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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7074002 | Parts container with in and out conveyors driven in unison A container (10) includes a body that has a bottom wall (12), a top wall (20), a back wall (14), and first and second end walls (16), (18) wherein the walls (12), (14), (16), (18), and (20)... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6945410 | Automatic transfer table for a woodworking machine The invention is an automatic, unmanned, powered, variable speed transfer table for a finger joint machine which receives a controlled supply of blocks from a lineal block feeder. The slat chain is composed of two chain loops, connected at regular, equal intervals b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6082421 | Finger jointer An automated finger jointer for milling finger joint profiles into the ends of short blocks of wood, assembling the blocks and compressing the blocks together to provide a long pieces of wood.... | 07/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5881861 | Circulating conveyor A circulating conveyor with roller and/or sliding guides, as well as with at least one engaging element for transporting articles to be conveyed, such as sliver cans, is described. In order to achieve that the circulating conveyor can convey and store sim... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5850904 | Corner unloader for warewasher The invention is a corner unloader for a warewasher. The corner unloader includes a frame defining a corner having an inlet end and a discharge end; a pivoting carriage mounted within the frame; the carriage comprising at least two spokes and a bracket in... | 12/22/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5727916 | Method for feeding and advancing of a strip and strip feeder for carrying out the method Strips which are to be worked in a forming tool are taken out of a magazine and deposited on a guide at which by means of a finger rod with elastic catchs they are guided to the tool and stepwise advanced through said tool. By means of the programmable dr... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5617910 | Position control apparatus and method for controlling the movement of a block in a woodworking machine The present invention provides an automatic lug loader to place blocks on each lug on a lug conveyor in a finger jointing machine. The lug loader includes a support structure with a control station and a feed table. A powered loading conveyor overlies the... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5350052 | Device for transporting and exchanging containers of textile strand material An apparatus for transporting and exchanging containers of textile strand material at a textile strand processing machine having a plurality of processing stations is disclosed. The device includes a guide device for guiding containers around the machine.... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5320213 | Accumulating ratchet conveyor A bi-directional ratchet conveyor is shown including a carrier bar slideably mounted centrally of a frame and operated by a power cylinder. The carrier bar has a first plurality of gravity dogs pivotally secured along a first side thereof, and a second pl... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5115907 | Tray accumulator A tray accumulator for storing and moving trays between a load area and an unload area including a tray conveyor extending from load to unload area, a tray operated control switch at the load end of the conveyor for turning on and operating the conveyor t... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4875572 | Tray transfer device A tray transfer device in which a tray carrying a bobbin is fed along a tray feeding path. The tray transfer device comprises a sliding member which slides along the tray feeding path reciprocally and engaging members which are located on the sliding memb... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4850470 | Apparatus for transferring elongated sample tube holders to and from workstations A method and apparatus for transferring sample holders to and from workstations positioned along a transfer path, including an entrance support having a first transfer for supplying the sample holders to the transfer path, an exit support for receiving th... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4813222 | System for transferring full and empty bobbins from and to a textile machine such as a ring spinning frame A bobbin transfer system of a spinning frame (1), in which a series of trays (13) are carried on a pair of carrier rails (14, 15) driven to repeat a back-and-forth reciprocation. Hooking members (23) are arranged along the carrier rails (14, 15), which al... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4770594 | Soil plug release apparatus Soil plug release apparatus is arranged to release plugs of soil from a tray of the type having an array of compartments arranged in rows and columns with each compartment having a hole in the base thereof. The apparatus has a pair of support members held... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4600099 | Transverse conveyor of elongated workpieces A conveyor for transporting an elongated workpiece in a normal horizontal transport direction and generally perpendicular to the workpiece has a rail extending horizontally in the normal transport direction. A carriage rides on the rail in the transport d... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4585411 | Method and walking beam furnace for the intermediate heating of pipes in hot rolling mills This invention relates to a method of and a walking beam furnace for the intermediate heating of pipes, or the like, in hot rolling mills, by means of a furnace located between the plug-mill and the sizing mill. According to the invention, in a forehearth... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4549840 | Self-loading carriage for round bales A self-loading cylindrical bale carriage having at least one frame member including a center frame member extending along the longitudinal center line thereof. The frame member provides a supporting sliding surface for bales loaded on the carriage by mean... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4545107 | Tool carrying magazine for a tool handling machine A tool magazine of a tool handling machine which carries several similar tools comprises a unit which can be removed from the tool machine. The tools are conducted between guide rails in a lengthwise shiftable manner. The lengthwise feed of the tools in t... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4523672 | Method for the transverse conveying of strand sections of a multi-strand continuous casting installation and transverse conveying apparatus for a multi-strand casting installation For a multi-strand continuous casting installation there is proposed accomplishing the transverse conveying or transfer of the cut strand sections, not as was heretofore conventional practice by a single clearing or removal movement occurring over the ent... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4514133 | Die engaging block for a die change truck An improved die engaging means for a side loading die change truck includes a plurality of pusher-puller blocks pivoted along the length of the powered pusher bars and selectively engageable with the edge of a die to allow it to be easily moved in stages ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4484676 | Accumulating shuttle conveyor A conveyor with a plurality of article supporting stations has a reciprocatable shuttle mechanism equipped with dogs which engage and advance articles one station on each advance stroke of the shuttle. All dogs are set in article engaging position at the ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4476973 | Automatic reciprocal feed mechanism The apparatus for sequentially advancing a plurality of articles across a feed table to a work station includes an input station for receiving articles deposited on the feed table, a reciprocating pusher assembly adapted to engage and advance the articles... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4474114 | Arrangement for conveyors A conveyor for moving a number of goods carriers (22) along a track has a drive device provided with a driver member (59) operating with a reciprocating movement which can entrain the goods carriers in the desired transport direction and move freely in th... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4462738 | Feed and transfer system A barrel cam turns with a shaft mounted on bearings in a cam box. Four linear bearings mounted on the outside of the box receive hollow slider tubes which are clamped to legs of an H-shaped frame which holds roller cam followers. Bearings and followers ar... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4429784 | Infeed assembly for random length end shaping machine An infeed assembly or mechanism for advancing wood sticks of random length through an end shaping machine or woodworking apparatus that has at least one end shaper and holddown mechanism for preventing displacement of the sticks during shaping of the ends... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4314630 | Accumulating conveyor An accumulating conveyor having a plurality of spaced article support stations. A plurality of conveyor modules are reciprocally mounted along the length of the conveyor, with each module being so mounted as to be movable between a pair of adjacent statio... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4248563 | Systems for the storage and retrieval of items and apparatus therefor A system for the so-called "cube" storage and retrieval of a large number of items, such as loaded pallets, employs a frame providing a plurality of parallel storage paths arranged in one-upon-the-other rows and side-by-side tiers. Each path provides a pl... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4246943 | Infeed assembly for random length end shaping machines An infeed assembly or mechanism for advancing wood sticks of random length through an end shaping machine or woodworking apparatus that has at least one end shaper and means for holding the sticks against displacement, while permitting travel thereof thro... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4202440 | Apparatus for accumulating materials on a shuttle conveyor An apparatus for accumulating materials on a shuttle conveyer has a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart dogs vertically rotatably supported on a longitudinally moving body on a shuttle conveyer frame. Each of the dogs is rotatable between a lowered p... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4114767 | Apparatus for the storage and retrieval of items The invention provides an advancing member for use in a system for the so-called "cube" storage and retrieval of a large number of items, such as loaded pallets. Such a system employs a frame providing a plurality of parallel storage paths arranged in one... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4075949 | Cart pushing apparatus An apparatus for intermittently pushing a plurality of aligned carts along a predetermined path. The apparatus includes a pair of oscillating pusher bars having a plurality of aligned lugs thereon, which engage a portion of the undersurface of the carts a... | 02/28/1978 |
