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7604439 |
Non-contact support platforms for distance adjustment
An apparatus for supporting a stationary or moving substantially flat object without physical contact on an fluid-cushion. The object floats on a fluid cushion gap, the apparatus aimed for globally...
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7597185 |
Conveyor and air film chute
A package sorting conveyor system including a conveying track, at least one unloading station and an air-film lubricated entrance chute upstream of the unloading station to receive the package. In...
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7588410 |
Pneumatic conveyor and conveyor section having a curved conveyor path
In a pneumatic conveyor comprising multiple, assembled conveyor sections, a conveyor section provides a curved conveyor path with a plenum through which pressurized air is delivered. The conveyor...
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7553111 |
Fluidizing gravity conveyor with high temperature multi-layered fluid distributor member
An apparatus for conveying fluidized high temperature finely divided dry material by gravity utilizes a multi-layered, gas permeable gas distributor member comprising (i) an upper layer a flat,...
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7553110 |
Conveying equipment and inspection device
An appearance inspecting apparatus includes a parts feeder aligning rubber stoppers in tandem by torsionally vibrating a bowl having a spiral track formed therein, an air conveying portion...
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7513716 |
Workpiece conveyor and method of conveying workpiece
There is provided a workpiece conveyor including a workpiece conveying path which guides the conveyance of a workpiece; and a pair of air-blowing devices which are disposed on both sides of the...
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7484322 |
Digging and backfill apparatus
A mobile digging and backfill system for removing and collecting material above a buried utility. The system comprises a mobile chassis, a collection tank mounted to the chassis, a water pump...
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7481606 |
System, method, and apparatus for air-propelled conveyance of workpieces in sanitary environments
An air conveyor for handling workpieces in a food grade environment has a cylindrical pipe with an elongated slot that extends along an axial length of the pipe. A track is snap fit in the...
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7435039 |
Device for producing a predetermined orientation
A device for realizing a predetermined orientation of singularized work pieces being transported on a sliding surface by means of an air current that acts upon the work pieces. The air current has...
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7428959 |
Substrate transferring apparatus
Disclosed herein is a substrate transferring apparatus. The apparatus comprises air injection modules, which serve to float a substrate, and can be independently attached to or detached from the...
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7393159 |
Inline transfer system and method
An inline transfer system and method are provided for the secure transport and efficient processing of substrates such as glass substrates or semiconductor devices. A rotary conveyor is provided...
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7344350 |
Transporting apparatus with air-supplying support means and drive-force application means
The invention discloses a transporting apparatus that transmits a drive force to a transported object in a state where the transported object is supported by a air-supplying-type support apparatus....
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7338102 |
Manipulator
This invention provides a manipulator having an arrangement which easily makes it possible to execute fine work such as attitude control while properly grasping even a minute target object. The...
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7329299 |
Plate-shaped work piece transporting apparatus
It is an object of the present invention to provide a plate-shaped work piece transporting apparatus that has a fan, a dust-removal filter disposed above this fan, and a plate-shape porous member...
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7328617 |
Air levitation apparatus with neutralization device, and neutralization method for levitation apparatus
To reduce installation space for neutralization devices of neutralization of static electricity generated by work levitation air in an air levitation apparatus which levitates plate-shaped work by...
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7326025 |
System for detecting warped carriers and associated methods
Disclosed herein is a warp detection system ( 200 ) for determining warping in a carrier ( 110 ) configured to carry substrates ( 120 ) for processing. In one embodiment, the system ( 200 )...
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7269475 |
Distributed control system with global contraints for controlling object motion with smart matter
Embedded in a transport assembly are arrays of microelectromechanical sensors and actuators for detecting and propelling an object. A controller having defined therein local computational agents...
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7260449 |
Device for conveying and positioning of structural elements in non-contact way
In a device for conveying and positioning structural elements at a conveying track, a structural element is brought into pending state at the conveying track and the conveying track is tilted in...
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7223060 |
Device for simultaneously conveying and regulating the temperature of shaped parts
The invention relates to a device for simultaneously conveying and regulating the temperature of shaped parts, comprising a conveying device, which is suited for advancing objects, and at least one...
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7185748 |
Object transport and sorting assemblies and methods
An object sorting apparatus and method using chutes for transporting objects to selected locations. The chutes include one or more openings through which a fluid may be forced to reduce friction...
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7165918 |
Air conveyance system
An apparatus for conveying articles from one or more input streams to at least two output streams using air to support, convey and divert the articles is disclosed. The apparatus uses a plurality...
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7128516 |
Workpiece transport apparatus
While periphery or peripheries of workpiece(s) W lifted in floating fashion by simultaneous suction and expulsion of gas(es) between pair(s) of first and second, or upper and lower, transport...
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7108474 |
Apparatus for transporting plate-shaped work piece
It is an object to provide a plate-shaped work piece transporting apparatus provided with a blowing mechanism for contactlessly supporting a plate-shaped work piece that is transported, where the...
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7108123 |
Contact-free plate conveyor
In a contact-free plate conveyor including an arrangement of nozzles each having a cup-like shape widening to a planar rim thereof, air under pressure is supplied to the nozzles such that an air...
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7080962 |
Air conveyance apparatus
An apparatus for conveying articles from one or more input streams to at least two output streams using air to support, convey and divert the articles is disclosed. The apparatus uses a plurality...
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7037063 |
Substrate floating apparatus and method of manufacturing liquid crystal display apparatus using the same
There are provided a substrate floating apparatus for preventing interference between a glass substrate and a floating board when floating and conveying the glass substrate and a method of...
