US 12,191,181 B2
Interface apparatus and container transporting system with the apparatus
Jun Sang Ahn, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Bo Seung Hwang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jeong Ung Cheon, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SEMES Co., Ltd., Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Filed by SEMES Co., Ltd., Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,011.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0146066 (KR), filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0139750 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 21/677 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 47/61 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 21/67733 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0457 (2013.01); B65G 1/0485 (2013.01); B65G 47/61 (2013.01); H01L 21/6773 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0297 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interface apparatus comprising:
a plurality of saddles for receiving containers from a container transporting device, each of the plurality of saddles comprising a body and a groove formed in a surface of the body configured to face the container transporting device, the groove at least partially surrounded by sidewalls, and an impact absorbing member being formed on one or more surfaces of the groove;
a circulating path for providing a route for transporting the containers seated on saddles to a container storage device; and
a control device configured to control speeds of the plurality of saddles on the circulating path,
wherein each saddle of the plurality of saddles receives in a respective groove thereof a respective container of the containers while moving together with the container transporting device, each saddle receiving the respective container on the one or more surfaces of the respective groove having the impact absorbing member, and
wherein the control device independently controls the speeds of the plurality of saddles relative to one another, such that a speed of one of the plurality of saddles may be different from a speed of another of the plurality of saddles.