公开(公告)号：US20240295574A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18659881

申请日：2024-05-09

Applicant: Gen-Probe Incorporated

Inventor： David A. BUSE ,  Norbert D. HAGEN ,  David OPALSKY

IPC: G01N35/04 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G47/84 ,  G01F23/263

CPC classification number: G01N35/04 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G47/84 ,  G01F23/268 ,  G01N2035/0441

Abstract: A mechanism for performing capacitive level sensing of fluid within a fluid container supported on a movable carrier comprises a conductive probe, a probe position sensor, and a movable grounding element. The probe is configured for capacitive level sensing by detecting a signal or change of signal based on capacitance when the probe, or a conductive tip removably attached to the probe, contacts the surface of the fluid within the container. The probe position sensor is for monitoring a vertical position of the probe and recording the position at which the signal or change of signal is detected. The movable grounding element is configured for selective movement relative to a container positioned by the movable carrier at a level-sensing location with respect to the probe until the grounding element is in close proximity to or in contact with a portion of the container.

公开(公告)号：US20180194499A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15865490

申请日：2018-01-09

Applicant: Sidel Participations

Inventor： Roberto Zoni ,  Tommaso Tegoni

IPC: B65B43/50 ,  B29C49/78 ,  B29C49/64 ,  B65G29/00

CPC classification number: B65B43/50 ,  B29C49/06 ,  B29C49/64 ,  B29C49/6427 ,  B29C49/78 ,  B29C49/786 ,  B29K2067/003 ,  B29L2031/7158 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G47/84

Abstract: There is described a conveying and cooling apparatus (6, 6′) for conveying and cooling receptacles (2) comprising a conveying device (25) for advancing receptacles (2) along a conveying path (P1), a cooling device (28, 28′) for cooling the receptacles (2). The cooling device (28, 28′) comprises a supply unit adapted to supply a cooling medium, a plurality of advancing injection nozzles (45) adapted to be in fluid connection with the supply unit and for directing a cooling medium onto the receptacles (2) and a plurality of valve members (46), each one associated to one respective injection nozzle (45) and adapted to selectively open or close the fluid connection between the respective injection nozzle (45) and the supply unit (40, 81).

公开(公告)号：US10004648B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US14886389

申请日：2015-10-19

Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company

Inventor： Michael Devin Long ,  David Carlton Ordway ,  Uwe Schneider

IPC: B65G29/00 ,  B65G47/00 ,  B65G47/24 ,  A61F13/15 ,  B65G47/244

CPC classification number: A61F13/15764 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G47/244

Abstract: An apparatus and method for rotating and transferring a discrete article. The rotation apparatus may include a rib portion defining a longitudinal rib axis. A head assembly may be positioned adjacent to the rib portion. The head assembly may include a transfer member. The transfer member may define a longitudinal transfer axis. A support member extending from the transfer member toward the rib portion may rotate about the longitudinal transfer axis. A first follower and a second follower may be operatively engaged with the support member. The first follower may include a first follower outer surface defining a first longitudinal follower axis and the second follower may include a second follower outer surface defining a second longitudinal follower axis. The first follower and the second follower may be positioned such that the first longitudinal follower axis and the second longitudinal follower axis intersect the longitudinal rib axis.

公开(公告)号：US10004647B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US15131286

申请日：2016-04-18

Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company

Inventor： Hans Adolf Jackels ,  Harald Hermann Hundorf ,  Siegfried Link

IPC: B65G29/00 ,  A61F13/15 ,  A61F15/00 ,  B65G29/02 ,  B05C1/08

CPC classification number: A61F13/15658 ,  A61F15/001 ,  B05C1/08 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G29/02

Abstract: An apparatus for transferring, at high speed and in a very effective and accurate manner, particulate material from a feeder into reservoirs of a moving endless surface, e.g. a drum, by use of a pressure means, e.g. a specific three-dimensional plate, for applying pressure onto said particulate material present between said plate and said moving endless surface, and then transferring the particulate material with said moving endless surface with reservoirs to a substrate; the apparatus and method being particularly useful for the production of absorbent structures for absorbent articles.

公开(公告)号：US09969567B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US15426248

申请日：2017-02-07

Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kazuyuki Kurosawa

IPC: B67C3/24 ,  B67C7/00 ,  B65G47/84

CPC classification number: B65G47/846 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G2201/0235 ,  B67B3/02 ,  B67C3/24 ,  B67C7/004

Abstract: In transferring and conveying an article between rotation conveyance bodies, the rotation conveyance bodies (1, 2) are placed so as to have a prescribed gap between pitch circles thereof, and the article is conveyed along a transition curve whose curvature continuously varies from the pitch circle curvature of a rotation conveyance body (1) before the transfer to the pitch circle curvature of a rotation conveyance body (2) after the transfer between both the pitch circles, whereby the article is transferred and conveyed with acceleration smoothly varying and without a change in the distance between the axes of the rotation conveyance bodies.

