A transfer system for removing articles from trays includes a supply conveyor and a discharge conveyor A separation and transfer arrangement, including an article transport member, is interposed between a downstream end of the supply conveyor and an upstream end of the article discharge conveyor. The article transport member. Which may be a vacuum conveyor, acts on an upper end defined by each article to suspend the articles therebelow, and advances the articles from the downstream end of the supply conveyor to the upstream end of the discharge conveyor, which are at generally the same elevation. A tray transport member extends from the downstream end of the supply conveyor, and advances the trays downwardly in an upstream-to-downstream direction so that the trays are positioned below the upstream end of the discharge conveyor as the articles are deposited on the upstream end of the discharge conveyor by the article transport member.
B65G 47/91 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
B65G 15/58 - Belts or like endless load-carriers with means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position, e.g. magnetic
B65G 15/22 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising a series of co-operating units
B65G 15/12 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising two or more co-operating endless surfaces with parallel longitudinal axes, or a multiplicity of parallel elements, e.g. ropes defining an endless surface with two or more endless belts
B65G 47/52 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices
B65G 47/68 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
A row sweep system is configured to allow a sweep pusher arm such as a roller to travel around a station such as a row-forming station of a palletizer at a substantially constant velocity. The row sweep system may include a pair of semi- concentrically continuous drive members such as inner and outer drive chain loops that are connected through inner and outer pivot arrangements to the sweep pusher arm. The inner pivot arrangement may define a slide pivot that allows for varying an effective length of a driven arm defined between the inner and outer pivot arrangements to accommodate movement of the sweep pusher arm through a corner while maintaining a substantially constant velocity.
B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
B65G 19/18 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors Details
B65G 23/00 - Driving gear for endless conveyorsBelt- or chain-tensioning arrangements
B65G 47/82 - Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels
An air-driven container twisting system is configured for changing orientation of containers moving through a material-handling system. The air-driven container twisting system may include a container guide that extends through an air drive arrangement with the container guide configured to direct containers longitudinally while simultaneously rotating the containers while moving through the air-driven container twisting system without the need of declining elevation change and gravity assist.
A row sweep system is configured to allow a sweep pusher arm such as a roller to travel around a station such as a row-forming station of a palletizer at a substantially constant velocity. The row sweep system may include a pair of semi-concentrically continuous drive members such as inner and outer drive chain loops that are connected through inner and outer pivot arrangements to the sweep pusher arm. The inner pivot arrangement may define a slide pivot that allows for varying an effective length of a driven arm defined between the inner and outer pivot arrangements to accommodate movement of the sweep pusher arm through a corner while maintaining a substantially constant velocity.
B65G 19/02 - Conveyors comprising an impeller or a series of impellers carried by an endless traction element and arranged to move articles or materials over a supporting surface or underlying material, e.g. endless scraper conveyors for articles, e.g. for containers
B65G 47/82 - Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels
B65G 19/26 - Attachment of impellers to traction element pivotal
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Material handling systems, namely conveyors, palletizers, depalletizers and accumulators for containers , boxes and packages; combination palletizer/depalletizers; depalletizer sorters; single filers; mass flow conveyors; pallet conveyors; pallet stackers, pallet dispensers, retort crate loaders and unloaders; air operated article conveyors. Controls and control software for material handling systems, namely conveyors, palletizers, depalletizers and accumulators for containers , boxes and packages, sold as a unit. In-line container warmers and coolers.
material handling systems, namely, conveyors, palletizers, depalletizers and accumulators for containers; combination palletizer/depalletizers; depalletizer sorters; container filing machines, namely, single filers; mass flow conveyors; pallet conveyors; pallet stackers, pallet dispensers, retort crate loaders and unloaders; air conveyors; and controls and control software for such material handling systems sold as a unit with each of the aforementioned goods
A lift assembly for use in conjunction with a conveyor to lift item(s) off of the conveyor and remove the item(s) from the conveying path. The lift assembly may include a housing having housing side walls and a bottom wall, and a carriage having carriage side walls and a carriage bottom wall. The carriage is movable with respect to the housing. The lift assembly may further include a track that receives a guide member of the carriage for guiding the carriage as it is raised and lowered with respect to the housing. The lift assembly may further include an actuator that causes the carriage to be raised and lowered.
B65G 37/00 - Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes
(1) Material handling in the nature of pallet handling machines, namely, palletizers, depalletizers, pallet stackers, and pallet storage and dispensing machines.
A conveyor includes a frame and a bracket assembly attached to the frame, the bracket assembly including a series of mounting brackets having a slot for receiving a member. The slot releasably secures the member to the bracket. The member may be a side rail, a table or a support rail. The conveyor may include a belt, an actuator for driving the belt, and rollers for guiding the belt.
A device for moving containers or other objects relative to a surface such as a pallet includes a frame and a pin matrix movably attached to the frame. The pin matrix includes an array of pins and is housed in a plate having apertures for receiving the pins. The device further includes a pair of tracks that movably support the pin matrix. A method for moving containers or other objects relative to a surface includes the steps of moving the pin matrix over the objects, lowering the pin matrix, securing the objects within the pin matrix, moving the pin matrix and the objects relative to the surface, and raising the pin matrix.
A device for moving containers or other objects relative to a surface such as a pallet includes a frame and a pin matrix movably attached to the frame. The pin matrix includes an array of pins and is housed in a plate having apertures for receiving the pins. The device further includes a pair of tracks that movably support the pin matrix. A method for moving containers or other objects relative to a surface includes the steps of moving the pin matrix over the objects, lowering the pin matrix, securing the objects within the pin matrix, moving the pin matrix and the objects relative to the surface, and raising the pin matrix.
B65G 57/24 - Stacking of articles of particular shape three-dimensional, e.g. cubiform, cylindrical in layers, each of predetermined arrangement the layers being transferred as a whole, e.g. on pallets
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Material handling systems, namely conveyors, palletizers, depalletizers and accumulators for containers and other like articles; combination palletizer/depalletizers; depalletizer sorters; single filers; mass flow conveyors; pallet conveyors; pallet stackers, pallet dispensers, retort crate loaders and unloaders; air conveyors. Controls and control software for material handling systems sold as a unit. In-line container warmers and coolers.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
(1) Material handling systems, namely conveyors, palletizers, depalletizers and accumulators for containers and other like articles; combination palletizer/depalletizers; depalletizer sorters; single filers; mass flow conveyors; pallet conveyors; pallet stackers, pallet dispensers, retort crate loaders and unloaders; air conveyors.
(2) Electronic control systems for such material handling systems and computer software for use in operating such control systems.
(3) In-line container warmers and coolers.
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Container handling systems, namely bulk palletizers and depalletizers, combination bulk palletizer/depalletizers, bulk depalletizer sorters, single filers, mass flow conveyors, pallet conveyors, retort crate loaders and unloaders, and controls and control software for such container handling systems sold as a unit [ Application engineering and consulting services for the design of container handling systems ]
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
container handling systems, namely bulk palletizers and depalletizers, combination bulk palletizer/depalletizers, bulk depalletizer sorters, single filers, mass flow conveyors, pallet conveyors, retort crate loaders and unloaders, and controls and control software for such container handling systems sold as a unit [application engineering and consulting services for the design of container handling systems]
