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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284656 | Can extractor apparatus A can extractor for atmospheric rotary cookers and coolers has a clover wheel, a star wheel and a star wheel flange made of stainless steel. The clover wheel and star wheel are aligned and coupled to a sleeve rotating on a stationary shaft. The star wheel is coupled... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7240784 | Selection system A selection apparatus for grouping articles in predetermined quantities from a moving stream of articles. The apparatus includes a horizontal rotating plate with three equally spaced arms and a lug assembly attached to an end of each arm. The plate rotates at a repe... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7197810 | Transport system In a transport system for flow line production, especially in the car manufacturing industry, workpieces are movable along at least two first guides between working stations in transportation direction. At least one working station is configured as a screwing and/or... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7011321 | Quick release detachable wheels A quick release detachable wheel hub assembly is shown for a lightweight manual wheelchair. The wheelchair wheels mount on exterior hubs and rotate therewith. The inner face out of each of the exterior hubs mates with an opposing outer face of interior hubs. One of ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6948433 | Conveyor components A non-metallic conveyor component is provided. The conveyor component includes an inner race and an outer race. The inner race includes an outer bearing surface. The outer race includes and inner bearing surface. One of the outer and inner bearing surfaces includes ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6834757 | Roller drive unit Roller drive units are used for conveying objects, in particular cargo containers, on a roller conveyor track of an aircraft. They comprise a drive motor, a planetary gear with an input connected to the drive motor and with a first as well as a second gear output. A... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6834758 | Power drive unit for cargo handling systems A power drive unit (PDU) for cargo handling systems comprising a frame arranged to be mounted in use for raising and lowering movement relative to a supporting structure, a drive motor carried by the frame and having an output shaft, a drive roller assembly carried ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6789663 | Rotating conveyor for evacuating metallic shavings resulting from mechanical work processes Rotating conveyor for the evacuation of metallic shavings resulting from mechanical work processes comprising a collection container in which is able to rotate a motorised bucket above whose bottom wall is positioned the lower end of an evacuation conduit connected ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6705455 | Feeding roller adapted for feeding a workpiece on a worktable A feeding roller includes a hub member mounted to rotate with a driven shaft, a plurality of angularly displaced anchored seat members disposed on a surrounding outer wall of the hub member and defining anchored areas, a surrounding workpiece contacting member surro... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6612421 | Device for loading a fragmenting machine for example a hammer crusher The invention relates to a device for loading a fragmenting machine, such as a hammer crusher, including a front and rear upper drive roller which are equipped, independently of each other, with a drive mechanism and arranged above the feed plane of a fee... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6460688 | Fixing device for a part that can be inserted between two adjacent supports The aim of the invention is to provide a simple, safe to handle fixing device for a par that can be inserted between adjacent supports, especially centrally. Locating holes that are aligned approximately flush with each other, for holding elements of the ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6279730 | Arrangement for the movement of production goods along a production line An arrangement for conveying material to be conveyed along a conveying plane, in particular for freight-loading systems in freight compartments, preferably of aircraft is disclosed. The arrangement provides that driving material to be conveyed along a con... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6158572 | Water driven roller for hot strip mill sideguides A roller assembly adapted to be mounted to a conveyor sideguide for use in directing a strip of steel along a conveyor. The roller assembly includes a roller member having a plurality of flutes spaced apart on outer surface of the roller. The roller assem... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6135269 | Drive roller unit A drive roller unit is provided for use in a roller drive unit for the conveyance of objects on the freight deck of an aircraft. The drive roller unit comprises a drive motor to drive a drive roller which, when in an operating position, can be brought int... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6105955 | Feeder structure and receiving wheel for high speed inserter A multiple station in-line product handling machine (40) is provided which has infeed stations (42-46) equipped with improved feeder and receiving units (60, 62) as well as a unique pusher chain assembly (78). The feeder units (60) include a sucker shaft ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6073749 | Method and unit for conveying packets of cigarettes A method and unit for conveying packets of cigarettes, whereby packets of cigarettes, supplied successively to an input of a guide, are transferred to an output of the guide by means of a screw device rotating about a respective axis of rotation; the guid... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5996775 | Transport element for flat goods A transport element (1) for transporting or conveying flat goods, such as sheet goods like paper in photocopy machines and printers, includes an inner support member (2) that can be connected to an axle or shaft, and an outer ring member (14) of a rubber-... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5954183 | Device for the transfer of products A device for the transfer of products from the upper terminal section of a first vertical conveyor belt to an initial section of a horizontal channel of reception and advancement along a feed line of the products themselves, which channel comprises at lea... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5720587 | Process and arrangement for feeding an article into a conveying arrangement An article to be inserted in a conveying arrangement is picked up by the vane of a rotating element, and pushed into the conveying device. Because the motion of the element is rotational, a high feed rate can be achieved, and the article can be contacted ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5660114 | Transport system for thin film sputtering system A transport drive system for use in a sputtering apparatus, particularly an in-line sputtering apparatus, is disclosed. The system transports a plurality of planar substrates and includes a plurality of transport beams having a C-shaped cross-section. Eac... