EP3774606A4 - SECTIONALIZATION AND ORIENTATION OF OBJECTS TO FEED - Google Patents

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EP3774606A4
EP3774606A4 EP19786079.4A EP19786079A EP3774606A4 EP 3774606 A4 EP3774606 A4 EP 3774606A4 EP 19786079 A EP19786079 A EP 19786079A EP 3774606 A4 EP3774606 A4 EP 3774606A4
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singulating
feeding
orienting objects
orienting
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David Prystupa
John Pacak
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9754741 Canada Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/02—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/04—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
    • B65G47/12—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles
    • B65G47/14—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
    • B65G47/1407—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl
    • B65G47/1414—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of at least the whole wall of the container
    • B65G47/1428—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of at least the whole wall of the container rotating movement
    • B65G47/1435—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of at least the whole wall of the container rotating movement using the centrifugal effect to arrange or orientate the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/02—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors
    • B65G47/04—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles
    • B65G47/12—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles
    • B65G47/14—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding
    • B65G47/1407—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl
    • B65G47/1442—Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from disorderly-arranged article piles or from loose assemblages of articles arranging or orientating the articles by mechanical or pneumatic means during feeding the articles being fed from a container, e.g. a bowl by means of movement of the bottom or a part of the wall of the container
    • B65G47/1457—Rotating movement in the plane of the rotating part
    • B65G47/1464—Rotating movement in the plane of the rotating part using the centrifugal effect to arrange or orientate the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23P—METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
    • B23P19/00—Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some deformation; Tools or devices therefor so far as not provided for in other classes
    • B23P19/001—Article feeders for assembling machines
    • B23P19/002—Article feeders for assembling machines orientating the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23P—METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
    • B23P19/00—Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some deformation; Tools or devices therefor so far as not provided for in other classes
    • B23P19/001—Article feeders for assembling machines
    • B23P19/003—Escapement mechanisms used therewith
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B15/00—Attaching articles to cards, sheets, strings, webs, or other carriers
    • B65B15/04—Attaching a series of articles, e.g. small electrical components, to a continuous web
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G43/00—Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
    • B65G47/24—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
    • B65G47/24—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles
    • B65G47/256—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles removing incorrectly orientated articles

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Feeding Of Articles To Conveyors (AREA)
  • Attitude Control For Articles On Conveyors (AREA)
  • Chutes (AREA)
  • Combined Means For Separation Of Solids (AREA)
EP19786079.4A 2018-04-13 2019-04-15 SECTIONALIZATION AND ORIENTATION OF OBJECTS TO FEED Pending EP3774606A4 (en)

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US201862657068P 2018-04-13 2018-04-13
PCT/CA2019/050462 WO2019195946A1 (en) 2018-04-13 2019-04-15 Singulating and orienting objects for feeding

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EP3774606A1 EP3774606A1 (en) 2021-02-17
EP3774606A4 true EP3774606A4 (en) 2022-01-05

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EP (1) EP3774606A4 (zh)
JP (1) JP2021519687A (zh)
KR (1) KR20200144122A (zh)
CN (2) CN116729950A (zh)
AR (1) AR114783A1 (zh)
BR (1) BR112020020692A2 (zh)
CA (1) CA3120440A1 (zh)
MX (1) MX2020010600A (zh)
TW (1) TW201943629A (zh)
WO (1) WO2019195946A1 (zh)

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DE2320386A1 (de) * 1973-04-21 1974-11-07 Klaus Dipl Ing Spahn Verfahren und geraet zur abscheidung fester und fluessiger partikel aus gasfoermigen medien
US4526269A (en) * 1983-06-20 1985-07-02 The Regents Of The University Of California Singulator
US5454465A (en) * 1992-05-05 1995-10-03 Campbell Soup Company Kicker clamp for containers
US7861846B1 (en) * 2009-08-05 2011-01-04 Multi-Comp, Inc. Singulating apparatus
US20180029086A1 (en) * 2016-07-29 2018-02-01 9754741Canada Ltd Method and Apparatus for Singulating Particles in a Stream

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MX2020010600A (es) 2020-10-20
TW201943629A (zh) 2019-11-16
AR114783A1 (es) 2020-10-14
JP2021519687A (ja) 2021-08-12
CN116729950A (zh) 2023-09-12
CN112135784B (zh) 2023-07-18
CN112135784A (zh) 2020-12-25
KR20200144122A (ko) 2020-12-28

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