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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151970 | Orienting and feeding apparatus for manufacturing line The present improvement is useful for orienting and feeding blow molded preforms. Cylindrical preforms have larger threaded necks with larger encircling discs below the necks. A pair of belts is provided for conveying objects downstream. The gap between these belts ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8109381 | Apparatus for sorting piece goods The invention relates to an apparatus and method for sorting piece goods. The apparatus comprises a sorting arrangement which comprises two rollers arranged parallel to one another, wherein these rollers can rotate about their longitudinal direction and wherein the ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7798307 | Apparatus for aligning fasteners having radially symmetrical polygonal heads in a feed device The invention relates to an apparatus for aligning fasteners having radially symmetrical polygonal heads in a device for feeding these fasteners to a processing station. A tubular piece having axially running grooves in its interior is provided in a feed channel for... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7337893 | Preform feeder system, particularly of a receptacle blowing machine, comprising means for ejecting badly positioned preforms A preform feeder system, particularly for feeding blow machines with receptacles such as bottles, of the type including, from upstream to downstream in the longitudinal direction of travel of the preforms, at least one sorting and alignment device whose top end is p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331442 | Chip components feeding apparatus A chip components feeding apparatus is provided to be able to lessen a push load applied to a leading electronic part from succeeding electronic chip component to favorably take out the leading electronic part even in the case where a residual pressure phenomenon oc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322458 | Orienting and feeding apparatus for manufacturing line Apparatus for orienting and feeding blow molded preforms which are elongated generally cylindrical plastic objects, one end of which is a threaded neck portion for the ultimate blow molded container, and the other end of which extends from the opposed end of the cyl... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318304 | Device for introducing pharmaceutical products into blister packs Pairs of first and second rolls are supported for rotation in a roll frame located below a pan for receiving pharmaceutical products loaded as bulk material, each first roll having a plurality of axially successive non-cylindrical sections separated from respective ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303061 | Multi-lane fruit guide assembly having integral ridge ends for a juice extractor and related methods A fruit guide assembly may include a frame to be positioned between the fruit conveyor and the multi-position fruit feeder, a vibrator connected to the frame, and a fruit guide body having a series of alternating ridges and valleys therein defining a plurality of fr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7240782 | Device and method for feeding a bolt-like element to a processing unit A device for feeding a bolt-shaped element having a head and a shank to a processing unit, in particular for feeding a screw to a die head of a press. The bolt-shaped element can be fed along a firing direction of the device and the latter has a conveyer channel, wh... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7182912 | Fluid handling apparatus for an automated analyzer An analyzer for performing automated assay testing. The analyzer includes a storage and conveyor system for conveying cuvettes to an incubation or processing conveyor, a storage and selection system for test sample containers, a storage and selection system for reag... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7150349 | Mechanical device combined with airflow for untangling springs The object of the invention is a means for untangling springs (60) contained in a supply bin (12), characterized in that it comprises untangling means (14) with a rail (30) for receiving springs, provided with an open groove (36), ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7114613 | Article unscrambler with high speed tapered roller An unscrambler conveyor including a frame, a plurality of tapered rollers rotatably supported by the frame for unscrambling packages, and means for driving the rollers. Each of the rollers has a longitudinal axis and a polyurethane body that extends along the longit... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7059479 | Apparatus for sorting pills An apparatus for sorting small cylindrical objects has a trough having a longitudinally extending groove along which the objects can slide. The groove is of generally rectangular upwardly open shape and has a pair of upright and horizontally spaced side walls and an... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6968936 | System for supplying preforms in particular for a container blowing machine A system for supplying preforms, of the type including a hopper inclined relative to the horizontal and at the bottom of which are arranged two substantially parallel rollers driven in rotation about their respective axis, and wherein the preforms are delivered in b... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6913136 | Apparatus and method for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products A device for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products, comprises two driven endless aligning conveyors running with the transport paths substantially parallel to each other, which transport paths together form a support for the meat products for transp... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6675680 | Method of and apparatus for handling tandem containers Apparatus for, and method of, conveying tandem thermoplastic containers from a molding machine to a tail removal station, the tandem containers being positioned with their axes extending horizontally but possibly out of parallel with one another and with ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6588576 | Methods of and device for feeding fastening elements A fastening element 30 is fed from a feed track 64 through a feed chamber, formed by interfacing closed channels 132 and 160, to a junction point located in a feed passage 84, formed by two communicating feed openings 86 and 88. An inclined surface 82, lo... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6581355 | Tablet filling device In order to feed tablet vessels in with simple and low-cost construction, there is provided a vessel holder member (76) having fork-like support portions (78). The vessel holder member (76) is capable of linearly reciprocating between a vessel supporting ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6367611 | Part feeding system A generally cylindrically shaped feeder having a feeder housing defining a cavity bounded by an inner surface having a plurality of spiral grooves spaced apart from each other and extending from a front end to a back end of the inner surface of the feeder... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6347698 | Modular conveyor apparatus An extruded brush plate for a conveyor is provided with slots preformed in the brush plate for attachment of supports, vibrators and peripheral walls. The brush plates are then cut to the desired length, by making only a single cut across the width of the... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6345714 | Part sorting and aligning apparatus A part sorting and aligning apparatus for picks parts out of a hopper, aligns the parts and conveys them to another location. The apparatus includes a tilted rotary wheel next to the hopper. Multiple arrays of hooks or pickup members are mounted for rotat... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6230395 | Component feeder device for use with a crimping machine The present invention is directed to a crimping machine having a hopper assembly for receiving loose bulk quantities of elongated components and supplying them aligned end-to-end and in random orientation to a feeder device. The feeder device receives the... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5960929 | Confinement tooling for a vibratory parts feeder A vibratory bowl is provided having a number of predetermined attachment locations defined therein. A number of parts orientation units define an equal number of attachment locations which align with the attachment locations of the vibratory bowl. Any of ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5913428 | Vibratory bowl and associated parts orienting tooling with pivotal top confinement A vibratory bowl defines a number of predetermined attachment locations in one side thereof adjacent to a parts discharge port defined by the bowl. One or more support plates are detachably mounted to the bowl side in a vertical position via the number of... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5893448 | Adapter feeding apparatus An adapter feeding apparatus which is capable of feeding adapters (1) in a predetermined position to the next process step at a stable and constant pace is disclosed. The adapter feeding apparatus includes a hopper portion for receiving the adapters (1), ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5864937 | Bolt and washer assembly machine and method of assembly A device for assembling an element, such as a washer, to the end of a fastener, such as a bolt, in a reliable, high-speed fashion wherein the assembling device includes the washers being supplied in a position to be picked up by an end of the shank of the... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5775478 | Position regulating parts feeder A position regulating parts feeder has a rotary hopper (11) and a slanted chute (20) fixed in the hopper that has lift plates (12) secured to its inner periphery. The chute is composed of an upstream receiving section (21), a middle sorting section (22) a... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5702030 | Rotational arm-type contact feeding system A feeding system for feeding blank contacts to a crimping device for crimping the contacts onto ends of lead wires. The contact feed system includes a bowl, and a scoop for removing contacts from the bowl. The scoop is preferably mounted on the end of a r... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5630497 | Vibratory parts feeder with pivotal top confinement A vibratory parts feeder includes a pivotal top confinement member rigidly securable to the parts feeder. The parts feeder includes an adjustable width parts channels for orienting parts having a variety of sizes. One embodiment is intended for orienting ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5568850 | Conveying apparatus for elongated objects The conveying apparatus for transporting elongated objects having a radially protruding flange, particularly injectors, injecting containers and the like, includes two conveying tracks (18, 19) over which the objects move in a conveying direction and in a... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5388707 | Apparatus for inspecting the exterior finish of containers and associated method Apparatus and method are provided for inspecting finish dimensions of and detecting finish defects on containers moving sequentially in a predetermined path. More than one container can be inspected simultaneously. The apparatus includes one or more inspe... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5379880 | Method and apparatus for electrostatic coating of articles A continuous, automated method and apparatus for transporting and electrostatically coating articles including providing a plurality of articles in an unoriented bulk state, each article having a first end portion, orienting each article and transporting ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5333717 | Apparatus for separating cuvettes An apparatus for automatically separating cuvettes supplied in bulk form to an analytical instrument, the cuvettes being suitable for the performance of photometric measurements on samples contained in the cuvettes. To automatically separate cuvettes, the... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5238124 | Apparatus for sorting hard gelatine capsules The apparatus makes use of a pair of rotating combs (11-14), the discs of the second comb being interposed between the discs of the first comb and positioned at the top between fixed guide plates (17). The discs of the first comb intercept the streams of ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5205395 | Vibratory movement and manipulation apparatus and method Methods and apparatus for vibration-generated movement and manipulation, such as transportation, orientation, loading or sorting of materials are provided. At least one electromagnetic coil is disposed to act in a horizontal plane, and another electromagn... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5201892 | Rivet orientating device A rivet orienting and handling device is disclosed that is capable of controllably and accurately handling rivets of different size diameters. The device includes a manifold adapted to receive rivets from a remote hopper, a body adapted to transport rivet... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5191960 | Automated fasterner feed system for fastener attachment devices Presented is an automated fastener feed system for feeding fastener elements such as threaded studs and nuts to a utilization device such as a press. The system includes a vibratory bowl into which the fastener devices are placed in an unoriented mass, an... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5176289 | Direct vertical pin feeder Disclosed is a pin feeder for supplying contact pins in a high density interstitial pattern in a printed circuit carrier. The feeder apparatus eliminates the use of tubes, and features instead vertical vibration in combination with a honeycomb feeder plat... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5114039 | Apparatus and method for discharging articles from a vibratory feeder An apparatus is disclosed for transferring flanged articles from a vibratory feeder to a discharge station which features a pair of feed rails one of which has a curved external hearing surface for providing point bearing contact with a flange of the arti... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5103961 | Method and apparatus for feeding parts A method and apparatus for receiving a plurality of component parts of a hypodermic syringe, at least some of which are elongated with one enlarged end, from a plurality of molding machines and for conveying such parts in a programmed manner to a pluralit... | 04/14/1992 |
