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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721870 | Discharge apparatus for a production facility The invention relates to an apparatus by which finished products or semifinished products, after being processed in a production facility (11), are dischargeable from a processing station of the relevant production facility for removal or other kind of transf... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7428957 | Order picking station and order picking method An order picking station (30) to which storage containers (34) can be transported via a storage container conveyor line (36) and from which order containers (40), into which articles (38a, 38b) from the storage... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422096 | Extension for conveyor A conveyor for transporting materials or people from a first location to a second location has an elongated boom having a first end, a second end, a top surface, and a bottom surface; a conveyor mechanism such as an endless belt, chain, or ladder that is operably at... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7267223 | Belt conveyor with a supporting platform formed from a single sheet of metal A conveyor, primarily but not exclusively for use in the food industry, in which a conveyor belt (19) is supported on a belt platform (11) for movement relative thereto, and the belt platform (11) is formed as a unitary component from a single s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7219786 | Operator position adjustable production line machine An operator position adjustable production line assembly includes a main unit having a product path and an interior including a product cavity. An operable top is attached to the main unit with a plurality of support posts enabling equal or near equal access to the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7096468 | Programmer/feeder system task linking program A task linking program is provided for using a computer for interacting with on-line and off-line programming systems to perform tasks related to programming microdevices. The program is secure in being capable of being setup only in an administrator mode where micr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7076317 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A flagship line 1 includes a job shop environment and a flow shop environment where three different standalone processing apparatuses for different steps constitute the job shop environment and two different serial processing apparatuses constitute the flow s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059464 | Manufacturing system A manufacturing system that includes a plurality of worktables detachably combined with each other, each of the worktables further includes a mainframe, a transport part provided in an upper part of the mainframe and transporting a product, and a control part provid... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7007790 | Loading platform with twin roller conveyors A load transfer platform adapted for attachment to a lift has a pair of laterally extending roller conveyor which are space in a front to rear direction thereby providing a pathway there between for a workman loading and unloading merchandise. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6840367 | Material handling and manufacturing system and method A material handling and manufacturing system which includes separate temporary storage facilities so that loaded trailers may be dropped off without an extended waiting time. The manufacturing method utilizes plural entry ports at various points along an assembly li... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6827021 | Specimen conveying system A specimen conveying system according to the present invention selectively supplies specimens, which are carried in by a specimen carry-in line having conveyor-belt type conveying lane, to a plurality of specimen processing lines each having a conveyor-belt type con... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6812308 | Initiator systems and adhesive compositions made therewith Initiator systems of the present invention include both a complexed initiator and a carboxylic acid decomplexer. For example, dicarboxylic acid decomplexer, carboxylic acid ester decomplexers, and monocarboxylic acid decomplexers (preferably those comprising an alky... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6193047 | Ergonomic workstation conveyor apparatus and method An apparatus and method for conveying objects to a seated human operator, including a powered conveyor with slippable rollers that is part of a workstation area for the operator. The conveyor is compact enough that a human operator can sit adjacent to it ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6164434 | Apparatus for transporting profiles Apparatus for transporting profiles of different size and cross section, such as flats, angles, I sections, U sections, T sections and bulb sections, in longitudinal direction, includes a plurality of support elements for transporting the sections along a... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6073336 | Method for stator coil lacing A method and apparatus for lacing stator coil windings and leads is provided. Lacing of the stator coil windings and leads is performed during an automated process which occurs while the stator is situated on a pallet which is moved by a conveyer belt thr... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5819904 | Workpiece conveying system A production line has a plurality of processing stations which includes both manual and automatic processing stations. A workpiece conveying system combined with the production line has a base, a pair of side plates mounted on the base, a plurality of spa... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5730579 | Bundle feed apparatus for delivering multiple bundles to a load former A load forming apparatus is described for forming a load comprised of layers of bundles, in which first and second conveyors are configured to deliver individual first bundles of load components to individual respective first and second transfer stations.... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5325953 | Adaptable conveyor for man-loaded cargos A multiple section conveyor for the positioning of loose items for manual loading or stacking is, in combination, a first, telescoping gravity fed conveyor connected with a second powered elevated and delivery conveyor, controlled by the arrival of object... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5263591 | Refuse recycling system A controllable refuse recycling system includes a conveyor for conveying refuse. The refuse is carried past a plurality of operating personnel who extract recyclable materials from the refuse, and deposit the extracted materials into separate deposit chut... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5205417 | Sanitary trash recycling apparatus A sanitary trash recycling apparatus includes a pit for receiving unsorted refuse, a electromagnetic device for removing ferrous materials and stations for permitting manual sorting of recyclable materials. The stations for manually sorting materials incl... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5126027 | Thin film forming method and system A thin film forming method includes the steps of preheating a plurality of base plates placed at a first position, sequentially picking up the base plates one by one and positioning a picked-up base plate at a second position, heating the picked-up base p... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4909697 | Automated work station An automated work station which may be used when needed in conjunction with two vertical temporary holding conveyors makes use of a tiltable table and associated transition table for each conveyor. One tiltable table is shifted to a first upper horizontal... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4802567 | Plate processing machine In a plate processing machine such as punch press provided with a workpiece moving/positioning device (49) including a carriage base (53) movable in the longitudinal Y-axis) direction of the machine and a carriage (69) movable in the lateral (X-axis) dire... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4703558 | Assembly system The present invention relates to a system for assembling products of various raw materials and components, mainly for so-called light industry. Raw materials and components are transported on standard-size pallets, by means of conveyor robots, all through... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4646915 | Workpiece conveying apparatus An apparatus moving a workpiece onto and off of a working station without stopping the conveying line or the conveying carrier. A loading carrier lifts the workpiece off the conveying carrier at a receiving station and transfers it to a jig table over the... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4544318 | Manufacturing system A manufacturing system in which the automatic control of the system and the automatic control of a process management are organically coupled, thereby to sharply reduce the number of workers to be engaged in the manufacture. In order to establish both the... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4527685 | Robot assembly station A robot assembly station is provided for use with a programmable distribution system which includes a moving belt for transferring articles between various locations. The assembly station comprises various functional elements which engage and further posi... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4511024 | Modular unit with foldable panels Modular units including foldable panels are (22, 23) mounted on either side of a central divider, such as a conveyor surface (12) mounted on a frame (13). The modular units provide multiple work stations (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) on either side of the cent... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4508209 | Accessory attachment for conveyors An accessory attachment for a conveyor has one or more straps mounted on the accessory which can be seated in openings in the side rail of the conveyor. Openings are provided at suitable intervals to permit accessory relocation along the conveyor. The low... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4474283 | Apparatus for checking features of mechanical pieces, or other objects, transported by a conveyor An apparatus for checking features, particularly linear dimensions, of mechanical pieces being transported by a conveyor, comprising a slide supporting a gauging device adapted to check the subsequent pieces and cam devices for actuating the slide and the... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4396107 | Equipment for the transport of flexible workpieces A device for transporting flexible workpieces comprises one or more carrying brackets for holding the flexible workpieces having a substantially horizontal receiving rod for receiving the workpieces and a clamping lever movably mounted to the receiving ro... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4382500 | Conveyor system for conveying panels and shadow masks In a production line for producing color picture tubes, a conveyor system for conveying panels P and masks M between a shadow mask demounting or mounting apparatus 6, 7 and a processing apparatus 2 having downwardly directed panel carrier head 4 and upwar... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4373406 | Full access pallet shuttle guarding A machine tool has a pallet transfer system comprising a rotary deck having a pair of pallets oppositely disposed about a vertical rotary transfer axis, wherein at the transfer position, the pallets are further movable along a horizontal linear transfer a... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4280301 | Material handling system and method A material handling system is provided having particular application in grey iron foundries. In general, the system provides a continuous flow of work from the time castings are removed from their molds until the castings are ready for shipping. In partic... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4179021 | Lift device arrangement This arrangement is employed to measure the back fat thickness at three selected locations on an animal carcass conveyed on an overhead conveyor. The arrangement includes a hydraulically operated lift device to raise and lower a single operator to enable ... | 12/18/1979 |
