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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299728 | Loaf end trimming station for slicing machine A loaf end trimming station for a high speed food loaf slicing machine, includes a frame, a first knife and a second knife spaced apart along the frame and oriented in positions corresponding to a lead end trimming location and a trailing end trimming location of a ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296674 | Conveyor system load transfer methods and apparatus Conveyor systems for storage and movement of goods on pallets and slip sheets. The transfer structures enable slip sheet mounted loads to be transferred to a roller conveyor by providing structures that cooperate with wide platen forks of a lift truck. The structure... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7152728 | 360 Degree rotatable lifter arm for log singulator The present invention 10 discloses a device for singulating individual logs from groups of logs for linear or transverse processing. The present invention discloses a log singulator having a fully rotatable lifter arm member, i.e., 360 degrees rotatable, whic... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134465 | Process and apparatus for identifying, tracking and handling lumber to be cut-in-two An apparatus for identifying, tracking and handling lumber to be cut-in-two includes a scanner and optimizer to scan the length of a board and to compare the scanned board to predetermined criteria so as to identify a board which, optimally, would be cut into two pi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7045721 | Lifting device for use with drum weighing machine Apparatus, system and methods useful for lifting a drum to enable the drum and its contents to be accurately weighed includes a drum weighing platform engageable with the drum, at least two guide rods. The guide rods are movable upwardly in unison to move the drum w... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021451 | 360 degree rotatable lifter arm for log singulator The present invention 10 discloses a device for singulating individual logs from groups of logs for linear or transverse processing. The present invention discloses a log singulator having a fully rotatable lifter arm member, i.e., 360 degrees rotatable, whic... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004303 | Method and apparatus for singulating lumber An apparatus for spacing boards of lumber in transverse parallel contacting relation on an infeed conveyor comprising: (i) a rotatable lifting means adapted to receive said boards from said infeed conveyor, said rotatable lifting means including at least one arcuate... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978879 | 360 degree rotatable lifter arm for log singulator The present invention 10 discloses a device for singulating individual logs from groups of logs for linear or transverse processing. The present invention discloses a log singulator having a fully rotatable lifter arm member, i.e., 360 degrees rotatable, whic... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974300 | Sticker handling means for lumber stacking Sticker handling apparatus include an actuating assembly that operatively supports one or more sticker support brackets. The actuating assembly includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The first actuator is configured to impart motion to the sticker support ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6956197 | Method and an arrangement for detecting and discharging misplaced boards at a separation elevator A method and a device for detection and removal of one or more misplaced boards (6) on an elevator for the separation of boards (6). The elevator comprises a frame (1) that supports carrier chains (2) that run over pulley wheels (3, 4 | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945385 | Square bale feeder attachment for flat-bed vehicles A preferred embodiment of a bed assembly for flat bed trucks has a square bale retriever at the rear of the flat bed that includes a pair of lift arms adapted to grasp a bale by its opposite ends and lift it up off the ground and onto a transverse feeder located at ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6779648 | 360 Degree rotatable lifter arm for log singulator A device for singulating individual logs from groups of logs for linear or transverse processing. The log singulator having a fully rotatable lifter arm member, i.e., 360 degrees rotatable, which is used to singulate logs from groups of logs. The rotatable axle of t... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6779649 | Rotary log singulator with staging cam surfaces A log singulator and associated method for conveying and controllably discharging logs are provided. The singulator has a plurality of rotatable lifters with outwardly-extending arm members that contact the logs with a leading side to convey the logs to successive p... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6637581 | Vertical log singulator with profiled surface This invention provides log singulators which allow for the vertical singulation of piles of logs fed from typical in-feed log decks, so that these logs may be fed individually to typical out-feed conveyors. Devices provided by this invention may be high-... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6564926 | Apparatus for high speed loading of elongated members An apparatus for singly loading perpendicularly conveyed elongated members from a first conveyor to a second conveyor. The apparatus is positioned downstream of the first conveyor and upstream of the second conveyor. The apparatus comprises plural stopper... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6431345 | High speed board feeder A high speed board feeder for transferring boards from an infeed conveyor onto a secondary conveyor. The boards on the infeed conveyor are transported in an edge to edge configuration against a fixed stop. Hold down mechanism is provided to secure the boa... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6357995 | Device for handling rod-like articles, such as rebar and the like A device (20) is adapted to move an elongated object (21), such as rebar, from a first location (22) to a second location (23). The device includes an object-supporting surface (24), such as a conveyor; a plurality of stops (25) extending in a direction a... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6336547 | High speed log ladder An ending apparatus for a log ladder (2), wherein the log ladder (2) sorts, feeds and sequentially indexes logs (54) along a longitudinal array of laterally extending adjacent log cradles (4, 8, 12), having, in the log cradles (4, 8, 12), exclusive of a d... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6199683 | High speed revolving board singulator with retracting shoe and variable dwell duckers A lug loader includes a first shaft rotatably mounted transversely across a board flow path, wherein a board in the board flow path is aligned transversely across the board flow path. The board translates in a downstream direction on a board infeed transf... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6152283 | Circuit-component supplying method and circuit-component feeder A circuit-component feeder, including an endless belt having an outer surface a portion of which provides a component-carry surface, a stopper disposed adjacent to the component-carry surface, a component lining-up device which lines up, on the component-... