公开(公告)号：US20190276245A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16294622

申请日：2019-03-06

Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.

Inventor： Jon Paul Laskis ,  Robert C. Beesley ,  Joshua Riddle

IPC: B65G47/244

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting a case along a conveyor moving in a transport direction includes an engagement plate for positive engagement with the case. The engagement plate has a planar face and a vacuum source for vacuum attachment to a case outer surface face. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for moving the plate in the transport direction and for rotating the plate a selected angle from the transport direction. Related, corresponding, or associated methods for transporting a case along a conveyor moving in a transport direction are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11939102B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17499250

申请日：2021-10-12

Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.

Inventor： Robert Leslie Dillard ,  Jon Paul Laskis ,  J. Mark Nunn

IPC: B65B7/20

CPC classification number: B65B7/20

Abstract: A lifting apparatus for a case on a conveyor system. A chain vertically hangs over a conveyor belt. A hook is positioned on an end of the chain. A piston retracts and releases the chain. The hook interacts with and moves front flaps on cases traveling on the conveyor system.

公开(公告)号：US10676287B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-09

申请号：US16294622

申请日：2019-03-06

Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.

Inventor： Jon Paul Laskis ,  Robert C. Beesley ,  Joshua Riddle

IPC: B65G47/244

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting a case along a conveyor moving in a transport direction includes an engagement plate for positive engagement with the case. The engagement plate has a planar face and a vacuum source for vacuum attachment to a case outer surface face. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for moving the plate in the transport direction and for rotating the plate a selected angle from the transport direction. Related, corresponding, or associated methods for transporting a case along a conveyor moving in a transport direction are also disclosed.