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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320394 | Block sorting system and method A block sorting system includes a block transferring apparatus that has a plurality of independently movable opposing pairs of gripping members. The gripping members pick up the row of blocks on a staging conveyor and move the row of blocks laterally to a set of adj... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7264108 | Transfer unit for transferring glass articles A transfer unit for transferring glass articles from a supporting surface to a carry-off conveyor, the transfer unit includes a pickup member for engaging the articles for transfer and is hinged to one end of an actuating arm to rotate with respect to the actuating ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7222716 | Retractable transfer device metering apparatus and methods Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep co... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7125216 | Device for loading a three-knife trimmer In a device for loading a three-knife trimmer with brochures, periodicals or like bound book blocks (1), comprising a feed conveyor (4), a stacking device (16) operable in magazine mode and counted stack mode and including a magazine (17)... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127315 | Method and apparatus for acting on articles in the tobacco-processing industry A method is provided for acting on a product in a machine operating in a machine cycle in the tobacco-processing industry in dependence on information about the product. Information about the product is detected synchronously with the machine cycle. The information ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7000755 | Apparatus for repositioning product while maintaining forward conveying speed An apparatus comprising a first conveyor and a second conveyor, the first and the second conveyor being arranged in line with each other, having the same conveying direction and, in use, having substantially the same conveying speed, while between the first and the ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6974299 | Method and device for packing articles Collection assembly for collecting and stacking articles. The articles are first moved adjacent to one another with the aid of positioning elements. The positioning elements comprise the conveyor belt that extends obliquely with respect to the distribution conveyor ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6948608 | Method and a device for transferring blister packs and the like to the feeding line of a packaging machine A method for transferring blister packs to a step-less moving feeding line of a packaging machine, according to which a gripping member of a three-axes robot device picks up at least one group of blister packs from an outlet line of a blistering machine. The robot d... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942444 | Skid positioning machine A stacking machine has a conveyor which supports skids onto which panels sheared from side-by-side strips of metal sheet fall, there to accumulate in stacks. As the stacks form, empty skids are organized on a skid positioning machine located to the side of the stack... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929111 | Apparatus and a method for collating and cartonning product units Apparatus for collating and cartonning product units comprising: product infeed means adapted to dispense a succession of discrete product units; one or more servo-trains, the or each servo-train comprising a plurality of buckets in which each bucket is adapted to r... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6840369 | Infeed system for a stacking apparatus Groups of individual shingled items such as graham crackers or cookies are stacked in vertical stacks of predetermined heights and/or number of items using a stacking apparatus having at least one set of lowering arms. A stacking conveyor belt continuously delivers ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6837360 | Retractable transfer device metering and product arranging apparatus and methods Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep co... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6793064 | Retractable transfer device metering and product arranging and loading apparatus and methods Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep co... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6786322 | Cooling tunnel for flexible packages filled with hot liquid products Cooling tunnel for flexible packages filled with hot liquid products. The cooling tunnel is applicable to automatic packaging installations and comprises a main conveyor belt (1) adapted for the transport of packages (2) filled with hot liquid products... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6698572 | Apparatus and process for packaging piece goods In an apparatus for packaging piece goods, a piece-goods article of a first type (A) and a plurality of piece goods of a second type (B) are introduced into a common pack. The apparatus has a first conveyor (1), for feeding piece goods of the first type (... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6543603 | Unit for transferring articles A unit for transferring groups of cigarettes has a conveyor having pockets for housing the groups and for feeding the groups in a first direction; a guide for guiding each group into a respective pocket along a path in a second direction crosswise to the ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6499280 | Continuous bag supply device in continuous-filling packaging system and continuous-filling packaging system A supply device which, in a retainer type continuous-filling packaging system, converts the movement of empty bags supplied intermittently in a plurality of rows into a continuous motion in a single row and supplies these empty bags continuously to retain... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6425476 | Method and a device for the formation of flat articles into groups Flat articles to be formed into groups for packaging are advanced in succession at a set tempo toward a transfer station where each article is made to assume a predetermined position in space, standing on edge. Thereafter, the articles are advanced in a d... | 07/30/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6112880 | Device for forming lots of products and separating said lots from each other and, conversely, packing them A lot forming device for forming separated lots of products which are coming off a first conveyor: The device comprising rotatable first and second circle sectors each on a respective drivable shaft and each having receptacles on its periphery for receivi... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5829300 | Apparatus for transferring and forming parts in a press The present invention includes an apparatus and a method for transferring and forming parts in a press (20). The press (20) has a plurality of longitudinally dispose workstations (W). A parts transfer system (22) has a grasping unit (69) for releasably gr... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5598733 | Apparatus and method for transferring and forming parts in a press The present invention includes an apparatus and a method for transferring and forming parts in a press (20). The press (20) has a plurality of longitudinally disposed workstations (W). A parts transfer system (22) has a grasping unit (69) for releasably g... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5472078 | Method of and apparatus for converting a single layer of rod-shaped articles into a mass flow A single layer of spaced-apart rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry is advanced sideways toward a transfer zone wherein successive groups of two or more neighboring articles are diverted along separate paths against a concave friction su... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5368151 | Conveyor system for containers Rows of bottles are conveyed on parallel running belts. Closed loop flexible members such as roller chains, run in vertical planes along the longitudinal edges of the belts in the same direction as the belts. The closed loop chains have stabilizing device... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5366064 | Product manufacturing method, particularly for tobacco items A method of manufacturing products, particularly tobacco items, on a production line wherein at least a first product manufacturing machine and at least a second product grouping machine, for forming the products into groups containing a given number of p... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5359875 | Apparatus and method for transferring and forming parts in a press The present invention includes an apparatus and a method for transferring and forming parts in a press (20). The press (20) has a plurality of longitudinally disposed workstations (W). A parts transfer system (22) has a grasping unit (69) for releasably g... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5201823 | Container metering device having mechanically forced separation A container metering device (10) is disclosed including longitudinally split pins (12) having first and second portions (12a, 12b). The second portions (12b) are mounted to cross bars (16) mounted on and around a roller chain (18) in the form of an endles... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5169273 | Package transfer apparatus A package transfer apparatus comprising flappers which are juxtaposed at a travel start position of a package changing robot having attaching arms for supporting and attaching bobbin ends of packages to pegs of a creel, and are circulated while putting th... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4951803 | Method and apparatus for storing stacks of articles and subsequently unstacking the articles and feeding the articles to working equipment An apparatus for stacking and storing articles and subsequently unstacking the articles. The apparatus includes a first conveyor to convey a plurality of articles, and a plurality of secondary conveyors are disposed normal to a side edge of the first conv... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4832167 | Method and apparatus for grouping articles An apparatus for separating article groups from a stream of flat articles, comprises an inclined chute on which a stream of flat articles arranged in an edgewise standing, face-to-face oriented, stacked relationship are advanced, an article group receivin... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4744457 | Method and device for collecting commodities A method for collecting commodities in a group, a longitudinal series of commodities being fed set by set into a tapered pusher on which stages having enough size to accommodate square commodities are continuously formed, a pusher advancing a length equal... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4732262 | Apparatus for segregating counted slugs of flats An apparatus for handling a plurality of flat, collapsed, folded paper boxes which have been produced on a high speed, folder-gluer, delivered in shingled formation onto the advancing apron of a stacker, counted into slugs of about fifty each and must be ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4711336 | Apparatus for transporting substantially parallelepipedic packets An apparatus for transporting substantially parallelepipedic packets (2) disposed between a machine (3) for supplying and a machine (4) for receiving these packets (2) comprising at least one horizontal conveyor (5, 6) connecting the machines (3, 4) and a... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4697691 | Apparatus for transferring articles, especially bottles A distributing apparatus for transferring bottles between conveyors or processing machines like labelling machines or capping machines and the like includes a rotating carrier supporting at least one transfer member which rotates or oscillates with respec... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4680919 | Article delivery transferring device in a collective packing machine An article delivery transferring device in a collective packing machine of stop waiting operation control system is provided. Said collective packing machine comprises a main packing machine and an auxiliary packing machine each having an individual drivi... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4638903 | Method of separating and collecting commodities and device for the same A method and apparatus for collecting square articles including conveying a series of articles in a longitudinal direction, stopping the articles in front of a first pusher, transversely pushing a predetermined number of articles into a tapered second pus... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4611705 | Apparatus for separating article groups of predetermined length from a continuously advanced article stack An apparatus for separating article groups of predetermined length from an article stack of indefinite length, comprises a conveyor for advancing the article stack in a conveying direction; a pickup element arranged for a back-and-forth displacement paral... | 09/16/1986 |
