B65G2812/02227

Multipurpose conveyor system
12338077 · 2025-06-24 ·

A conveyor system and a method for transporting proppants and drill cuttings to a blender and dryer respectively in oil and gas fields. The conveyor system includes an upper conveyor belt aligned horizontally and encased within a frame. The conveyor system also includes a lower conveyor belt positioned below the upper conveyor belt. The lower conveyor belt is configured to extend outwards from the frame and angularly lifted. In use, the lower conveyor belt is lifted to the level of the blender or the dryer. Material from the transport containers is dropped on the upper conveyor belt and the material is carried to the lower conveyor belt. The lower conveyor belt carries the material upwards to the blender or the dryer.

Method for forming pairs of packs

A method for forming pairs of packs, comprising providing a supply of individual packs (100), arranging a first pack in a vertical transport device (40), arranging a second pack in the vertical transport device (40), thereby arranging the second pack vertically spaced from the first pack in the vertical transport device (40). The method further comprises vertically transporting the first and the second pack in the vertical transport device, then simultaneous pushing the first and second packs as a pair of packs out of the vertical transport device and into a receiving device (50), wherein the first and second packs are transferred in a vertically spaced manner as the pair of packs to the receiving device and are arranged in a vertically spaced manner in the receiving device.

Medication container singulator system and apparatus

A system and apparatus for a medication container singulator apparatus is disclosed. The container singulator apparatus includes a main frame, a belt support, a cleated belt, a ramp, a divider, and a push plate. As medication containers are routed upward along the cleated belt, the push plate pushes medication containers towards one end of the cleated belt. The divider knocks off medication containers lying perpendicular to the cleated belt. The ramp pushes medication containers hanging off of the cleated belt off. At the top end of the container singulator apparatus, medication containers are limited to one per cleat and are pushed to one side of the cleated belt.