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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303382 | Coil bridge conveyor A conveying apparatus for directing material into a die. The die includes a material opening to accept the material from a material feed system and is positioned in a press. The conveying system comprises a frame, including a front stanchion, a rear stanchion, a fir... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287641 | Friction drive device for a conveyor and method for driving The invention relates to a drive device for intermittent driving of a conveyor that partly surrounds a drum rotatable around a centre axis. The drive device includes drive member and motion transmission member. According to the invention, the drive member is arrange... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7249668 | Positive displacement sorter shoe A positive displacement sorter apparatus and method includes providing a plurality of interconnected slats defining an endless web, an upper run of the web defining a conveying surface. A plurality of pusher shoes are provided, each moving along at least one of the ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7117988 | Positive displacement sorter A positive displacement sorter includes a plurality of interconnected slats defining an endless web, an upper run of the web defining a conveying surface conveying articles in a longitudinal direction. A plurality of pusher shoes move along the slats to laterally di... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7086519 | Positive displacement shoe and slat sorter apparatus and method A positive displacement sorter apparatus and method includes providing a plurality of slats being interconnected in an endless web, an upper run of the web defining a conveying surface, and a plurality of pusher shoes gliding along at least some of the slats to late... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6978877 | Automatic machine for processing articles and having a position detecting device with hall-effect sensors An automatic machine for processing articles, and having a conveyor which feeds the articles along a path in a given feed direction and has a movable member; and a reading device for determining the position of the movable member; the reading device cooperates with ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6905013 | Component tape transport wheel and transport system, and method of operating a component tape transport system A component tape transport wheel, a component tape transport system and a method of operating a component tape transport system are provided, in which there is a rigid coupling between a transport wheel and an encoder wheel which is arranged on the transport wheel a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902070 | CD Rack with dual disc case holder A high capacity motorized rack holds a plurality of jewel case enclosed CDs in holders flexibly inter-connectable with each other to form a rotatable continuous loop. The loop is rotatably retained within a vertical rack housing and is driven by a motor, disposed wi... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6880695 | Board processing unit A board process unit includes end supports, pulleys rotatably mounted on the end supports, a carrying belt extending around the pulleys for holding a process board, two parallel screw shafts mounted at opposite sides of the carrying belt, a servomotor for rotating t... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6860384 | Feed device for conveyor belts loaded with pick-and-place components A feed device is for a conveyor belt loaded with pick-and-place components. The feed device includes at least one transport wheel which can be coupled with the conveyor belt to move the conveyor belt, and a drive device coupled with a transport wheel. The transport ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6796918 | Pneumatic displacement system The invention concerns a pneumatic system for displacing a cable (1) stretched in a loop between at least two pulleys (2, 3). Said system comprises at least an artificial muscle (5) inserted over a portion of the loop, the length of said artific... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6702094 | Passenger conveyor device An eccentric crankshaft is connected to a rotary driving device, and a rocking unit is connected to the eccentric crankshaft. Pin roller rolling gear teeth, each having a trochoid tooth-shape, are provided in the rocking unit. When the rocking unit rocks ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6695132 | Conveyor system for can end conversion systems The transfer conveyor system utilizes at least one endless conveyor belt of reinforced flexible rubber-like material with cogs or teeth on its underside and with a series of nests fitted into holes in the belt. Nests for carrying can end shells are attach... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6540502 | Mechanical drive assembly for a brick molding apparatus In a brick molding apparatus, the improvement includes a mechanical drive assembly for indexing in predetermined incremental movements a mold adapted to receive and shape clay slugs into green bricks. The drive assembly includes a conveyor for carrying th... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6513649 | Indexing drive slat conveyor system An indexing conveyor system including a conveyor mechanism adapted to support and transport objects along the length of the indexing conveyor system and an indexing drive assembly operatively coupled to the conveyor mechanism and adapted to impart indexed... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6446791 | Feeder for taped SMD components The transport wheel of the feed device is driven by a drive motor in such a manner that one revolution of the drive motor produces a transport movement of the tape which corresponds to a fraction of the pitch of the component compartments in the tape. Bef... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443296 | Conveyor ratcheting apparatus A conveyor ratcheting apparatus for advancing a conveyor in one direction in discrete steps. A ratchet arm is pivotally supported on a frame. A ratchet actuator drives the arm reciprocally between first and second positions. A ratchet wheel is rotatably s... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6427823 | Conveyor device A conveyor apparatus 20 according to the present invention comprises a tread guide rail 4 which is provided on a structure 120, and a plurality to treads 2 which moves along the tread guide rail 4. The plurality of treads 2 are connected by a chain 5 havi... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6371281 | Conveyor device A conveyor device for position-precisely moving objects on a conveyor surface of the conveyor belt includes a plurality of forward feed elements (42) for taking hold of the objects by their rear bottom edge in relation to the forward direction. Tension me... