Conveying Systems
Conveying Systems within Material Handling.
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- OT-2026-000003492
The invention relates to article containment apparatus which is adapted to store articles such as vials on shelves disposed at different elevations by placing them on the successive shelves. In a known article containment apparatus including an elevating mechanism which drives a plurality of shelves, disposed at differ
- OT-2026-000003474
A vacuum chuck apparatus operable in both gas and liquid includes a liquid-gas separating membrane which allows passage of gas molecules but prevents passage of liquid. The liquid-gas separating membrane is disposed between an inlet hole of the chuck and a manifold which is connected to a pneumatic system. The pneumati
- OT-2026-000003471
A gripper head for connection with a suction device includes an air permeable suction plate having selected portions covered by a readily replaceable cover mask so that only the uncovered portions of the suction plate are suctionally active. The uncovered portions of a perforated object to be gripped by the gripper hea
- OT-2026-000003457
The present invention relates to a process and a device for applying tensile forces, with no contact with solid walls, to glass sheets, in particular at high temperatures, wherein a gas or vapor is blown between the glass sheet and a wall closely approached, and parallel, to said glass sheet. Between the glass sheet an
- OT-2026-000003444
A pneumatic vacuum gripping assembly for attachment to a suction gripper device is coupled by way of a fluid flow link to a venturi for controlling the vacuum of the suction gripper device comprises an integrated housing assembly having a venturi and a pneumatic fluid-flow control valve unit. The valve unit controllabl
- OT-2026-000003442
A vacuum cup assembly is disclosed for holding a workpiece when a source of sub-atmospheric pressure is connected to an interior space of the cup. The assembly includes a vacuum cup having a base portion with a shaped fitting and a housing having a complementary shaped aperture with an open end for receiving the shaped
- OT-2026-000003439
A Bernoulli pick-up tool (10) comprises a head member (11) having a flat major surface (18) and an air passage (16) perpendicular to the major surface and extending through the center of the head member for directing gas at a sufficient velocity to permit a wafer (15) having a flat surface (19) parallel to the major su
- OT-2026-000003433
A pick-up head (10) of the apparatus has three alternative pick-up surfaces (24,34,64) formed respectively on a body (16), a first piston member (30), and a second piston member (60). The first piston member (30) is slidable in a cylinder (22a) formed in the body (16) and the second piston member (60) is slidable in a
- OT-2026-000003421
In a gravity rollerway conveyor having a plurality of resilient tired rollers with low frction bearings, the resilient tires are selected for various properties desired for the overall conveyor and are permanently preassembled on metallic cylindrical tubes for stockpiling, so that thereafter they may be selected for a
- OT-2026-000003414
According to the invention, a suction lifter for a material handling device is provided for work pieces with suction surfaces. At least one pneumatic, double acting working cylinder is provided with a suction cup arranged at an end of the piston rod. A piston of the working cylinder is provided cooperating with the cyl
- OT-2026-000003409
The present invention is an apparatus for directing a fluid stream from a source tube to a selected one of a plurality of outlet tubes in fluid flow communication with the source tube. Disposed within the source tube is an elongated sleeve, the sleeve having an inlet port and a single outlet port, the inlet port being
- OT-2026-000003384
A sucker for suctioning and lifting a sheet of plate glass has a sucker body defining a suction hole at a suction surface of the body. The sucker body carries a manual vacuum pump formed with a suction hole, a sensor for detecting the degree of vacuum and a sound generator. The sensor is provided in a suction channel c
- OT-2026-000003383
A vacuum cup control apparatus for applying and releasing vacuum in a vacuum cup engaging a workpiece includes a housing having a venturi passage for inducing a vacuum within the vacuum cup upon the flow of air through the venturi passage. A one-way check valve in the passage seals the vacuum in the vacuum cup upon ces
- OT-2026-000003382
This invention is directed to a flow diverter valve for directing a flow of high pressure transport gas with carbon dioxide pellets entrained therein from a single inlet to a selected one of a plurality of outlets. The flow diverter valve includes a system of face seals and shaft seals adjacent the inlet and outlet end
- OT-2026-000003381
Disclosed herein is a suction pad for attracting and holding a work, which comprises a suction base coupled to a vacuum suction source, a suction skirt integrally provided in continuation with the base, and a rib provided in a position near a circumferential end of the suction skirt, the rib being brought into contact
- OT-2026-000003380
Disclosed herein is a suction pad for attracting and holding a work, which comprises a suction base coupled via a connector to a vacuum suction source, a suction skirt integrally provided in continuation with the base, and a vacuum chamber which is defined inside the suction pad and communicates with the inside of the
- OT-2026-000003378
