公开(公告)号：US20240400310A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18726473

申请日：2023-02-01

Applicant: SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A.

Inventor： MARCO VALENTINI

IPC: B65G15/64 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J13/08

Abstract: Guide system for a conveyor belt, including a first guide and a second guide, each of which is arranged to be positioned in contact with a respective side of the conveyor belt, two transmission kinematic mechanisms which connect the first and the second guide to one another, and an actuator arranged to exercise a direct thrust orthogonally to the longitudinal plane on at least one between the first and the second guide. The transmission kinematic mechanisms are arranged at a certain distance from one other and aligned along the advancement direction and each transmission kinematic mechanism includes a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod, the first guide is connected to the first connecting rods of the two kinematic mechanisms at a plurality of axes of rotation aligned along a direction parallel to an advancement direction of the belt.

公开(公告)号：US20240158179A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-16

申请号：US18548900

申请日：2022-02-17

Applicant: PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Jürgen BIALY ,  Klaus GUGGEMOS ,  Paul GOROLL ,  Matthias HINDORFF ,  Alexander MAY ,  Florian MOHR ,  Klaus Dieter SCHROFF

IPC: B65G47/57 ,  B65G15/64 ,  B65G23/04 ,  B65G41/00

CPC classification number: B65G47/57 ,  B65G15/64 ,  B65G23/04 ,  B65G41/002 ,  B65G54/02 ,  B65G2201/0202

Abstract: The invention relates to a belt conveyor (1) for conveying products to be conveyed (e.g. food products), with a deflection (8), in particular as a rotatable deflection pulley (8), and a conveyor belt (2) which is guided around the deflection (8). The invention provides that the deflection (8) comprises a central circumferential annular groove (11), and the conveyor belt (2) comprises a centre bar (12) on the inside which engages in the annular groove (11) of the deflection (8).

公开(公告)号：US11155416B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US16869085

申请日：2020-05-07

Applicant: RCS TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Inventor： Donald Greene Murphy, Jr.

IPC: B65G15/64 ,  B65G15/54 ,  B65G39/16

Abstract: A conveyor belt monitoring system may utilize one or more ultrasonic sensors to identify variations in the position of the conveyor belt. These variations may be minor variations in belt position, which can be identified by the belt monitoring system well before they would be readily perceptible by a user. The monitoring system may be operated in conjunction with one or more belt adjustment mechanisms which can be used to correct the path of the conveyor belt based on information gathered by the monitoring system.

公开(公告)号：US20210061572A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US17004560

申请日：2020-08-27

Applicant: Frank Salsone ,  Cambridge International, Inc.

Inventor： Frank Salsone ,  Thomas O. Perdue ,  Robert E. Maine, JR.

IPC: B65G15/02 ,  B65G21/18 ,  B65G15/64 ,  B65G15/30 ,  B65G23/06

Abstract: An active drive spiral conveyor belt system includes a drum configured to rotate about a drum axis, a plurality of modules, a plurality of cross-rods joining together the plurality of modules, and an infeed system. The drum can include a plurality of drive bars, each with a drive member extending therefrom, and spaced an arc length. At least some of the plurality of cross-rods or modules can include a drive end configured to engage with the drive members. The plurality of modules can be configured to be collapsible relative to each other and the plurality of cross-rods. The infeed system can be configured to collapse the spacing between adjacent drive ends prior to transiting into engagement with a cooperating drive member.

公开(公告)号：US20200331705A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-22

申请号：US16760108

申请日：2018-10-31

Applicant: THEJO ENGINEERING LIMITED

Inventor： Manoj Joseph KALLARACKAL ,  Harikrishnan R NAIR ,  Moses D ,  Manimaran E

IPC: B65G39/16 ,  B65G15/64

Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention disclose an apparatus, modular tracking unit and a method for conveyor belt alignment. The apparatus provides alignment sustenance and wide-angle coverage. The apparatus includes a plurality of modular tracking units, a linking mechanism including a connecting rope passing through a link of each of the modular tracking units and a pair of guide rollers. The invention triggers the pair of guided rollers on misalignment of the conveyor belt from original path. The guided roller activates the linking mechanism to move the modular tracking units in tandem for re-aligning the conveyor belt.

