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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7380650 | Device and method for sorting items, such as rolls The device for sorting items, such as rolls, is provided downstream of a first number (N) of feeding channels (Ca) of items (R), which feeding channels (Ca) are provided with dispensing members (S) for a controlled release of the items (R). The device (100) i... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7357243 | Packaging machine and method The packaging machine includes: a plurality of lane guides, the plurality of lane guides being spaced apart to form a plurality of lanes; a moveable conveyor belt having a first end and second end, the first end located beneath one of the plurality of lanes, the mov... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7303061 | Multi-lane fruit guide assembly having integral ridge ends for a juice extractor and related methods A fruit guide assembly may include a frame to be positioned between the fruit conveyor and the multi-position fruit feeder, a vibrator connected to the frame, and a fruit guide body having a series of alternating ridges and valleys therein defining a plurality of fr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7237668 | Device and method for sorting items, such as rolls The device for sorting items, such as rolls, is provided downstream of a first number (N) of feeding channels (Ca) of items (R), which feeding channels (Ca) are provided with dispensing members (8) for a controlled release of the items (R). The device (100... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232026 | Device for dividing a disorderly flow of cylindrical objects, for example drinks bottles, into several pathways The apparatus serves to distribute a random stream of items into several lanes in which the items are transported individually one after the other. The apparatus has a transport device for the items, wherein the transport device has one or more driven conveyor belts... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222718 | Accumulating conveyor system A conveyor system transports a multiplicity of product items from an input portion to an output portion and is provided with a first conveyor that transports the product items from the input portion to a distal turnaround region. A second conveyor transports the pro... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222717 | Device for collecting and recycling articles directed to feeding channels A hopper releases articles onto a selecting sieve which selects and keeps complying articles, separating them from defective and/or fragmented ones and from powders. A linear conveyor, situated downstream of the selecting sieve, receives the complying articles for s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216013 | Singulation detection system for objects used in conjunction with a conveyor system A system and method for reliably detecting singulated parcels traveling on a conveyor belt by comparing parcel characteristics before and after parcel agitation. First, parcel characteristics are evaluated. Then parcels are agitated to promote a change in characteri... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210568 | Apparatus for organizing articles traveling on a conveyor In laner apparatus for automatically arranging articles into lanes on a conveyor, for example for packaging or further processing, the articles are fed onto a conveyor upstream of a fence that extends at an acute angle to the direction of travel of the conveyor. The... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207428 | Transport device for containers A conveyor device for containers having multiple narrow lanes formed by guide railings adjustable horizontally across the direction of conveyance, with horizontally adjustable sensors for the containers arranged above the narrow lanes across the direction of conveya... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191893 | Unit for transferring and spacing articles A unit (1) for transferring articles (1a) from a machine (MI) for producing the articles to a packaging machine (MA) includes a plurality of hoppers (4a) for receiving the articles (1a). The hoppers (4a)... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7165667 | Beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles or other beverage containers with a liquid beverage filling material and an arrangement for dividing and separating of a stream of beverage bottles or other beverage containers There is now provided a beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles or other beverage containers with a liquid beverage filling material and an arrangement for dividing and separating of a stream of beverage bottles or other beverage containers, which arran... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7128217 | Bun laner A bun laner sorts buns into a predetermined number of lanes, for providing buns to a packaging unit. The bun laner detects when some lanes are filling faster than other and closes those lanes while the other lanes fill. A vacuum may be used to hold buns in a filled ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128197 | High volume conveyor sortation system A sortation system and method includes providing a sorter assembly and a slug-building assembly. Product is received by the sorter assembly and sorted to a series of sortation lanes. The slug-building assembly includes a plurality of supply lines supplying product f... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111740 | Sorting apparatus, sorting method and alignment apparatus This invention provides a seed-sorting apparatus that includes an alignment trough having a plurality of grooves into which the seeds are distributed, a line sensor camera for inspecting the seeds, a nozzle device having a number of nozzles that is the same as the n... | 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 |
