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Class 193/35A - Abutments and brakes for roller conveyers

Subclass of Class 193 - Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways
No. of patents: 136
Last issue date: 10/15/2013

NumberTitleIssue Date
8556060Roller conveyor module
The invention relates to a roller conveyor module, comprising at least one rack, a plurality of rollers mounted to said rack in a serial arrangement, and the upper circumferential surface parts of the plurality of rollers define a load carrying plane. According to t...
7975825Stop module, in particular for automated machining and conveyor devices
In a stop module, in particular for automated machining and conveyor systems, a stop element for objects moving in a direction of motion in a movement plane is located on a base body, and the stop element is movable by an electrical rotary drive between a first term...
7552808Gravity wheel or roller conveyor capable of brake control with respect to an object being transported
A gravity wheel conveyor or roller conveyor is provided capable of braking for moderating and reducing the transfer speed of a relatively lightweight object being transported by using brake wheels or brake rollers, or of brake control for stopping the object being t...
RE40766Conveyer idler
A conveyor idler includes a sleeve having an outer surface and an inner surface, a shaft about which the sleeve can rotate in a forward direction, a locking mechanism for preventing the sleeve from rotating in a reverse direction, but which locking mechanism permits...
7510066Case flow roller bed system
A case flow system includes a case flow roller bed having a proximal portion having a front end, a plurality of laterally extending axles disposed parallel to said front end and longitudinally spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of wheels disposed in a spa...
7497313Conveyor idler with locking device for preventing reverse rotation
A conveyor idler includes a drum having an outer surface and an inner surface, a shaft (24) about which the drum can rotate in a forward direction, a locking mechanism for preventing the drum from rotating in a reverse direction (R) but which locking mechanis...
7380649Pallet stop for pallet load transport system
A pallet stop generally comprises a support frame, an internal enclosure, a rotating actuator, a pivoting stop, and a counterweight assembly. The rotating actuator has an upper arm portion that extends just above the surface of the enclosure. The enclosure is receiv...
7367442Device for transferring continuously transported printing products from a flat lying position into an upright position or vice versa
A device (1) for transferring continuously transported printing products (2 a . . . g), e.g., book blocks, books or sheet stacks consisting of folded and/or non-folded sheets, from an essentially flat lying position into an upright position or v...
7331440Automated order mixing system
An automated order mixing system includes a mixing sub-system having a plurality of angled vertically stacked product guides feeding a mixing conveyor whereon a client's order of product cases is processed, the vertical stacking enabling the creation of a number of ...
7316305Flow through article storage device
A flow through article storage device that includes a housing into which a plurality of stacks of articles can be positioned. The housing has a bottom and a front and rear end. A plurality of elongate abutment elements are coupled to the housing and configured for i...
7311192Systems and methods for providing an improved timing conveyor
Methods and apparatus for a conveyor system for evenly spacing conveyed objects are provided. In one embodiment, the conveyor system includes a conveyor belt that includes a conveyor having cavities, rollers in some of cavities, and a positioning component. The conv...
7299911Abutment module
An abutment module, more especially for automatic processing and conveying equipment, comprises an abutment member arranged on a base for objects moving in a current working direction of movement in a plane of motion, such abutment member being able, by means of a f...
7296674Conveyor system load transfer methods and apparatus
Conveyor systems for storage and movement of goods on pallets and slip sheets. The transfer structures enable slip sheet mounted loads to be transferred to a roller conveyor by providing structures that cooperate with wide platen forks of a lift truck. The structure...
7287640Roller conveyor zone with motorized roller
A roller conveyor using a motorized drive roller has the drive roller located other than in the terminal roller position of conveyor zones. Damage to the motorized drive roller from overheating or impact loads is minimized. ...
7249666Retractable stop assembly
A power operated retractable stop assembly includes a body, a drive arm, and a stop arm. The drive arm is pivotable between a pre-locked position and an unlocked position. There is a locked position between the pre-locked position and the unlocked position. The stop...
7234587Conveyor chain link
A link of a conveyor chain comprising a main base body, a supporting element for supporting and retaining at least one supporting shaft with which a plurality of first rollers are rotatably associated, the link being adapted to be articulated to a similar adjacent l...
7232025Electromagnetic conveyor stop
A conveyor stop assembly for stopping objects traveling along a conveying path includes a magnetically attractable stop member pivotally mounted for movement out of the conveying path when contacted by an object traveling along the conveying path and an electromagne...
7219793Apparatus, arrangement and method for braking
A braking device for a pallet intended to run in a conveying track. The braking device includes a matrix and a braking element. The matrix includes the support service and exterior surface and a recess having various screws and openings. The braking element includes...
7168546Roller mountable to a cooling bed plate transfer grid
An inexpensive, high capacity, and easy to install roller for engaging hot metal plates being transferred over a cooling bed plate transfer grid. An invertible block which may have a bearing is provided at each end of the axle for the roller. The bearing block is re...