公开(公告)号：US20190135543A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-09

申请号：US16178155

申请日：2018-11-01

Applicant: Chad T. Porter

Inventor： Chad T. Porter

IPC: B65G15/62 ,  B65G15/64 ,  B65G21/00 ,  B65G15/44 ,  B65G21/02

Abstract: A collapsible hand rail system integrated with a conveyor for conveying materials from ground level to a roof top or to a level higher than ground level including a first and a second hand rail apparatus, one apparatus mountable to a left side of the conveyor and the other apparatus mountable to the right side of the conveyor, a plurality of post mounting brackets mounted in equal numbers to each side of the conveyor, a plurality of vertical support posts rotably connected to the hand rails and rotably anchored at the brackets, a pair of rear post mounting brackets, one at each side of the conveyor, and a pair of rear vertical support posts, one at each side of the conveyor wherein the first and second hand rail apparatus are collapsible from an erected position and erectable from a collapsed position.

公开(公告)号：US10160601B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-25

申请号：US15683373

申请日：2017-08-22

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Takeo Kawanami ,  Yoshihiro Ito ,  Kenji Watanabe ,  Daigo Yamauchi ,  Fumiya Sawashima ,  Osamu Sasaoka ,  Yoichiro Iizuka ,  Hiromi Fujinaka ,  Takugo Kasaishi

IPC: B65G39/16 ,  B65G15/64 ,  G03G15/16 ,  G03G15/01

Abstract: A belt transporting device includes a belt; first and second adjustment members provided at two respective ends of a tension roller in a belt width direction orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the belt, the first and second adjustment members each being movable by receiving a force from the belt; and a link member that interlocks the movement of the first adjustment member and the movement of the second adjustment member. If the belt is laterally shifted in the belt width direction, one of the first and second adjustment members moves by receiving a force from the belt while the other is moved by the link member such that the tension roller is tilted with respect to a driving roller.

公开(公告)号：US09884730B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US15349435

申请日：2016-11-11

Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company

Inventor： Brett E. DeVries

IPC: B65G39/16 ,  B65G15/64

CPC classification number: B65G39/16 ,  B65G15/64

Abstract: A tracking apparatus and method for urging a mistracking conveyor belt towards a correct travel path are disclosed. The apparatus and method utilize downstream shifting of an end portion of an idler roller due to mistracking of the conveyor belt for steering the belt back toward its correct travel path and a reaction force from the belt due to the steering thereof for energizing a tilting action of the idler roller to raise the downstream end portion thereof. The idler roller is mounted to the conveyor structure via a frame assembly including a tilt device mounted internally within the idler roller. The roller is rotatably mounted to an inner tube, and the inner tube member is pivotally mounted to the tilt device, which in combination allow the idler roller to pivot, shift, and tilt to steer a mistracking conveyor belt in relative proportion to degree of mistracking of the belt.

公开(公告)号：US09845198B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-19

申请号：US15160915

申请日：2016-05-20

Applicant: Flexible Steel Lacing Company

Inventor： Daniel J. Kuiper ,  Brett E. DeVries ,  Richard W. Gilman

IPC: B65G39/16 ,  B65G15/64 ,  B65G39/00 ,  B65G39/12 ,  B65G15/60

Abstract: A tracking apparatus and method for urging a mistracking conveyor belt back towards a correct travel path are provided. The apparatus and method both utilize downstream shifting of an end portion of an idler roller due to mistracking of the conveyor belt for directing or steering the belt back toward its correct travel path and a reaction force from the belt due to the steering thereof for energizing a tilting action of the idler roller to raise the downstream end portion thereof. In this manner, the tilting of the idler roller is not mechanically coupled to the downstream shifting of the roller end portion allowing the belt tracking apparatus herein to be bi-directional for use with conveyor belts that may be run in opposite travel directions.

公开(公告)号：US09708143B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-18

申请号：US14690857

申请日：2015-04-20

Applicant: Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Masaharu Furuya ,  Yasufumi Takahashi ,  Naomi Sugimoto ,  Kazuchika Saeki

Inventor： Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Naoki Iwaya ,  Masaharu Furuya ,  Yasufumi Takahashi ,  Naomi Sugimoto ,  Kazuchika Saeki

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  B65H5/02 ,  B65G15/64 ,  G03G15/16

CPC classification number: B65H5/021 ,  B65G15/64 ,  B65H2404/25 ,  B65H2404/255 ,  B65H2801/09 ,  G03G15/1615 ,  G03G2215/1623

Abstract: A belt device for an image forming apparatus, includes an endless belt; a first and second support rollers, each including a rotary shaft, that support the belt with tension; a contacted member that contacts the belt; a shaft displacement device to displace any of the rotary shafts of the support rollers; and a main rotary shaft disposed at a side of the rotary shaft of the first support roller moved by the shaft displacement device along a stretching direction of the stretched surface of the endless belt that the contacted member contacts, relative to a contact portion between the endless belt and the contacted member, and at an opposite side of the contacted member in a direction perpendicular to the stretching direction of the endless belt. As the first support roller and the second roller rotate about the main rotary shaft, the endless belt is separated from the contacted member.