Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120031817 | SHEET HANDLING SYSTEM A sheet handling system is provided in which sheet handling apparatuses and a central apparatus are network connected and which can set a discrimination level of each of the sheet handling apparatuses from the central apparatus. The sheet h... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110315608 | SURFACE MOUNT PROCESS, SURFACE MOUNT SYSTEM, AND FEEDING APPARATUS THEREOF A surface mount process, a surface mount system, and a feeding apparatus thereof are provided. The surface mount system includes a feeding apparatus and a surface mount apparatus. The feeding apparatus includes a vibrating tray feeder module, a vibrating linear feeder m... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110309005 | YARN SORTING SYSTEM Yarn package sorting conveyer systems and methods using multiple conveyers based on weights, colors or other characteristics of the packages or yarns. The system may include a first conveyer that serves as a timing belt, a second conveyer that serves as a weighing belt,... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110297590 | INSPECTION SYSTEM An inspection system is configured for use with a conveyer apparatus including carrier bars. Each carrier bar conveys pellet-shaped articles along a predetermined path. The inspection system includes at least one camera unit for sensing a predetermined characteristic of... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110297589 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEED SELECTION Apparatuses and methods for selecting one or more seeds from a group of seeds based on a predetermined characteristic of the selected seeds are provided. In various embodiments, the seeds are selected from multiple containers of seeds and re-configured into a single con... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110284431 | PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE AND OPTICAL GRANULAR MATERIAL-SORTING APPARATUS UTILIZING SUCH PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE A piezoelectric valve comprising: a valve main body formed in which are a gas pressure chamber that takes in compressed gas supplied from the outside as well as a gas release channel through which the compressed gas is released from the gas pressure chamber; a valve bod... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110278205 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONVEYING OBJECTS TO BE PROCESSED AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM A method and an apparatus of simply and rapidly conveying objects having no detected abnormalities, and a computer-readable storage medium storing a program for use in the conveying method and apparatus. When abnormalities on semiconductor wafers in a wafer boat are det... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280688 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A STACK COMPOSED OF BOOK COVERS FOR BOOK PRODUCTION AND A BOOK PRODUCTION LINE PROVIDED WITH THE APPARATUS A method and apparatus provides for a stack composed of book covers for production of finished books. The book covers are compiled, stacked one above another in an unknown or known sequence and provided with unknown cover information to form a task stack. The book cover... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110266199 | DEVICE FOR SELECTING AND SEPARATING OBJECTS The present invention provides a device for sorting items according to at least one predetermined criterion. The device includes at least one conveyor for transporting an item along at least a portion of the device, a measuring until positioned in proximity to the conve... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110227326 | CARD PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS A method of producing a plurality of transaction cards comprising the steps of providing a plurality of blank cards to which at least one element is to be applied, each card comprising at least one card tag, each card tag carrying production information identifying at l... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110215035 | METHOD OF STORING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES WITH INFORMATION BEING SCRUTINIZED A method of sorting a plurality of articles (A, B, C), in which each article goes through a sorting installation in at least two passes, comprises the steps of recording the image of each article that is generated during the first sorting pass in a memory and in corresp... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110198270 | ROLL SORTER DEVICE AND SORTING METHOD FOR SORTING PREFORMS AND TRANSPORT DEVICE WITH SUCH A ROLL SORTER DEVICE A roll sorter device has a first roll that can be driven rotatably about its roll axis and a second roll that can be driven rotatably about its roll axis opposite the rotation of the first roll. The second roll is arranged spaced from the first roll such that the roll a... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110186488 | Document Stacking Module A document stacking module comprises a rotatably mounted stacking wheel (10) having at least one generally radially outwardly extending slot (14-16) which can be aligned with a document delivery position so as to receive a document. The wheel (10... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110186482 | STRUCTURE AND WORKING METHOD FOR THE SORTING OF WASTE PRODUCTS An apparatus for the separation of waste paper includes a slanted conveyor belt with a lower end and an upper end, the upper end being positioned at a height above the lower end, the conveyor belt traveling from the lower end to the upper end. A plurality of drive mecha... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110174700 | Method and Device for Storing Glass Plates for Photovoltaic Modules Disclosed are a device and a method for picking up glass plates from at least one production line in order to convey said glass plates on to a storage housing or a coating plant. An embodiment of the device includes: a) a linearly movable, vertically installed main lift... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110135440 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNSLEEVING TRAYS A system for unstrapping and unsleeving a tray is provided. The system comprises a tray-transport configured to transport a tray in the system, a strap cutter configured to cut a strap on the tray, a strap-removal portion configured to remove the strap cut by the strap ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110127200 | GARMENT SORTING SYSTEM FOR CLEANERS A garment sorting system for cleaners dynamically adjusts the width of the window on a sorting conveyor assigned to each customer order based on the number of garments in the order. A computer logs in each customer order, prints identification tags for each garment, and... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110089088 | METHOD FOR SORTING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES A method for sorting integrated circuit (IC) devices of the type having a substantially unique identification (ID) code, such as a fuse ID, including automatically reading the ID code of each of the IC devices and sorting the IC devices in accordance with their automati... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110089086 | REDUCING THE CONTENT OF HEAVY METALS IN RECOVERED PLASTICS A method for reducing the content of a heavy metal in a mixture of solid plastic materials, wherein the mixture includes plastic flakes and there are at least two different colors of plastic flakes in the mixture. A percentage of each of two or more colors of flakes in ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110079545 | SHEET SORTING AND STORING APPARATUS AND SHEET SORTING AND STORING METHOD According to one embodiment, a sheet sorting and storing apparatus includes: an ID recognizing unit configured to recognize a user ID for identifying a user; a sheet storing unit including plural reuse sheet storing spaces each provided to correspond to the user ID reco... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110062257 | PROCESSING MEAT TRIM Meat trim portions are sorted by employing quantitative lean point analysis and one or more sorting steps. Embodiments of the present invention are adapted to make lean point determinations, to compare the determinations to one or more sorting parameters, and to direct ... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110066572 | System and method for sorting items Disclosed is a system and method of dynamically sorting items for delivery to diverse destinations in which at least one target location changes during the sorting process using an electronic array that correlates diverse destinations to target locations for sorting, wh... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110056874 | SEPARATION METHOD AND SEPARATION APPARATUS In a method of separating pieces of a specific constituent substance from a mixture by blowing the pieces across a free-fall position of the mixture by pulse air shot out of a pulse air nozzle, there is a problem that a less amount of the pieces is recovered. A separati... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110031170 | VISION MEANS FOR QUALITY INCREASE OF CONFECTIONARY The present invention is related to a confectionary production and/or wrapping machine.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110024336 | AUTOMATIC METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE DETERMINATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF FOODS Method and automatic system for the determination and the classification of foods based on a high-speed manipulation robot aided by a localization system which is capable of detecting the food which comes along a transport system in a random fashion without contact betw... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110005977 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS The present invention provides devices and methods for facilitating the single stream recycling of toxic substance-containing products. A toxin impermeable container designed to enclose the product containing toxic substances incorporates graphic markings or radiofreque... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100282650 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT ARTICLES IN ORDER TO OPTIMIZE THE OPERATION OF A CONTROL MACHINE The invention relates to a method for inspecting, with the aid of a machine (1), transparent or translucent hollow articles (Aj) streaming past a series of monitoring stations each comprising at least one sensor (Ci) delivering an output signal (Si(j)) for each a... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100276344 | DETECTING APPARATUS, REMOVING APPARATUS, DETECTING METHOD, AND REMOVING METHOD A detection apparatus for detecting foreign substances or defective goods, with which it is easy to accomplish inspection even if the inspection objects have a shape that tends to allow rolling, comprises: transparent members 11 and 12, partitions 21 | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100236994 | Sorting apparatus and mehtod utilizing a mechanical diverter The present invention is an apparatus and method for sorting foreign material and undesirable articles from a product stream. A mechanical diverter having a concave shape is responsive to an inspection station coupled to the product stream. The mechanical diverter is em... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100230233 | APPARATUS FOR SORTING ARTICLES A device for sorting disks or disk-like members of different identities (e.g., roulette chips) that ejects the disks from a receptacle by means of a rotating wheel with numerous wells, such as multi-chip storage compartments. Ejection of an article from the numerous wel... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100213106 | APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING IMPURITIES IN MASSES OF INCOHERENT MATERIALS AND RELATIVE METHOD A device for separating impurities in a mass of incoherent materials disposed on a slide, such as a conveyor belt. The device includes a detection device associated with the slide and a separation device. The separation device includes a plurality of deflecting elements... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100147750 | Method for Batching Items The present invention discloses a method and computer program product for hatching items, said method comprising the steps of: selecting a first item for a batch, analyze the characteristics of said selected item, create a profile of said selected item, determine qualif... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100116722 | FLAT DETECTOR AND MEDIUM DETECTOR a flat detector includes a first flat member and a second flat member both made of a nonmagnetic nonmetal, a first conductive wiring that generates an alternating magnetic field, the first conductive wing being disposed on a surface of the first flat member facing towar... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100101983 | FLOW SORTING OF NANOMATERIALS In accordance with the invention there are systems and methods of separating a mixture of carbon nanotubes comprising dispersing carbon nanotubes into a fluid to form a dispersion of individually-suspended carbon nanotubes and focusing the dispersion of individually-sus... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100089803 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SORTING SPECIMEN Methods and apparatuses for efficient sorting of specimen include specimen containers, such as vials, positioned in container carriers, such as pucks. The specimen containers contain a specimen that is to be processed through, for example, one or more tests. The specime... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100091099 | SINGULARIZER DEVICE FOR A MAIL-SORTING SYSTEM A singularizer device for a mail-sorting system configured for receiving at input homogeneous lots of postal objects and feeding at output postal objects that have been singularized, i.e., physically separated from one another, to the mail-sorting system; each lot of ho... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100084322 | METHOD OF SORTING USED TUBULAR GOODS PRIOR TO RECLAIMING OR RECONDITIONING Methods for reclaiming or reconditioning used tubulars are disclosed. One method includes performing non-visual, non-destructive inspection of used tubulars at a site of a reconditioning or reclaiming plant prior to the used tubulars being cleaned in preparation for rec... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100084323 | CROSS FLOW AIR SEPARATION SYSTEM A cross-flow air separation system comprises a conveyor configured to project material out over an end of the conveyor generally along a trajectory path into a far receiving bin. An optical sensing system is configured to identify particular objects in the projected mat... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100057247 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT OF DEVICES FOR PROCESSING MAIL ITEMS ADDRESSED TO POST OFFICE BOX SYSTEMS WITHIN A POSTAL TRANSPORTATION AND MAIL DISTRIBURION SYSTEM There is provided a system and method for processing mailpieces within a mail transportation and distribution system comprising at least a first mail distribution center, a second mail distribution center and an electronic parcel compartment facility located in the area... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090314692 | RECOVERY OF REPROCESSABLE MEDICAL DEVICES IN A SHARPS CONTAINER Reprocessable medical devices that have been disposed of in a sharps container are recovered, disinfected or sterilized, sorted, and packed for reprocessing in a generally continuous process. In one embodiment, either a sharps container or at least a portion of its cont... | 12/24/2009 |