7131531Roller shoes in modular-belt conveyors
Roller return and holddown shoes for a modular-belt conveyor. The shoes have a body that extends in height from a base to a convex outer face. Cavities in the body open onto the base and the outer face. Rollers rotatably received in the cavities have salient portion...
7111721Stop apparatus for conveyor systems
A pallet stop apparatus for interrupting the motion of a pallet or other item along a conveyor system includes a stop head having both an open arm depending and a stop arm depending therefrom and a front surface for engaging a pallet. The apparatus also includes a s...
7086517Cargo system roller/lock/power drive unit tray integration
An apparatus is provided for housing cargo-moving devices in a cargo handling system. The apparatus comprises a variable width tray having a wide section, a narrow section, and a transition section for connecting the narrow section to the wide section. The narrow se...
7063496Dolly device for loading containers
A dolly device for loading and unloading a container which comprises a control frame that pivots among a plurality of operational positions such that the control frame facilitates the loading or unloading of the container and supports the container while being trans...
7040482Bearing life extender for conveyor type rollers
Rollers used on conveyors and inside the zinc-pot of a steel-sheet galvanizing line are usually driven by friction between the roller and the belt or sheet. Such rollers operating in high temperature furnaces or in a hot zinc pot of a steel galvanizing line often ha...
7021456Conveyor roller with brake
A conveyor roller or pulley includes an axle portion mountable to opposite sidewalls of a conveyor and a roller portion rotatable relative to said axle portion. The roller includes a braking device positioned at least partially within said roller portion and selecti...
7007795Transport device with contact-free transmission coupling
A transport conveyor for workpieces, pallets, or workpiece carriers which includes a drive transmission that includes a traction coupling that interrupts the transfer of torque and driving force to the conveyor rollers, belt or the like upon an interruption in the m...
6973767Beverage bottling plant and a conveyor arrangement for transporting packages
There is now provided a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles and like containers with a liquid beverage filling material and a conveyer arrangement for aligning and distributing packages containing filled bottles and like containers. The conveyer arrangement ...
6966416Conveyor system
A conveyor system for loading pallets into and out of a vehicle includes an accumulating conveyor and airbag rail. The accumulating conveyor is constituted by a pair of chain rails for supporting and conveying pallets into and out of a vehicle. The airbag rail is po...
6966424Bladder based package control/singulation
An apparatus and method for singulating IC devices or semiconductor devices and/or components thereof. The apparatus includes a flexible membrane or bladder configured to receive an applied fluid pressure on a surface thereof and expand in response to the applied fl...
6935486Bushing system for live roller conveyor
The invention provides an improved live roller conveyor system for preventing damage to conveyed cases of goods when stopped upon live rollers. In an embodiment of the invention, a live roller comprises a drive shaft with a plurality of roller members rotatably affi...
6763930Accumulation conveyor assembly
An accumulation conveyor of the present invention includes a frame, which comprises spaced apart side frame members, and a plurality of rollers that are rotatably supported between the side frame members. The conveyor includes a stop member and an actuator that sele...
6648573Rack storage system with latching spring
A latching spring for a push-back cart storage system includes a pair of spaced apart support rails, at least two cross members and a cart frame having a wheel assembly supported on the support rails and at least one latching spring. The latching spring i...
6641352Adjustable flow track system
A flow track system comprising a plurality of flow track members, each flow track member comprised of generally parallel, spaced apart support members having a plurality of axles transversely disposed therebetween, the axles having mounted thereon a plura...
6640953Controlled gravity accumulation conveyor
A gravity conveyor includes one or more zones with each zone having at least one brake associated therewith. A controller turns the brakes on for each zone according to various programmable conditions. The downstream-most zone may have its brakes turned o...
6632062Parts handling device for press
In a parts handling device and method for handling parts having a central aperture output from a press, the curved slide is provided extending in sloping fashion with its upper end being positioned at the press and its lower end at a location for unloadin...
6575286Pop-up mail tray stop for conveyor
A conveying system having a plurality of rotating rollers forming a horizontal drive path for moving articles and at least one pop-up stop for stopping movement of articles in such path. A pair of levers are mounted for rotation about a pivot to move one ...
6527097Conveyor idler
6511276Parts handling device for press
6467601Brake roller for a roller conveyor
The subject matter of the present invention is a brake roller (30, 40, 50, 60) for a roller conveyor (1) with a cylindrical tube (32, 42, 52, 62), said tube being rotatably carried on an axle (31, 41, 51, 61) that is resting on supports (2), said cylindri...
6435328Gravity-advance conveyor for pallet loads
A conveyor provided with a sidewardly spaced pair of elongate roller systems which are downwardly inclined and are maintained in rolling engagement with legs associated with outer edge portions of a pallet. A conveying arrangement extends longitudinally m...
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