A vacuum cup control apparatus for applying and releasing vacuum in a vacuum cup includes a venturi passage for inducing a vacuum within the vacuum cup upon the flow of pressurized air therethrough. Another air flow passage extends through the housing for injecting a flow of air under pressure to the vacuum cup to reli
- OT-2026-000003377
A self-propelled vehicle mounting a cantilevered conveyor truss for concrete and the like. An improved force balancing frame enables the vehicle to remain stable even though the truss conveyor is extended to maximum length and elevated to a high angle. Improved geometry enables the truss conveyor to be pivoted at a poi
- OT-2026-000003373
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for holding by suction and conveying. The apparatus comprises a pipe joint connected to a vacuum and suction source through a tube; a cylindrical connector connected to a suction pad; and a connecting member through which the pipe joint is coupled to the connector. The connecting member
- OT-2026-000003362
Device for mounting thin, preferably flat substrates (11, 11', . . . ) and for the transport of these substrates (11, 11'. . . ) in treatment apparatus, for example vacuum coating and etching apparatus, the device being formed by a frame (1), preferably in a rectangular shape, which is of such size that in the
- OT-2026-000003347
A device for use with a closure magazine of a closing or capping machine for introducing crown corks or similar closures into a closure channel from a chamber that accommodates a plurality of such closures. The closures are conducted in the closure channel in a successive manner and in single file. At least one magneti
- OT-2026-000003310
After extrusion, cutting, and tilting 90° alternate green bricks are rotated 180° about a vertical axis to form brick pairs with the back (unfinished) sides of both bricks facing each other. These reoriented brick pairs are then gripped and stacked. Conventional grippers, such as a vacuum gripper, may be used to grip o
- OT-2026-000003297
A system for filling orders, such as prescriptions for patients, comprising a device for holding packages. Each package has the same type of contents being held in a predetermined location by the holding device. Each package has an identity which defines the contents therein. The holding device has a plurality of prede
- OT-2026-000003282
A ball transfer cube includes a prismatically shaped cubed housing, a bearing race, small ball bearings, a main ball bearing and a housing cap for insertion into a prismatically shaped grating used by shipping companies.
- OT-2026-000003264
In a vacuum chuck apparatus for chucking an article, a plurality of movable suction cups are mounted on a support member to be movable up and down relative to the support member between an operative position where each of the movable suction cups can attract the article by suction and a retracted position above the ope
- OT-2026-000003250
Holding device for magnetically mounting a contact sensor on a curved magnetic surface, for example on a pipeline or on a housing of a bearing, comprising at least two movable pole shoes having the same poling and, in the neighbourhood thereof, a plunger-like pole shoe with opposite poling. The plunger-like pole shoe i
- OT-2026-000003243
Several finger-like grippers (4) are held and guided in openings or holes (21) in the head part (6) of a housing (20) so they can pivot about axes which are in a common plane transverse to the longitudinal axis (L) of the housing (20). Permanent magnets (11, 12) fixed to the inner ends of the grippers (4) cooperate wit
- OT-2026-000003204
A hand held device for manipulating articles having a generally vacuum sustaining face surface. The hand held device includes a suction cup having generally pliable side walls and a hand held portion attached to the suction cup. In a first embodiment the hand held portion includes an electric motor coupled to a vacuum
- OT-2026-000003198
A pneumatically actuated magnetic workpiece/article holder is for use with a lifting assembly. The article holder comprises a housing having a magnetic assembly translationally mounted within the housing. The magnetic assembly comprises two opposed pole pieces and a permanent magnet centered and mounted between the pol
- OT-2026-000003184
The pick-up device comprises a plurality of pick-up members connected together and articulated by means of arms so as to be disposed at the vertices of a polygon. Cam surfaces defined by the sides of slots provided in one or more motion plates allow the geometry, and possibly the length of one or more sides of the poly
- OT-2026-000003159
An apparatus for lifting and moving articles, comprising at least one arrangement with a vacuum chamber, which is connected to an arrangement which is capable of producing negative pressure in the vacuum chamber, the underside of a lower plate being provided with an elastic airtight bottom and also being provided with
- OT-2026-000003153
A thermophoretic vacuum wand that is particularly suited for transporting articles in a cleanroom environment so that potential particle contaminants in the air do not become adhered to the surface of the article is described. The wand includes a housing having a platen with a front surface with suction port(s) through
- OT-2026-000003144
A device to facilitate lifting and repositioning of articles, suitably materials of slab-like construction, the device comprising a vacuum source, a housing and a sealing joint, preferably made of soft-seal material, on the base of the housing which, in use, will contact the article being lifted.
