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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7066317 | Conveyance unit and boxing unit having the same A placing apparatus having first and second rear end holding members is provided between a loading apparatus that loads items in an upright position and a conveyance apparatus downstream. These rear end holding members move making a box motion when seen from the sid... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6923311 | Device to modify the pitch between pushers according to the length of the product The apparatus is formed of two identical devices (A, A′) installed mirror image-fashion, each of which is equipped with a pressure bar (19, 19′) fitted to overhang the relevant lateral toothed conveyor belts (T, T′) which move and recircle the sai bars,... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6725891 | Machine for profile working of front surfaces on oblong wood workpieces Machine for profile working of front surfaces on oblong wood workpieces resolves the problem of simple, accurate and fluent or continued working of workpieces front surfaces of various lengths and intersections, and the machine is of a compact construction. It is ch... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6652218 | Inductor station for sortation conveying system An inductor station for a sortation conveying system is able to accommodate an assortment of substantially rectangular items which in general each have unique dimensions. A worker loads the inductor station with a charge of items each standing upright on ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6601410 | Device and method of transferring glass objects The device (1) comprises a transfer mechanism (7) which is attached to the free ends of two parallel piston rods (13, 14). The associated piston-cylinder units (15, 16) are attached to a support structure (17) and can be pivoted therewith in a reciprocati... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6517308 | Inductor station for sortation conveying system An inductor station for a sortation conveying system is able to accommodate an assortment of substantially rectangular items which in general each have unique dimensions. A worker loads the inductor station with a charge of items each standing upright on ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6328152 | Apparatus for producing reciprocating movements Apparatus or gear mechanism for producing linear movements for pushers, carry-along elements and similar elements, in particular during reciprocating movement. The pushers (24, 25) are connected to a gear mechanism (33), in the case of which use is made e... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6269932 | Automatic device allowing for a high output in the discharging of objects from a vibrating table to an on-line conveyor The present invention provides an automatic device for discharging, from a vibrating table to an on-line conveyor, continuously arriving flat-bottomed objects, which device operates in cycles and each of the cycles of which includes the following stages: ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6213290 | Operating unit A unit (1) for transferring groups (2) of cigarette packets (3) from a conveyor (4) to an input device (5) of a cartoning machine is provided with a transfer member (18) and an epicyclic gear train (25) for moving the transfer member (18) back and forth a... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6182815 | Inductor station for sortation conveying system An inductor station for a sortation conveying system is able to accommodate an assortment of substantially rectangular items which in general each have unique dimensions. A worker loads the inductor station with a charge of items each standing upright on ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6179109 | Conveyor device for shelf channels in shelf-storage systems A conveying apparatus (1) for shelf channels of shelf storage facilities comprises two parallely arranged, circulating conveying means (2) for receiving pallets (P). The conveying means (2) are partially designed as support roller chains (3) whose ends ar... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6045493 | Sheet material feeding apparatus There is disclosed an apparatus for intermittently and successively feeding sheet materials such as plastic bags into a plurality of sheet material processing stations which are spaced from each other along the feeding passage of the sheet material. The a... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6035995 | Lehr loader A lehr loader (20) for transferring a line of freshly formed glass containers (C) on a cross-conveyor (XC) transversely of the cross-conveyor into an annealing lehr (L). The lehr loader has a superimposed stack of three carriages (48, 76, 94), the lowermo... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5964568 | Device for gripping and handling pieces of sheet material and manipulator of pieces of sheet material comprising this device The device comprises a transfer unit with a block (44) containing wells (48) in which suckers (50) are located. The wells (48) comprise a border (72) made of a sealing and friction material. The peripheral wall (60) of the sucker (50) is flexible enough t... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5910326 | Blow molding apparatus A blow molding apparatus configured to receive plastic parisons and output blow molded containers including a support frame and a parison conveyor attached to the support frame and having a plurality of parison supports and a drive mechanism for driving t... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5894920 | Brick-like article feeding mechanism with nearly square travel path and quick returning function A brick-like article feeding mechanism with nearly square travel path and quick returning function includes an eccentric apparatus composed of a slide block and a slide channel and cooperative spur gear and internal gear with a gear ratio of 1:4. In coope... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5893449 | Lehr loader A lehr loader (20) for transferring a line of freshly formed glass containers (C) on a cross-conveyor (XC) transversely of the cross-conveyor into an annealing lehr (L). The lehr loader has a superimposed stack of three carriages (48, 76, 94), an enclosed... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5842558 | Product translating device A pusher that translates products (3) along a straight first path (4) extending along a substantially horizontal conveying surface (5) has a transmission assembly (21) for moving the pusher (8) along a closed second path (11) having a conveying portion co... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5816381 | Transport apparatus for textile packages, transport system and automatic can transport vehicle having the transport apparatus A transport apparatus for feeding textile packages used in the textile industry in two transport directions includes a first pusher element being displaceable in two transport directions and a second pusher or indexing element extending parallel to the fi... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5733354 | Pusher mechanism for I.S. glass forming machine A pusher mechanism for transferring a selected number of containers from a dead plate of an I.S. machine to a conveyor. The mechanism has a finger assembly including a back support portion and a finger portion, with the back support portion and the finger... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5727671 | Step conveyor Step conveyor comprising a primary stationary beam (1) and as secondary beam (2) being movable upwards and downwards as well as to and fro relative thereto. The secondary beam (2) is supported by restrictedly pivotable bow-shaped eccentrically journalled ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5695044 | Pusher conveyor having pusher dog with retainer A retainer dog is pivotally mounted on a pusher dog at the front end portion thereof and normally urged to a standing position. The distance between a retainer surface of the retainer dog and a thrust surface of the pusher dog is predetermined such that a... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5575828 | Bottle extractor for hollow glass molding machines Improved bottle extractor for hollow glass molding machines of the type consisting of a mechanical arm for transfer of the hollow glass, with a stepping motor whose output shaft connects directly with the drive shaft of the mechanical arm, the motor being... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5551821 | Worktable loading and unloading apparatus and method An apparatus for loading and unloading components such as circuit boards from a transport unit to a work station. The apparatus includes a flexible tape which is wound on a storage drum and selectively extended or retracted relative to the drum. Component... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5547064 | Apparatus for serially transferring objects between two conveyor means The invention relates to an apparatus for serially transferring objects between a supply conveyor and a receiving conveyor, in which the speed of the supply conveyor is not smaller than the speed of the receiving conveyor. The apparatus includes a feed ca... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5538125 | Indexing and feeding systems for apparatus for gelatin coating tablets Methods and apparatus for applying coating to products such as medicaments are disclosed. The present invention provides apparatus and methods for controlling the loading and feeding of tablets onto carrier plates for transfer to various processing statio... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5472077 | Article transfer apparatus Apparatus for transferring articles such as glass containers from a first conveyor, on which the containers are travelling generally horizontally in line one after another, on to a second conveyor extending generally at right angles to the first conveyor ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5393196 | Method and apparatus for stacking of envelopes or the like Articles, such as envelopes, are formed into stacks that are transported to packing station. For this purpose a stacking and transport mechanism is positioned between a depositing mechanism (4, 4a) and the packing station. Continuously and individually ar... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5363685 | Transfer device in a press Workpieces are transported step-by-step by means of transport bars which are provided with grippers and which are longitudinally and transversally displaceable only in cyclic relation to the reciprocating movement of a press. The transport bars have the c... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5339944 | Device for displacing articles from a moving transport path A device for the translation or discharge of articles from a transport conveyor to a discharge conveyor includes a push-off ledge that is moveable into the transport conveyor path. The elongated push-off ledge is pivoted at each of its ends to an endless ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5220994 | Process and apparatus for transporting workpieces with aligned edges on a low friction support platform A process and apparatus for transporting stacked workpieces with aligned edges on a low friction workpiece support platform in which the shifting of individual panels relative to each other under the influence of inertia is precluded. The process includes... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5184711 | Apparatus for the transfer of pasta nests into packaging containers The present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring pasta nests or skeins from drying frames to packaging containers. In particular, it relates to an apparatus having three consecutive and horizontal translators, the first two having vertically... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5184366 | Aircraft cargo handling system An on-board aircraft cargo handling system comprises a plurality of tines which are mounted within a cargo ramp and beneath its surface and are capable of extension aft of the ramp across a truck bed or the like. The tines have a plurality of rollers exte... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5181949 | Push out device for a glassware forming machine A push out device for a glass container making machine has a series of pusher fingers mounted on a pusher head arranged for the conventional extended and retracted movement and rotation about a vertical axis. The pusher fingers are mounted in a support pl... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5163544 | Feed fork apparatus for large round baler A large round baler is equipped with a pick-up and a feed fork apparatus which work together to gather crop from the ground and deliver it to the inlet of the bale forming chamber of the baler. The feed fork apparatus includes a plurality of teeth which a... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5160015 | Sweepout apparatus and method A shuttle type sweepout mechanism is described wherein the 90° sweepout that consists of rotary head driven through an arc is mounted on a support that is translated in the direction of the moving conveyor. With the sweepout head capable of being rotated... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5140716 | Cargo rail system for an aircraft Fixed parallel cargo rails are positioned on the cargo bed floor of an aircraft, spaced sufficiently to fit a pallet snugly therebetween. A plurality of collinear slots arranged along the length of the cargo bed floor are positioned just inboard of each r... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5125499 | Article transfer mechanism An article transfer mechanism for use with an I.S. glassware forming machine includes a pusher arm having fingers for engaging a number of glassware articles formed by the I.S. machine, the pusher arm being movable between a first position to engage the g... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5125496 | Article transfer pusher A pusher apparatus, particularly for the handling of glassware articles from a cross conveyor in which continuous lines of articles are formed, to a perpendicular linear conveyor of a lehr in a common plane, in a transference cycle comprised of pushing an... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5116195 | Device for forming vertical piles of items In a device for forming vertical piles of items, coming from a feeding line, a pair of conveyor belts set side by side, at the end of the feeding line translate the items downwards onto a plane disposed beneath, while a pusher moves vertically in order to... | 05/26/1992 |
