公开(公告)号：US3038587A

公开(公告)日：1962-06-12

申请号：US8009961

申请日：1961-01-03

Applicant: FORANO LTD

Inventor： GEORGES BILOCQ

IPC: B65G13/00

CPC classification number: B65G47/22 ,  B65G13/07 ,  B65G13/11 ,  B65G2201/0282

公开(公告)号：US2679919A

公开(公告)日：1954-06-01

申请号：US27674352

申请日：1952-03-15

Applicant: DE KONING EDWIN W

Inventor： DE KONING EDWIN W

IPC: B27B25/04 ,  B65G17/00 ,  B65G17/30

CPC classification number: B65G17/30 ,  B27B25/04 ,  B65G17/002 ,  B65G2201/02 ,  B65G2201/0282

公开(公告)号：US2522837A

公开(公告)日：1950-09-19

申请号：US4113548

申请日：1948-07-28

Applicant: PATON JAMES M

Inventor： PATON JAMES M

IPC: B65G39/00

CPC classification number: B65G39/02 ,  B65G47/22 ,  B65G2201/0282 ,  Y10T83/65

公开(公告)号：US1541300A

公开(公告)日：1925-06-09

申请号：US63563623

申请日：1923-04-30

Applicant: IRENE M WHITE

Inventor： WHITE EDWARD R ,  THORNTON MICHAEL J

IPC: B65G13/00

CPC classification number: B65G13/11 ,  B65G2201/0282

公开(公告)号：US11999579B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US17230932

申请日：2021-04-14

Applicant: USNR, LLC

Inventor： Darren Hove ,  Larry Petryshen ,  Kenneth Neil Stokes ,  Thomas W. Congdon

IPC: B65G59/08 ,  B65G7/08 ,  B65G59/02 ,  B65G59/06 ,  B66C13/22 ,  B66F7/22

CPC classification number: B65G59/08 ,  B65G7/08 ,  B65G59/026 ,  B65G59/062 ,  B66C13/22 ,  B66F7/22 ,  B65G2201/0282 ,  B65G2814/037 ,  Y10S414/103

Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments of tilt hoists and lumber unstacking systems with a rotation table, a tier alignment system, or both. The rotation table may include a base and a tilt frame supported on the base. The tier alignment system may include an alignment beam and an actuator operable to raise and lower one end of the alignment beam relative to the opposite end to thereby adjust the lateral slope of the spill edge. Optionally, a control system may include distance sensors to detect tiers of lumber as they approach the spill edge and a computer system configured to determine a difference between the lateral slope of the tier and the lateral slope of the spill edge. The computer system may also be configured to automatically adjust the slope of the spill edge to match the slope of the tier before the tier is spilled over the spill edge.

公开(公告)号：US11840410B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17540221

申请日：2021-12-01

Applicant: Idaho Forest Group, LLC

Inventor： Marc Brinkmeyer ,  Chad Kosmicki

IPC: B65G61/00 ,  B25J9/00

CPC classification number: B65G61/00 ,  B25J9/0093 ,  B65G2201/0282 ,  B65G2203/0225 ,  B65G2207/08

Abstract: Technology disclosed includes a robotic workstation for unstacking/stacking a multi-layer stack of boards and includes an end effector configured to pick up, move and release a layer of boards. The end effector includes first and second pick up and release members, each being (i) disposed below first and second support members, (ii) transversely arranged with respect to the first and second support members and (iii) attached to both of the first and second support members. The robotic workstation also includes a robotic manipulator connected to an attachment plate of the end effector and capable of moving the end effector. The robotic manipulator is under control of a controller executing stored instructions that perform operations including picking up the layer of boards by orienting the end effector such that each board of the layer of boards is transversely oriented with respect to the first and second pick up and release members.

