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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7275633 | Device for changing the direction of conveyance of flat postal items and the position of the postal items relative to their direction of conveyance A device for changing a direction of conveyance of flat postal items and a position of the postal items relative to their direction of conveyance includes a driven carousel tray to which one or more gripper arms whose lengths are modifiable in a controlled manner ar... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264108 | Transfer unit for transferring glass articles A transfer unit for transferring glass articles from a supporting surface to a carry-off conveyor, the transfer unit includes a pickup member for engaging the articles for transfer and is hinged to one end of an actuating arm to rotate with respect to the actuating ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7219793 | Apparatus, arrangement and method for braking A braking device for a pallet intended to run in a conveying track. The braking device includes a matrix and a braking element. The matrix includes the support service and exterior surface and a recess having various screws and openings. The braking element includes... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7114607 | Method for operating a vertical accumulating conveyor system A preferred embodiment of a method for operating a vertical accumulating conveyor system is disclosed. The method includes loading of a workpiece onto a pallet assembly of a conveyor system. The workpiece may be either loaded manually or automatically using a roboti... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6979793 | Mail sorting and distributing transfer system To provide a mail sorting and distributing transfer system, which extends transformable time of mail fed from a mail charging line so that the mail can be timely, reliably transferred to conveyor baskets on a mail sorting line, there is a mail sorting and distributi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976564 | Quick change shock absorber A quick change shock absorber for providing the quick and easy removal of a shock absorber from a fixture of an industrial machine. The quick change shock absorber provides a housing having a bore adaptable to hold a fluid therein. A piston is slidably disposed with... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6764069 | Apparatus for processing flat objects, especially printed products An apparatus for processing flat objects, such as sheet-like printed products. The apparatus has a rail system which defines a closed path of travel, and a plurality of conveyor elements are supported by the rail system for free and independent movement along the pa... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6505726 | Soft touch lifter A "soft touch" lifter for an automotive "Body in White" geometry station like a framing system is disclosed having a unique lifting assembly for elevating both the automotive body and the underbody tooling to a geometry position. The system includes a lif... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6470547 | Machining center with an integral continuous pressure hydraulic clamping system The invention relates to a machining center comprising a pallet changing station in combination with a machining station. The pallet changing station includes a rotating column assembly supporting a platform on which multiple fixtures are supported and mo... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6378440 | Overhead conveyor rotator system An overhead conveyor includes a rotator system for rotating a work piece as it travels along a conveying track. A carrier movable along the track is propelled by an endless conveyor chain disposed within said track. The carrier is detachably connected to ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6357580 | Belt-type carrier system A belt-type carrier system is described, that comprises a guide rail structure having straight and curved sections. The guide rail structure has at least one track extending therealong. A belt extends along the guide rail structure. A drive device is prov... | 03/19/2002 |
| 5893447 | Product transfer unit A transfer unit for products, wherein a transfer device, moving back and forth in a given direction, connects a first and second conveyor located side by side at a transfer station and presenting respective first and second pockets for conveying the produ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5407052 | Snubber assembly An improved snubber assembly for interconnecting a driving conveyor assembly to a driven conveyor assembly. The snubber assembly includes a shield tube adapted to be attached to the driven conveyor assembly, a cylinder structure, a piston, and a piston ro... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5398802 | Pallet conveyor and method of conveying pallets A pallet conveyor is provided comprising a pallet having a tab movable between a retracted position and an extended position, a conveying surface for receiving the pallet to transport it along a conveyor path to a workstation, and an actuator along portio... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5353909 | Feeding and indexing apparatus An feeding and indexing apparatus has article feed units which can start and stop along a circular path at specific time intervals when drive arms are rotated at a constant speed. A cam assembly is disposed radially inwardly of and concentrically with the... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5226524 | Hesitating bucket conveyor A bucket conveyor system having at least one station, has a plurality of buckets connected in series to form a train of buckets. At least one of the buckets has a cam member depending from it. A cam follower carried by a bucket drive can engage the cam me... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5205392 | Method and apparatus for forming workpieces, using a sequence of stationary forming stations A device for machining workpieces which includes a series of stationary machining stations (2, 42, 65, 81) arranged around a circle and a row of workpiece holders (3, 38, 64, 82) which are clamped temporarily in the machining stations (2, 42, 65, 81) and ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5060367 | Machine for placing labelling sleeves on bottles or the like A machine is provided for placing labelling sleeves on bottles or the like which includes a device (1) for presenting labelling sleeves in a discontinuous manner, a device (4) for the continuous running-through of the bottles to be labelled, a transfer as... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4656949 | Device for gripping and transferring load supports or containers using synchronous endless chains with drive fingers, mounted to transversely adjustable modules Two independent modules, disposed on a mobile handling platform, each comprise an endless chain with a pulling finger and a pushing finger. The operations of the chains are symmetrical with respect to the load drive axis. In operation, the pulling fingers... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4653972 | Bookbinding machine A bookbinding machine includes an advancing track of chain, a plurality of book clamps driveable by said chain successively to one or more processing stations, and means for arresting the movement of a selected one or a plurality of the clamps at one or m... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4088220 | Endless conveyors for the horizontal rotary conveyance of objects An endless conveyor having two adjacent, aligned, parallel chain loops each having two rectilinear portions. Between the loops and entrained by friction are suspended carrier members for carrying objects along the two rectilinear conveying tracks defined ... | 05/09/1978 |
