公开(公告)号：US20230057810A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17785798

申请日：2020-12-16

申请人： FORSPECTIVE

发明人： Philippe DUPERRAY

IPC分类号： B65G47/51 ,  B65G47/71 ,  B65G47/84

摘要： A conveying apparatus having a buffering unit extending between a receiving end and output end, including, a base conveyor, a distributing unit adapted to distribute a at least one incoming line of articles received at the receiving end into buffering lanes configured onto the base conveyor, and including a first closed loop track at the receiving end of the base conveyor. The first closed loop track having a distributing lugs, an accumulator unit extending away through the buffering to accumulate positioned on a base conveyor and oriented generally transversally to the first closed loop track, the second closed loop track including a plurality of accumulating lugs, Articles received at the buffering unit are moved along by distributing lugs and dropped into buffering lanes merging into a output lane, and having a second closed loop track on a base conveyor oriented transversally to the first closed loop track having accumulating lugs.

公开(公告)号：US20220371832A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17760682

申请日：2020-09-15

申请人： SPECIALTY CONVEYOR B.V.

发明人： Dorian Franklin Steeber ,  Emiel Martijn Schouten ,  Wouter Balk

IPC分类号： B65G47/51

摘要： A buffer conveyor comprises a drivable endless conveyor belt which successively follows a transport path from an input station to an output station and a return path. A frame includes two parallel transport path frame legs and a U-shaped transport path bridge. The transport path bridge includes a curved bridge portion and parallel bridge legs extending therefrom. Each transport path frame leg is provided with a transport path frame guide for a lateral contact side of the belt in outward direction as seen from the other frame leg. The transport path bridge is shaped such that along the curved bridge portion and respective twisted regions of the bridge legs adjacent to the curved bridge portion the belt has a transverse down-slope towards the inside of the U-shape and such that the lateral contact side (of the belt at said twisted regions is above the respective transport path frame guides.

公开(公告)号：US20220281693A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17627509

申请日：2020-07-16

申请人： G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI

发明人： Luca Calzolari ,  Michele Ferrari ,  Luca Federici

IPC分类号： B65G47/51 ,  B65G21/14 ,  A24C5/35

摘要： Transport assembly of the smoking products manufacturing industry; the transport assembly comprises: a first conveying system for feeding components of the smoking products along a first conveying path to a first input station of a first manufacturing machine; and a second conveying system for conveying articles obtained from the components along a second conveying path from a first output station of the first machine to an input station of a second manufacturing machine (for example, a packaging machine); the first conveying system is configured to change the length of a stretch of the first conveying path; the second conveying system is configured to change the length of a stretch of the second conveying path; the mentioned stretches of the first path and of the second path are arranged overlapping one another and/or side by side.

公开(公告)号：US11377307B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US17281657

申请日：2019-09-12

申请人： KHS GmbH

发明人： Andreas Krieg

IPC分类号： B65G47/84 ,  B65G37/00 ,  B65G47/51

摘要： A transporter has stars arranged in series such that a container is transferred at a transfer point that is common to two successive stars. Some of the stars rotate about a fixed axis whereas other stars rotate about an axis that moves relative to the fixed axis.

公开(公告)号：US11358807B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US17204812

申请日：2021-03-17

申请人： Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

发明人： Kohei Maeda ,  Yoshikazu Sasaoka

IPC分类号： B65G47/51 ,  B07C5/344

摘要： A transfer device, for transferring components at high speed and inspecting the components, includes a first transfer mechanism including a first transfer section including a first transfer surface that moves along a first transfer path connecting a loading position to a delivery position, and a second transfer mechanism including a second transfer section that moves along a second transfer path connecting a receiving position spaced from the delivery position by a first distance to a discharging position. The second transfer section includes a second transfer surface that continuously rotates about a rotation axis along the second transfer path. A moving direction of the first transfer surface at the delivery position intersects a moving direction of the second transfer surface at the receiving position in a plan view of the first transfer surface. The second transfer mechanism includes a generator that generates an attraction force toward the second transfer surface.