公开(公告)号：US11801614B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US17001760

申请日：2020-08-25

Applicant: Automated Industrial Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Charles D. Lamb ,  Zachary Adams

IPC: B27G3/00 ,  B65G45/18 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B5/04 ,  B08B1/02

CPC classification number: B27G3/00 ,  B08B1/002 ,  B08B1/02 ,  B08B5/043 ,  B65G45/18 ,  B08B2215/006 ,  B65G2201/0282

Abstract: A deduster is comprised of two sets (pairs) of counter-rotating dedusting brushes in co-operation with a vacuum system for saw dust removal from wooden lumber. In addition to these features, the deduster may feature a separate, movable, top brush assembly that can be easily adjusted for different board thicknesses and raised up to allow for clearing board jams and for pass-through if boards were to be run without dedusting. This deduster apparatus is modular, thereby allowing it to be positioned over an existing machine or a lumber board unscrambler machine such as a lugged unscrambler machine.

公开(公告)号：US11772905B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US17356449

申请日：2021-06-23

Applicant: USNR, LLC

Inventor： Tim Staal ,  Thomas Congdon

IPC: B65G47/248 ,  B65G19/26 ,  B65G17/16

CPC classification number: B65G47/248 ,  B65G17/16 ,  B65G19/265 ,  B65G2201/022 ,  B65G2201/0282

Abstract: A board turner assembly may include an endless chain, first and second groups of turning arms pivotably coupled with the endless chain and disposed along opposite sides thereof, an upper guide with an inclined surface, an actuator selectively operable to move the upper guide between a resting position and an extended position, and one or more endless belts. The turning arms may be spaced apart at regular intervals that are offset on one side of the chain relative to the other. The groups of turning arms may be operated in an alternating fashion to turn selected boards to a desired orientation (e.g., wane side up). Corresponding methods and systems are also described.

公开(公告)号：US20190023498A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16140367

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: USNR, LLC

Inventor： Larry Petryshen ,  James Jackson ,  David Howes ,  Thomas Congdon

IPC: B65G47/86 ,  B65G47/88 ,  B65G47/32 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/252 ,  B65G47/90 ,  B65G47/248

CPC classification number: B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/248 ,  B65G47/252 ,  B65G47/32 ,  B65G47/847 ,  B65G47/8846 ,  B65G47/8861 ,  B65G47/8876 ,  B65G47/904 ,  B65G2201/0217 ,  B65G2201/0282 ,  Y10T29/49718

Abstract: Embodiments provide an electric lug loader system. An electric lug loader may include a shaft assembly rotatably mounted to a frame that extends across a flow path. The shaft assembly may have shafts arranged radially around, and parallel to, the rotational axis of the shaft assembly, clamp members arranged along each of the shafts, support members arranged radially around the rotational axis and across the flow path, and electric drives coupled to the shafts. Conveyors may be coupled with the frame and spaced apart across the flow path upstream and/or downstream of the shaft assembly. Additional drives may be coupled with the shaft assembly and the conveyors. A controller may be configured to synchronize the drives to engage successive workpieces between the clamp members and the support members and deposit the workpieces onto a lugged conveyor. Other embodiments provide related methods and systems.

公开(公告)号：US20180086568A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15716864

申请日：2017-09-27

Applicant: CARBOTECH INTERNATIONAL

Inventor： Francis LEPAGE ,  Louis BEAUDET

IPC: B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/26 ,  B65G47/86

CPC classification number: B65G43/08 ,  B27B31/00 ,  B65G47/261 ,  B65G47/847 ,  B65G2201/0217 ,  B65G2201/0282 ,  B65G2203/0233 ,  B65G2203/041 ,  B65G2203/044

Abstract: A lumber transfer system for transferring pieces of lumber comprising a feeding conveyor having a conveying surface for receiving the pieces of lumber; a plurality of grasping assemblies spaced apart transversely along the conveying surface, each one of the grasping assemblies comprising a grasping finger able to be positioned independently for either grasping a piece of lumber located upstream from the grasping assembly and moving it, or preventing it from grasping a piece of lumber; a detection system for detecting a presence of a piece of lumber and producing signals; and a controller controlling the grasping assemblies for the grasping fingers to be positioned independently. The lumber transfer system is therefore able to have only grasping fingers responsible to grasp the piece of lumber to be in a grasping position.