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6936137 |
Air clamp stabilizer for continuous web materials
A device for non-contact support of a continuous moving web of material employs an air clamp stabilizer that includes a Coanda slot and a backstep that is located downstream of the direction of the...
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6890128 |
Air conveyor for conveying articles
This invention relates to an air conveyor for conveying articles with a collar and a head arranged above that, in particular plastic bottles along a conveyor channel having two carrying strips...
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6843367 |
Adjustable top guide assembly for air driven conveyor
A conveyor for transporting articles includes an upper surface for transporting the articles and a top guide that is resiliently supported relative to the upper surface for preventing the articles...
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6814533 |
Loop conveyor with air cushion transfer
A conveyor system comprises a transfer assembly bridging a pair of side-by-side belt conveyors adapted to move articles in opposite directions. The transfer assembly comprises an air table...
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6808358 |
Conveyor system having inclined structure utilizing vacuum and air bearing means for facilitating edgewise product transportation
An article or mail-piece conveyor system comprises a conveyor mechanism which has a substantially horizontally oriented product transportation surface upon which the articles can be conveyed in an...
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6755009 |
Method for making and handling an intraoral x-ray film packet
A method for making and handling an improved intraoral x-ray film packet by forming a first outer and a second outer sheet from a thermoplastic material wherein the first outer sheet is made more...
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6736588 |
Integrated large glass handling system
A mechanical system for handling large and thin glass plates of dimensions as much as 2 m by 2 m by 0.5 mm, such as used to manufacture LCD panels in LCD panel testers, provides for positioning of...
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6736573 |
Selective conveying of unstable articles having a neck ring
A selective conveying device is disclosed for conveying unstable articles, such as plastic bottles, having a neck portion with a neck ring thereon. Neck ring supported unstable articles are...
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6695546 |
Single drive aligner elevation apparatus for an integrated circuit handler
An elevation apparatus for a handler used for loading/unloading integrated circuit devices into/from a test tray is provide that includes an up/down block slidably mounted to be vertically...
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6692196 |
Apparatus for manufacturing hygienic articles
An apparatus for manufacturing a series of discrete hygienic articles. The apparatus includes a supply means, at least one manipulation means, a reception means spatially separated from the supply...
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6685401 |
Apparatus and method for controlling suspended articles in an air conveyor
The air conveyor comprises a guide rail ( 3 ) on which the articles ( 1 ) are to be suspended, and along which the articles are to be transported in a given direction of transport. The conveyor...
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6676365 |
Air track conveyor system for disk production
An air track includes a concave top surface with a plurality of air outlets or a flat surface with a notch and a plurality of air outlets. The body of the air track includes at least one air filter...
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6662722 |
Machine for processing sheets having spring mounted throttled air nozzles
A machine for processing sheets, in particular a sheet-fed rotary printing machine, includes a transporting cylinder for transporting the sheets and having air nozzles disposed offset in relation...
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6630633 |
High speed pneumatic weighing device
A pneumatic weighing device has a weigh pan, which is supported for vertical movement by a load cell in response to the weight of an article; the weigh pan is provided with a plenum chamber having...
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6626612 |
Transporting apparatus having an air cushion, and method of operating such a transporting apparatus
A transporting apparatus includes a transporting plane and a transporting platform which can be displaced in different directions in a largely friction-free manner on an air cushion above the...
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6612785 |
Bottle guide rails with air flow openings
A two axis bottle guide rail change over apparatus for an air conveyor supports a pair of guide rails and is operable to simultaneously adjust a lateral spacing between the pair of guide rails...
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6585259 |
Delivery of a machine for processing flat printing materials
A delivery of a machine for processing flat printing materials, having a sheet guide surface over which the sheets are drawn during operation, with forcible guidance of an edge of the sheets...
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6568882 |
Apparatus for conveying containers suspended by protruding neck rings
The invention relates to the field of conveyors for containers of plastic, for example PET, with protruding neck rings. In particular, the apparatus ( 1 ) comprises a supporting structure ( 4 )...
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6514015 |
Anti-contamination device for the transport of recipients and air conveyor equipped with such a device
The anti-contamination apparatus includes a transport enclosure ( 13 ) which has a input face ( 26 ) having an opening to admit the recipients and which contains: a guide rail capable of supporting...
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6505483 |
Glass transportation system
A pressure pad array is used to float glass sheets from a glass heating furnace to a ring mold in a press bending station. The pressure pads have transversely spaced, longitudinally-extending...
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6494646 |
Pneumatic conveyor for light-weight empty bottles
Pneumatic conveyor for empty, lightweight bottles ( 1 ) of the kind incorporating a support flange ( 2 ) at an area of their neck ( 3 ). Said conveyor comprises a pair of coplanar, spaced apart...
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6488449 |
Conveyor for transporting articles having a collar and including a fitted stop to reduce the risk of the articles jamming
The conveyor comprises two spaced-apart under-neck guides ( 3 ) along which articles are designed to be transported by being suspended via their collars ( 2 ) on the under-neck guides ( 3 ), and...
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6478514 |
Neck ring guide change-over for an air conveyor
A series of pneumatically controlled linear reciprocating actuators adjust the lateral spacing of a conveyor slot between opposed flanges of an air conveyor employed in conveying plastic bottles...
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6461085 |
Sputter pallet loader
A sputter pallet loading and unloading device includes in one embodiment a spindle that rotates the pallet while an arm is engaged with the spring in the pallet to open and close the spring. In...
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