- OT-2026-000003135
A vacuum system, particularly for vacuum grippers, has a fluid entrainment pump for generating the vacuum which, when the required vacuum is built up, is supplied with a throttled compressed-air flow. For the throttling of the compressed-air flow, a controlled throttle device is used which, as a function of the detecte
- OT-2026-000003128
A transfer device for picking up and placing resin preimpregnated composite plies. The transfer device includes a movable transfer head with a plurality of transfer feet movably mounted within it. Each transfer foot includes a support cage with a plurality of spaced posts extending between upper and lower ends. A mount
- OT-2026-000003122
A conveying device for thin disk-like articles (60), characterized by the llowing features: a support (10) having a plain surface (12), in the support (10) there is formed at least one gas channel (20) which channel, in running towards the plain surface in outwardly slanting manner, terminates at one of its ends in at
- OT-2026-000003111
The invention relates to a vacuum cup ( 1 ) that is able to ensure a very silent release of an object that is being held by the vacuum cup ( 1 ). The vacuum cup ( 1 ) comprises a channel ( 7 ) that allows a fast passage of ambient air into a vacuum chamber ( 3 ) to bring the vacuum chamber ( 3 ) to atmospheric pressure
- OT-2026-000003107
A printed-board conveying apparatus including a first belt conveyor including first stationary and movable guide rails and two first belts which are circulated while being guided by the two first guide rails, respectively, and which support opposite end portions of a first printed board, respectively, and cooperate wit
- OT-2026-000003098
A vacuum-assisted chuck assembly for coupling to a warped semiconductor wafer is provided. In one embodiment, the assembly comprises a wafer chuck and a conforming perimeter seal. The seal permits effective vacuum coupling of the chuck to the warped wafer without operator intervention. As vacuum pressure is applied, th
- OT-2026-000003095
The present invention allows large glass substrates to be rapidly moved from one processing station to another. Such movement occurs such that drives in different chambers are synchronized to move the glass substrates on shuttles at appropriate times. In systems according to the invention, at least a first and second c
- OT-2026-000003091
A hand-held pipe tool comprises a curvilinear rod having a series of curved segments and straight segments that form a cradle capable of grasping an elongated object such as a pipe or a hose. The curvilinear rod has a handle on one end that preferably comprises a foam rubber or other resilient material to facilitate gr
- OT-2026-000003086
A test handler for automatically testing rambus type semiconductor devices. The rambus type test handler includes a user tray stacker for stacking a plurality of user trays which are loaded with semiconductor device that have been, or will be tested; a device loading portion for picking up the semiconductor devices fro
- OT-2026-000003082
Wafers are separated individually from a stack by directing multiple jets of fluid between an outermost wafer in the stack and an adjacent wafer. The jets have sufficient pressure and are sufficiently spaced apart around the wafer stack to cause the outermost wafer to separate longitudinally from the adjacent wafer wit
- OT-2026-000003080
A transfer apparatus for articles is provided comprising: (a) a support; and (b) an arm, engaging or connecting to the support and movable between a first and second position vertically displaced relative to one another, the arm being rotatable about the support in a substantially vertical plane from a first side of th
- OT-2026-000003076
The present invention provides a grapple with a sliding pin closure for retaining an elongated object within the interior space of the grapple. The sliding pin is preferably biased into engagement with the elongated object under the action of a spring. The grapple is preferably provided with one or more handles for man
- OT-2026-000003072
Providing a fluid to an instrument comprises supporting a sample receptacle on a first carrier, transporting the first carrier on a conveyor adjacent a plurality of modules including at least one instrument, stopping the first carrier at the instrument, transporting the sample receptacle to a pick-up position of the in
- OT-2026-000003058
This application relates to the field of intelligent warehousing system technologies, and discloses a tray, a goods picking and placing method, an electronic device, a storage medium, and a warehousing system. The tray includes a base plate and a plurality of finger-shaped plates that extend along a first direction fro
- OT-2026-000003050
A storage shelf fixing rail conveying device and a conveying system thereof, the device comprising: a transverse rail (11), a first stand column (12), a first movable component (13), and a connecting mechanism of a task module (14). The transverse rail (11) is fixed on a shelf (10); the first stand column (12) is verti
- OT-2026-000003043
A battery module transportation device is provided. The battery module transportation device according to one aspect of the present specification is detachably mounted in a first hole in the horizontal direction and a second hole in the vertical direction, each provided at one of two side portions of a battery module,
- OT-2026-000003037
A robot scheduling system, which relates to the technical field of logistics, and is used for solving the problem of the logistics efficiency of a warehousing system not being high. The system comprises a scheduling device and a rack (101), wherein the rack (101) corresponds to a plurality of transfer robots (102); the