Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
414564000 | HOIST OR ELEVATOR AND ENDLESS OR ROTARY CARRIER | 11 |
20090060697 | CONTAINER CHANGING SYSTEM AND CONTAINER CHANGING METHOD - A container changing system able to prevent deterioration in the working rate of substrate processing apparatuses and deterioration in the amount of production of semiconductor devices. A second mounting portion is arranged between a carrier of a container conveying unit and a first mounting portion of a substrate processing apparatus with respect to a lifting direction of a container. The second mounting portion is configured to freely advance and withdraw to/from a lifting path of the container. A container lifting unit is arranged between the carrier and the second mounting portion with respect to the lifting direction. In the container lifting unit, a base portion is configured to freely advance and withdraw to/from the lifting path, a second holder is provided below the base portion and can hold the container, and a second lifter is arranged between the base portion and the second holder and configured to lift up/down the second holder between the base portion and the first mounting portion when the second holder is located opposed to the first mounting portion. | 03-05-2009 |
20110170998 | Method and Apparatus for picking articles into order load supports in a completely automated and manless manner - The present invention relates to a system for picking a plurality of different articles in a fully automated manner, which are preferably stored in storage load supports ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110286825 | APPARATUS FOR LIFTING A GROUP OF CONTAINERS OR THE LIKE - An array of objects stands on a flexible web on a horizontal support, and a frame at the accumulation region gathers the objects at the downstream end into a group having a plurality of transverse rows. A transport element formed as a blind has an end edge and is shifted shiftable atop the web upstream in the direction between a ready position with the end edge spaced from the group standing on the web and a pickup position underlying the entire group. A lifting element underneath the web moves jointly with the transport element such that the web is raised immediately upstream of the end edge of the transport element to raise downstream edges of the objects and the transport element is engageable between the objects in the group and the web so the transport element can slide underneath the objects in the group. | 11-24-2011 |
20120288350 | SYSTEM FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING FOODSTUFFS - A system for loading and unloading food products. In one implementation the system includes transport means with a plurality of parallel belts upon which the products to be loaded move, and a tool adapted to load the products. The tool has support means adapted to pass through the gaps between the belts to load the product and to support the product when it is unloaded, and to perform the loading of the product moving it in an ascending vertical direction, the support means lifting the product from the transport means. The support means are adapted to rotate in relation to the support structure to unload the product, when they rotate, the support means have a peripheral speed equal to the speed at which the product moves during the unloading. | 11-15-2012 |
20130115033 | CUP FEEDER - A column of cups guided by their rims in elongated slots is spaced into desired cup pitch by one or more linear stars from which the cups can be transferred for packaging. The linear stars have lugs engaging and spacing the cups. In another aspect of the invention, cups are manipulated into patterns for final grouping and packaging and by a plurality of cup orienting pickers engaging, inverting and re-orienting the cups. In one final packaged cup group of two or more layers, alternating cups in each layer are inverted and a top lid of a cup in an upper layer is disposed on a top lid of a cup in a bottom layer, while a bottom of a cup in an upper layer is disposed on a bottom of a cup in a lower layer, and in an alternating pattern. | 05-09-2013 |
20150316024 | METHOD FOR MOVING WIND TURBINE COMPONENTS AND A TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR MOVING WIND TURBINE COMPONENTS - A method of removing a wind turbine component includes assembling a transport system having a track, one or more support frames, and a carriage movably coupled to the track, the transport system having a first end positioned inside the tower and a second end positioned outside of the tower such that the track extends through an opening in the tower; raising the wind turbine component off of a platform located within the tower and above the door; moving at least part of the platform to allow the component to pass; lowering the wind turbine component onto the carriage; moving the carriage along the track from inside the tower to outside the tower; and removing the wind turbine component from the carriage. A transport system having a track, one or more support frames, and a carriage is also disclosed. | 11-05-2015 |
20150329290 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING AWAY STACKS OF ITEMS WHICH CONSIST OF PALLETS WITH ITEMS STACKED THEREON, AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING AWAY STACKS OF ITEMS WHICH CONSIST OF PALLETS WITH ITEMS STACKED THEREON - A system for transporting pallets with stacked items, such as paper or cardboard, comprises at least two supply lines, which run in a transport direction and the end regions are laterally next to each other. Each group of stacks has at least two stacks arranged next to one another transversely with respect to the transport direction. The pallets are a small distance from one another. A transport device is provided which is movable laterally to the end regions for taking delivery of the entire group from said supply line. A transfer station comprises supply, hoisting and removal devices. The transport device is movable laterally for transferring the entire group to the supply device. The hoisting device transfers either a stack of items of one group or simultaneously a plurality of stacks of items from the supply device to the removal device. The removal device comprises two independently drivable conveyor belts. | 11-19-2015 |
20160005633 | HIGH EFFICIENCY BUFFER STOCKER - A high-efficiency buffer stocker is disclosed. The buffer stocker includes an overhead transport track for supporting overhead transport vehicles carrying wafer containers and at least one conveyor system or conveyor belt provided beneath the overhead transport track for receiving the wafer containers from the overhead transport vehicles on the overhead transport track. The buffer stocker is capable of absorbing the excessive flow of wafer containers between a processing tool and a stocker, for example, to facilitate the orderly and efficient flow of wafers between sequential process tools in a semiconductor fabrication facility, for example. | 01-07-2016 |
20160137327 | CUP FEEDER - A column of cups guided by their rims in elongated slots is spaced into desired cup pitch by one or more linear stars from which the cups can be transferred for packaging. The linear stars have lugs engaging and spacing the cups. In another aspect of the invention, cups are manipulated into patterns for final grouping and packaging and by a plurality of cup orienting pickers engaging, inverting and re-orienting the cups. In one final packaged cup group of two or more layers, alternating cups in each layer are inverted and a top lid of a cup in an upper layer is disposed on a top lid of a cup in a bottom layer, while a bottom of a cup in an upper layer is disposed on a bottom of a cup in a lower layer, and in an alternating pattern. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137435 | TRANSFER APPARATUS AND ARTICLE TAKING-OUT METHOD - According to an embodiment, a transfer apparatus includes a gripper, a first driving mechanism, an elastic passive joint part, a conveyor, a second driving mechanism, and base. The gripper grips an article. The first driving mechanism linearly moves the gripper in at least two directions including a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The elastic passive joint part is interposed between the gripper and the first driving mechanism, and operates in accordance with an operation of the gripper. The conveyor conveys the article. The second driving mechanism linearly moves the conveyor in the at least two directions, and is connected to the conveyor. The base supports the first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism. | 05-19-2016 |
20160200527 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR STACKABLE CONTAINERS | 07-14-2016 |