IP Library Granted Patent US 11,198,563
Granted Patent B2
US 11,198,563 · App. 17/040,224 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Vibratory conveyor

Inventor: Urs Helfenstein (Buchs, CH)
Assignee: K-Tron Technologies, Inc.
B65G27/32B65G27/08B65G27/30B65G2203/042
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Patent No.
US 11,198,563
App. No.
17/040,224
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a vibratory conveyor comprising a drive unit that generates a vibration movement during operation, and a conveying element arranged on the drive unit, wherein the drive unit comprises a support arrangement for the conveying element, which is mounted on a rear section on the carrier arrangement and has a freely extending section, and a spring-elastic vibration arrangement is provided on the front section of the conveying element, said vibration arrangement being arranged and designed in such a way that it oscillates with respect to the oscillation of the drive arrangement with phase displacement counter to the phase displacement of the conveying element.

Claims (10)

1. Vibratory conveyor comprising a drive unit that generates a vibration movement during operation, and a conveying element arranged on the drive unit, wherein the drive unit comprises a support arrangement for the conveying element, which is mounted via a rear section on the support arrangement and has a freely extending section, wherein a spring-elastic vibration arrangement is provided on a front section of the conveying element, said vibration arrangement being arranged and designed in such a way so as to oscillate with respect to the oscillation of the drive unit with phase shift opposite to the phase shift of the conveying element.

2. Vibratory conveyor according to claim 1 , wherein the resonance frequencies of the conveying element and the vibration arrangement are different from the operating frequency of the support arrangement and wherein the operating frequency is higher than one of the resonance frequencies and lower than the other of the resonance frequencies.

3. Vibratory conveyor according to claim 1 , wherein the resonance frequency of the conveying element is higher than that of the vibration arrangement.

4. Vibratory conveyor according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration arrangement has a pendulum mass and a spring-elastic pendulum suspension connecting the mass to the conveying element.

5. Vibratory conveyor according to claim 4 , wherein the spring-elastic vibration arrangement has two masses, which are arranged on opposite sides of the conveying element.

6. Vibratory conveyor according to claim 1 , wherein the spring-elastic pendulum suspension is formed as tongue, which is arranged parallel to the conveying direction x of the conveying element.

7. Vibratory conveyor according to claim 1 , with a front sensor for the vertical movement of the front section of the conveying element and with a control unit, which is designed to detect a deviation of the vertical movement of the front section from the vertical movement of the rear section from the data of the front sensor during operation and to generate a correction signal for an actuator arrangement of the vibration arrangement so that the two vertical movements are mutually similar.

8. Vibratory conveyor according to claim 7 , further comprising a rear sensor for the vertical movement of the rear section of the conveying element.

9. Vibratory conveyor according to claim 8 , wherein the front sensor is designed as an accelerometer.

10. Vibratory conveyor according to claim 9 , wherein the rear sensor is designed as an accelerometer.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST (LC) Recorded Feb 10, 2026
From: BAKER PERKINS, INC.; COPERION CORPORATION; COPERION PROCESS SOLUTIONS LLC (F/K/A SCHENCK PROCESS LLC); COPERION FOOD EQUIPMENT LLC; MOLD-MASTERS DME COMPANY LLC (F/K/A DME COMPANY LLC); K-TRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ROTEX GLOBAL, LLC; SHICK SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 074733/0605 →
SECURITY INTEREST (SECURED NOTES) Recorded Feb 10, 2026
From: BAKER PERKINS, INC.; COPERION CORPORATION; COPERION PROCESS SOLUTIONS LLC (F/K/A SCHENCK PROCESS LLC); COPERION FOOD EQUIPMENT LLC; MOLD-MASTERS DME COMPANY LLC (F/K/A DME COMPANY LLC); K-TRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ROTEX GLOBAL, LLC; SHICK SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 074733/0711 →
SECURITY INTEREST (TL/RCF) Recorded Feb 10, 2026
From: BAKER PERKINS, INC.; COPERION CORPORATION; COPERION PROCESS SOLUTIONS LLC (F/K/A SCHENCK PROCESS LLC); COPERION FOOD EQUIPMENT LLC; MOLD-MASTERS DME COMPANY LLC (F/K/A DME COMPANY LLC); K-TRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ROTEX GLOBAL, LLC; SHICK SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 075115/0459 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2021
From: HELFENSTEIN, URS
To: KTRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 055529/0642 →