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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6169936 | Method of controlling the input station in a letter-sorting installation The invention concerns a method of controlling the input station in a letter-sorting installation, the input station having a scanning and reading device and a mechanical letter-storage path in which letters are conveyed after being scanned by the scanner... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5941521 | Device for radially deflecting consignments in transport plants A device for radially deflecting consignments in transport plants permits consignments to be conveyed, in linear sections, clamped between an upper belt and a lower belt, where the upper belt urges the inner side of the curvature of the consignments to be... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5915037 | Method and device for the binarization of pixel data The invention concerns a method and device for binarization of pixel data in which a number of black-and-white binary images each having binarization characteristics of different degrees of sensitivity is formed from a set of grey scale value binary data.... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5899318 | Device for transporting flat articles A device for transporting flat articles with a cover belt system consisting of a lower and an upper belt, between which the articles are transported, and a deflection mechanism for deflecting the cover belt run. The deflection mechanism has one or more ma... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5887180 | Pattern recognition with N processors A method of pattern recognition is achieved by processes which comprise recognition algorithms in a multiple-process environment and a distributed data storage whose data model comprises objects, links for connecting objects, and attributes for writing, w... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5883643 | Device and method for printing markings on flat consignments An apparatus for printing on flat items during conveyance thereof in an item advancing direction include a perforated transport belt having a width, an outer face and an inner face. The outer face is oriented toward a first side of the perforated transpor... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5870715 | Logistics network for processing of mailed articles and method for controlling this network A logistical network has nodes and edges, or transport links, which permit mailed articles that are being set from a sender to a receiver to be transferred, processed, and forwarded in a sequence which is predetermined in terms of time and place. The netw... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5730270 | Swiveling-deflector switching device A switching device with a swiveling deflector for delivering goods to be transported from one of at least two delivery channels. The swiveling deflector is positioned at the free end of a leaf spring clamped into a bearing block. The force is introduced i... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5650676 | Electric motor with improved seal An electric motor assembly has a motor housing which includes a generally cylindrical housing shell and a base part closing one end of the shell; a rotor disposed in the motor housing and including a rotor shaft and a commutator mounted on the rotor shaft... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5636723 | Guide device for a distributive conveyor arrangement A guide device for moving flat pieces of mail from a conveyor and stacking the mail. The conveyor has a shunt for diverting mail to the guide device. The guide device includes a curved support surface and an outer lateral wall defining a curved deflection... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5609381 | Parallel gripper having a force measuring arrangement A parallel gripper includes an electric motor; a threaded spindle connected to the motor to be driven thereby about a longitudinal spindle axis; a spindle nut threadedly mounted on the spindle for longitudinal travel therealong upon rotation of the spindl... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5595383 | Transport unit for a stack of letters having a stationary helical slide A transport unit having a shaft for receiving a stack of letters includes a stationary helical slide forming a bottom of the shaft and having an approximately vertical axis. The helical slide has an upper and a lower end each defining a transfer point for... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5594299 | Dispenser cathode with porous sintered compacted metal dispenser body containing chromium oxide A dispenser cathode including a dispenser body formed of a metal matrix and an emission surface formed of emission material impregnated into the dispenser body metal matrix. The metal matrix is a porous sintered metal matrix containing at least one metal ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5584649 | Separating device A device for separating flat parcels from a stack of parcels includes a drawing element that travels in a conveying direction and acts by friction on a parcel to be drawn off from the stack of parcels. A guide wall for the stacked parcels forms a gap with... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5574462 | Proximity detonator A proximity detonator which derives its firing criterion from reflected beam measurements and thus obtains information about the radial relative velocity of the detonator with respect to its target object by evaluating the Doppler effect, wherein the firi... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5560598 | Device and method for the identification of overlaps of flexible, flat items A device and a method are disclosed for identifying overlaps of flexible flat items being moved along a conveyance path in a conveyor segment which is configured to move the items sequentially while the items are standing on edge and such that at least on... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5539269 | Electrical windshield wiper drive An electrical windshield wiper drive for a vehicle, includes a windshield wiper arm and an electric motor drive in the form of an ultrasonic motor having a drive shaft connected to the windshield wiper arm for rotatably driving the wiper arm.... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5538138 | Method and device for sorting items provided with address information A method for sorting items provided with address information includes passing the items successively through a scanning device for generating a video image of each item, a mechanical storage track and a printing station. The video images are supplied to a... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5532535 | Electric drive for an automotive vehicle An electric drive for a vehicle includes a motor housing; bearing plates closing opposite ends of the housing; roller bearings held in the bearing plates; an electric motor accommodated in the motor housing and including an axially hollow rotor shaft affi... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5515053 | Transponder and data communications system A transponder as well as a data communications system equipped with such a transponder are described, with which identification and/or individual addressing of the simultaneously present transponders is guaranteed in a simple manner even in the case of th... