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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395920 | Method and apparatus for a conveyed product directing system The invention relates to an apparatus and method for directing a conveyed product on a conveyor. The apparatus includes a filing channel that includes the ability to adjust the location of at least one end of the filing channel. In one embodiment, the filing apparat... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7364397 | Method and machine for separating profiled elements A method and machine separates profiled elements from a plurality of profiled elements. The machine includes a structure having opposed first and second ends and opposed sides, the structure receiving profiled elements extending between the first and second ends. A ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7322459 | Differential speed conveyor accumulation system and method A product conveying and accumulation system and method employs a primary product transporting conveyor with accumulation and re-circulating sections. The conveyor is configured to receive products from an upstream destination and discharge products to a downstream d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7246696 | Apparatus for forming groups of battery plates An apparatus for forming groups of battery plates includes at least first and second plate supply lines each including a separation station and a downstream plate supply. The apparatus further includes a first common plate feed line for the envelopers and a second c... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240784 | Selection system A selection apparatus for grouping articles in predetermined quantities from a moving stream of articles. The apparatus includes a horizontal rotating plate with three equally spaced arms and a lug assembly attached to an end of each arm. The plate rotates at a repe... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7111723 | Conveying unit with container accumulation A conveying unit with accumulation of containers (6), especially of bottles, includes an accumulation table (2) equipped laterally with guide rails (12, 13) and composed of a juxtaposition of at least one feed conveyor (9) and one accumul... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7090067 | Conveyor system with distributed article manipulation A system and method for manipulating articles includes providing a bed having at least one conveying surface. The conveying surface is adapted to move articles in a direction of conveyance from an upstream end to a downstream end of the bed. At least one sensor is p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070384 | Apparatus and method for automatically unloading brick from kiln cars and preparation for shipment Apparatus and methods for unloading and binding brick or other components include an infeed conveyor that delivers layers of brick to a transfer distribution carriage. The distribution carriage repositions the brick layers on either an outfeed conveyor or a tine con... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055816 | Method of processing sheet-like products, and apparatus for implementing the method A method and apparatus for processing a stream of sheet-like products, such as printed magazines and newspapers, whereby the orientation of the products in the stream is changed to facilitate subsequent processing. The products are conveyed in an imbricated stream, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7021457 | Conveyor belt drive roller The current invention is a conveyor belt system and a conveyor belt drive roller and method of making in which the drive roller comprises a cylindrical body having a circumference and opposite ends, a plurality of lug grooves in the cylinder located around the circu... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6975998 | Package delivery notification system and method A package delivery notification system reports impending package deliveries and precisely notifies recipients of when to expect the deliveries. The package delivery notification system utilizes memory, a communications device, and a system manager. Package data iden... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6945530 | Device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper In a device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper, each stack is caused to advance along a pre-set path inside a pocket, which has a resting surface for supporting the stack and is provided with at least one pressure member designed to grip the stack on the restin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6874615 | Conveyor chute A chute system for selectively moving articles with little to no damage to such articles from a supply source oriented at a first level to a transversely moving conveying system oriented at a second lower level. The chute system includes a powered conveyor belt adap... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6808062 | Plant and method for orderly aligning products in rows along a packaging line A plant and a method for carrying out orderly arrangement of products in ranks along a packaging line, wherein an alignment device is set between a first conveyor belt and a second conveyor belt. The products arrive on the first belt in ranks with substantially diso... | 10/26/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6691857 | Automatic alternating fruit feeder to a cell receiver in quincuxes Supply lines, formed by two V-shaped belts (1)-(1') that go in the same direction at different speeds; Photoelectric cells (2) on the first transversal alignment of cells and others (3) on the fruit outlet of the feeder; Pneumatic cylinders that separate ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6557689 | Assembly for supporting and retaining glass sheets Assembly for supporting and retaining sheets of glass, particularly in a machine for machining the sheets of glass; the assembly possesses a support structure, a plurality of suckers carried by the support structure to hold the sheet of glass in an unambi... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6435352 | Sorting machine for stacks of sheet metal panels A sorting machine at the end of a sheet metal slitting and shearing line receives side-by-side stacks of sheet metal panels and separates and rearranges those stacks so that they are more easily wrapped, banded, or otherwise processed. The machine include... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6390766 | Shingle bundle palletizer with improved metering conveyor, pattern conveyor and shuttle conveyor A shingle bundle palletizer includes a bundle metering conveyor, an incline conveyor, a pattern conveyor, a lug conveyor, an adjustable height transfer conveyor, a shuttle conveyor, and a pallet removal conveyor. The bundle metering conveyor includes one ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6253904 | Methods and apparatus for the automatic loading of multiple items on the same unit of a cross-belt sorting machine A loading station for the automatic loading of multiple items on the same unit of a sorting machine. The loading station includes several feeding belts capable of receiving and transferring the items to a loading belt capable of receiving such items and f... