Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
414787000 | MISCELLANEOUS | 12 |
20080206035 | LOG SKIDDING APPARATUS - A log skidding apparatus to be attached to a vehicle, preferably, an all-terrain vehicle. The log skidding apparatus is attached to the vehicle using a rigid tongue and ball coupler. The ball coupler is attached to one end of the rigid tongue, while the other end of the rigid tongue is pivotally attached to the body of the log skidding apparatus. The body of the log skidding apparatus is preferably made of a rigid material and includes at least one cargo holder strategically located to minimize log, load or cargo movement. At least two eyelets are mounted on opposite sides of the top of the base of the log skidding apparatus such that at least one cargo tie-down strap can be used to further secure the log, load or cargo. | 08-28-2008 |
20080232946 | CONFORMAL GRIPPING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a conformal gripping device. In an embodiment of the present invention a conformal gripper device may be disclosed comprising a frame that includes an array of movable pins. The device may also include a roller locking and unlocking system within the frame. The system may comprise a pair of locking rollers for each row of gripper pins to facilitate locking and unlocking the array of gripper pins on a column-by-column basis. The system may also include a striker element that may force the locking rollers to roll along an angled roll surface to facilitate unlocking of the array of pins on a column-by-column basis. The system may further include an electromagnetic actuator or solenoid and permanent magnets to facilitate movement of the striker element and the locking rollers. | 09-25-2008 |
20080260510 | Manipulator-Type Robot - According to the manipulator-type robot of the present invention, a manipulator base contains a connection case for making cable connection to an external device. In the connection case, a signal-line connecting section for external connection is disposed on a predetermined signal line of a cable that is routed through the inside of the manipulator. Besides, the connection case contains, other than the aforementioned signal-line connecting section for making connection to outside, an additional signal-line connecting section. | 10-23-2008 |
20080286086 | Automated object mover - An automation apparatus and method includes a first unit rotationally moving objects from one area to another, and a second unit connected to the first unit and holding the objects, moving through or offset from the body of the first unit from a first side of the first unit to the other side the first unit in a direction other than the rotational movement by the first unit. Moreover, the apparatus and method provides moving the objects through a vertical axis of the body of the first unit. | 11-20-2008 |
20090016867 | Panel Transport Unit - (EN) The invention relates to a transport unit ( | 01-15-2009 |
20090097955 | CREDENTIAL MANUFACTURING DEVICE HAVING AN AUXILIARY CARD INPUT - A credential manufacturing device includes a card supply positioned adjacent to a main card input and configured to hold a plurality of plastic card substrates, a card transport, a card processing device, an auxiliary input and a card rotator. The card transport is configured to feed individual card substrates from the card supply through the main card input and along a processing path. The card processing device is either a print head or a laminating roller and is in line with the processing path. The auxiliary input is displaced from the main card input and the processing path, and positioned in line with an auxiliary input path, which is transverse to the processing path. The auxiliary input is configured to receive individual card substrates for travel along the auxiliary input path. The card rotator is configured to rotate individual card substrates to a plurality of indexed angular orientations including a first orientation, in which the card rotator is oriented to the processing path and a second orientation in which the card rotator is oriented to the auxiliary input path. | 04-16-2009 |
20090148264 | OBJECT BLOCK MAGAZINE - A magazine having compartments for receiving cassettes has an outer housing having an open top and an open front side. An inner housing within the outer housing encloses an interior space and defines a plurality of compartments. The inner housing has opposing sidewalls, and spring elements form the compartments. A generally U-shaped feed element is mounted on the inner housing movably reciprocally in the longitudinal direction over a depth of the compartment so that the feed element moves a cassette from one compartment to an adjacent compartment. | 06-11-2009 |
20090202331 | Storage Device - A storage device | 08-13-2009 |
20100047053 | DIE PICKER FOR PICKING PRINTHEAD DIE FROM A WAFER - The invention provides for a die picker for picking printhead integrated circuitry from a wafer. The picker includes a wafer platform having a displacement actuator to displace said platform which operatively receives the wafer, and a picker head having a vacuum mechanism to lift a dice of the circuitry from said wafer. The picker also includes an alignment sensor configured to detect a position of the dice on the wafer, and a controller arranged in control signal communication with the displacement actuator, the picker head and the sensor to facilitate aligning the wafer with the picker head, and to pick the dice from the wafer with the head for transport to a transfer apparatus. | 02-25-2010 |
20100272551 | POWDER/GRANULAR MATERIAL FEEDER - A powder/granular material feeder is provided which can prevent bridges and rat holes, which makes a hopper less likely to vibrate, and which can be easily cleaned. | 10-28-2010 |
20120070262 | OPTIMIZED TALL GRASS BIOMASS TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A transport system including a fleet of semi-trailer trucks, wherein a plurality of the semi-trailer trucks are loaded with rectangular bales of tall grass biomass, wherein the total weight of the bales is greater than 80% of the sum of the maximum transport weight capacities of the loaded semi-trailer trucks, wherein the total volume of the bales is greater than 80% of the sum of the maximum transport volumes of the loaded semi-trailer trucks, and wherein the bales on at least one of the plurality of loaded semi-trailer trucks have a net energy value of at least 244 million Btu. The trucks are preferably loaded to at least 85%, and most preferably to at least 90%, of their legal payloads. | 03-22-2012 |
20160001983 | ARTICLE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING ARTICLE ON CONVEYOR - An article alignment apparatus includes an interval setting unit configured to specify a distance between articles aligned along a movement direction of a conveyor, a movement amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a movement amount of a placement portion of the conveyor from a detector, a virtual target generation unit configured to generate a virtual target which serves as a reference in positioning the article on the placement portion, before a robot executes a placement operation of the article, and a placement operation execution unit configured to place the article within the virtual target by tracking the virtual target moving together with the conveyor based on information detected by the detector. | 01-07-2016 |