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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056701 | Conveyance device using carriage The present invention increases an allowable maximum weight of an object to be loaded on a conveyance device using a carriage including an object support base movable vertically controlled by cam rails on the floor side without increasing the weight of the conveyanc... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7921985 | Conveying method for artificial stone process A conveying method for an artificial stone process comprises placing stone on a trolley equipped with a catch basin, the trolley traveling along a track set to carry the stone to a processing region which has a top bracing unit, when the trolley carrying the stone t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909158 | Walking-beam conveyor A walking-beam conveyor has a pair of longitudinally extending, parallel, and transversely spaced fixed support rails, at least one walking beam between and generally parallel to the rails, and at least two lifters underneath the walking beam and operable to raise t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7900767 | Modular manufacturing chain including a vertical lift device and method of operation thereof A manufacturing chain includes a building defining a manufacturing area and having a planar floor. A plurality of modular manufacturing stations are positioned in series within the manufacturing area and above the planar floor. An article transportation system inclu... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7648018 | Article transport device An article transport device comprises an endless revolving body that is configured to move along a cyclic path in a substantially horizontal direction; a plurality of article supports each of which supports an article, wherein the article supports move together with... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7458455 | Conveying apparatus with lifting/lowering to-be-conveyed object support table A conveying apparatus formed so as to selectively move a to-be-conveyed object support table (3) installed on a conveying traveler body (1) to a lifted position by pushing up the support table by cam rails (40) laid down in the specific section ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7434675 | Facility for fitting component carriers with electric components In a system for equipping component carriers with electrical components, two feed paths for component carriers that are parallel to one another are provided, one being conducted on a straight line over equipping locations of the system and the other being conducted ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7410340 | Direct tool loading The present invention comprises a container transport and loading system. The system generally comprises a load port for presenting articles to a tool and a container transport system. In one embodiment, the load port includes a vertically movable FOUP advance plate... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404481 | Retaining pins for stacking conveyor for slicing machine A stacking conveyor for receiving slices cut from a food loaf or slab includes a frame, an endless belt conveying surface, a carrier, a plurality of pins, and a motive mechanism. The endless belt conveying surface is supported by the frame. The carrier is arranged b... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7383935 | Motorized roller transverse drive A roller conveyor includes a plurality of idler rollers positioned along and between opposite sidewalls and a transverse drive system operable to rotatably drive at least some of the idler rollers of the roller conveyer. The transverse drive system includes a motori... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7337895 | Mobile gastronomic table for serving out food A movable table for serving out food has an operating position for serving out food, and a transportation position for moving of the table. The movable table comprises at least two modules, each module comprising an automated transferring device, e.g. at least one c... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316305 | Flow through article storage device A flow through article storage device that includes a housing into which a plurality of stacks of articles can be positioned. The housing has a bottom and a front and rear end. A plurality of elongate abutment elements are coupled to the housing and configured for i... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309204 | Articulated arm robot In a multi-axis articulated arm robot for transferring workpieces, there is a robot base, on which a movement unit is able to be pivoted about a first axis, which is vertical in an operational state. The movement unit has a pivoting part adjacent to the base, an art... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290648 | Device for moving a heavy load Arrangement for moving a heavy load wherein the arrangement includes at least one actuating unit. The at least one actuating unit utilizes a support for supporting the heavy load. A plurality of jacks are coupled to the support. A first movable element is adapted to... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287636 | Driving device and diverter, diverting unit, and conveying apparatus incorporating the driving device A conveying apparatus 100 includes a main conveyor line 101 formed by a motorized roller 110 and a free roller 111 arranged at specified intervals and a diverting line 102 for diverting an article from the main conveyor line 101... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284655 | Method and arrangement as well as apparatus for transverse conveyance of reams The invention relates to a method, an arrangement and an apparatus for conveying objects transversely to their incoming transport direction. In known apparatuses there is a possibility of either removing all the objects in one direction or the other. To a limited ex... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284651 | Conveyor system and method of conveying elements The method of conveying elements on a conveyor system of this invention includes conveying an element on a first continuously moving conveyor in a first direction at a first height, then lifting the element from the first conveyor upwardly to a second height and sim... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278533 | Vehicle modular belt conveyor A pair of conveyors having a pair of launch conveyors and at least one pair of drive conveyors is disclosed using modular flat belts. The pair of launch conveyors has zero motion, when a vehicle is driven onto the pair of launch conveyors where the vehicle is placed... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275635 | Free flow conveyance system A free flow conveyance system includes a plurality of linear conveyance apparatuses each having a plurality of unit conveyors linearly arranged, and a pivot conveyance apparatus having a unit conveyor which is arranged between the linear conveyance apparatuses being... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270226 | Airport baggage handling conveyor system A system for handling baggage in airports, where the passenger hands over his baggage on check-in and collects it at the place of arrival. The system includes a check-in area for baggage where main baggage scheduled for a single flight and transit baggage scheduled ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7124560 | Procedure and wrapping machine to wrap objects The invention concern a procedure to wrap an object in a wrapping machine, where the wrapping machine is arranged with a conveyance assembly, containing a first conveyor belt which is leading towards a preferably vertical winding level and a second conveyor belt whi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124876 | Diverter A paddle diverter assembly according to the present invention includes an arm and an actuator for actuating the arm to move toward a diverting position. The actuator is adapted to permit the arm to move away from the diverting position upon impact with the object to... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7101138 | Extractor/buffer An automated material handling system that includes an extractor/buffer apparatus capable of simultaneously accessing multiple Work-In-Process (WIP) parts, thereby providing a highly efficient interface between WIP storage locations and transport equipment. The extr... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7048109 | Transport system for containers, in particular an airport baggage handling system, and incline conveyor for a transport system A transport system, in particular an airport baggage handling system, includes a container having an underside formed with a grooved recess which defines a leading edge and a trailing edge, as viewed in a transport direction of the container. The transport system ha... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032738 | Device for returning workpieces The invention relates to a device for returning machined workpieces from the delivery side of a first machining unit to the feeding side of the first or of another machining unit. The inventive device comprises the following: a transfer device (1) for transfe... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6976573 | Transport system for articles, in particular containers for baggage pieces, and control method for the transport system A transport system for articles includes an upper conveyor and a lower conveyor, and an elevator having an elevator conveyor and movable in a vertical direction between a lower end position in which the elevator conveyor is in alignment with the lower conveyor, and ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966421 | Apparatus for vehicle-body transport carriage A jig switching apparatus includes a locator jig slidably arranged on a transport carriage and having at a front end a locate pin with clamp function. The locator jig has two switching positions selectively switched in accordance with the type of a vehicle body to b... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962251 | Finished product receiving system for use with a metal sheet member processing machine A finished product receiving system is disclosed to include an elongated rack body with rollers, terminals arranged in parallel at one lateral side of the rack body, a driving rod, a plurality of links coupled between the driving rod and the rollers, a master air cy... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6938751 | Vertical lift assembly A vertical lift assembly for raising a plurality of diverting belts between rollers of a roller conveyor, to engage and raise an object from the surface of the conveyor, and to divert it to the side of the conveyor. The vertical lift assembly uses a plurality of hin... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6910570 | Transport system for containers, in particular an airport baggage handling system A container transport system includes a first conveyor assembly at one transport plane, and a second conveyor assembly at another transport plane, and a transfer device for moving the containers between the conveyor assemblies. Each of the conveyor assemblies has a ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907983 | Conveying device for conveying stock on pallets or the like with change of direction A conveying device (1) with change of direction for conveying stock, preferably on pallets (2), along a first conveying line (3) and along a second conveying line (4) oriented in a different direction, and with a transferring system for t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6865973 | Method and apparatus for feeding workpiece A workpiece conveying and feeding unit for conveying a long workpiece in the lengthwise direction to feed the workpiece to a cutting machine is disposed in the rear of the cutting machine. A workpiece conveying unit conveys the workpiece in the lengthwise direction ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6796788 | Carrier transfer molding device A polymer is plasticized in a plasticizing unit and is thereafter fed into a transfer device which is moved into alignment with a clamping press which is remotely located from the plasticizing unit. The polymer from the transfer device is deposited on a carrier whic... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6763927 | Conveying apparatus, a roller conveyor system and a conveyor assembly A conveying apparatus is composed of a motor-installed roller (2), cams (3), a rotation axis deflector (4), a drive pulley (5), a driven pulley (6), an endless belt (7), a flat support (8) and a spring (9). The... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6752258 | Conveying device comprising a packages carrier Disclosed is a device for intermittently conveying packages which are conveyed in a first moving direction in package carriers (2) in a first processing plane in positions underneath various treatment stations and are conveyed back in a second return motion p... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6719126 | Device for transferring mail bins The transfer device for a linear conveyor comprises a fixed framework (5) placed on one side of the linear conveyor (2) and means for moving objects towards the framework in a transfer direction that is different from the conveying direction of said co... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6669003 | Transport diverter for plate material conveyor, particularly a plate glass conveyor In a transport diverter for diverting plate material from a supply conveyer to take-off conveyor branches, the transport diverter comprises a series of short conveyor segments, which can be raised in unison for the transfer of a plate from the supply conv... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6648121 | Deviating device for a conveyor A deviation device for a conveyor which defines a conveying plane (22), e.g. a driving roller path (23), for deviating conveyed goods, e.g. containers, comprising a row of rollers (7) arranged on a separate carrier (5) common to them, the carrier being ar... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6640963 | Device for conveying massive objects, in particular metal reels A device for stepwise conveying of massive objects, includes a fixed series of laying stations spaced by a constant pitch and a mobile series of recovery stations spaced by the same pitch and arranged on a supporting beam that is movable vertically and lo... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6591965 | Item handler for sorting and packing An item handling system that sorts and packs items in a storage or shipping receptacle. The system is specifically designed to handle items such as sub-primal cuts of beef or pork or items of like size and weight. The system is adapted to sort items based... | 07/15/2003 |
