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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6012567 | Drive assembly for a conveyor A transmission assembly capable of driving a dishwasher conveyor at different speeds to accommodate different needs, without requiring a multiple speed motor. Moreover, speed adjustments can be made without stopping the conveyor and without any risk of da... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5667057 | Device and methods for moving an object between machines joined by a common conveyor An automated assembly that can be retroactively added to a bank of machines in order to advance an object across the bank of machines in an automated fashion. The automation assembly includes a plurality of elongated elements that can be rotated from a fi... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5475965 | Machine for sealing containers by applying a covering film The present invention relates to a machine for sealing containers by applying a covering film, which comprises a framework for supporting a container sealing unit which is located between a unit for feeding the containers to be sealed and a conveyor for r... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5449061 | Apparatus for the transport of products An apparatus is provided for the transport of products in the course of a packaging process, where at least two pushers, pivotably mounted along a guide rod, are driven by a traction mechanism alternately back and forth in opposite directions along a prod... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5115631 | Sliver can transport apparatus An apparatus for transporting sliver cans between a sliver can handling location and a textile spinning machine includes a rod member having a plurality of uniformly spaced engaging members. A pair of preferably plastic, parallel sliding rails each extend... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4974392 | Apparatus for closing containers with a sealing lamina The apparatus for closing containers with a sealing lamina comprises a framework for supporting a first conveyor belt for feeding containers to be closed, which is connected to a heat-welding unit and to a second conveyor belt for removing the closed cont... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4972936 | Conveying system In a system for conveying metal coils or other heavy articles using multiple conveyors, the articles are conveyed on carriers which pass from one conveyor to another and thereby remain associated with the conveyed articles throughout the conveying process... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4825770 | Pallet transfer apparatus A transfer apparatus for transferring a plurality of workpieces has a pair of transfer rails along which a plurality of jig pallets each carrying a work run. A transfer bar is disposed between the pair of transfer rails so as to reciprocatingly move in th... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4749079 | Step-by-step conveyor of tubes for textile machines A conveyor for textile machines such as open-end spinning frames, winding machines, two-for-one twisting machines, and the like, which comprises a static conveyor channel, supply levers that cooperate momentarily with the conveyor channel and are provided... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4722295 | Article treating apparatus There is disclosed an article treating apparatus particularly apparatus for pressure-impregnating or vacuum impregnating porous articles such as metal castings. A holder for the articles or a metal basket containing them is disposed in an autoclave and ca... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4644857 | Food processing chamber A processing chamber for processing products and having different processing conditions in different chamber zones, a single continuous conveyor extending through the chamber from one end to the other, unit supports supportable on the conveyor for moving ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4567822 | Apparatus and method for decorating articles An apparatus and method for decorating articles is provided with article carriers which are advanced with a stepwise motion along a guide track on a circulatory conveyor path whereby each article is passed, on the same carrier, through successive treatmen... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4474284 | Double pitch mechanical transfer drive A drive mechanism for an automatic transfer machine has a mechanical transfer drive including a motor driven gear box with an output shaft connected to a single, rotatable drive arm with cam follower means thereon selectively engageable with one or the ot... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4469214 | Apparatus for moving spinning cans In a can changer device, empty cans are fed to a reserve position A and full cans are transported from a collection position C into a delivery position G by means of an apparatus for moving spinning cans. The can moving apparatus comprises drive means con... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4433775 | Pusher assembly for scrap metal conveyors A pusher assembly is disclosed for a scrap metal conveyor of the type having an elongated trough in which the pusher assembly is supported for longitudinal reciprocation to advance scrap metal along the trough in the direction from one end thereof toward ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4346650 | Continuous-processing type hot-water sterilizer and food cooker Continuous-processing type sterilizer and cooker for providing packaged foods completely sterilized with a small heat-energy consumption and retaining the color, fragrance, taste, texture and quality similar to unprepared foods by taking the steps of imme... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4271958 | Shuttle cross conveyor A bale wagon for picking up bales of crop material from the field and forming them into a generally symmetrical pyramidal stack for deposit at a selected location is provided. The bale wagon includes a mobile frame pivotally supporting a stack forming loa... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4271957 | Mechanical transfer bar drive assembly A drive mechanism for advancing workpieces through a plurality of spaced-apart work stations which are arranged so that the distances between certain adjacent work stations are greater than the distances between other adjacent work stations. During an adv... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4194614 | Conveyor-belt system A conveyor system formed by a main steel belt conveyor which carries items from a receiving station to any one of a number of discharge conveyors which extend to different destinations. A mechanism is provided in each of the discharge conveyors which push... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4173294 | Dispenser having reciprocating paddles for discharging particles therefrom An apparatus in which particles are advanced from a storage container through a tube having a plurality of apertures therein. The particles are moved along the tube by paddles secured to a shaft so as to be discharged through the apertures in the tube. Th... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4172517 | Apparatus for feeding workpieces intermittently An apparatus for feeding elongate workpieces intermittently sideways one by one to successively located machining and parts-assembling stations includes a pair of first parallel spaced feed rods supported on a transfer table and extending in a direction i... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4170284 | Linear transfer device for displacing bodies on an assembly machine A device to transfer bodies along a path between the work positions on an assembly machine having a table and feed means for delivering bodies in a row, the device comprising a matrix bar extending above and parallel to the table of the machine on one sid... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4125365 | Roll through billet heater An apparatus for heating billets and the like prior to hot extrusion is disclosed. The apparatus includes an elongated, insulated tunnel having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. A conveyor extends through the tunnel from the inlet to the outlet and ... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4089203 | Workpiece transfer mechanism A stamping press having a workpiece transfer mechanism connected thereto. The transfer mechanism includes a reciprocating carriage having a rigid cross arm thereon extending transverse to the path of travel of the carriage. A pair of laterally spaced, par... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4067436 | Apparatus for conveying articles Packet blanks are fed stepwise along an elongated blank bed by a succession of pawls reciprocating along the length of the bed. Mechanism is provided for lifting the pawls at the end of their working strokes, and for lowering them at the end of their retu... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4042093 | Textile sliver can changing and storage apparatus Can changing apparatus for drawing frame having at least one series of a can filling station and one or more empty can ready stations spaced at regular intervals, doffing means reciprocably disposed along the series of the stations to intermittently produ... | 08/16/1977 |
