved. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110222972 | SEGMENTED CONVEYOR AND AIR FILM CHUTE - A package sorting system. The package sorting conveyor system includes a conveying track, at least one unloading station and an air-film lubricated entrance chute upstream of the unloading station to receive the package. In one embodiment, the entrance chute includes a plenum including a plurality of spaced apart apertures and an opening for communicating with an air supply; and a segmented conveying surface in communication with the apertures, wherein the segmented conveying surface includes at least one air-film lubricated bottom surface and at least one air-film lubricated side wall substantially perpendicular to the at least one bottom surface. In one embodiment, the apparatus further includes a positioner assembly for selectively positioning the outlet of the entrance chute. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110097160 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSPORTING OF OBJECTS - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for the transporting of substantially flat, freely movable objects, wherein at least the holding and guiding takes place by use of a streaming liquid. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110311320 | DEVICE FOR NON-CONTACT TRANSPORTING AND HOLDING OF OBJECTS OR MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a device for transporting and holding of touch-sensitive structural elements or materials, the device comprising the following features: At least an oscillatory plate-like take-up | 12-22-2011 |
| 20130011210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARTICLE FOCUSING IN MICROCHANNELS - Various systems, methods, and devices are provided for focusing particles suspended within a moving fluid into one or more localized stream lines. The system can include a substrate and at least one channel provided on the substrate having an inlet and an outlet. The system can further include a fluid moving along the channel in a laminar flow having suspended particles and a pumping element driving the laminar flow of the fluid. The fluid, the channel, and the pumping element can be configured to cause inertial forces to act on the particles and to focus the particles into one or more stream lines. | 01-10-2013 |
| 406088000 | By load supporting jets | 9 |
| 20090175691 | PNEUMATIC CONVEYOR FOR BOTTLES - The invention relates to an air conveyor ( | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090092450 | Air Conveyor with a Device for Orienting Bottles Vertically - An air conveyor for transporting plastic bottles, in which bottles are driven by applying air in the area of the bottle openings. In a partial area of the air conveyor, means are provided to apply air to the bottle bodies. These means are arranged such that the bottles are essentially oriented vertically with the openings of the bottles facing upwards and the bottom of the bottles facing downwards. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090290942 | Pneumatic Conveyor for Suspended Articles with Support Beam for Conveyor Accessories - The pneumatic conveyor permits the transport of articles suspended by means of air jets and comprises an article suspension and guide rail ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20110268511 | SUBSTRATE CARRYING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE CARRYING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The substrate carrying device includes a carrying passage forming member forming a carrying passage along which a substrate is carried, exhaust grooves extending parallel to the carrying passage in the upper surface of the carrying passage forming member, a plurality of pairs each of right and left carrying gas flow grooves formed in the upper surface of the carrying passage forming member, inclined to a substrate carrying direction so as to approach the exhaust grooves from the right-hand side and the left-hand side of the exhaust grooves, respectively, and having inner ends joined to the exhaust grooves, respectively, and gas spouting pores formed near outer ends of the carrying gas flow grooves to spout a gas for causing the substrate to float and for creating substrate carrying gas flows flowing from the outer ends of the carrying gas flow grooves toward the inner ends of the carrying gas flow grooves. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20090110494 | PNEUMATIC CONVEYOR AND CONVEYOR SECTION HAVING A CURVED CONVEYOR PATH - In a pneumatic conveyor comprising multiple, assembled conveyor sections, a conveyor section provides a curved conveyor path with a plenum through which pressurized air is delivered. The conveyor section includes a top plate including a series of apertures extending therethrough for delivering pressurized air from the plenum to an upper surface of the top plate. The apertures are arranged and configured to direct the pressurized air to move an article along the top plate in a conveying direction. A bottom plate is located beneath the top plate. A first stack of vertically aligned, individual strips are clamped together between the top plate and the bottom plate to define a first sidewall of the plenum. A second stack of vertically aligned, individual strips are clamped together between the top plate and the bottom plate to define a second sidewall of the plenum. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20110164930 | SUPPORT PLATFORM OF NON-CONTACT TRANSFER APPARATUS - Provided is a support platform of a non-contact transfer apparatus. The support platform is arranged horizontally and includes first and second members adding a lift force to a first force for lifting peripheral portions of a transferred object, wherein the first force is lower than a second force lifting a central portion of the transferred object. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120009025 | Multilayer Hydrodynamic Sheath Flow Structure - A microfabricated sheath flow structure for producing a sheath flow includes a primary sheath flow channel for conveying a sheath fluid, a sample inlet for injecting a sample into the sheath fluid in the primary sheath flow channel, a primary focusing region for focusing the sample within the sheath fluid and a secondary focusing region for providing additional focusing of the sample within the sheath fluid. The secondary focusing region may be formed by a flow channel intersecting the primary sheath flow channel to inject additional sheath fluid into the primary sheath flow channel from a selected direction. A sheath flow system may comprise a plurality of sheath flow structures operating in parallel on a microfluidic chip. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120301229 | Conveyor Tray Apparatus With Air Bearing and Air Curtain and Methods of Use - Conveyor tray apparatus with air bearing and air curtain and methods of use are disclosed herein for use in manufacturing technical ceramics. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120213599 | Web Floating and Conveying Device and Method of Manufacturing Same - Provided is a web floating and conveying device which has excellent web quality maintaining property and excellent conveying-fluid precision control property in conveying a web film. A conveyance guide ( | 08-23-2012 |
| 406089000 | Including permeable member | 3 |
| 20100189518 | PROCESS FOR CONVEYING POWDER MATERIALS WITHOUT SEGREGATION - A process making it possible to transport by potential fluidization, a powder material, in which a device is fitted between the supply zone, typically a storage zone for said powder material, and the zone to be supplied, said device including at least one substantially horizontal conveyor, called an “air chute”, which includes a lower duct designed for the circulation of a gas and an upper duct designed for the circulation of the powder material, said lower duct and said upper duct being separated by a porous wall that said gas can pass through, a process in which the upper duct is filled with said powder material and the lower duct is supplied with gas at a pressure that allows the potential fluidization of said powder material in said upper duct said upper duct being provided with at least one balancing column. In this process, the minimal bubbling speed, which corresponds to the maximum void fraction, is determined beforehand and the fluidization pressure is set to a value such that the fluidization speed of said gas is between 0.8 and 1.5 times said minimal bubbling speed, preferably between 0.9 and 1.3 times said minimal bubbling speed. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20120230778 | POTENTIAL FLUIDIZATION DEVICE FOR CONVEYING POWDER MATERIALS IN A HYPERDENSE BED - Device for transporting powder comprising a conveyer, which includes a lower channel in which a gas circulates, and an upper channel, designed for the circulation of powder and said gas, said lower channel and said upper channel being separated by a porous wall that said gas can pass through, the lower channel being supplied with gas at a pressure allowing the potential fluidization of said powder in said upper channel, said upper channel being provided in its upper part with transverse walls placed so that they delimit with the upper wall of said upper channel at least one upper zone in which a gas bubble under pressure is formed as a result of putting said air chute under potential fluidization pressure. At the level of at least one bubble so formed, the wall of the upper channel includes a means of removal for fluidization gas provided with a means of creating pressure drop, which creates a substantially constant pressure drop. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20090003942 | Fluidizing gravity conveyor with high temperature multi-layered fluid distributor member - An apparatus for conveying fluidized high temperature finely divided dry material by gravity utilizes a multi-layered, gas permeable gas distributor member comprising (i) an upper layer a flat, rigid gas permeable, porous medium capable of withstanding temperatures up to about 2900° F. through which gas to fluidize the material will pass; (ii) a middle layer comprised of a gas permeable insulation material that maintains its physical integrity when exposed to temperature differentials ranging from about 500° F. to about 2900° F.; and (iii) a lower layer that supports the top and middle layers comprising a substantially flat plate having a plurality of openings therethrough through which fluidizing gas can pass. | 01-01-2009 |
| 406092000 | By fluid whirling action | 3 |
| 20120107060 | BACK MIXING DEVICE FOR PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEMS - The present application provides a back mixing device for use with a pneumatically conveyed flow of solids having a varying flow rate. The back mixing device may include a nozzle, a chamber in communication with the nozzle, and an exit. The chamber may include an expanded area leading to a restriction such that the chamber creates a recirculation pattern in the flow of solids so as to smooth the varying flow rate though the back mixing device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20100129164 | DYNAMIC BLOWER SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTING AND UTILIZING SAME - A dynamic blower system for applying a shredded foil radiant barrier while minimizing damage to the shredded foil. The system uses a high-volume air blower. The foil spends minimum time in the tank. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100290844 | ARRANGEMENT FOR THE CONTACTLESS TRANSPORT OF FLAT SUBSTRATES - An arrangement for the contactless transport of flat substrates, particularly of square or rectangular plates having high breakability along a transport path, is provided. With the arrangement, the substrates can be reliably accelerated, transported and slowed down even in the overhead position, independently from the ambient atmosphere and ambient temperature. This is achieved by a plurality of Bernoulli grippers being arranged on both sides along a transport path at a distance behind each other such that the substrate to be transported covers the Bernoulli grippers on both sides of the transport path only partially. The Bernoulli grippers each create a gas flow rotating clockwise or counterclockwise relative to the substrate and directed in the transport direction, wherein the Bernoulli grippers of each pair create each a differently rotating gas flow. Mechanical lateral guide elements are provided on both sides of the transport path. | 11-18-2010 |
