William F. Semple, a dentist, was awarded the first US Patent on chewing gum in 1869. His recipe contained powdered chalk.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061109 | Tablet filling device A device for filling tablets into tablet carriers such as blisters is provided. The device includes , a tablet storage container for intermediately storing a multiplicity of tablets which lie loosely next to one another and above one another. The device also removes... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7878320 | Directional change twin-belt conveyor A directional-change conveyor (1) is provided for conveying piece goods (2) along a first conveying strip and a second conveying strip oriented in a different direction. A transfer structure (3) is provided for transferring conveyed piece goods ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7770720 | Conveying device for conveying goods on pallets along a horizontal conveying line A conveying device (1) is provided for conveying preferably heavy goods on pallets or the like on an essentially horizontal conveying line or track (5, 6) on the floor (4) of a room or outdoors. The conveying line is, in the longitudinal directi... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7748519 | Vertical conveyor in a commissioning system for vertically conveying goods that are to be transported A vertical conveyor (1) is provided in a commissioning system for vertically conveying piece good-type conveying materials of a commissioning order from an upper transfer point (2) to a lower transfer point (3) of the commissioning system. The c... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7646156 | Shelf storage system with energy recycling In a shelf storage system (1) comprising at least two shelf units (1a-1d), wherein each shelf unit has a separate moveable shelf feeder device (5) with electric drive motors (6, 7, 8), and comprising an electric energ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7441387 | Method and system for commissioning articles which are suitable for a central belt and articles which are not suitable for a central belt A method and a commissioning system are provided for commissioning articles (A1) which are suitable for a central belt in a central belt commissioning system and articles (A2) which are not suitable for a central belt, preferably manually from an artic... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7344348 | Storage and retrieval unit and method for controlling product storage shelving, especially a commission device A storage and retrieval unit (1) is provided for operating a product storage shelving (2), which has at least one shelf, on which essentially cubic products (4, 5, 6) are arranged and held. The products can be removed and fed to a driven, essent... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7011206 | Vertical conveyor in the form of a c-shaped circulating conveyor for vertical conveyance of unit load items A vertical conveyor in the form of a said C-shaped fixed tray conveyor (1) for the vertical conveying of individual products from and to a lower level (3) to or from a upper level (2) on essentially horizontal, vertically movable spaced carrying... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6971833 | Order picking system The invention relates to an order picking system (1) with at least one automatic commissioning machine (2) having article racks (3) in which channels (4) for articles are positioned which are inclined in relation to the horizontal. Said c... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6907983 | Conveying device for conveying stock on pallets or the like with change of direction A conveying device (1) with change of direction for conveying stock, preferably on pallets (2), along a first conveying line (3) and along a second conveying line (4) oriented in a different direction, and with a transferring system for t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6892509 | Commissioning device with intermediate storage areas in the form of tiltable containers arranged on a shelf Tiltable containers (3) with a filling opening (4) are arranged horizontally in the longitudinal direction of a shelf. A lower conveyor (5), is associated with the tiltable containers (3) in the longitudinal direction of the shelf. One or... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6799938 | Commissioning device with vertical product storage units and lower conveyor belt or similar A commissioning device (1) has essentially vertical product storage units (2) in which products (3) of the same type are stacked, respectively, and at least one conveying means (4), especially a conveyor belt, which is located underneath ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6733222 | Commissioning system with product storage compartments disposed in a shelf and with a positionable ejector unit A commissioning system (1) is provided with product storage compartments (2) vertically to horizontally disposed in a shelf, in which products are stacked. The product right at the bottom of such a stack of a selected product storage compartment can be... | 05/11/2004 |