A conveyance roller 3 including a support shaft 31, a main rotating portion 34, and a sub rotating portion 35, and a driving body 50 that is in contact with the main rotating portion 34 and the sub rotating portion 35 and that supplies a rotational force to the main rotating portion 34 and the sub rotating portion 35 are provided, wherein the main rotating portion 34 and the sub rotating portion 35 are attached along the support shaft 31 and are rotatable independently of each other around the support shaft 31, the sub rotating portion 35 is not configured to contact an object to be conveyed but the main rotating portion 34 is configured to contact the object to be conveyed and bias the object to be conveyed, the driving body 50 is rotated by power around a rotation shaft 51 in a direction intersecting with the support shaft 31, the support shaft 31 is configured to change an orientation of the support shaft 31 by rotating around the rotation shaft 51, and the driving body 50 is in contact with the main rotating portion 34 and the sub rotating portion 35 regardless of the orientation of the support shaft 31.

A slip roller conveyor utilizes slip rollers constructed of an interior sleeve formed of a relatively lower friction material combined with an exterior sleeve formed of a relatively more durable material that has relatively greater resistance to damage or wear, e.g., as may be caused by barrels or other abrasive objects to be conveyed.

A conveying device includes a plurality of conveying zones having conveying elements, each conveying zone having at least one conveying drive for the conveying elements of the zone in question and being associated with a control unit that controls the conveying drive of the conveying zone, with the conveying device being designed having a support structure. Each conveying zone is formed by an individual independent conveying module that is fastened on the support structure as a complete individual unit and forms the entirety of the conveying device with additional adjacent conveying modules.

A conveying device includes a plurality of conveying zones having conveying elements, each conveying zone having at least one conveying drive for the conveying elements of the zone in question and being associated with a control unit that controls the conveying drive of the conveying zone, with the conveying device being designed having a support structure. Each conveying zone is formed by an individual independent conveying module that is fastened on the support structure as a complete individual unit and forms the entirety of the conveying device with additional adjacent conveying modules.

An object of the present invention is to develop a device and a method by which cargo handling is automatically performed to eliminate overlaps among articles. When loaded with a plurality of articles M, a cargo handling device eliminates overlaps among the articles M. The cargo handling device has an article placement surface on which the articles M are placed. The cargo handling device performs a cargo handling operation that turns and/or rotates the articles M on the article placement surface to eliminate the overlaps among the articles M.

An object of the present invention is to develop a device and a method by which cargo handling is automatically performed to eliminate overlaps among articles. When loaded with a plurality of articles M, a cargo handling device eliminates overlaps among the articles M. The cargo handling device has an article placement surface on which the articles M are placed. The cargo handling device performs a cargo handling operation that turns and/or rotates the articles M on the article placement surface to eliminate the overlaps among the articles M.

An objective is to develop a conveyor device capable of conveying a conveyance object in a plurality of directions. The conveyor device includes a roller portion (rotating body) 30 and a driving body 50. The rotating body 30 is rotatable around at least a first rotation axis 60, and the rotating body is rotatable around a second rotation axis 61 in a direction intersecting with the first rotation axis 60, and changes an attitude by rotating to change a direction of the first rotation axis 60. The driving body 50 is rotated by power around a third rotation axis 62, and the third rotation axis 62 extends in a direction intersecting with the first rotation axis 60. The driving body 50 is in contact with the rotating body at a position eccentric to one end in the direction of the first rotation axis 60 relative to the second rotation axis 61 regardless of attitude-changing of the rotating body.

A conveyor roller includes a roller tube, a motor assembly comprising a motor and a motor shaft and a drive assembly engaged with the motor assembly and the roller tube. The drive assembly includes a drive member, a connector, and a sleeve. The drive member includes at least one first slot that axially extends from a front face of the drive member towards a rear face. The connector includes an axial opening and at least one first projection extending radially outwardly. A sleeve disposed at least partially between the connector and the drive member. The sleeve is configured to engage the at least one first slot of the drive member and the at least one first projection of the connector. A portion of the sleeve extends radially outwardly of the drive member, such that the portion of the sleeve is configured to engage an inner surface of the roller tube.

A roller conveyor system configured for installation on top of a mobile robot to provide robotic transport of a payload includes: a roller conveyor, the roller conveyor comprising: a roller assembly, the roller assembly comprising a plurality of rollers, the rollers configured to move a payload, each of the rollers being configured to rotate, the roller assembly comprising a motorized roller and one or more auxiliary rollers, the motorized roller comprising a motor configured to cause the motorized roller to rotate; and a hybrid power transmission configured to drive the rollers, the hybrid power transmission coupling the motorized roller to at least one of the one or more auxiliary rollers, the hybrid power transmission using at least two power transmission methods.

A roller conveyor system configured for installation on top of a mobile robot to provide robotic transport of a payload includes: a roller conveyor, the roller conveyor comprising: a roller assembly, the roller assembly comprising a plurality of rollers, the rollers configured to move a payload, each of the rollers being configured to rotate, the roller assembly comprising a motorized roller and one or more auxiliary rollers, the motorized roller comprising a motor configured to cause the motorized roller to rotate; and a hybrid power transmission configured to drive the rollers, the hybrid power transmission coupling the motorized roller to at least one of the one or more auxiliary rollers, the hybrid power transmission using at least two power transmission methods.