Material Handling
Systems that move, buffer, sort and position goods and bulk material through a facility.
Category CAT-000000001
Subcategories
Publications
- OT-2026-000000315
A storage tower for storing storage containers includes a plurality of horizontally extending container supporting frameworks distributed with vertical offsets. The plurality of horizontal container supporting frameworks includes a first container supporting framework and at least one second container supporting framew
- OT-2026-000000312
A warewasher conveyor assembly that may be a loader version or an unloader version for a commercial dishwasher. The warewasher conveyor assembly has a base and a chain conveyor assembly movably mounted to the base. The chain conveyor assembly is movable between a generally level in-use position and a tilted cleaning po
- OT-2026-000000309
Packaging system ( 1 ) for producing pouches comprising a water-soluble foil ( 3 ) and a powder, wherein the packaging system comprises multiple moulds ( 5 ) and a mould conveyor ( 8 ), wherein the moulds ( 5 ) are moved along a foil supplying device ( 50 ), a compartment forming device ( 12 ), a powder filling device
- OT-2026-000000288
A recording medium processing apparatus includes: a binder that performs a binding process on a recording medium; and a moisture supplier that supplies moisture in a form of mist to a binding portion of the recording medium, the binding portion being a portion subjected to the binding process performed by the binder.
- OT-2026-000000273
A sheet transport device includes a sheet feeding tray, a reading device, a sheet feeding path, a discharge tray, a discharge path, a discharge elevation device, and a movable wall. On the sheet feeding tray, a plurality of sheets are placed. The discharge tray is located on a lower side of the sheet feeding tray, and
- OT-2026-000000266
A feeding roller feeds a medium placed at a medium placement portion by forward rotation power supplied from a driving unit. A displacement portion displaces the feeding roller to an abutting position by the forward rotation power supplied from the driving unit and displaces the feeding roller to a separation position
- OT-2026-000000257
Disclosed are a parts delivery system and a method of operating the same. The parts delivery system includes a production line configured to receive parts and assemble a finished product, a parts loading site configured to have a space where the parts are loaded; a parts transportation unit configured to load the parts
- OT-2026-000000253
A sheet postprocessing apparatus includes a postprocessing device that performs postprocessing on a sheet, and a drive unit having a motor for transporting the sheet. The postprocessing device includes an optional unit mounting base. On the optional unit mounting base, one of a folding unit having a function to fold th
- OT-2026-000000232
A task performance method of a system includes assigning, by the server, at least one task of a plurality of tasks stored in advance to a first robot among the plurality of robots, determining, by the server, a path for arranging the first robot to a first location in which at least one delivery object related to the t
- OT-2026-000000224
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a strapping tool configured to tension metal strap around a load and, after tensioning, attach overlapping portions of the strap to one another by cutting notches into a seal element positioned around the overlapping portions of the strap and into the overlapping po
- OT-2026-000000221
An overhead transport vehicle includes a lifter to be raised and lowered by a plurality of suspensions on left and right sides. The lifter includes a base portion, a left support and a right support attached to lower ends of the suspensions and each supporting the base portion via an elastic body, and a left arm and a
- OT-2026-000000218
A paint packet-making apparatus may include a plurality of containers configured to contain one or more base paints and one or more tints, a sachet packaging apparatus, and a precision dispenser configured to work in concert with the sachet packaging apparatus and fluidly connected to the plurality of containers to sel
- OT-2026-000000217
A rotary storage device includes a body and a transfer material. The transfer material includes a first end coupled to the body, a second end opposite the first end, and a transfer material length between the first end and the second end. The transfer material length is wound around the body for an entirety of the tran
- OT-2026-000000213
A rack storage system includes first and second storage racks, a rack aisle therebetween, rack guide tracks arranged in pairs in driving planes above each other, a transport vehicle displaceable in the rack aisle, a transport vehicle lifting device with a vertically extending guide frame and a lift frame mounted thereo
- OT-2026-000000212
A secondary battery electrode production system comprises a transfer portion configured to transfer an electrode, wherein the transfer portion is divided into a first area for unloading the electrode and a second area for loading or holding the electrode, the transfer portion comprises a suction driving portion, a suct
- OT-2026-000000211
