US 11,027,936 B2Granted

Conveying device for conveying goods

AssigneeFagor Arrasate, S. Coop.

InventorsJose Manuel Piquer Pérez, Adolfo Lopez Sanchez

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Abstract

According to some embodiments a conveying device for conveying goods includes at least one conveyor belt with an outer contact face against which the goods to be conveyed are held during conveyance. A main negative pressure holding area is provided adjacent to the conveyor belt, the main negative pressure holding area being configured to hold or release the goods to or from the conveyor belt by negative pressure. The conveyor belt includes at least one suction chamber on the outer contact face forming an additional negative pressure holding area, the suction chamber being in fluid communication with negative pressure holding means through at least one opening transversely going through the conveyor belt.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A conveying device for conveying a good, the conveying device comprising:

a negative pressure chamber including a wall that includes a first negative pressure conduit and a second negative pressure conduit, the first negative pressure conduit being larger than the second negative pressure conduit;
a first conveyor belt having a suction chamber in fluid communication with the second negative pressure conduit via a through opening in the first conveyor belt, the first conveyor belt including an outer contact face to which the good is held against when a negative pressure is produced in the second negative pressure conduit, the suction chamber being a longitudinal channel with no closed ends;
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a holding area to which the good is held against when a negative pressure is produced in the first negative pressure conduit.

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Facts

Application: 16/411,505Filed 14 May 2019
Priority: EP 1838233817 May 2018
Published: US 2019/0352105 A121 Nov 2019
Granted: 8 Jun 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

B65H 29/32
By dropping the articles: from pneumatic, e.g. suction, carriers
B65G 47/91
Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials: incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
B65H 5/224
By suction devices: by suction belts
B65H 29/242
Suction devices: suction bands or belts

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US 2019/0352105 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Nov 2019
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