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6015039 | High speed tilted belt sorter A sorting apparatus and method operative to selectively discharge articles, such as parcels, from a tilted, gated conveyor to a desired output destination is disclosed. A powered roller is mounted along the top of the gates so that when a gate is lowered ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5921376 | High speed revolving lug loader with retracting heel and hook A lug loader singulates elongate workpieces from a lugged infeed transfer onto a lugged outfeed transfer. A disc is rotatable mounted between the infeed and outfeed transfers. Pivotable heels are mounted around the periphery of the disc. The heels are elo... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5813512 | Singulator and allocator elongated members A stick allocator for transferring laterally aligned sticks between a holding location on a longitudinal in-feed transfer means and a high-speed longitudinal out-feed transfer means has a lower, selectively rotatable, stick lifting and translation means, ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5678681 | Stair-like device with moving steps for feeding elongated pieces of wood The present invention relates to an operating system for moving a feed apparatus of elongated pieces of timber, particularly logs, into a transversal feed apparatus, for moving reciprocatingly the feed apparatus, the feed apparatus being arranged to feed ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5667056 | Hanger transport system A system for transporting a plurality of hangers on which a plurality of garments may be hung, having a hook transport system with at least a hook conveyor and a plurality of hooks disposed along the hook conveyor, the hooks being moved by the hook convey... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5662203 | Lumber transfer system The lumber transfer system is for transferring parallel lumbers from a feeding conveyor to an outfeed conveyor and regularly spacing the lumbers thereon. The lumber transfer system comprises a loader comprising a plurality of carrying disks provided with ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5641263 | Bundle unscrambler An unscrambler for unscrambling a bundle of elongated tubes comprises a plurality of forward belt-support columns, a plurality of aft support columns, a plurality of flexible belts suspended in parallel between the forward and aft support columns forming ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5584747 | Shot blasting apparatus for polishing and cleaning wheel An aluminum wheel having a side on which an annular groove is formed is stably led to a polishing and cleaning station in a compact shot blasting apparatus in which the aluminum wheel is uniformly polished and cleaned, and in which an inlet guide way and ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5518106 | Apparatus for separating and individually feeding boards and cants to a processing unit The disclosure describes an apparatus, known in the lumber industry as a board or cant feeder, used to separate and move laterally, one by one, pieces of lumber having at least two parallel sawn or cut faces. These pieces are first brought side by side, i... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5358090 | Automatic sorting apparatus Apparatus for automatically sorting articles on hangers comprises a take-in chain to convey the articles to a downward sloping member having a stop. A pivoted lifting hook feeds articles one by one over the stop and onto a horizontal guide bar. The articl... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5217106 | Oscillating log unscrambler Apparatus for separating logs singularly or in a single layer to down- stream processing equipment such as a debarker. The apparatus includes an oscillating drum segment which has a log pocket thereon. The log pocket is initially located adjacent the log ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5119930 | Quadrant log feeder An apparatus for sorting and separating logs allows logs to be fed individually for further processing. The log sorter has a rotating quadrant which is covered and has no gaps or apertures that allows logs or branches to become jammed. Furthermore, the ro... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4966177 | Ultrasonic tube cleaning system A system for ultrasonically cleaning tubes includes an elongated cleaning tank adapted to hold a quantity of detergent-containing water and a series of transducers mounted on the bottom wall of the tank in a generally linear arrangement extending between ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4953688 | Conveyor with article alignment A plurality of articles are conveyed as an array of successive rows wherein each row contains at least two articles in a general line extending transversely to the direction of travel of the articles. Relative motion between a conveying surface and an ali... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4929138 | Device for feeding rodlike workpieces In order to markedly reduce the necessary installation area for a device for feeding rodlike workpieces to a machine tool with at least one rod feed tube for a rodlike workpiece (15) to be processed, feedable from a magazine (16) into the rod feed tube, i... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4927001 | Adjustable component cover plate for vibrating conveyor An apparatus for maintaining the orientation of a plurality of components advancing toward a first location comprises a trough, secured to a vibrating feed tray, and a component cover plate for preventing the components from being canted within the trough... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4927054 | Apparatus for singularizing garment hangers Apparatus for singularizing garment hangers in a plant wherein the hooks of garment hangers are slidable along a downwardly sloping ramp has a stop with a tooth extending upwardly from an intermediate portion of the ramp. The tooth has a substantially ver... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4911283 | Single log feeder An apparatus which is capable of sorting logs of varying diameter and feeding them one at a time to a log processing apparatus. A cylinder handling apparatus comprising: (a) a device for receiving and holding a plurality of cylindrical objects of varying ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4896646 | Automated feeder for a ball propelling machine The invention feeds balls to a connected ball propelling machine, such as those used to propel softballs and baseballs. The feeder includes a chute angled with respect to gravity so that balls loaded into an upper end thereof tend to travel through the ch... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4895246 | Device for the random selection of segments of a movable wall on a roller conveyor Device for the random selection of segments of a movable wall (11) on roller conveyors (10) which discharge rolled bars (23) laterally, whereby the movable wall (11) can descend and ascend in relationship with the roller conveyor (10) and a cooling plate ... | 01/23/1990 |