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6206173 | Device for compactly accumulating identical objects coming from a conveyor line Device ensuring maximum coverage of an area in which identical cylindrical objects such as bottles or cans transported by a conveyor line accumulate. The device including, a vibrating table over which the bottles advance in short skips after being deposit... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5984301 | Position adjustment conveyor A positioning conveyor is incorporated in a conveyor system for adjusting the position of a sheet on the conveyor system. The positioning conveyor has two belt type conveyor sections that are independently movable transverse to the feed path and are utili... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5924838 | Tray loader A tray loading apparatus for the efficient loading of cylindrical articles onto trays. The apparatus functions to align cylindrical articles in a staggered manner so as to make the most efficient use of space. As such, a subsequent manufacturing process s... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5889675 | Pickup device A pickup device comprises a memory for storing therein positional data for parts, a camera for detecting a position of the parts, a displacement rate computing section for computing a displacement rate between the positional data stored and a position det... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5826637 | Method and apparatus for multiple feeding of flitches to a board edger An apparatus for sequenced or simultaneous feeding of a plurality of flitches to a board edger includes a sequencing conveyor for sequenced feeding of flitches in a horizontal first direction, the flitches oriented in a horizontal second direction perpend... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5794534 | Sorting installation for sorting individually conveyed objects A suspension conveyor comprises two conveyor circuits which circulate in opposite directions. The circuits are arranged on opposite sides of an additional conveyor path, where the conveying directions of the path and circuits are the same at their point o... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5785102 | Board edging infeed apparatus Disclosed herein is an apparatus for positioning an elongate cant for the infeed of the cant into an edging device capable of longitudinally cutting the cant to remove the wane edges thereof. The apparatus generally comprises: a frame structure; a conveyi... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5765617 | Infeed system for lumber An infeed system that orients a log for a processing unit. A flight conveyor, a log turner and a sharp chain are in an overlapping arraignment. The flight conveyor conveys a log past a scanner which inputs scan data into a computer which determines the pr... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5651445 | Apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail having varied characteristics An apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail which incorporates a number of operating stations that serve to accomplish the various aspects of mail extraction, as well as the subsequent processing of extracted documents, and which are operativel... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5641055 | Conveyor belt A conveyor belt including displacement apparatus for laterally displacing pieces of a product across the width of the moving conveyor belt. The apparatus may include a rotatable paddle wheel with radially extending fins or roller sets that are engageable ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5634548 | Brick dehacker A brick dehacking apparatus. The dehacking apparatus is operable to blend the upper and lower courses of brick from a kiln car with each other and further blend these brick with brick from the middle courses of the stack in preparation for stacking and st... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5630498 | Food positioning apparatus An apparatus for positioning food components in a container that is moving along a conveyor. The apparatus has a paddle member and a link. The paddle member is movable between a first position within the container and a second position outside of the cont... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5535873 | Article disposition apparatus An article disposition apparatus capable of disposing articles such as ICs at any arbitrary disposition pitch by a simple arrangement in a time efficient manner. The article disposition apparatus according to the present invention comprises a stainless st... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5443360 | Method and apparatus for transferring hollow plastic articles A method for continuous transferring of hollow plastic articles from a first station to a second station, wherein articles at the first station are arranged in a first number of N1 columns and wherein articles at the second station are arranged... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5443357 | Apparatus for forming a tyne layer in an automatic brick stacking system An apparatus for forming a tyne layer in an automatic brick stacking system having a conveyor for moving courses of brick from a kiln car to a stacking and straping station is disclosed. The apparatus includes a set-down transfer head for removing a cours... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5411128 | Heated glass sheet positioning on roll conveyor Apparatus (22) and a method for positioning a heated glass sheet on rolls (26) on a conveyor (24) utilizes an air hearth (28) for supplying upwardly directed pressurized air and an elevator (32) for providing relative movement between the rolls and the ai... | 05/02/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5328016 | Method and apparatus for placing fiber bales in readiness for removing fiber tufts therefrom An apparatus for placing fiber bales into readiness for removing fiber tufts therefrom by a travelling bale opener has a fiber bale depositing device for positioning an initial fiber bale at an inclined orientation to the vertical and for positioning, adj... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5263705 | Document registration apparatus with skew adjustment A document registration apparatus for use in a document inserting station or a document queuing station is provided. The apparatus includes a document registration unit having a plurality of laterally-spaced registration stops which pivot about a horizont... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5261774 | Device for loading and/or unloading the racks of a lyophilization tank A device for loading and/or unloading the racks of a lyophilization tank operates such that vials 5 are collected and stored on a vibrating table 2 equipped with a mobile arm 8 blocking the vials on at least a part of the tray 3 of the vibrating table. A ... | 11/16/1993 |
