US 12,434,078 B1
Flying conveyor device
Pin-Hua Chen, Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed by Pin-Hua Chen, Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/611,576.
Int. Cl. A62B 1/20 (2006.01); B64D 1/18 (2006.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 101/47 (2023.01); B64U 101/55 (2023.01); B65G 69/00 (2006.01)
CPC A62B 1/20 (2013.01) [B64D 1/18 (2013.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 2101/47 (2023.01); B64U 2101/55 (2023.01); B65G 69/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flying conveyor device comprising:
at least one drone including a frame body that loops around an axis to define a frame hole, and a plurality of aeronautic units that are connected to said frame body and that are spaced apart angularly around said frame body, said frame hole extending in a top-bottom direction along the axis and being opened at top and bottom ends of said frame body; and
at least one conveying module connected to said at least one drone, and including a conveying duct that is connected beneath said frame body and that has a top duct open end connected to said frame body in alignment with and in spatial communication with said frame hole of said frame body, a bottom duct open end lower than said top duct open end, and a slide channel that extends from said top duct open end to said bottom duct open end;
wherein, when said at least one drone ascends, said frame body pulls said top duct open end of said conveying duct upward to a higher altitude, and a descending movement from the higher altitude is allowed through said frame hole and said slide channel.