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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7886893 | Beverage bottling plant with beverage bottle handling machines having beverage bottle transfer stations and a method of operation thereof A method of operating a transfer station in a container filling plant. The transfer station comprises a plurality of spaced apart webs between which containers are to be conveyed. A plurality of vertical directing elements are disposed upstream of and adjacent to th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7556138 | Method and apparatus for collating nails An apparatus and method for collating nails wherein round head nails are fed by gravity along an inclined rail to a periphery of a rotating indexing and feed wheel. The nails are deposited into circumferentially spaced grooves formed in the periphery of the feed whe... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7392632 | Beverage bottling plant with beverage bottle handling machines having beverage bottle transfer stations and a method of operation thereof A transfer station in a container filling plant comprising an input, an output, a conveyor for feeding containers, a plurality of spaced apart webs disposed upstream of the input of the transfer station, and vertically oriented rotatable directing elements, each rot... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7371041 | Assembly station with rotatable turret which forms and unloads a completed stack of articles Method and apparatus for forming and unloading a completed stack of articles. An assembly station includes a rotatable turret from which at least one stacker arm projects. The turret rotates to each of a number of article loading positions to sequentially load artic... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7309203 | Multi-modal container handling system A multi-modal container handling system includes a tool presentation platform mounted to a multi-axis robot. The platform has a number of mechanically locking collets for handling either empty or full containers, and a number of multi-jawed grippers telescopically m... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7284666 | Method and device for raising, stabilizing and further moving a bottle A device for use with conveyor means and a detector station, said conveyor means for moving empty beverage containers, suitably bottles of different shapes and sizes, past the detector station, and said detector station for providing characteristic data about the co... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274202 | Carousel device, system and method for electronic circuit tester A rotatable or translatable carousel configured to facilitate electrical or electronic testing of Devices Under Test (DUTs) in combination with an insertion handler and a test head is disclosed. The carousel is configured to be placed on a test head of a tester in a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7220094 | Transfer device for cylindrical stacks of products arranged on an edge A transfer device for transferring stacks (4, 4a, 4b, 5, 5a, 5b), which have a cylindrical external shape, of products resting on one of their edges between a conveyor (1) set upstream for advance of the... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198262 | Envelope-turning station In the case of an envelope-turning station with a turning cylinder which is oriented parallel to the mail-conveying direction and is equipped with openable and closable jaws on its circumference, it is possible, following charging of the turning-cylinder jaws with h... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191892 | Apparatus for transferring products from a first conveying line to a second conveying line, in particular for feeding a boxing machine In an apparatus for transferring products from a first conveying line to a second line conveying line operated stepwise in a feeding direction and particularly for feeding a boxing machine a plurality of compartments are aligned along the feeding direction. Each com... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7156219 | Installation for assembling tube components Installation for assembling tube components, particularly bodies (1) with shoulders, comprising the following elements arranged in succession: a linear body conveyor (4), a transfer system (7) designed to apply a change in orientation to the bod... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153086 | High speed turnover apparatus and method A turnover apparatus and method for inverting articles such as lumber or board pieces being conveyed sideways on two or more conveyor chain loops in which each article is advanced on the conveyor chain loops by speed up belts engaging the underside of the articles t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7055671 | Method for forming and spacing out successive batches of articles A method and apparatus for forming and separating successive batches of articles such as bottles, cans, etc. The invention includes a first driving system for receiving, at a feed station, articles driven by a first rotating transfer system. The speed of the first r... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7052225 | Apparatus for handling mass produced work pieces A high speed device and method for transporting work pieces from one container to another is disclosed. This high speed device utilizes a rotary wheel having a number of pick heads located along the circumference of the rotary wheel. These pick heads are utilized to... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7036655 | Method and device for supplying regularly objects to a work station A method and an apparatus wherein regular articles are fed to an operating station and the articles have handle elements arranged on two opposite sides. The successive articles are advanced up in abutment against one another on a moving transporting path, and are se... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025194 | Article moving apparatus and direction changing apparatus for sticks A motor has its rotating shaft fixed by a fixing member so as to be inclined at an angle of θ to the horizontal direction. A supporting member is attached to the rotating shaft of the motor. A plurality of accommodating units are distributed at equal spacing along ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025195 | Conveyor system for transport of containers A conveyor system for transport of containers, in particular an airport baggage handling system, includes a conveyor having a curved transport path with one end defining an entry zone and another end defining an exit zone. The containers are moved by a container pro... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6919557 | Device for continuous movement of objects with symmetry, use for visual inspection and control A device for controlling a continuous movement of an object with symmetry of revolution (1) comprises a conveyor (5) having two parallel guides, (6) and at least one pair of belts (8) stretched on the guides, between and on which these ob... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913134 | Method and apparatus for changing the orientation of workpieces about an angled axis for a decorator A workpiece transfer for a decorating machine includes transport conveyors for carrying workpieces to the decorating machine and from the decorating machine. The conveyors support each of the workpieces such that an elongated longitudinal axis of each workpiece is v... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6886681 | Conveyor for inverting web of material The present invention relates to a conveyor apparatus, and more specifically to a conveyor apparatus that is capable of accepting a web of material having little to no inherent structural integrity from a first direction, inverting the material, and dispatching said... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6814217 | Method and apparatus utilizing servo motors for placing parts onto a moving web Method and apparatus for receiving parts traveling at a first speed through a receiving zone and applying the parts onto a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone. Transferring devices transport the parts between the zones. The transferring d... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6811019 | Method and apparatus utilizing servo motors for placing parts onto a moving web An apparatus and method for receiving a material web traveling at a first speed in a receiving zone, forming discrete parts from the material web, and applying the discrete parts onto a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone. The apparatus h... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6792862 | Apparatus for delivering printing plates to an external drum imaging system An apparatus for delivering a printing plate to an external drum platesetter includes: a plate traversing table for displacing a printing plate into a staging position; and a plate angling table, nested within the plate traversing table, for rotating the printing pl... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6726000 | Method of, and apparatus for, raising sheet-like products Method of raising sheet-like products (2), in particular printed products, which are taking part in a conveying process and follow sequentially one after the other, the products (2) resting, at least in certain regions, on a conveying means (1) ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6705453 | Method and apparatus utilizing servo motors for placing parts onto a moving web A method and apparatus for receiving parts traveling at a first speed through a receiving zone and applying the parts to a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone. The method and apparatus utilizes transferring devices for transporting the pa... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6662928 | Apparatus and process for handling circular articles An apparatus and process for receiving a multiplicity of like circular articles, such as discs, rings, and lids, for example, presented in a known or random horizontal orientation, and for collecting them for subsequent conventional processing into a hori... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6648122 | Apparatus for transferring articles An apparatus for transferring articles such as absorbent cores or disposable diaper chassis components from a rotary mechanism, such as a pad turner, to a linear mechanism, such as a conveyor for further processing. The invention provides a device for pic... | 11/18/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6581750 | Method and apparatus for changing the orientation of workpieces about an angled axis for a decorator A workpiece transfer for a decorating machine includes transport conveyors for carrying workpieces to the decorating machine and from the decorating machine. The conveyors support each of the workpieces such that an elongated longitudinal axis of each wor... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6547057 | Apparatus and process for handling circular articles An apparatus and process for receiving a multiplicity of like circular articles, such as discs, rings, and lids, for example, presented in a known or random horizontal orientation, and for collecting them for subsequent conventional processing into a hori... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6450321 | Method and apparatus utilizing servo motors for placing parts onto a moving web A method and apparatus for receiving parts traveling at a first speed through a receiving zone and applying the parts to a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone. The method and apparatus utilizes transferring devices for transpor... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6422375 | System and method for transporting and reorienting items A system and method for transporting and reorienting one or more items is provided. The system includes a first transport apparatus that can transport and reorient an item from a loading location to a first unloading location. For example, a first carder ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6415903 | Container tipping device and associated method A tipping device for reorienting vertical containers in a horizontal orientation which includes, a lift structured to lift a container, a transfer assembly having two transfer members and a gap there between. The transfer members each have a generally con... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6398008 | Aligning and conveying method of packaged article and apparatus thereof An apparatus for mechanically taking out packaged articles housed in a large-sized tray onto a conveyer line. A tray housing a multiplicity of packaged articles is conveyed onto a support conveyer bridging between a pair of side plates, the packaged artic... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6364090 | Apparatus for handling bags Apparatus for handling bags that are conveyed on a first conveyor in an upright position and on a second conveyor in a lying position, particularly for the gentle handling of bags and adapted to the handling of stand up bags, by providing a transfer devic... | 04/02/2002 |
| 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 |
