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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7207430 | Vacuum gripper for handling small components The present invention is a method and apparatus for use within a die feeder associated with a circuit board assembly machines and includes, among other aspects and features, a cavity to capture and maintain the position of the die within a vacuum gripper. The invent... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7008215 | Multiple finish spindle An apparatus for supporting a preform is provided. The apparatus comprises a shaft defining a groove. A deformable element is arranged in the groove. A split ring having at least two pieces is provided. Each of the pieces has an inner surface facing the deformable m... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6562280 | Method and apparatus for transferring orderly sequences of bottles made of thermoplastic material An apparatus for processing plastic hollow bodies has a blow-moulding station, a device for introducing thereinto a sequence of trains of preforms, an ejection station adapted to separate the ejected hollow bodies, and devices provided downstream of the e... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6540065 | Transferring apparatus for chips and method of use A measuring and classifying apparatus (transferring apparatus) for chips includes an immovable base and a turn table (transferring member). The turn table is rotatably disposed on an upper surface of the immovable base, and is provided with receiving conc... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6520318 | Device for introducing and/or eliminating containers An installation (V) for the introduction and the removal of plastic bottles into or out of a treatment room, which is provided with a drivable lock rotor (4), with lock chambers (3), external and internal star wheel pairs (17, 20; 18, 19), and, in the loc... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6092644 | Transporting hanger for a hanging-type conveyor The invention relates to a transporting hanger for a hanging-type conveyor, in particular a circular conveyor, for conveying articles hanging on hooks (45), it being the case that the transporting hanger has a transporting hook (2) with a hook lug (6) whi... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5810152 | Conveyor device with a circular path A conveyor device with a circular path, particularly for groups of fragile cylindrical objects and for use in cigarette packing machines, includes a wheel (1, 1') made to rotate about its axis and preferably in steps of predetermined angular size. The whe... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5657855 | Indicia applicator for cigarette packages This disclosure relates to an indicia applying machine comprising a wheel rotatably mounted on a frame, the wheel having a plurality of angularly spaced pockets which receive and hold cigarette cartons. Mounted on the frame around the wheel are a pluralit... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5558200 | Container transfer system for coating line with rotary loader, plunger chuck and knock-off mechanisms An article transfer system and method and various components thereof that provide various benefits and advantages comprises a conveyor carrying a plurality of article holding devices having an eject feature, a rotary loader for loading articles onto the h... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5474167 | Off-loading conveying system Off-loading conveyors having endless roller chains to which are mounted bow tie rollers on rods extending laterally from the chain. The bow tie rollers define concavities for receipt of product units to be conveyed and off-loaded at an appropriate station... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5275275 | Method of transferring products between continuously-moving conveyors Products fed by a first conveyor at substantially constant speed along a first substantially circular path and inside respective first seats are transferred successively into respective second seats on a second conveyor by which each second seat is advanc... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5246098 | Output conveyor unit for rigid hinged-lid cigarette packing machines An output conveyor unit for rigid hinged-lid cigarette packing machines, whereby a first conveyor, consisting of a packing wheel, successively feeds the semifinished packets to respective seats on a drying conveyor, each seat having a movable wall which i... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5230201 | Block filling apparatus An apparatus for filling blocks into containers individually by placing the container as turned upside down over the block and inverting the container with the block fitted therein. A block feeder and a container feeder are arranged as horizontally spaced... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5174429 | Conveyor discharge apparatus and method A conveyor discharge apparatus, and a related method of operation, that can lift and thereby eject any article carried by a conveyor of the apparatus through substantially relying on the motor that advances the conveyor of the apparatus. The apparatus inc... | 12/29/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5154278 | Apparatus for transferring arrays of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry Apparatus for transferring block-shaped arrays of plain or filter cigarettes in a packing machine has a rotary first conveyor which orbits a set of equidistant pockets for discrete arrays about a first vertical axis. The first conveyor is provided with dr... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5131523 | Slide transfer An apparatus and a method of conveying, queuing and transferring articles laterally in a direction different from the original direction of conveyance utilizing a cam means to harness the movement of an indexing conveyor system.... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5129209 | Apparatus for stabilizing the shape of cuboidal (cigarette) packs In the production of packs with adhesively bonded folding tabs, especially of (soft) cup packs for cigarettes, it is necessary to keep the just finished packs for a while in an environment which preserves or improves their shape before they are discharged... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5042637 | Conveyor discharge apparatus and method A conveyor discharge apparatus, and a related method of operation, that can lift and thereby eject any article carried by a conveyor of the apparatus through substantially relying on the motor that advances the conveyor of the apparatus. The apparatus inc... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5029692 | Off-loading conveying system Off-loading conveyors having endless roller chains to which are mounted bow tie rollers on rods extending laterally from the chain. The bow tie rollers define concavities for receipt of product units to be conveyed and off-loaded at an appropriate station... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4889226 | Apparatus for transferring block-shard groups of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry An apparatus for transferring arrays of cigarettes from the pockets of at least one intermittently driven first conveyor into the pockets of a continuously driven second conveyor wherein the transfer takes place by means of at least one pair of arms which... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4883161 | Apparatus for the form-stabilizing storage of packs A (drying) turret (27) is used for the form-stablizing storage of cuboid packs with folding tabs connected by means of glue spots, and a plurality of pivotably mounted storage pockets (29), each intended for receiving a multiplicity of packs (20), is arra... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4823536 | Handling method and device A method and device for handling items, whereby each item is transferred from a first wheel turning in one direction, on to a second wheel turning in the opposite direction, along circular trajectories about the axes of the aforementioned wheels; which tr... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4801001 | Blow molding apparatus A reheat blow molding machine has an improved article handling system that carries heated preforms by a carriage assembly from an oven to a roller chain conveyor which moves them to a blow mold from when the blown product is moved to an eject station. The... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4795023 | Blow molding apparatus A reheat blow molding machine has an improved article handling system that carries heated preforms by a carriage assembly from an oven to a roller chain conveyor which moves them to a blow mold from when the blown product is moved to an eject station. The... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4776465 | Egg processing system An apparatus for transferring eggs continuously conveyed in spaced-apart, aligned relationship by a conveyor to a receiving station at which eggs are packaged according to their individual physical characteristics. A frame on which solenoid-actuated plung... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4768641 | Apparatus for conveying continuous corrugated members An apparatus for conveying continuous corrugated elongated members having a conveying belt which conveys the corrugated members in the longitudinal direction thereof, a rotor which has open slots for receiving the corrugated members and which is rotatable... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4711341 | Package sortation conveyor In a package sortation conveyor comprising an endless apron supported for movement on a frame defining a main line and one or more side outlets therefrom, and a plurality of pusher elements mounted for sliding movement on the apron from one side thereof t... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4681502 | Conveying apparatus for the processing of printed items An apparatus for the peel off feeding of stacked printed items such as newspapers, periodicals, booklets or the like, comprises a number of open-topped containers for receiving the stacked items. There is furthermore a peel off station into which the cont... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4636170 | Kiln furniture setter A kiln furniture setter used to support and transport greenware into a kiln to be fired comprising a multiple column support structure with sequential rotation of supports to eject greenware from said supports by the rotation of the support columns in res... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4592374 | Process and apparatus for forming groups of cigarettes In the case of high-performance cigarette packaging machines, to achieve high outputs and, at the same time, a careful treatment of the cigarettes it is important to maintain continuous movements as uninterrupted as possible. For this purpose, cigarettes ... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4583635 | Arrangement for aligning and supplying flat prismatic articles Articles are dropped under the interior of a drum at its lowermost part, carried by partition walls of the drum to the uppermost part, and permitted to fall onto a further transport device. The drum has separation walls equally spaced from each other alon... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4569444 | Egg processing system An apparatus for transferring eggs continuously conveyed in spaced-apart, aligned relationship by a conveyor to a receiving station at which eggs are packaged according to their individual physical characteristics. A frame on which solenoid-actuated plung... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4502589 | Method and apparatus for the production of rotor and stator sheet packets for electrical machines A method and apparatus for making packets of rotor or stator sheets for electrical machinery. At a certain station to which a preselected number of sheets are delivered, the sheets are both aligned and joined together. Aligning is effected by an aligning ... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4424895 | Apparatus for the manipulation of press mats An apparatus for feeding mats to a press, e.g. for the production of particleboard or the like, comprises a feed conveyor with a discharge nose which lies in a plane tangent to the plane of a receiving conveyor entraining the mat into the press. Between t... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4358920 | Apparatus for wrapping a sheet article A wrapping device in which two rotating drums (18, 20) of identical circumferential velocities are arranged symmetrically and one of the rotating drums (18) is provided around its circumference with a number of recesses (36) adapted to receive the sheet a... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4172514 | High speed continuous assembly machine A high speed continuous assembly machine adapted to handle and assemble a variety of regular parts such as tubes, discs, rods and cylinders at rates varying from 120 to 1200 assemblies per minute. The machine utilizes a work transport conveyor of the endl... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4158405 | High speed can feed mechanism Apparatus for feeding open-mouthed cylindrical cans into pot assemblies on a continuously rotating turret of a machine for cleaning the containers, the pot assemblies being arranged so that cans therein have their longitudinal axes parallel to the rotatio... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4157139 | Apparatus for sorting and/or handling disc-like members A device for sorting discs or disc-like members of different identities (e.g. roulette chips) withdraws the discs from a receptacle by a conveyor and moves them in oriented succession along a sorting track where they are automatically indentifed and trans... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4128163 | Cart conveyor system A cart conveyor system for transporting bundles of newspapers from a bundle-forming region within a mail room to a loading dock includes a new cart construction which is elongated in a direction transverse to the direction of motion of the cart train, and... | 12/05/1978 |
