Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7909157 | Machine and method for forming groups of products ordered in superposed layers There is described a machine for forming groups of ordered products, each group including products disposed according to superposed layers. The machine includes a succession of conveyors aligned according to a principal direction of alignment, with a feed conveyor a... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7156606 | Article aligning apparatus An article aligning apparatus for aligning a plurality article tiers to be loaded into a carton. Each article tier comprises an article array delivered from an in-feed stream at an in-feed end of a packaging machine. The apparatus comprises an article conveyor for c... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6659710 | Station for forming stacks of layers of articles In a station for forming stacks of layers of articles, a horizontal supporting surface has a window for allowing a layer to pass freely therethrough. First pushing bars drive the layers along the support surface. A stationary descending ramp starts from t... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6555776 | Single feed one pass mixed mail sequencer A letters/flats transporting, handling, and sorting system is disclosed for handling an initially random mixed input of letters and flats and for sorting the letters and flats into a delivery address sequence for delivery by postal service personnel as a ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6484867 | Device for forming groups of cigarettes Cigarettes are formed into groups by a device comprising a hopper through which to direct a flow of cigarettes, a conveyor with pockets moving intermittently past a discharge outlet of the hopper, and a reciprocating pusher located on the side of the hopp... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6349815 | In-line stacker machine for stacking cookies The in-line stacker machine for stacking cookies has a frame with a stacking station, and a conveyor on the frame for receiving a line of cookies. A rotary platen mechanism carried on the frame cooperates with the conveyor and includes camming means for e... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6021886 | Installation for the temporary storage of articles An installation (1) for storing articles (2) and unloading them in batches (3), comprising a flexible element (5) constituting a conveyor loop which cooperates with rotating mechanisms (6-10) for guiding and driving its movement in a direction (C1, C2) al... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5897291 | Apparatus and method for forming arrays of articles for packaging A method of forming arrays of articles, comprising: (a) providing a stacker having a plurality of compartments for receiving the articles, the stacker traveling along a closed loop path; (b) transporting a plurality of the articles along a first path to t... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5897292 | Apparatus and method for forming arrays of articles for packaging A method of forming arrays of articles comprising providing a stacker having a plurality of compartments for receiving the articles, the stacker traveling along a closed loop path; transporting a plurality of the articles along a first path towards the st... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5718558 | System for vertically stacking rows of prismatic objects A system for vertically stacking rows of parallelepedic objects includes a first conveyor adapted to arrange the objects in a first horizontal row on a first sliding table, at least a second conveyor adapted to arrange the objects in a second horizontal r... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5615994 | Article conveying, grouping and storing apparatus An apparatus for conveying, grouping and storing flat articles includes a storing device which has a plurality of gondolas each having a plurality of vertically spaced, generally horizontally oriented, superposed storing shelves; a gondola support and con... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5465824 | Stacking device Stacking device for stacking groups of articles on top of each other, the articles being supplied to that stacking device in a single stream and at a common first level, the device comprising moveable elements which are substantially parallel to the artic... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5462401 | Method of separating two rows of cigarette packets A method of separating two superimposed rows of cigarette packets originally in direct contact with each other, whereby the two superimposed rows are fed into the input station of a separating device in a first direction parallel to the longitudinal axis ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5450941 | Apparatus for separating, conveying and grouping flat items An apparatus for separating, conveying and grouping flat items includes a supply chute for advancing the items in a face-to-face orientation in a series of indeterminate length; a conveying track adjoining the supply chute for receiving items therefrom; a... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5341913 | Device for forming piles of articles, particularly for automatic packaging plants In a device for forming piles of articles, particularly for articles in an input flow which are diverted onto a certain number of superposed sliding planes. This is achieved by means of one or more wheels, the peripheries of which have segments which are ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5161302 | Apparatus for forming sleeve and plunger assemblies An apparatus simultaneously forms a plurality of sleeve and plunger assemblies and creates dispensers of the pushup type. A platen inserts a plurality of plungers into a corresponding plurality of cardboard sleeves. The apparatus provides a plurality of s... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5101956 | Units for stacking packs particularly in wrapping systems that use a strip of shrink-wrap material A stacking unit positioned between a machine that packs groups of products in single packs and a machine that wraps stacked packs using a strip of shrink-wrap material. A first horizontal conveyor is coplanar with the conveyors of the packing and wrapping... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5092448 | Equipment for stacking layers of cylindrical commodities such as rolls of paper in readiness for transfer to a wrapping machine Rolls of paper are stacked in layers without any relative movement occurring between the surfaces brought into contact, using a transfer table which pivots about a horizontal axis, such that the end directed toward the wrapping machine can be swung vertic... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5059274 | Tire forming apparatus including upper and lower conveyors In a tire forming method or apparatus, a plurality of belt-shaped tire forming members are cut to predetermined lengths and piled one on another with their ends shifted in a longitudinal direction to form a member assembly, and the latter is wound on a ti... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4993537 | Apparatus for correctly positioning dispensers to be applied to containers Apparatus for correctly positioning dispensers to be applied to containers, wherein containers and dispensers are fed in succession to an aligning conveyor which comprises a plurality of housings adapted to receive respective dispensers and to support the... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4986409 | Assembly and method for stacking articles The assembly for stacking articles comprises a conveyor for moving articles along a conveying path having a lifting work station, a storing work station and a stacking work station. The conveyor has an incoming end and a discharging end with a lifting mec... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4947624 | Article processing machine and method of making same An article processing machine is provided and comprises a conveyor device for moving articles and a stacking device for stacking the articles in pairs during movement through the machine and wherein the stacking device comprises a pivoted ramp assembly ad... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4931131 | Package collator machine A package collator machine adapted to translate two successive in-line packages into face-to-face paired orientation, particularly where the faces of those packages present plural curved surfaces, e.g., shrink wrapped sausages. The machine includes first ... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4927000 | Conveyor system A conveyor system for positioning slices of meat or other foodstuffs by converting M input streams of products into N output streams of products where M is an integer greater than one and N is an integer not equal to M comprises an input conveyor (15, 55)... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4917229 | Method and apparatus for stacking products A method and apparatus for stacking products such as trays are disclosed utilizing a rotary ferris wheel device which raises product off a conveyor and places it on a platform where it is pushed off unto additional product being conveyed on the conveyor. ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4765214 | Apparatus for handling veneer sheets Veneer handling apparatus having a veneer clipper at one end thereof and a veneer sheet stacker at the other end is disclosed. Veneer sheets cut into a format size by the clipper are sorted so as to allow defective sheets to be discharged from the apparat... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4646908 | Apparatus for stacking packages in particular for wrapping installations using a strip of heat-shrinkable material A plant for wrapping products has a packaging machine for packaging groups of products in single packages and a machine for wrapping these packages with a strip of heat-shrinkable material. An apparatus for stacking these single packages to be wrapped is ... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4645061 | Machine for stacking nestable extruded cans A can stacking infeed machine for stacking nestable extruded cans where can diameter is greater than can height, includes a pair of gravity chutes for dividing an elevated stream of cans at input into two streams of cans, one above the other at output. A ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4585113 | Apparatus for transferring articles An apparatus transforms a single file of articles on a conveyor into separated batches of articles on the conveyor. The batches of articles are discharged into receptacles such as product buckets. The separation of the articles into batches provides suffi... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4475645 | Machine for applying base cups to bottles A machine for applying flat-bottomed base cups to round-bottomed plastic bottles. The machine comprises an orbiting conveyor having means for carrying a plurality of bottles and base cups along a predetermined path during which time the base cups are appl... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4450949 | Machine for transporting and stacking loaded cartons Machine for transporting and stacking cartons loaded with containers comprising two transport systems one above the other with restraining means to restrain motion of each loaded carton on one or the other or both systems, and pusher means which releases ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4441955 | Base cup applicator A method and apparatus for the continuous application of base cups to rounded bottom bottles including continuous feed of bottle and base cups and continuous removal of completed bottles. Further, a novel system is shown for applying glue or adhesive to t... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4413462 | Accumulator and stacker for sandwiched biscuits and the like Accumulator and stacker for sandwiched cookies, biscuits and like articles in which two side-by-side rows of sandwiched cookies are delivered from a conventional sandwiching machine and stacked one sandwich on top of another sandwich in an adjacent row an... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4305496 | Method of transporting singulated parts Centrifugal feeders, particularly a method of transporting singulated parts from the periphery of a centrifugal feeder. The method includes vertically orienting while supporting the parts in nests or notches defined at the periphery of the feeder, advanci... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4235329 | Article grouping and tiering apparatus This application discloses methods and apparatus that advance, from a single longitudinal file of abutting articles, a portion of the file containing a desired number of articles which, for convenience, will sometimes be referred to as a sub-group. The fi... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4189271 | Apparatus for piling veneer sheets An apparatus for piling veneer sheets for plywood sheets at a predetermined position comprising at least one stage of conveyer means having two horizontal, parallel and spaced conveyer belts to support a veneer sheet, stopping means to stop the veneer she... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4114524 | Filler capper machine A sandwich making machine for automatically making sandwiches having filling material located between the two cookie halves. The machine comprises a dividing mechanism for receiving rows of cookie halves and for automatically directing alternate rows of c... | 09/19/1978 |
| 3954165 | Automatic collating machine An automatic collating machine for organizing into groups a flow of articles, such as ice cream sandwiches, fed to the machine to be packaged into containers includes a carrier feed station and a container loading station, both of which are located along ... | 05/04/1976 |