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5620083 | Control arrangement for fingers of a rotary conveyor A rotary conveyor includes a cylindrical housing forming part of a centering auger having opposite ends respectively mounted for in a pair of supports for rotation about a horizontal axis. A finger assembly is mounted in a central portion of the housing b... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5526923 | Drive unit for loading equipment in an airplane The invention relates to a drive unit, in particular for loading equipment in an airplane, with a drive element (8) contained in a housing (7). According to the invention the drive unit is connected to the housing (7) by linear guides (25, 26) which are g... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5351808 | Roller drive assembly A roller drive assembly comprises a drive roller mounted in a frame in such a way that the roller can be pivoted by a drive such as an electric motor from a lower retracted position when the drive roller is stationary to one of two, upper operating positi... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5327711 | Baler feeding apparatus An agricultural baler for making square bales of crop material having a bale case, a feed platform adjacent the bale case and a pickup in front of the platform for lifting crop material from the to the platform. A first feed mechanism, including a first s... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5303814 | Flexible screw type conveyor system A tubular guide body provided with a longitudinal slit portion has a flexible screw rotatably incorporated. A guiding portion of an object to be transported is brought into contact with the flexible screw through the slit portion. The flexible screw is ro... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5161672 | Drive roller in conveyor A drive roller for use in a conveyor, comprising rotary shafts supported in respective bearings, the respective rotary shafts being provided at the respective ends of a core member and one of the rotary shafts being connected to a drive source. The core m... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5065998 | Lateral sheet registration system A simplified low cost, low wear, sheet registration and feeding system for laterally (side) registering a sheet without frictional drive slippage against the sheet and while maintaining feeding control in the primary forward feeding direction of the sheet... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4972890 | Log feed roller mechanism A log feed roller mechanism has a pair of parallel drive rolls; a plurality of contour-edged bars flexibly mounted at spaced intervals around the outer surfaces of each of the rolls; and, a drive mechanism for drivingly counter-rotating the rolls about th... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4913278 | Apparatus for feeding syringes into a cartoning machine with slots Apparatus for feeding syringes into a cartoning machine in which the syringes slide down the feed section 10 of a guide 1 to a substantially horizontal central section 12. Rotatable adjacent this central section is a feed worm 2, the threads of which are ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4901432 | Apparatus for accurately positioning components A hollow tube (3) supports a spring (5) coaxially positioned within the tube (3) and free to rotate within it. The tube (3) has a longitudinal slot (4) through which components (2) threaded onto the coils of the spring (5) hang down. A motor 6 rotates the... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4875512 | Feeder having a speed change mechanism with a graduated threaded-shaft protector This invention relates to a feeder including a roller seat, a threaded control shaft which has one end protruding out from the roller seat, and an adjusting knob connected with the end of the threaded control shaft for changing the rotating speed of the c... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4765212 | Chip remover for machines which perform cutting operations, especially on metal workpieces Chip remover for machines which perform a machining operation, especially on metallic workpieces, such as strip edging machines, turning machines, etc. The chip remover has a stretched spiral rotating about its longitudinal axis with successive turns spac... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765273 | Transporting device with roller systems for vacuum-coating installations Transporting device for vacuum coating installations with several stations and with roller systems (3, 4) for the guidance and advance of essentially two-dimensional substrate holders (1) in a vertical position along a given transporting path through the ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4664252 | Hub assembly A scrub wheel is provided in document processing equipment where a wheel is removable and replaceable. The wheel is held between a base member and a top member where the top member comprises retaining lugs at the distal ends of retention arms which engage... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4648590 | Transport device for paper sheets A transport device for paper sheets incorporates driven rollers which frictionally engage the paper sheets and are mounted on shafts arranged parallel with one another in the transport direction. Filaments extending in the transport direction are utilized... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4593809 | Coil spring assembly machine A machine for connecting successive rows of coil springs together into a coil spring assembly. The machine, in preferred form, initially picks up a row of coil springs by inserting a pick up finger into the barrel of each coil and moving the springs onto ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4585226 | Resilient document feeding member A resilient document feeding member having a drive shaft, and a double D hub fixedly secured to the drive shaft, the double D hub having a pair of opposing flat surfaces. The resilient document feeding member also includes a second hub removably and rotat... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4556374 | Purging device for a filler carrier A filler carrier of the type adapted to move metal extrusions in a generally horizontal plane beneath the dispensing nozzle of a machine for dispensing uncured liquid plastic is disclosed. Uncured liquid plastic is dispensed into a channel of the extrusio... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4534551 | Document belt normal force control In a document transport apparatus for feeding document sheets over a copier platen with a reversible direction of motion document feeding belt with a normal-force pressure system for applying pressure to an area of the back of the lower belt flight, mount... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4530287 | Conveyor arrangement A conveyor arrangement useful in an assembly machine for conveying an element in a conveying direction, the element having a guide member arranged thereon and defining a lateral side face, and the conveyor arrangement comprising a track for laterally guid... | 07/23/1985 |
