A conveyor mechanism and system are described that provide for conveyance of objects from a first position to a second position. The conveyor mechanism includes a torus-shaped flexible membrane having a central axis, the torus-shaped flexible membrane elongated along a direction parallel to the central axis and having an external surface, center channel, and an enclosed cavity. The conveyor mechanism also includes a first roller assembly disposed within the enclosed cavity of the torus-shaped flexible membrane, a second roller assembly that applies a force against the external surface and the first roller assembly to cause the torus-shaped flexible membrane to rotate longitudinally around the enclosed cavity to convey objects along the center channel, and an adjustment device that adjusts a position of the second roller assembly along a direction parallel with the central axis.

A conveyor mechanism and system are described that provide for conveyance of objects from a first position to a second position. The conveyor mechanism includes a torus-shaped flexible membrane having a central axis, the torus-shaped flexible membrane elongated along a direction parallel to the central axis and having an external surface, center channel, and an enclosed cavity. The conveyor mechanism also includes a first roller assembly disposed within the enclosed cavity of the torus-shaped flexible membrane, a second roller assembly that applies a force against the external surface and the first roller assembly to cause the torus-shaped flexible membrane to rotate longitudinally around the enclosed cavity to convey objects along the center channel, and an adjustment device that adjusts a position of the second roller assembly along a direction parallel with the central axis.

An overturning and shifting mechanism, comprising: a carrier platform (10) on which a first item-sensing device (12) is disposed; a transporting device (11) on which a second item-sensing device (13) is disposed; an overturning device (14) which is positioned between the carrier platform (10) and the transporting device (11) and which comprises a driving device (141) and a rotating arm (142), the rotating arm (142) being provided with a suction structure (15) thereon; and a control device which is connected with the first item-sensing device (12), the second item-sensing device (13), the driving device (141) and the suction structure (15), wherein according to sensing signals of the first item-sensing device (12) and the second item-sensing device (13), the control device controls the driving device to drive the rotating arm (142) to rotate reciprocatingly between the carrier platform (10) and the transporting device (11), while at the same time the control device controls sucking or releasing operation of the suction structure (15). The mechanism is mainly used in production process of display devices and solves problems in contaminations and deformations due to overturning and shifting of display panels by manual operations in the conventional arts.

In a laser irradiation apparatus 1 according to one embodiment, each of first and second flotation units 30a, 30b includes a base 31, and a porous plate 32 bonded to an upper surface of the base 31 by an adhesive layer 34, the base 31 includes a rising portion 312 protruding upward at an outer periphery facing at least the gap, and the porous plate 32 includes a cutout portion 321 configured to fit to the rising portion 312, and the adhesive layer 34 is formed along an inner wall of the rising portion 312 having fitted to the cutout portion 321.

In a laser irradiation apparatus 1 according to one embodiment, each of first and second flotation units 30a, 30b includes a base 31, and a porous plate 32 bonded to an upper surface of the base 31 by an adhesive layer 34, the base 31 includes a rising portion 312 protruding upward at an outer periphery facing at least the gap, and the porous plate 32 includes a cutout portion 321 configured to fit to the rising portion 312, and the adhesive layer 34 is formed along an inner wall of the rising portion 312 having fitted to the cutout portion 321.

A lamination device that laminates a plurality of types of workpieces includes supply mechanisms that supply the workpiece to each of supply positions, a movement mechanism including a stator of a linear motor having a predetermined traveling track and a mover of a linear motor that is movable between a plurality of the supply positions along a traveling track, and a controller that controls at least the mover. The mover includes a holding unit that holds the workpiece supplied to the supply positions, and a lamination stage for lamination the workpiece. The controller corrects a relative position of the workpiece with respect to the lamination stage and controls the mover to laminate the workpiece whose relative position is corrected on the lamination stage while the holding unit holds the workpiece supplied to the supply positions and moves to and stops at a next one of the supply positions.

A lamination device that laminates a plurality of types of workpieces includes supply mechanisms that supply the workpiece to each of supply positions, a movement mechanism including a stator of a linear motor having a predetermined traveling track and a mover of a linear motor that is movable between a plurality of the supply positions along a traveling track, and a controller that controls at least the mover. The mover includes a holding unit that holds the workpiece supplied to the supply positions, and a lamination stage for lamination the workpiece. The controller corrects a relative position of the workpiece with respect to the lamination stage and controls the mover to laminate the workpiece whose relative position is corrected on the lamination stage while the holding unit holds the workpiece supplied to the supply positions and moves to and stops at a next one of the supply positions.

A conveyor mechanism and system are described that provide for conveyance of objects from a first position to a second position. The conveyor mechanism includes a torus-shaped flexible membrane having a central axis, the torus-shaped flexible membrane elongated along a direction parallel to the central axis and having an external surface, center channel, and an enclosed cavity. The conveyor mechanism also includes a first roller assembly disposed within the enclosed cavity of the torus-shaped flexible membrane, a second roller assembly that applies a force against the external surface and the first roller assembly to cause the torus-shaped flexible membrane to rotate longitudinally around the enclosed cavity to convey objects along the center channel, and an adjustment device that adjusts a position of the second roller assembly along a direction parallel with the central axis.

A conveyor mechanism and system are described that provide for conveyance of objects from a first position to a second position. The conveyor mechanism includes a torus-shaped flexible membrane having a central axis, the torus-shaped flexible membrane elongated along a direction parallel to the central axis and having an external surface, center channel, and an enclosed cavity. The conveyor mechanism also includes a first roller assembly disposed within the enclosed cavity of the torus-shaped flexible membrane, a second roller assembly that applies a force against the external surface and the first roller assembly to cause the torus-shaped flexible membrane to rotate longitudinally around the enclosed cavity to convey objects along the center channel, and an adjustment device that adjusts a position of the second roller assembly along a direction parallel with the central axis.

An apparatus for vertical transfer of whole nuts from a first elevation to a second, lower elevation includes a run extending between an entrance and an exit, and having a plurality of alternatingly arranged conveying panels between the entrance and the exit. Each conveying panel is inclined to horizontal and has a variable effective conveying width. The apparatus further includes arcuate turn-arounds disposed between respective conveying panels to facilitate transferring the nuts from one conveying panel to the next lower conveying panel. The variable effective conveying width is selected based on a predetermined mass flow rate of nuts such that whole nuts move along the run in a continuous stream without tumbling, and wherein each nut is in contact with adjacent nuts in its respective layer.