| 7073656 | Method and apparatus for removing holes from nested product patterns Holes are removed from nested product patterns by conveying products on a conveyance mechanism (12) through an infeed section (14) in nested pattern streams (a1, a2, b1, b2), into a narrowing section (24) of a width l... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7064826 | Digital optical measurement of particle populations using reduced magnification The present invention relates to a method for determining a distribution of a parameter, e.g. cross-sectional area, of a particle population for identifying specific types of particles therein. A plurality of images of the particles are detected on a pixel array and... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7040477 | Container transport system A transport system for transport of containers has a switch with an entry zone, an exit zone with at least two different transport paths for conveying a container, and a switch mechanism for selectively controlling the transport of the container to the transport pat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6975747 | Method and system for monitoring and controlling workpieces Methods and systems for monitoring the delivery of workpieces to a position by: storing a digital reference image of the position prior to the delivery of workpieces; storing a digital operating image of the position during delivery of workpieces; performing image a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6964146 | Portable pouch opening machine A portable pouch opener for countertop positioning for opening and filling a bag includes a portable housing positionable upon a desktop bench workspace. The housing has a magazine containing a supply of bags to be opened and filled. A first suction device is mounte... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6928789 | Assembly for collecting together different goods Assembly and method for collecting together different goods to form a pack and to pack these in an outer packaging. Streams of goods are always fed to a collection conveyor with feed conveyors. Each stream consists of the same goods and these are buffered at the dis... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923307 | High volume conveyor sortation system A sortation system and method includes providing a sorter assembly and a slug-building assembly. Product is received by the sorter assembly and sorted to a series of sortation lanes. The slug-building assembly includes a plurality of supply lines supplying product f... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6889815 | Conveying apparatus and conveying system There are disclosed a conveying apparatus and a conveying system in which a force is efficiently transmitted to an article so as to smoothly convey the article in an arbitrary direction. In each of feed portions 15 provided at a conveying apparatus 10, 11 ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6776278 | Egg transfer apparatus with converging guides that facilitate even distribution of eggs on a moving conveyor An egg transfer apparatus is configured to distribute eggs substantially evenly with reduced breakage on a moving conveyor. The egg transfer apparatus includes a conveyor having opposite first and second ends and a plurality of elongated, flexible guides extending b... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6651842 | Article dispensing machine and method An article dispensing apparatus is described. The dispensing apparatus includes a plurality of slats, each having one or more holders for holding and dispensing articles. Each slat has a cavity and an open end. Further, each holder includes an aperture th... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6648124 | Product path splitting and merging conveyor system A continuous product conveyor system of loop configuration is provided to receive products from an upstream destination in a given product delivery path arrangement and to deliver those products to a downstream destination in a different product delivery ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6575287 | Product conveying and accumulation system and method A product conveying and accumulation system is provided for use with products of various sizes, shapes, and stability characteristics. The system comprises multiple moving conveyors, including a first conveyor which transports product from an upstream loc... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6513645 | Method and device for feeding elongated articles on a wrapping machine A method and device for feeding elongated tobacco articles, whereby, on a wrapping machine, a mass of articles, oriented a given way, is fed along an annular path in a hopper connected to at least one channel for feeding the articles and in which the arti... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6481560 | Robotic feeding system A parts feeder for an automated robotic selection system has a hopper with an integral hopper conveyor for transporting parts to a chute integral with a frame. A feed conveyor transports parts from the chute to a tilting pan which alternately dumps parts ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6435338 | Small-parts feed and conveying device A small-parts feed and conveying device includes a movable section in which trains having a plurality of through holes are arranged along a direction of conveying the small parts, a parts drawing means for drawing the small parts to parts-conveying surfac... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435334 | Cigar feed unit A unit for feeding cigars from an input hopper to a pocket conveyor for feeding single cigars successively along a given path, wherein the cigars are fed along a downfeed channel, an outlet of which faces a rotary transfer member for feeding the cigars su... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6422418 | Article dispensing machine and method An article dispensing apparatus is described. The dispensing apparatus includes a plurality of slats, each having one or more holders for holding and dispensing articles. Each slat has a cavity and an open end. Further, each holder includes an aperture th... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6227349 | Apparatus for handling dough pieces An apparatus and a method for dough handling includes a first conveyor for receiving dough and having a first discharge end for discharging dough. A second conveyor receives dough and is positioned along side the first conveyor to convey in the direction ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6209707 | Apparatus for adjusting the relative position of side-walls for guiding containers in machines for forming arrays of said containers Apparatus for adjusting the relative position of side-walls (11,11a,12,12a,13,13a) delimiting channels for receiving containers (2) in machines (1) for forming arrays of containers, the apparatus comprising actuating devices (21,22,23) arranged in a subst... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206174 | Pressureless multi-lane dividing apparatus An apparatus for the pressureless division of a flow of objects from a conveyor system into multiple paths. The apparatus is ideally suited for use in conveying and combining streams of bottles. The apparatus generally is connected to a feed conveyor carr... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6145708 | Low volume flowable solids distributor A flowable particulate distributor is provided having at least one wall and a multiplicity of posts. Each of the posts have a first end and a second end. The posts are attached at the first ends to the at least one wall forming a geometric array such that... | 11/14/2000 |
