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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806249 | Radar system characteristic determination The invention is related to radar system characterization. In one embodiment, a radar module characterization system comprises a target, a conveyor comprising at least one connector configured to removably couple a radar module to the conveyor and to linearly displa... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7540369 | Product handling system A system and method of providing a product to a conveyor and/or carton includes a wheel and a plurality of carriers arranged in rows. A distance between each carrier in the plurality of carriers is adjustable as the product is transferred around a circumference of t... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7360759 | Apparatus for transferring products to a conveying arrangement The invention relates to an apparatus by means of which sheet like products which follow one after the other along a feed section are transferred to a conveying arrangement with individually controllable grippers which can be moved in the conveying direction, are ar... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7281361 | Method of article portioning A method for detecting and discriminating articles that are within a predetermined range of a specification into lots feeds a plurality of articles into an article portioning system having a counting head assembly that includes an article detecting unit located abov... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7240787 | Finger sweep A finger sweep for use with mail parcel handling systems includes an elongate mounting member for coupling the finger sweep to a drive shaft, and a parcel engaging member disposed on a distal end of the mounting member. In one embodiment, a pair of finger sweeps are... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240783 | Unit for feeding filters to a filter assembly machine A unit for feeding filters to a filter assembly machine, wherein at least one deflecting device receives a respective succession of filter portions in an axial direction, and feeds the filter portions to the filter assembly machine in a transverse direction crosswis... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7131524 | Apparatus and method for the transfer of rod-shaped articles An apparatus for transferring rod-shaped articles from a longitudinal conveyor transporting the articles in a longitudinal axial direction onto a transverse conveyor transporting the articles in a transverse axial direction, in which the directions of transport of t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7051861 | Conveying system An apparatus for transporting articles includes a first transporter (e.g. a conveyor) for transporting articles in a line and a member that separates the articles in the line into groups and also removes the groups from the line while the articles continue to be tra... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6978878 | Continuous feeding device for a single layer color film packaging machine A continuous feeding device for a single layer color film packaging machine includes a pair of chains mounted at two sides above a conveyor belt, the chains being engaged with a plurality of gears, a plurality of a linking rods equidistantly mounted between the two ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6868653 | Aligning device and method for feeding products into an automatic packaging machine Device and method for the alignment of stacked products to be wrapped such as newspapers, magazines and books, with or without inserts, of any thickness or size. Sheet placers feed products into the device via a conveyor system equipped with pushers, set at predeter... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6779668 | Method of automatically sorting objects and combining objects to assortments In a method for automated sorting of objects and combining the objects to assortments according to a selectable sorting specification, the objects are removed from a supply and an object sorting position for the objects is determined, respectively, by a control unit... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6763926 | Method and apparatus for automatic feeding of bar form metal profiles in profile working machines A method for feeding automatically metal profiles in bar form entails gripping a group of the metal profiles from a magazine for collecting the profiles and transferring the group of metal profiles or their end to a raised position. The raised metal profiles are arr... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6425474 | Conveyor for conveying articles on an automatic wrapping machine A conveyor for conveying articles has a number of pockets movable along a path. A primary of a linear electric motor is located along at least one portion of the path. A secondary of the linear electric motor is associated with each pocket to feed the poc... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6364091 | Conveying device for forming and conveying groups of products On a conveying device for forming and conveying groups of products, a screw conveyor is supplied at the input with an orderly succession of products, and has an input portion along which the products are formed into groups, and a tubular output portion fo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6213284 | Method and unit for transferring articles A method and unit for transferring articles between a first seat in a given position, and a second seat traveling along a first path, whereby at least one pickup member for picking up the articles is fed along a second path extending between the first sea... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209706 | Article grouping and transferring system System for grouping and transferring articles from an upstream station to a downstream station. Articles are pushed onto a transfer station table and transferred as a row of articles to a downstream conveyor extending at right angles to the direction of t... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6109420 | Unit for transferring and tipping sealed packages containing pourable food products A unit (1) for feeding a succession of sealed packages (2) containing pourable food products along a first path (P) from a supply station (4) to an output station (5), and for simultaneously tipping the packages (2) from a supply position in which the pac... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6073749 | Method and unit for conveying packets of cigarettes A method and unit for conveying packets of cigarettes, whereby packets of cigarettes, supplied successively to an input of a guide, are transferred to an output of the guide by means of a screw device rotating about a respective axis of rotation; the guid... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5884749 | Conveyor system that receives articles at a constant rate and batch discharges A conveyor system that includes a first set of rive belts having a first set of flights that can receive individual products at a given rate per product and quickly advance several individual package positions when the first set of flights are full to a d... