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| 8002104 | Method and apparatus for changing orientation of a container A method and apparatus for changing orientation of a container to facilitate subsequent processing of the container is disclosed. The apparatus includes a ramp having a first end and a second end. The ramp is disposed to receive the container from the feed path in a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7549528 | Block turning arrangement Turning arrangement (2) for concrete products, paving stones/flagstones for paving, curb stones for delimiting and blocks for erecting walls are arranged in a row with uniform orientation (4), the products (4) are advanced to a turning arrangeme... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7434677 | Apparatus for aligning meat products Apparatus for aligning meat products comprises an input conveyor for carrying the products into the apparatus, an output conveyor located beneath the input conveyor for carrying the products out of the apparatus, and at least one intermediate conveyor located betwee... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7367442 | Device for transferring continuously transported printing products from a flat lying position into an upright position or vice versa A device (1) for transferring continuously transported printing products (2 a . . . g), e.g., book blocks, books or sheet stacks consisting of folded and/or non-folded sheets, from an essentially flat lying position into an upright position or v... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347316 | Spiral conveyor belt drive system An improved spiral conveyor self-stacking drive system designed to increase the life of a multiple link conveyor belt by reducing the stresses exerted on the belt when disposed in a spiral configuration. The drive system includes a conical guide ring upon which the ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344016 | Method and device for orienting flat items of mail towards a narrow edge A method and device are disclosed for orienting flat items of mail towards a narrow edge in a U-shaped conveying channel in which they are conveyed in an upright position and without being jammed. Before the items pass the conveying channel for the purpose of alignm... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331443 | Vertical parallel transportation of caps A device for conveying closures (D) made from metallic sheet in an essentially vertical direction from a collecting point (1) to a release point (6) is proposed. The closures are selected to be in correct position during conveying in order to release a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331156 | System for securely conveying articles and related components A system is disclosed for conveying articles for processing, the system including a conveyor configured to convey articles to the processing station. The conveyor includes a plurality of links, each link including at least one movable gripper for gripping an article... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325672 | Device for stopping a continuous product stream of a rotary press A device for stopping a continuous product stream of the products of a rotary press, with a height conveyor which has a lower loading region to which the products are supplied via a first conveying means, and an upper delivery region, from which the products are con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316305 | Flow through article storage device A flow through article storage device that includes a housing into which a plurality of stacks of articles can be positioned. The housing has a bottom and a front and rear end. A plurality of elongate abutment elements are coupled to the housing and configured for i... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293592 | Forming and applying linerless labels Self-adhesive labels are formed by repetitively cutting linerless web material which is fed from a roll into and through a rotary knife cutter. The labels are then transported to and applied to articles. To improve cutting of the web and labeling, the web and or lab... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7249670 | Processing transport apparatus In a conveyor work-piece processing system, transport carriages move along a work path, each carriage carrying a plurality of work-piece articles. In the disclosed embodiment, the path is folded back upon itself forming two parallel paths, one above the other, with ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238240 | Method of applying hydrocarbon barrier to a plastic fuel tank The subject invention relates to a method of applying the hydrocarbon barrier inside plastic fuel tanks. The plastic fuel tanks are supported on a carrier in an upright position for movement in a loop through inverted positions. While upright, hot and dry air treats... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225601 | Multipurpose cartoning machine A multipurpose cartoning machine for packets of cigarettes, having a packet conveying assembly wherein a first conveyor feeds single packets, arranged in an orderly succession on edge, to an accumulating station for forming subgroups of packets placed flat one on to... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219789 | Bailing apparatus with handle orienter A bailing apparatus includes a bailer feeder and a bailer. The bailer feeder is arranged to feed handles to the bailer. The bailer is adapted to couple the handles to containers. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210280 | System and method for loading a cargo space with piece goods A machining system and unit, especially a welding cell, is provided for use for the machining of workpieces (2), especially body parts of vehicles. The machining system has one or more machining stations (15, 16) with robots (18, 19, 20) and at ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7165918 | Air conveyance system An apparatus for conveying articles from one or more input streams to at least two output streams using air to support, convey and divert the articles is disclosed. The apparatus uses a plurality of primary air passageways to support and convey the articles and a pl... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7108122 | Method and machine for transferring packets A method and machine for transferring packets, whereby, as a continuous line of packets is fed in a first direction, the first packet in the line is transferred in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, while the line and the first packet continue ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7080962 | Air conveyance apparatus An apparatus for conveying articles from one or more input streams to at least two output streams using air to support, convey and divert the articles is disclosed. The apparatus uses a plurality of primary air passageways to support and convey the articles and a pl... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7055670 | Sorting apparatus An apparatus for sorting identical flat-bottomed objects has a vibratory conveyor defining a generally horizontal support surface. A plurality of the objects are supplied to an upstream end of the surface standing on their flat bottoms and the objects travel along t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040477 | Container transport system A transport system for transport of containers has a switch with an entry zone, an exit zone with at least two different transport paths for conveying a container, and a switch mechanism for selectively controlling the transport of the container to the transport pat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036654 | Conveyor for changing the angular orientation of conveyed articles A conveyor includes elongated and curved first and second structural beams. Each beam includes a plurality of support tabs projecting outwardly therefrom in opposite directions and the tabs support a corresponding endless belt along the entire length thereof. The tw... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7014032 | Method and device for aligning articles and means for detecting the position of the articles A method and apparatus is disclosed for aligning rolls in a feed system. The rolls are spaced at regular intervals so as to enable incorrectly positioned rolls to be turned to the correct feed position, when necessary, while they are moving forward in a feed directi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6973767 | Beverage bottling plant and a conveyor arrangement for transporting packages There is now provided a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles and like containers with a liquid beverage filling material and a conveyer arrangement for aligning and distributing packages containing filled bottles and like containers. The conveyer arrangement ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6905012 | Device for inverting a hollow body A device for inverting hollow bodies gripped by the neck, characterized in that it includes a series of gripper mounted at the periphery of a rotary wheel and each of which is adapted to grip a hollow body by the neck, and each gripper is mounted on a wheel so as to... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6823980 | Tablet conveying apparatus and tablet cutting apparatus A tablet conveying and cutting apparatus capable of adjusting the position of a tablet is a structure suitable for downsizing. A tablet conveying and cutting apparatus has an arranging device for arranging a long side of the tablet to be perpendicular to the tablet'... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6805182 | Bottle labeling machine A bottle labeling machine, comprising a rotating carousel provided with a supporting structure for pans on which the bottles rest and comprising input and output star conveyors, the input and output star conveyors being arranged at a fixed elevation, the rotating ca... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6681918 | Device for removing rod-shaped objects, in particular cigarette rods or cigarette filter rods A device for removing rod-shaped objects from a production line includes a turning arrangement adapted for receiving the rod-shaped objects removed from the production line. The turning arrangement has at least one essentially fixed in place and rigid gui... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6666324 | System and method for reorienting flat articles A system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles each having a downwardly oriented primary edge, laterally diverting the flat article... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6662927 | Strip inverter Disclosed is an apparatus for inverting a lugged strip to a desired orientation without the necessity of manhandling the strip and potentially damaging the strip or any of the lugs. The apparatus has a semi-circular tube through which the strip travels. W... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6651801 | Horizontal to vertical transition device for sortation conveyor system A transition station for a sortation conveying system for transitioning randomly discharged horizontal articles into a vertically oriented position for stacking. The transition station includes a transition plate having a curved outer surface extending fr... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6625953 | Item handler for sorting and packing An item handling system that sorts and packs items in a storage or shipping receptacle. The system is specifically designed to handle items such as sub-primal cuts of beef or pork or items of like size and weight. The system is adapted to sort items based... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6623002 | Flat article transport and aligner system An apparatus for changing the redirecting the path of a flat article transported in an article processing system. A transport including a ramp that can raise the elevation of vertically oriented envelopes from a first level to a second level, and maintain... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6568523 | Automatic infeed apparatus for a woodworking machine The invention is an automatic, unmanned, powered, variable speed finger joint machine infeed apparatus which receives a random and haphazard delivery of blocks from a controllable supply conveyor. An intermittently operable infeed conveyor moves blocks fr... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6478533 | Method of using a tube feeder for circuit board components A method of picking up components for delivery to a circuit board in a pick and place machine includes moving a plurality of components along a channel from a receiving location to a pick-up location; moving the components to an elevated zone at the pick-... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6471036 | Method of an apparatus for inverting filter cigarettes and the like A drum-shaped conveyor rotates about a fixed axis and its core carries a set of angularly distributed sections indexible about axes extending radially of the fixed axis when the core is set in rotary motion. Each section has several parallel flutes for se... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6409461 | Method and apparatus for stacking tortilla chips A method and apparatus for stacking curved, triangular snack food chips, e.g., tortilla chips, for packaging in a sleeve-type container. The chips are fed into a first, U-shaped vibratory chute, which automatically causes the apex corners of the chips to ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6364089 | Multi-station rotary die handling device The invention relates to apparatus and methods for semiconductor device handling. In one aspect, the invention relates to a rotary flipper including a wheel having a plurality of stations. A semiconductor device is placed within a first station in a first... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6338606 | Method and apparatus for stacking tortilla chips A method and apparatus for stacking curved, triangular snack food chips, e.g., tortilla chips, for packaging in a sleeve-type container. The chips are fed into a first, U-shaped vibratory chute, which automatically causes the apex corners of the chips to ... | 01/15/2002 |
