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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033383 | Clean, high density, soft-accumulating conveyor A conveyor for clean manufacturing applications. The conveyor comprises interconnected conveyor modules, each of which includes a conveyor belt segment(s). Each conveyor belt segment includes a pair of side rails that are in parallel or substantially in parallel to ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7426883 | Substrate-cutting system, substrate-producing apparatus, substrate-scribing method, and substrate-cutting method A clamping device (50) is installed on a stand (10) with a hollow rectangular parallelepiped shape such that at least one place at a side edge portion of a mother board transported in the stand (10) is clamped. A pair of substrate-cutting device... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7293640 | Discharge conveyor system for a truck or trailer body A discharge conveyor for an elongated truck or trailer body which includes a plurality of relatively long conveyor belt sections having leadings ends which are bolted to support members which extend between a pair of spaced-apart chains. Each of the conveyor belt se... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293592 | Forming and applying linerless labels Self-adhesive labels are formed by repetitively cutting linerless web material which is fed from a roll into and through a rotary knife cutter. The labels are then transported to and applied to articles. To improve cutting of the web and labeling, the web and or lab... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281622 | Conveyor system for high speed, high performance bagger A conveyor assembly is configured to convey and maintain compression of multiple compressible batts. Adjacent pairs of conveyor systems within the conveyor assembly define a space between the pair of conveyor systems for receiving and conveying compressible batts. E... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7192027 | Signature transport device A signature transport device includes a first conveyor for moving a plurality of folded signatures in a first direction and a second conveyor including a first blade having a first edge for lifting a first signature of the plurality of signatures from the first conv... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7150352 | Curved belt conveyor A curved belt conveyor includes at least two zones, each of which may be defined by a motorized roller and at least one idler roller which are positioned along and between opposite sidewalls of the conveyor, and a continuous belt reeved around the rollers. The conve... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7059467 | Conveyor belt assembly A conveyor belt assembly includes a conveyor belt to move an item, a drive pulley driven by a motor and a non-drive pulley. The conveyor belt includes a v-belt on the inner surface of the conveyor belt proximate to both of the edges. Each v-belt is received in a gro... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6971510 | Curved belt conveyor A curved belt conveyor includes at least two zones, each of which may be defined by a motorized roller and at least one idler roller which are positioned along and between opposite sidewalls of the conveyor, and a continuous belt reeved around the rollers. The conve... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959803 | Self-tensioning conveyor A conveyor for possible use in transferring articles between two adjacent conveyors is disclosed. In one embodiment, the conveyor includes a pair of idler structures and a drive structure for collectively guiding and moving a conveyor belt or chain relative to a bed... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6919557 | Device for continuous movement of objects with symmetry, use for visual inspection and control A device for controlling a continuous movement of an object with symmetry of revolution (1) comprises a conveyor (5) having two parallel guides, (6) and at least one pair of belts (8) stretched on the guides, between and on which these ob... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6919122 | Flexible composites with integral flights for use in high-temperature food processing equipment and methods for producing the same A flexible composite with integral flights is provided and methods for making the same. The composite is made from, for example, silicone rubber, urethane rubber, polytetrafluoroethylene or other polymer. The composites are useful for making articles of manufacture,... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6793067 | Container inspection machine A machine for inspecting containers has a belt drive having upper and lower pairs of belt drives. Each belt drive has its own motor and each opposed pair of belt drives can be relatively horizontally displaced and as a unit displace vertically so that 1. the ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6782990 | Method and apparatus for sorting rolls A method and an assembly is disclosed for sorting rolls of paper and paperboard web for shipment into a desired sequence based on customer orders, in which method and assembly a roll to be sortedis imported to an infeed conveyor (2), and from at least two fir... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6533104 | Device for receiving and transporting objects A device for receiving and transporting objects has at least one pair of parallel chains or belts situated opposite each other and driven in synchrony, which define a space between each other for transporting the objects therethrough. Each chain has at le... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6494311 | Method and apparatus for changing the position of chains of sausages A method of and apparatus for changing the position of chains of sausages in sausage production processes with two endless conveying belts which convey the sausages of the chain of sausages over a first length in a first direction and which then deflect t... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6494310 | Method and device for feeding flat items to individualization Flat items (2) which have an irregular and/or changeable thickness profile are individualized from a substantially lying stack (3/5), wherein the stack serves as buffer between the individualization and the supply of the items (2) and wherein the items (2... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6484870 | Dual belt conveyor system A dual belt conveyor includes a pair of flexible endless loop conveyor belts arranged at an incline with a lower flight of the upper belt in face-to-face conveying relationship with an upper flight of the lower belt to retain and convey granular material ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6352252 | Conveyor device for bookbinding machines A conveyer device for bookbinding machines having a number of processing stations and having plate or cleated chains or the like which take over book blocks and convey them intermittently to the processing stations. The plate or cleated chains are driven ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6315107 | Conveyor plant for gathering and processing printed sheets A conveyor plant for gathering and processing printed sheets includes a saddle-shaped collecting chain, a double chain with a gap between the individual chains of the double chain, a transfer area in which the collecting chain travels into the gap of the ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6257567 | Conveying device for book binding machines A conveying device for book binding machines having continous plate or cleated chains or similar conveying machanism. The conveying device includes oppositely disposed logitudinal guides which support the plate or pleated chains for clamping inner books o... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6131724 | Conveyor chain apparatus A conveyor chain includes chain links connected by connecting pins. Each chain link is provided with a bottle conveyor member attached to a main offset link member having a pin link, a bushing, and a conveyor member attachment plate of a synthetic resin o... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5848825 | High wall mining conveying method A conveyor unit for a high wall mining system; a mining system employing a train of such units. The conveyor units are pushed in tandem into the mine. The system contemplates a motor mounted on a cutter at the head of the train; through a series of shafts... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5687851 | Method of sorting a plurality of individually conveyed articles into groups in at least one sorting step Described is a method of sorting a plurality of individually conveyed articles in groups in at least one sorting step in a suspension-type conveyor, the articles being introduced in substantially unsorted manner into a first conveyor circle and being deli... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5487461 | Apparatus for transporting packs Disclosed is a process and an apparatus for transporting pack rows. When a pack string (12) formed from several superposed rows (13, 14, 15, 16) of cuboid packs (10) is transported, it is required to compensate misalignments of the individual rows (13 . .... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5464483 | Flexible, compact vial washer A method for removing exterior material from vials following a serpentine path through various steps of cleaning and drying. The movement of the vials may be limited to a predetermined path formed as an elongated opening in a sheet of material. The sheet ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5439096 | Dough slice conveying apparatus Provided is a dough slice conveying apparatus in which a dough slice can peel off from the reversing part in the terminal of a front side conveyer belt without being deformed and without being dropped between the front side conveyer belt and the rear side... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5431386 | Sheet-guiding assembly in a delivery system of a printing press A sheet-guiding assembly in a sheet delivery system of a sheet-fed printing press includes a plurality of sheet grippers disposed on at least one endlessly revolving chain of a first gripper system for gripping a leading edge of a sheet, and a plurality o... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5363951 | Over and under belt conveyor system An endless belt conveyor has vertically spaced, oppositely moving, upper and lower load carrying runs having entrance and exit ends, with the entrance end of one run being adjacent to the exit end of the other run. A first series of rollers disposed betwe... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5293888 | Flexible, compact vial washer A vial washer in which the vials follow a serpentine path through several stages of cleaning. A sheet having the serpentine path in the form of an elongated slot guides the vials through their washing. Conveyor belts moving in opposite directions undernea... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5186309 | Transfer station for transferring material between conveyors in a mine working A transfer station for transfer of material from a longwall face to a gate or roadway of a mine working employs a box frame in which the two runs of a scraper-chain face and gate conveyors intersect. A driving drum for the face conveyor is mounted in a ho... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5161671 | Transfer station for transferring material between conveyors in a mine working A transfer station for transfer of material from a longwall face to the gate or roadway employs a box frame uniting a scraper-chain face conveyor with a scraper-chain gate or roadway conveyor. An opening in the tray of the face conveyor inside the box fra... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5133446 | Device for the formation and transfer of groups of commodities A device by which commodities emerging in single file from a supply unit are formed into groups and transferred to a wrapping machine includes feed belts, by which the single commodities are directed from the supply unit to a transfer station, a traversin... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4909699 | Freight discharge of railway wagons A freight discharge assembly particularly for a unit of railway hopper wagons (10) comprising an endless conveyor (30) arranged to run under the hoppers to receive material falling from the hoppers under gravity, a drive drum (36) at each end of the unit ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4893249 | Mailing machine A mailing machine in which the mail is directed to a weighing station and laterally deflected at the weighing station, to enable overlap in the feeding of mailpieces to the weighing station. The weighing station includes means for stopping the mailpieces ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4815581 | Apparatus for separating items conveyed in a contacting series An apparatus for separating articles advanced in series and in a mutually contacting relationship, includes a first conveyor advancing the articles in a series and in contact with one another on a first conveyor surface, and a second conveyor arranged for... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4770284 | Apparatus for transporting folded sheets Apparatus for transporting folded sheets has one or two pairs of chain conveyors whose horizontal upper reaches define two spaced-apart portions of a first path for the transport of successive folded sheets of a series of sheets in such a way that the she... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4766992 | Coal conveyor construction Apparatus for hauling mined coal in a subsurface mining operation with a longwall conveyor, a drift conveyor and a cross frame with stripper for the connection of the longwall conveyor with the drift conveyor. The longwall conveyor and the drift conveyor ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4751060 | Extractor The present invention is an improved extractor (10) for removing a liquid from a solid carrier medium in which the liquid is entrained. The extraction process is accomplished by utilizing both percolation and immersion removal methods. The extractor (10) ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4733770 | Transfer station A transfer station is disclosed for transferring mineral material from a longwall conveyor to a loading conveyor. The loading conveyor has two straight portions joined by a curved portion, one of the straight portions extending in the longitudinal directi... | 03/29/1988 |