公开(公告)号：US20210387815A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17281657

申请日：2019-09-12

申请人： KHS GmbH

发明人： Andreas Krieg

IPC分类号： B65G47/84 ,  B65G47/51 ,  B65G37/00

摘要： A transporter has stars arranged in series such that a container is transferred at a transfer point that is common to two successive stars. Some of the stars rotate about a fixed axis whereas other stars rotate about an axis that moves relative to the fixed axis.

公开(公告)号：US11180269B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16685261

申请日：2019-11-15

申请人： Fulfil Solutions, Inc.

发明人： Gilad Almogy ,  Jason Kalus ,  Nathan Beckett ,  David Cameron Hosken ,  John Hosken ,  Matthew Hohenberger

IPC分类号： B65B25/04 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G17/00 ,  B65G47/51 ,  B65B5/10 ,  B65B35/02 ,  B65G1/127 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B65B43/52 ,  B65B43/54 ,  B65B57/12 ,  B65G65/36 ,  B65G65/42 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  B65B11/02 ,  B65G1/00

摘要： Embodiments of product handling systems facilitate transfer of individual product items from incoming bulk form into dedicated trays for inspection, sorting, selection, and packaging. Inspection may comprise interrogation of product items within a tray by electromagnetic (e.g., optical, hyperspectral) or other (e.g., physical, acoustic, gas sensing, etc.) techniques. Prior to packaging, product items disposed within the tray may be stored in a moveable carousel responsible for controlling environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, illumination, ambient gases, product-to-product interactions, and/or others. Movement of product items from a carousel's transfer station to an outside staging position may be accomplished using robots and/or conveyor belts. Embodiments may allow rapid, low-cost consumer selection of specific individual product items based upon their accompanying metadata (e.g., source, identifier), in combination with the results of inspection (e.g., visual appearance). Embodiments may receive product items pre-packaged in tray format to expedite inspection, sorting, selection, and packaging.

公开(公告)号：US20200346910A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16935062

申请日：2020-07-21

申请人： KRONES AG

发明人： Juergen SOELLNER ,  Franz BRAUN ,  Holger MUELLER ,  Bruno LANDLER

IPC分类号： B67C3/00 ,  B67C7/00 ,  B65G47/51

摘要： A device for treating containers, for example, for filling and closing containers in filling plants is described. The device includes an isolator chamber in which the treatment of the containers takes place, and an outlet disposed beneath the isolator chamber for discharging fluids, wherein the outlet has a housing for receiving ejected containers and a suction device for extracting gases from the isolator chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20200346251A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16643223

申请日：2018-08-02

申请人： BEIJING GEEKPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

发明人： Qingguang MA ,  Hongbo LI

IPC分类号： B07C3/02 ,  B65G47/51 ,  B65G47/74

摘要： An article conveying equipment includes: a carrying apparatus (1), configured to carry one or more articles to be transported; a communication apparatus (3), configured to learn a height of a receiving end of a transferring apparatus matched with the article conveying equipment; and a height adjusting apparatus (2), when the article conveying equipment approaches the transferring apparatus, the height adjusting apparatus is configured to adjust the height of the carrying apparatus to the height matched with receiving end of the transferring apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US10710812B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US16213122

申请日：2018-12-07

申请人： KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA ,  TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION

发明人： Yuhi Minamino ,  Takashi Hirayama ,  Tetsuo Watanabe ,  Hiroyoshi Sekine

IPC分类号： B65G43/10 ,  B65G47/64 ,  B07C5/36 ,  B07C3/08 ,  B65G47/68 ,  B65G47/49 ,  B65G47/51 ,  B65G47/70 ,  B65G47/30

摘要： A physical distribution system includes first and second conveyance paths, first and second sensors, and a processor. The first sensor detects a package passing along the first conveyance path. The second conveyance path merges with the first conveyance path at a junction. The second sensor detects a package passing along the second conveyance path. The processor counts a first number of packages present in a first convergence monitoring section determined in the first conveyance path upstream the junction, and counts a second number of packages present in a second convergence monitoring section determined in the second conveyance path upstream the junction, determines an order in which packages in the first and second convergence monitoring sections pass the junction, based on the first number and the second number, and control the first and second conveyance paths, such that the packages pass the junction in the determined order.