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5755552 | Object selecting system An assortment of objects is dispensed from a plurality of object holders onto a conveyor for loading into a container at an end of the conveyor. The objects are dispensed onto discrete sections of the conveyor with like objects occupying like sections. Si... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5483877 | Cassette stacker/stamper The described machine comprises a cassette infeed conveyor; stamper means for stamping incoming cassettes with an identifying code; first collection means for receiving cassettes as they are removed from the infeed conveyor; and transfer means for transfe... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5456572 | Nesting device Disclosed herein is a device for nesting articles of the type having a nesting surface with a number of formations thereon, comprising first locating means for locating a first article and second locating means for locating a second article, actuating mea... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5449409 | Device to process green-tape type circuits Device to process green-tape type circuits, in which a green-tape foil (12) of alumina in the raw state or of another like or analogous material (green-tape foil) acts as a support for circuits (solar cells, etc.) and contains holes for electrical connect... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5220992 | Apparatus for conveying rods of the cigarette industry Apparatus for conveying rods of the cigarette industry, comprising a fluted drum for carrying rods in the flutes thereof, and means for feeding rods into the flutes of the drum, comprising movable conveyor means disposed in proximity to said drum for conv... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5060457 | Pasta handling apparatus Apparatus for automatically removing pasta nests from drying frames and introducing such nests into packaging containers are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a mechanism for interspacing groups of the nests on the drying frames in a checkerboard pattern... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4870749 | Jaw and feeder assembly for advancing hinge to a work station An automated apparatus is operative for attaching sequential hinges, such as easel hinges having rosette fastening elements thereon, to sequentially pairs of first and second substantially flat, penetrable members, in order to hingeably connect the penetr... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4827948 | Apparatus for changing the direction of transport of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry Apparatus for changing the direction of transport of cigarettes and analogous rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry has a horizontal guide rail which guides parallel first and second moving files of coaxial articles into the range of a fi... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4732261 | Method and apparatus for assembling and forwarding sets of sheets At least three storage devices (6,7,8) are serially arranged between an entrance station (1) and a processing station. Transfer devices are disposed between adjacent storage devices and between a last storage device and the processing station. The transfe... | 03/22/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4624614 | Method and apparatus for pack cooling flat stock An apparatus for pack cooling flat stock to be retrofitted to a standard cooling bed. The apparatus includes collecting means having a plurality of stacker arms mounted for movement with respect to the stationary notch bars of the cooling bed between a fi... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4482139 | Transport and separating apparatus for folded printed matter The apparatus has two generally parallel transport means in the form of chains guided within tracks. Double armed levers are attached to the chains which carry clamping rollers, whose surfaces are of elastically yielding material. Folded printed matter is... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4453368 | Method and apparatus for automatically packing elongated food articles in controlled positions and orientations Method and apparatus for packing cut pickle spears in a jar in predetermined positions and orientations by laying the spears side-by-side on a flexible resilient belt, rolling up the belt with the spears on it to form a cylinder, and pushing the cylindric... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4363593 | Apparatus for positioning batteries and hoisting batteries into a battery formation tub An apparatus for forming and transferring a matrix arrangement of batteries which has two interrelated parts. A matrix-forming device which receives a plurality of batteries therein on base rollers space the batteries and which arranges the batteries on t... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4336589 | Warehousing monitor and control system A warehouse product monitoring and control system includes a distribution audit system computer which receives batch picking information on a recording medium identifying each transaction or article to be picked with a unique number. Associated with each ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4288193 | Arrangement for forming and handling collective loads An arrangement for assembling and conveying a number of elongated cylindrical loads such as aerial bombs, the loads being collectively supported in a carrier, includes an elongated single load supply track for delivering single ones of the loads to a coll... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4279557 | Apparatus for loading bales on to transport vehicles A method of loading bales of refuse from a horizontally acting baling press on to a transport vehicle without the use of a separate loading machine such as a fork-lift truck comprises aligning the transport vehicle with a discharge from the press; moving ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4256434 | Method of loading bales on to transport vehicles A method of loading bales of refuse from a horizontally acting baling press on to a transport vehicle without the use of a separate loading machine such as a fork-lift truck comprises aligning the transport vehicle with a discharge from the press; moving ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4221287 | Device for forming and transferring batches of products in automatic wrapping machines Disclosed herein is a device constituted by a rotatable head provided with radial compartments which hold batches of products and comprising a pusher for inserting the individual products into a compartment, and a device for supplying the individual produ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4195737 | Method and apparatus for handling elongated articles, such as pieces of timber A method and apparatus for handling elongated articles, such as elongated pieces of timber of different types, includes a plurality of compartments for receiving the articles of the different types with each compartment receiving only one type of article.... | 04/01/1980 |
