CONVEYOR HAVING OPPOSED UPPER AND LOWER DECKS AND LATERALLY SHIFTABLE LOWER DECK

    公开(公告)号:US20230044752A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17879131

    申请日:2022-08-02

    IPC分类号: B65H29/12 B65H29/20

    摘要: A conveyor configured to transport sheets along a transport path from an input end to a discharge end includes a main frame, an upper conveyor deck supported by the main frame and having a plurality of belts and a lower conveyor deck supported by the main frame and having a plurality of wheels. The transport path is defined by the contact surfaces of the plurality of belts in the first contact region and the contact surfaces of the plurality of wheels in the second contact region, and the conveyor is configured such that the sheets make direct contact with the contact surfaces of the plurality of belts and make direct contact with the contact surfaces of the plurality of wheels when the sheets move along the transport path. The wheels are shiftable in the third direction relative to the belts and relative to the main frame.

    Agitator and sheet transport device including the agitator

    公开(公告)号:US11492221B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US17104009

    申请日:2020-11-25

    发明人: Dalton Hege

    摘要: An agitator for agitating sheets of material passing through a sheet transport device that has upper and lower guide sections defining a sheet transport path therebetween. The agitator includes first and second sets of rollers each having a roller axis of rotation and a width, and the rollers are mounted to at least one holder such that the axes of rotation of the rollers are radially spaced from a line and such that rotating the at least one holder around the line causes the rollers to orbit around the line. At least one support supports the holder for rotation around the line, and the set of first rollers is spaced from the set of second rollers in the direction of the line by a distance greater than the width of the rollers. Also a sheet transport device including the agitator.

    Lift unit for use with a load former and load former including the lift unit

    公开(公告)号:US10934108B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16684459

    申请日:2019-11-14

    IPC分类号: B65G57/10 B65G61/00

    摘要: A load former includes a frame including a stop wall, a cookie sheet having a top surface parallel to a plane and being movable between an extended position a retracted position relative to the stop wall, and a first platform shiftable between raised and lowered positions relative to the plane. The first platform is positioned relative to the frame such that when the cookie sheet is in the extended position a first portion of the cookie sheet directly overlies the upper surface of the platform and when the cookie sheet in the retracted position no portion of the cookie sheet directly overlies the platform. Also a lift having a lift support and a second platform, the lift being movable relative to the plane and the lift platform begin extendable and retractable relative to the first platform.

    BUNDLE BREAKER INCLUDING A PLATEN HAVING A COMPRESSIBLE BOTTOM SURFACE

    公开(公告)号:US20230264379A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US18112206

    申请日:2023-02-21

    IPC分类号: B26F3/00 B26D7/04

    摘要: A bundle breaker includes first and second platens located above upstream and downstream breaking supports and first and second actuators configured to move the platens to selectively clamp logs between the platens and the breaking supports. A third actuator moves the second breaking support relative to the first breaking support to break bundles off the log. A foam sheet is attached to the bottom of each of the first and second platens and is configured to be compressed when the logs are clamped. The bottom surfaces of the foam sheets are preferably at least partially coated with an elastomeric coating or at least partially covered by an elastomeric sheet.

    BUNDLE BREAKER HAVING MOVABLE PLATEN AND KIT FOR RETROFITTING BUNDLE BREAKER WITH MOVABLE PLATEN

    公开(公告)号:US20220388193A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17831511

    申请日:2022-06-03

    IPC分类号: B26F3/00 B26D7/06 B26D7/04

    摘要: A bundle breaker including first and second platen assemblies mounted above upstream and downstream breaking supports with first and second actuators for moving the platen assemblies toward and away from the breaking supports and a third actuator for moving the downstream breaking support to perform a breaking operation. The first platen assembly and/or the second platen assembly each includes an upper platen assembly and a lower platen assembly supported by the upper platen assembly, the upper platen assembly including an upper platen and a support for the upper platen and the lower platen assembly including a lower platen supported for movement relative to the upper platen in the vertical direction and relative to the upper platen in the longitudinal direction.

