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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7343219 | Device used to organise flat packets according to a determined sequence A device used to arrange flat packets according to a determined sequence of delivery points associated with receiver addresses, whereby below a continuous part of a surrounding pocket ring designated as a covering area, one part of a collector belt, which is displac... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7213698 | Sensors for article sorter A sortation assembly includes a plurality of chutes which are movable along a continuous loop and along and over a plurality of sort stations. The chutes are operable to deposit articles, such as mail or flats mail or the like, to appropriate bins or trays positione... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7175068 | Method and apparatus for containing mail articles deposited in a mail drop box A mail box configured to contain and reduce exposure to hazardous particulates, which includes a container having a deposit port at an upper end and a collection chamber at a lower end. There is at least one door at the upper end for mail to be placed into the depos... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7128202 | Apparatus and transport container for transport and controller discharge of a load An apparatus includes a frame with a guide for at least one displaceable transport container, a drive element for carrying the container in an endless track, a resetting device for placing a container in a starting position and a discharge station for selectively re... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097025 | System for removing dead animals A system for transporting dead animals in an animal raising facility to a disposal site using a conveyor having at least one carrier that operates by placing the dead animals in the carrier, transporting the carrier towards a disposal site by the conveyor, and empty... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6926132 | Hold down assembly, with tubular container transport apparatus and methodology incorporating the same A hold down assembly for use in a tubular container transport apparatus comprises upper and lower pieces movably mounted relative to one another. Preferably the lower piece is removably seated on a mounting plate of the transport apparatus and the upper piece is ada... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6336548 | Apparatus for positioning electronic component holder head and apparatus for transferring electronic component An apparatus for positioning each of a plurality of electronic component holder heads each for holding an electronic component, at a selected one of a plurality of positions of at least one stop station, including a plurality of rotary members each of whi... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6334527 | Bucket conveyor A bucket conveyor for conveying loose grain in different directions, comprising a bucket having: an opening leading to the interior of the bucket; and a dead space constituting part of the interior at the rear, the space not filled with loose grain when g... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6311830 | Pocket for conveyor belt allowing pivotal movement of an article held therein A conveyor system for transporting elongate articles along a conveying surface to a workstation. The conveying surface forms an endless path having an upper conveying path and a lower return path. The conveying surface has article holders fixedly connecte... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6168009 | Apparatus for positioning electronic component holder head and apparatus for transferring electronic component An apparatus for positioning each of a plurality of electronic component holder heads each for holding an electronic component, at a selected one of a plurality of positions of at least one stop station, including a plurality of rotary members each of whi... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6152154 | Conveyor system for dishwashing A monorail conveyor system used to transport dishes to and from a dishwashing unit including a monorail mountable to a ceiling or a support frame, the monorail being of substantial length such as to form a loop traversing the entire dishwashing system. Th... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6003656 | Low wear tilting mechanism A sorting conveyor for transporting objects and unloading objects at one or more unloading stations adjacent the conveyor. Each of the tilting conveyor carts includes a trailer frame base, a carrying tray for holding the objects and a tiltable support app... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5960935 | Curing press chute A height adjustable chute is provided for transporting finished tires away from a curing press mold. The chute includes a vertical guideway having a height-adjustable carrier movable on the guideway to adjust a height of the chute. The height adjustabilit... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5542233 | Packaging installation for receptacles each having a base presenting at least one long side and at least one short side It comprises a transport member on which the receptacles have a displacement direction corresponding to their long sides, at least one rotary packaging platform, and a rotary transfer member for transferring the receptacles from the transport member to th... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5535874 | Carrier for transport and delivery of an article to a destination A system and a method for sorting are provided for distributing articles, such as mail pieces or other flats, to predetermined destinations. At the destination, the particular article is raked by a raking assembly from a carrier for placement into a conta... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5509525 | Apparatus for taking out and aligning articles transported thereto A transfer drum and a takeout drum are provided so that they are arranged diametrically adjacent to each other and can rotate synchronously in opposite directions. Articles are held and moved upward by both a transfer arm and a takeout arm which are locat... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5462268 | Device for temporary storage of flat objects A device is intended for receiving one by one from an entry conveyor (2) flat objects moving along in the same plane in a first direction and for displacing them one by one towards an exit conveyor (5) includes reception conveyor (11) including a pluralit... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5441145 | Elevator device A substantially vertical elevator (5) for the transport of round and/or spherical objects, for example golf balls, between different levels, the elevator including a conveyor belt (11) which extends between an upper roller at an upper level and a lower ro... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5435429 | Conveyor The invention relates to a conveyor provided with a frame and with at least one carrier guided by a guide mechanism, which can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor by a driving mechanism. At least some of the carriers support sliding pie... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5404989 | Method for distributing goods and a sorting installation for practicing this method A method for sorting goods, suspended on garment hangers, each of which is carried by a travelling releasable carrying member, circulating along a path having a series of ejection stations. Subsequent carrying members are provided with a lever capable of ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5388681 | Inflatable conveyor belt A conveyor belt includes a lower surface and a number of article supporting surfaces, each of which is tiltably attached to the lower surface. Inflatable chambers are defined in the belt, the article supporting surfaces being disposed to tilt upon inflati... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5351946 | Delivery apparatus for sheet-fed printing press A delivery apparatus for a sheet-fed printing press includes a holding member, a delivery chain, at least two sheet stacking units, an engaging member, and a switching unit. The switching unit selectively switches a sheet release position where the engagi... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5311976 | Method and arrangement for opening a self-closing gripper on a gripper conveyor In order to enable a gripper carried by a rapid moving gripper conveyor to be opened and therewith release an object gripped by the gripper, for instance a newspaper, without influencing neighboring grippers, the gripper is opened (45', 47) while moving a... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5255774 | Sorting apparatus In a tray type sorting apparatus where a package is slid downward by tilting a tray obliquely forward in a running direction, an improved tray type sorting apparatus in which a shock applied onto the package is suppressed and which simple construction yie... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5244078 | Selective gripper release A selective release for grippers on a conveyor, each of which has a movable arm and a stationary arm. Arms move toward each other to grip a planar product (e.g. a newspaper) therebetween and move away from each other to release the product. The gripper is... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5190135 | Tray for use in a sorting machine A tray for use in a sorting machine consists of a rectangular frame (17) which is covered with fabric (18). The frame (17) is pivotally suspended from two U-shaped rods (19) and is horizontal in the position of equilibrium. The frame (17) can be pivoted f... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5181597 | Conveyor- and distribution plant Endless conveyor comprising a plurality of inter-connected conveyor units (1) spaced from each other and traveling in a mainly horizontal circuit, each unit being provided with a carrying surface (7) directed outwardly with respect to said conveying circu... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5172802 | Selective release assembly for gripper clamps A release assembly is mounted adjacent a track to release selected ones of a plurality of gripper clamps movable along the track past the release assembly. The release assembly includes a cam mounted for movement relative to the track between a first posi... | 12/22/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5165521 | Die eject system for die bonder A die eject system for a hybrid die bonder, in particular an automatic hybrid die bonder, comprises a support, on which a plurality of die eject heads are mounted. The die eject heads can be sequentially indexed into an operative position. The system has ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5160235 | Apparatus for relocating arranged plants To relocate cutlings (22) contained in plant boxes (20), an endless transport element (2) with grippers (9) is used, which grip on a pick-up position (23) the plants (22) at their stems and transport these to an unload position comprising a direction chan... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5125500 | Machine for the automatic sorting of objects Automatic sorting machine for treating objects of various shapes and sizes. According to the invention, the installation comprises a conveyor-distributor arranged on top of a certain number of reception locations and carrying first object supports forming... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5086905 | Tipping-conveyor element for a package conveyor A tipping-conveyor element for a package conveyor, having a driven conveyor line which includes a multiplicity of conveyor elements flexibly connected to one another, elements on whose carrying surface, essentially horizontal in the conveying state, there... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5072575 | Method of feeding articles into a horizontal wrapping machine An inverted horizontal wrapping machine is provided with an article infeed system which includes a horizontal feed trough with an open exit end positioned closely adjacent the inlet end of the wrapping material tube being continuously formed by the machin... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5070679 | Horizontal wrapping machine with improved article infeed system An inverted horizontal wrapping machine is provided with an article infeed system which includes a horizontal feed trough with an open exit end positioned closely adjacent the inlet end of the wrapping material tube being continuously formed by the machin... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5005691 | Apparatus for suspending garments on hangers An apparatus for suspending garments on hangers has an indexible conveyor for three equidistant hanger holders. When the conveyor is idle, each holder is located at one of three different stations. A mechanism at the first station serves to introduce an e... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4984674 | Tipping apparatus and method for tilting carrier conveyor A tipping apparatus for a tilting carrier conveyor, a conveyor, and method useful with conveyors having an elongate track (10) and a plurality of carriers (11) movable along the track. In subcombination form, the tipping apparatus has a carrier tipping de... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4982556 | Modularly constructed automatic packaging machine An automatic packaging machine is custom constructed from standardized modules in order to reduce cost and standardize operational and maintenance procedures. The standardized modules include conveyor chain modules which may be ganged to maintain synchron... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4967541 | Horizontal wrapping machine with improved article infeed system An inverted horizontal wrapping machine is provided with an article infeed system which includes a horizontal feed trough with an open exit end positioned closely adjacent the inlet end of the wrapping material tube being continuously formed by the machin... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4954207 | Apparatus for automatically taping electronic components A method and apparatus for handling electronic components. The method includes: (a) advancing an elongated support member in a first direction; (b) automatically extracting electronic components from the elongated support member in a second direction whil... | 09/04/1990 |