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5511936 | Separation method and device Separating flat parcels from a stack of parcels is accomplished by moving a drawing element in a conveying direction so that a surface of the drawing element comes into contact with a first parcel of the stacked parcels. A stacking pressure is generating ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5472310 | Separating device A device for separating flat parcels from a stack of parcels includes a drawing element that travels in a conveying direction and acts by friction on a parcel to be drawn off from the stack of parcels. A guide wall for the stacked parcels forms a gap with... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5453292 | Process for applying a luminophore layer To improve the uniformity and the adhesive strength of luminophore layers, a process is proposed in which the luminophore is enveloped with glass flux and the enveloped luminophore is applied to a luminophore carrier at elevated temperatures by using acry... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5449166 | Apparatus for reversing the direction of flat items An apparatus for reversing an orientation of flat items includes a first conveyor driven with a first speed; a second conveyor adjoining the first conveyor such that items discharged by the first conveyor are introduced into the second conveyor; a third c... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5442923 | Rotary compressor or rotary displacement pump A rotary fluid displacement machine includes a stator having a wall provided with an inner wall face defining a work chamber; shaft bearings supported in the stator; a rotor; a rotor drive shaft secured to the rotor and supported by the shaft bearings; an... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5421464 | Method for sequencing letters in mail-sorting facilities In the method of the invention for sequencing parcels in mail-sorting facilities having rows of stacking compartments, a sorting plan is used for sorting the parcels in which an overfilling of the individual stacking compartments is avoided so that, durin... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5406152 | Electromagnetic vibration generator An electromagnetic vibration generator includes a housing, a U-shaped magnet core disposed in the housing and having parallel-extending legs each terminating in a pole face, and an excitation winding inserted on each core leg. The magnet core is encased i... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5402464 | High-voltage electronic tube A high-voltage electronic tube includes a housing enclosing a vacuumized space. The housing has a cylindrical metal jacket and an annular insulating disc connected vacuumtight to an inner face of the jacket. An electrode support passes through a central o... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5395716 | Electrophotographic recording material An improved electrophotographic recording material of the type comprising an electrically conductive substrate having a blocking layer composed of an amorphous material including silicon atoms, hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms disposed on the substrate, an... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5353903 | Transfer bridge for letter sorting systems A letter sorting system includes a row of juxtaposed stack compartments; a material intake device arranged along and spaced from the compartments; a carriage arranged for travel along the compartments; and a transfer bridge mounted on the carriage to be d... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5341232 | Star-shaped network for data communication between stations The invention concerns a process for data transmission between stations in a star-shaped network in which star couplers are arranged at the branches of the network. The active, asymmetrical star coupler used in the network transmit flows of signals receiv... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5334964 | Current limiting choke coil A device having cores of metal oxide ceramic (for example, Y-Ba-Cu-O) for limiting a short circuit current in power supply systems. The concept provides that a choke core, when operated at a rated current, is superconductive and its shielding currents kee... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5318468 | Dispenser cathode and process for preparing it A dispenser cathode with multilayer sintered body is suggested, wherein the layers have a thickness of between 0.01 and 10 mm and have different compositions.... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5311999 | Method of distributing packages or the like In a method of distributing packages according to addresses, headings or the like applied to their surfaces by means of a separating and conveying device, it is provided that along a conveying path all surface portions of each previously separated package... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5295572 | Device for pivoting a pivotable module out of the path of a conveyor belt The invention relates to a device for pivoting a pivotable module out of the path of a conveyor belt. The device is composed of a coupling triangle whose corner points are pivotally arranged in such a manner that one corner point is pivotally disposed at ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5280694 | Apparatus and method for stacking small goods An apparatus for stacking small goods, particularly small packages, in a container, the apparatus including a separating module by means of which the small goods are conducted over a surface disposed upstream of the container. The opening of the container... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5261372 | Manual adjustment device for adjusting a setting member A manual adjustment device permits emergency operation of a vehicle if a stepping motor that normally adjusts the position of a setting member between two limit positions becomes inoperative due to an electrical malfunction. The rotor shaft (19) of the st... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5261521 | Apparatus for turning small goods, particularly packages, on a conveyor belt The invention relates to an apparatus for turning small goods, particularly packages, on a conveyor belt and resides in that the apparatus is composed of mutually perpendicular transporting surfaces which form an independent part of the conveyor belt and ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5260623 | Electron collector for an electron beam tube An electron-beam tube with an electron collector for an electron-beam entering the electron collector in an electron-beam direction. A plurality of large-area projections are provided for heat radiation including a funnel-shaped projection expanding in th... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5256097 | Process for producing a directly heated cathode A process providing a cathode coil made of tungsten and fastening it to molybdenum straps by brazing with platinum by supplying thermal energy in a punctiform manner.... | 10/26/1993 |