A document sheet conveying device includes a guide portion, a swinging shaft, a sheet member, and a biasing member. The guide portion guides a document sheet to the discharge tray. The swinging shaft is provided at an upstream end of the guide portion in a conveyance direction of the document sheet and swingably suppor
- OT-2026-000000207
Conveyor belt modules and a modular conveyor belt constructed of those modules. The belt modules comprise a plurality of thin metal links attached to a crossbar at spaced locations. The metal links extend along lines oblique to the length of the crossbar from a first loop to a second loop. Belt rows include one or more
- OT-2026-000000198
A roller conveying rack includes two carrier plates with rectangular shapes, wherein the carrier plates are arranged in parallel and aligned, legs are disposed on both sides of a bottom of each carrier plate in a longitudinal direction of the carrier plate, the legs on different carrier plates are connected by sleeve s
- OT-2026-000000190
A strapping apparatus for cutting a strap on a package has a treatment head having on a lower side a full base plate having a lift edge on a full base plate. A manipulator carries the treatment head for movement in three dimensions. A controller operates the manipulating means for first passing a corner of the base pla
- OT-2026-000000188
An oxygen tubing retraction and storage apparatus that provides for retraction of tubing that is between a patient and, for example, an oxygen machine. The retraction apparatus having a frame member, a drum assembly, a tube drum guide assembly and a motor assembly. The drum assembly rotates relative to the frame member
- OT-2026-000000166
A bare bottle pre-grouping and stacking device includes a bottle feeding and conveying mechanism, a grouping and conveying mechanism, a stacking and conveying mechanism, and a pre-grouping mechanism. The bottle feeding and conveying mechanism is configured to transport multiple columns of bare bottles. The grouping and
- OT-2026-000000165
A control includes a control device configured to execute a plurality of types of processing including assignment processing of assigning one or more movement tasks for transporting the article, to one of the plurality of transport vehicles. In response to a processing load on the control device exceeding a predetermin
- OT-2026-000000164
Provided is an article conveyance device that makes it possible to reduce production of particles. The article conveyance device includes: an ascending and descending stage movable along a support pillar; a toothed belt stretched from the ascending and descending stage along the support pillar; a first pulley provided
- OT-2026-000000160
A system for unloading items from a container includes: a movable chassis configured for deployment into an open end of the container, to a selectable depth within the container; a conveyor supported by the movable chassis, the conveyor configured to extend from an input end positioned within the container according to
- OT-2026-000000157
The invention discloses a sheet processing machine with an alignment plate at the input. The sheets are piled against the plate, and during each machine cycle, the bottommost sheet is extracted and delivered to a gripper bar of the machine. The alignment plate can move precisely longitudinally and diagonally to adjust
- OT-2026-000000142
Systems and methods are disclosed for automated reorientation of sortation shuttles. An example system for automated shuttle reorientation may include a track having a first portion, a second portion, and a rotatable portion that a first end and a second end, where the rotatable portion is configured to rotate from a f
- OT-2026-000000140
The present invention relates to a feeder module for discharging sheets into a converting machine. The feeder module comprises a movable discharge conveyor comprising a plurality of belt conveyors which are configured to move between a discharge position (DP) in which the belt conveyors are contacting the lowermost pos
- OT-2026-000000139
A feeding device includes a set plate, a feeding unit, a fan, a heater, a control unit and a temperature and humidity sensor. When the control unit receives a feeding start command, if the sheet to be fed by the feeding unit is coated paper, the control unit performs condition determination processing to determine whet
- OT-2026-000000133
A packing apparatus and its corresponding method for loading articles, having been arranged into a stack ( 4 ), into a packaging ( 5 ). The apparatus includes a carrying means ( 11 ) for carrying the stack ( 4 ), and a compressing means ( 12 ) for collecting the stack ( 4 ) from the carrying means ( 11 ) and transferri
- OT-2026-000000125
An elevator for a rack system for load carriers having a load-receiver, wherein the load-receiver comprises a displacement unit, and wherein the load-receiver comprises rollers. Further a rack system equipped with a corresponding elevator is also provided.
- OT-2026-000000122
A system and method for detecting integrity of a position for a mover in an independent cart system, includes receiving multiple first position feedback signals at a first processing core and receiving multiple second position feedback signals at a second processing core. Each of the first and second position feedback
- OT-2026-000000109
An apparatus, system, and method for a low tension application spooler and or coiler system that positively drives the material into the coil and or reel so that the tension is minimum during the winding process.