公开(公告)号：US09944468B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-17

申请号：US15306155

申请日：2015-04-28

Applicant: ITOH DENKI CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kazuo Itoh ,  Tatsuhiko Nakamura ,  Tomohiro Takami

IPC: B65G29/00 ,  B65G47/52 ,  B65G47/80 ,  B65G13/00

CPC classification number: B65G29/00 ,  B65G13/00 ,  B65G47/52 ,  B65G47/80

Abstract: An object is to improve a conveyor device including a curved passage and to provide a conveyor device that enables the curvature radius of a curved passage to be reduced. A conveyor device (1) includes an introducing side linear conveyor (2), a curved passage conveyor (3), and a discharging side linear conveyor (5). The curved passage conveyor (3) conveys an object with a rotation trajectory of approximately 180°. The curved passage conveyor (3) includes a circular plate (6), and the upper face of the circular plate (6) functions as a conveying surface. The circular plate (6) is curved or bent. A part of the circular plate (6) other than the curved passage conveyor (3) gets under the conveying surfaces of the introducing side linear conveyor (2) and the discharging side linear conveyor (5).

公开(公告)号：US20170290712A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-12

申请号：US15632494

申请日：2017-06-26

Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company

Inventor： Daniel Patrick Findley ,  Joseph Allen Eckstein

IPC: A61F13/15 ,  B65H35/08 ,  B65G47/84 ,  B65G47/91 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G47/244

CPC classification number: A61F13/15764 ,  A61F13/15593 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G47/00 ,  B65G47/244 ,  B65G47/848 ,  B65G47/915 ,  B65G2201/022 ,  B65H35/08 ,  B65H2301/332 ,  B65H2801/57

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to assembling, advancing, reorienting, and/or transferring stretched elastic parts during the assembly of absorbent articles. As described herein, a transfer assembly reorients a stretched elastic part from a first orientation, wherein the direction of stretch is generally parallel to the machine direction, to a second orientation, wherein the direction of stretch is generally perpendicular to the machine direction. The reoriented elastic part is then transferred to a carrier while maintaining the stretched condition of the elastic part. The orientation and/or configuration of vacuum apertures in a carrier surface relative to the direction of stretch of the elastic part and relative to the machine direction helps to prevent the elastic part from contracting, while at the same time helps to allow the elastic part to slide off the carrier surface without snagging and/or sticking to aperture perimeter edges.

公开(公告)号：US20170259548A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-14

申请号：US15312279

申请日：2016-01-28

Applicant: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. ,  Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.

Inventor： Shancai Zhang ,  Chengcheng Hou ,  Yueyuan Zhang ,  Hengbin Li ,  Ming Hu

IPC: B32B37/12 ,  B65G47/90 ,  H05K13/00 ,  B32B38/10 ,  B32B37/10 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B25J9/00

CPC classification number: B32B38/10 ,  B25J9/0096 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B37/10 ,  B32B37/12 ,  B32B2457/08 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G47/90 ,  H05K3/0058 ,  H05K7/1417 ,  H05K13/0069

Abstract: A device for attachment of double-sided adhesive and a method for attachment of the double-sided adhesive are provided. The device includes a driver, a platform and a robot arm provided above the platform. The robot arm is connected with the driver and configured to, under the driving of the driver, place the double-sided adhesive onto a preset position of the platform, strip off the first protective film of the double-sided adhesive at the preset position, press the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) at the preset position against the double-sided adhesive without the first protective film, and unload the PCBA attached with the double-sided adhesive from the preset position. A positioning structure is provided at the preset position and configured to secure the adhesive layer and the second protective film when the robot arm strips off the first protective film, and release the securing of the adhesive layer and the second protective film when the double-sided adhesive is attached to the PCBA.

公开(公告)号：US09731911B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US15170452

申请日：2016-06-01

Applicant: Andreas Fahldieck ,  Andreas Krieg ,  Nils Mallitzki

Inventor： Andreas Fahldieck ,  Andreas Krieg ,  Nils Mallitzki

IPC: B65G47/04 ,  B65G47/84 ,  B65G47/86 ,  B65G29/00

CPC classification number: B65G47/846 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G47/847 ,  B65G2201/0241 ,  B65G2201/0244 ,  B65G2201/0252 ,  B65G2207/08

Abstract: An adjustable container handling device for handling containers, such as beverage bottles. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.

公开(公告)号：US20170151099A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-01

申请号：US15431829

申请日：2017-02-14

Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company

Inventor： Clifford Theodore PAPSDORF ,  Uwe SCHNEIDER

IPC: A61F13/15 ,  B65G47/244 ,  B65G47/84 ,  B65G29/02

CPC classification number: A61F13/15764 ,  B65G29/00 ,  B65G29/02 ,  B65G37/00 ,  B65G47/244 ,  B65G47/848

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of transferring discrete articles from or to a moving carrier member using a transfer assembly. The transfer assembly comprises a frame defining a rotation axis and a transfer member comprising a transfer surface configured to receive one of the discrete articles. The method comprises rotating the transfer member about the rotation axis and maintaining the transfer surface at a substantially constant minimum distance away from the moving carrier member at the point of discrete article transfer.