    FRONT END CONVEYOR WITH CHAD WALL
    17.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220355501A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17734707

    申请日:2022-05-02

    IPC分类号: B26D7/06 B65H29/12

    摘要: A front end conveyor includes a frame having a first side and a second side, a lower deck and an upper deck. The lower deck includes a plurality of sheet supports, and upper portions of the sheet supports lie in a first plane. The upper deck includes a plurality of sheet guides that define with the sheet supports a sheet transport path through the front end conveyor. A chad wall extends transversely to the sheet transport direction and has a top edge located below the sheet transport path and a front surface facing in the upstream direction and a plurality of fingers projecting from the front surface in the upstream direction. The top edge of the chad wall is positioned relative to the sheet transport path such that hanging chads depending from the sheets will impact the chad wall.

    Conveyor having at least one flexible belt and method of tensioning the at least one belt

    公开(公告)号:US11279564B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-22

    申请号:US17211314

    申请日:2021-03-24

    IPC分类号: B65G23/44 B65G15/32

    摘要: A conveyor includes first and second support shafts and at least one belt supported between the first and second support shafts that has an upper load-carrying portion and a lower return portion. A first gear is connected to the first support shaft, a second gear is connected to the second support shaft and a drive chain or belt is supported by the first and second gears and has an upper run and a lower run. The upper run includes a tension control device for maintaining a tension on the upper run and the lower run includes an arrangement for displacing a portion of the lower run in order to rotate the first gear in a first direction and the second gear in a second direction opposite the first direction to increase a tension of the upper load carrying portion of the at least one belt. Also an associated method.

    Stacker hopper with feed interrupt
    19.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10329114B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15354671

    申请日:2016-11-17

    申请人: A.G. STACKER INC.

    摘要: A sheet stacking system includes a conveyor having a discharge end, a hopper at the discharge end configured to receive the sheets ejected from the discharge end and guide the sheets as they fall in a cascade path onto a platform associated with the hopper, the falling sheets forming a main stack on the platform, the hopper including a backstop facing the discharge end of the conveyor such that the sheets ejected from the discharge end impact against the backstop before forming the main stack, and a first accumulator having at least one first support extending through the backstop and shiftable from a retracted position to an extended position, the at least one first support being movable vertically relative to the backstop in the extended position from a raised location outside the cascade path to a lowered location in the cascade path.

    Article stacking apparatus having at least one safety sensor and method of operating same
    20.
    发明授权
    Article stacking apparatus having at least one safety sensor and method of operating same 有权
    具有至少一个安全传感器的物品堆垛装置及其操作方法

    公开(公告)号:US07954628B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-07

    申请号:US12521830

    申请日:2008-01-07

    IPC分类号: B65G21/00

    CPC分类号: B65G51/32 B65H29/50

    摘要: A stacking apparatus includes a base, a main conveyor pivotably supported on the base that is pivotable between a first, lowered, position and a second, raised, position, an accumulator section downstream of a discharge end of the main conveyor for receiving articles from the main conveyor, where the accumulator section includes a support for supporting a stack of items fed to the accumulator section by the main conveyor. Also, at least one optical sensor detecting the presence of an object in the main conveyor travel path and at least one controller operatively connected to the main conveyor and the optical sensor, the at least one controller receiving signals from the optical sensor and controlling the main conveyor based on the signals and on the direction of movement of the main conveyor.

    摘要翻译: 堆叠装置包括基座,可枢转地支撑在基座上的主输送机,该主输送机可在第一下降位置和第二升高位置之间枢转,在主输送机的排放端下游的蓄压器部分, 主输送机,其中蓄能器部分包括支撑件,用于支撑通过主输送机馈送到蓄能器部分的物料堆。 此外,至少一个光学传感器检测主传送器行进路径中的物体的存在以及操作地连接到主传送器和光学传感器的至少一个控制器,所述至少一个控制器从光学传感器接收信号并控制主传感器 输送机基于信号和主输送机的运动方向。