- OT-2026-000000106
An automatic cut and transfer coiler and spooler apparatus, system, and method for use generally comprising a rotatable turret with two independently driven spindles thereon wherein the drives for the independent spindles are attached to the turret for selectively rotating the spindles about their own axis independentl
- OT-2026-000000099
An inspection sorting device includes a conveying unit that conveys the inspection target; an electromagnetic wave irradiation unit for irradiating electromagnetic waves to the inspection target; an electromagnetic wave detection unit detects electromagnetic waves transmitted through the inspection target; an inspectio
- OT-2026-000000095
Provided is a sheet feeding device including: a cassette housing section; a sheet storage cassette; and a sheet feeding unit. The sheet storage cassette includes a cassette base which is configured to store recording media that have a sheet form, and can be inserted into and removed from the cassette housing section. T
- OT-2026-000000089
An apparatus for processing a strand of dunnage material, such as a coil of dunnage material, may include a winding device configured to wind the strand of dunnage material around a winding center, and an adhesive tape dispenser aligned with the winding device. The adhesive tape dispenser may be configured such that th
- OT-2026-000000078
A switch-on unit for a tool of a movable unit of a linear transport system can be fastened to the movable unit. The switch-on unit includes a housing, an energy-receiving coil with energy-receiving electronics, and a movable antenna with communication electronics. The energy-receiving electronics and the communication
- OT-2026-000000074
A storage grid for storing storage containers includes a plurality of horizontal container supporting frameworks distributed vertically with vertical offsets. The plurality of horizontal container supporting frameworks includes a first container supporting framework and at least one second container supporting framewor
- OT-2026-000000055
An arrangement for managing metal powder in additive manufacturing processes includes an inerted transfer system that tracks the reuse cycle of powder. The system employs containers with integral identifiers to store powder batches, each identifier encoding a generation count. Upon transfer, a reader updates this count
- OT-2026-000000047
This disclosure describes a system for reliable barcode decoding across articles with varied optical properties, such as matte labels and film-wrapped items, moving at production line speeds. The system employs an imaging device capable of capturing multiple images with different exposure settings for each article. Art
- OT-2026-000000036
An automated storage system employs a dedicated buffer position to facilitate the handover of storage units between an aisle shuttle and a vertical lift. This arrangement addresses the problem of reduced system throughput that occurs when an aisle shuttle waits directly at a lift interface, thereby blocking the entire
- OT-2026-000000030
This disclosure describes a power and free monorail carrier system featuring a pusher dog designed to disengage under controlled overload conditions. The arrangement prevents damage to the carrier or the power chain drive system when a carrier becomes jammed or obstructed. It details the mechanism for disengagement, th
- OT-2026-000000029
This disclosure describes a right-angle article transfer system designed to correct article skew during redirection. The system utilizes a lift-and-shift roller bank to receive articles from an input conveyor, elevate them, square them against a reference surface, and then transfer them onto an output conveyor moving a
- OT-2026-000000027
This disclosure describes a two-stage belt cleaning system designed to minimize carryback on conveyor belts. A primary scraper removes bulk material, while a secondary scraper, mounted on a compliant mechanism, removes finer particles and moisture. The compliant mount enables the secondary blade to maintain consistent
- OT-2026-000000010
This disclosure describes a pallet dispensing system configured to handle pallets with damaged or non-standard stringer boards. The system employs a tine-and-fork transfer mechanism designed to engage with and lift individual pallets from a stack. It incorporates features for detecting stringer irregularities during en
- OT-2026-000000009
This disclosure describes a hanger bearing arrangement for screw conveyors handling abrasive bulk materials. The design addresses premature wear and failure of intermediate support bearings, a common cause of conveyor downtime. It employs a non-contact, indirectly lubricated bearing system, optimized material selection
- OT-2026-000000008
This disclosure describes a dock leveller lip control system designed to maintain continuous contact between the leveller lip and a trailer bed during loading or unloading operations. The system addresses the problem of trailer suspension settling, which causes the trailer bed height to decrease as its load increases,
- OT-2026-000000007
A goods-to-person picking station integrates two presentation bays to minimize operator idle time during item retrieval. It addresses the problem where an operator waits for the next storage unit to arrive, reducing potential pick rate. The system employs a control logic that anticipates the completion of picking from
- OT-2026-000000006
This disclosure describes an arrangement for suppressing dust at bulk material transfer points. It employs a staged enclosure around the material drop zone, paired with an induced air balance system. The enclosure design promotes staged particle settling while skirt seals minimize uncontrolled air ingress. An air extra
- OT-2026-000000005
An arrangement for a cross belt sorter synchronizes article induction with carrier movement. This system utilizes a high-resolution encoder to precisely track carrier positions on a continuous loop. Induction timing is dynamically calculated based on the detected pitch of carriers, ensuring articles are released only w