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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7215980 | Pen-type mobile telephone A kind of pen-type mobile telephone. It comprises: housing (1), display (2), button (3, 4, 5), telephone receiver (6), earphone (7), etc. It is characterized in that said pen-type mobile telephone's housing possesses slender rod-fo... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198136 | Elevator device for a multi-sky-lobby system An elevator system is provided with multiple sky lobbies to reduce the space required for elevator shafts and the space required for the entire elevator system, as well as the required elevator speed and motor capacity. Sky lobbies Ls1–Lsx | 04/03/2007 |
| 7163099 | Storage device with variable storage capacity Storage device with variable storage capacity. The storage device includes an input area, an output area, a continuous conveying element connecting the input area to the output area. The continuous conveying element is guided by guide elements in a looping manner fr... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7055676 | Conveyor with movable gripper and related conveyor link A conveyor suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction, and a related link are disclosed. The link may include a link body having a length extending across the direction of transport and a width extending along the direction of transport, each link bo... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036658 | Gripper conveyor with clear conveying path and related conveyor link Various conveyor designs suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction and various related link designs are disclosed. The conveyor may include a plurality of the connected links. Each link may have a length extending across the direction of transport a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6964550 | Chain conveyor in the form of scales A chain conveyor for gravimetrically measuring/dosing materials, especially bulk materials. The conveyor includes a housing/trough in which at least two chain conveyors with strip-shaped driving elements attached thereto rotate, wherein a measuring bridge that is su... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6681915 | High speed manufacturing system A high speed manufacturing system for processing articles of manufacture requiring processes to be performed on the articles at a pre-selected processing rate includes a trunk for simultaneously conveying a plurality of the articles of manufacture at the ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6478134 | High speed manufacturing system A high speed manufacturing system for processing articles of manufacture requiring processes to be performed on the articles at a pre-selected processing rate includes a trunk for simultaneously conveying a plurality of the articles of manufacture at the ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6325198 | High speed manufacturing system A high speed manufacturing system for processing articles of manufacture requiring processes to be performed on the articles at a pre-selected processing rate includes a trunk for simultaneously conveying a plurality of the articles of manufacture at the ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6315101 | Chain conveyor, such a carousel for a logistic installation machine, and a machine such as for sorting flat objects A chain conveyor (2), for example a carousel forming an internal revolving stock for a machine (1) for a logistic installation such as for sorting flat objects or a baggage conveyor for an airport environment or similar, the chain of the conveyor (2) bein... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6068004 | Vessel cleaning machine including an inspection device In order to be able to carry out in a vessel cleaning machine with a circulating conveyor chain a safe, reliable and fast inspection of the interior of the vessel cleaning machine, an inspection device is arranged on the conveyor chain. The inspection dev... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6053304 | Storage unit with rates of advance dependent on upstream and downstream rates A storage unit for the temporary storage of rolls, arranged between a first section and a second section of a production line, is described which includes an endless flexible member defining a closed path within the storage unit and bearing a plurality of... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6044964 | Multidirection belt conveyor A multidirectional belt-type conveyor includes a base supporting a motor-driven conveyor belt formed in a continuous closed loop and supporting articles to be conveyed. The conveyor belt is mounted on the base such that the closed loop forms the multidire... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5826406 | Servo-controlled conveyor system for carrying liquid filled containers A conveyor system for transporting a plurality of liquid-filled containers each having an open top is set forth. The conveyor system comprises a conveyor for supporting the plurality of liquid-filled containers. The conveyor is driven by a servomotor. A p... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5718322 | Conveyor safety tray The forks of a conveyor tray are hingedly mounted between two end forks rdly interconnected by a cross-bar and through which electrically powered drive chains impart movement to the tray along a vertical conveyor path. The hingedly mounted tray forks are... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5161929 | Automated work center The present invention relates to an automated integrated work station for handling goods within distribution and production environments. In one of the preferred embodiments the work station is specifically adapted for consolidating goods.... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5024569 | Stacking method and apparatus A self-adaptive stacker comprising infeed and stacking sections whose movement is coordinated to provide interception of the signature stream. A microprocessor utilizes a signal, representative of the infeed conveyor speed, together with a signal from a s... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4731567 | Method and apparatus for automated parts for storage and retrieval The invention comprises an automated system 10 for the accurate positioning of movable parts bins 16 in relation to a preferred fixed location 26. The automated system consists of a number of movable parts bins 16 arranged on a conveyor 14 which is driven... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4676560 | Circulating rack The present invention provides a circulating rack having an electric drive which can be pivoted, to a limited degree, in opposed directions dependent upon the transmitted torque of the electric drive. The drive is mounted on a pivotal rocker element which... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4650264 | Control system for vertical storage equipment A control system for vertical storage equipment requires only two sensing devices, in combination with a microprocessor controller, for positioning a selected article carrier at a specified work station. One sensor senses a reference mark having a direct ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4582192 | Conveyor with twin belt synchronizing mechanism A conveyor for building and other material transport has a pair of parallel spaced apart belts with upstanding load engaging pushers. A belt synchronizing mechanism is provided to maintain the transverse alignment of the pushers. Reed switches sense magne... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4569435 | Power-driven conveyor A power-driven conveyor which includes a bed with opposite front and back ends, front and back pulleys extending transversely across the bed ends, and an endless belt trained over the pulleys. A plurality of cleats are attached to the belt in spaced relat... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4508205 | Double cable funicular transport device, looped on itself and with speed variation A funicular type transport device including a variation chain and at least one tractor chain. The variation chain includes a plurality of variation links of variable length forming a continuous loop and a plurality of mobiles interconnected with the plura... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4396111 | Overload detector and interrupt for conveyor chain A conveyor system that may be driven in a forward or a reverse direction is provided with jam detectors that are effective to interrupt the operation of the conveyor chain (10) upon encountering a jam condition in either direction of drive. The chain (10)... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4366900 | Multiple belt conveyar with synchronizer When building, particularly private houses, it is necessary to convey goods such as roof tiles up to the roof. Conveyors have been produced which are of fixed shape, heavy and inconvenient to transport. The present invention presents a conveyor which is l... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4318465 | Indexing drive control An apparatus and method are disclosed for transporting products to and from the machine function operating stations of an integrated machine. The apparatus provides a table for carrying the products which is rotatably indexed by a drive system as required... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4157753 | Conveyor plant In a conveyor plant for equipping both sides of a wall or partition in which two spaced apertures are formed to permit the free passage of the movable component elements of the conveyor plant, a pair of casings are each adapted to be clamped by means of j... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4142626 | Accumulator for wound paper logs An accumulator for logs of wound paper conveys logs between an input end of the accumulator and a discharge end and accommodates speed differences in the log processing equipment at the input and discharge ends. The accumulator includes stationary upper a... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4002231 | Load transfer mechanism and jam preventing controls for a vertical shelf conveyor A conveyor having generally horizontal shelves traveling vertically within a casing between load transferring stations provided with openings in the casing and transfer means at a load transfer station is characterized by a safety cable adjacent the upper... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3978992 | Positioning apparatus Positioning apparatus is disclosed which positions an object with respect to two predetermined lateral positions. In addition, the object is indexable by the apparatus in a step-by-step manner in an incidental direction with respect to each of the two lat... | 09/07/1976 |