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6302261 | Safety coupling for in-line indexer A detented safety coupling assembly for use with an indexing apparatus for advancing a workpiece through a series of workstations is disclosed. The indexing apparatus may include a plurality of workstations arranged in spaced relationship, at least one pa... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6170639 | Apparatus for carrying out a sequence of successive operations on small workpieces An apparatus for performing a variety of fast and slow operations including mounting operations upon workpieces affixed to workpiece carriers in which the slow operations are carried out at one station and the fast operations are carried out at another. T... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168008 | Drive system for a mail processing machine In a drive system for a mail processing machine a comparatively simple and clear design of the driving tracks and of the bearings for the respective shafts is obtained by feeding drive energy from a common drive motor to a bevel gear drive and a step gear... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6164437 | Indexing drive An indexing drive has an actuator which reciprocates a ratchet arm along an arcuate path to cause an indexed rotation of rollers during one direction of movement of the ratchet arm which bear on a follower to produce an associated indexed rotation of the ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6152283 | Circuit-component supplying method and circuit-component feeder A circuit-component feeder, including an endless belt having an outer surface a portion of which provides a component-carry surface, a stopper disposed adjacent to the component-carry surface, a component lining-up device which lines up, on the component-... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6129204 | Machine for asynchronously operating dual indexing conveyors A machine including a single power source for asynchronously operating dual indexing conveyors. The single power source is a reversible servo unit operatively connected to gear sets and one-way clutches to drive the conveyors. Alternately, the power sourc... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6129203 | IC discarding apparatus for flip chip mounting facility In a flip-chip mounting equipment, there is provided an IC removal device by which ICs (4) which have been recognized to be removed in error in spite of their faultlessness can be removed in a manner such that they are lined up in a row without being scra... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6039092 | Conveyor drive and control system Method and apparatus for conveying a plurality of containers to a filling station for supplying the containers with paints or coatings. The conveyor is periodically driven to the filling station by a rotary actuator including a plurality of air motors whi... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6032845 | Variable pitch tape feeder and pitch selection switch therefor In a variable-pitch tape feeder for feeding parts to a pick and place machine used to produce electronic circuit boards, a switch assembly is provided which controls the limits of a shutter movement and the tape advance distance dependent upon the desired... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5960676 | Indexing apparatus and method for controlling the indexing apparatus An indexing device comprising a base table (10), a turret (11) which indexes about a given rotary center relative to the base table (10), a pair of positioning engaging members (27) provided between the base table (10) and the turret (11), wherein at leas... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5755548 | Belt drive tube feeder for a surface mount placement system A belt drive tube feeder for use in a surface mount placement system (SMPS) reliably advances a sequence of parts fed from a tube at a determinable sequential rate to a pick location on a belt assembly that includes one or more intermittently driven endle... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5641008 | Potting machine A plant potting machine includes a pot track for sequentially conveying plant pots along a potting path. A soil lift conveyor having a soil discharge chute lifting soil above the pot track and discharges the soil through the soil discharge chute and into ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5579892 | Apparatus for the counting, collection and transportation of sausage casings and process An apparatus 1 for counting, collecting and transporting sausage casings is equipped with collecting rails 3, 4, initiators 6, 12, a lever 5, a counter 7 and a rotating collecting chain 10 with drivers 11, 14, 24. The sausage casings 15 are counted by way... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5445305 | Method and device for feeding a band or strip along a straight or zig-zag course to a machine such as one for cutting out of blanks Method and device for feeding a band or web into a downstream machine, including two grips that serve for the stepwise advancing of the band, the grips moving in synchronism to and fro in opposing directions. The grips are alternately coupled with the ban... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5413212 | System and method for automatic correction of pusher position after power loss A system and method for correcting position of a pusher member after power loss to a motor controlling the pusher includes a pusher transport having at least one pusher member mounted to belt and a controller for controlling the pusher transport. A motor ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5400892 | Selector device for feeding an object such as a substrate to a processing station A selector device for moving at least one object such as a substrate to a processing station includes an object-holder rotatably mounted on a support and having areas for receiving objects to be processed which can be moved successively to the processing ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5385003 | Method and apparatus for moving and closing packaging trays In order to prevent spilling the contents or fracturing a package being filled, a rigid tray is moved into a filling area by pushers in which the pusher is advanced under controlled acceleration and then deceleration for gently stopping the pusher in cont... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5381888 | Ratchet operated continuous chain conveyor storage and retrieval system utilizing plurality thereof A ratchet driven continuous chain accumulator conveyor and an accuumulating and retrieval system includes a frame having a pair of continuous chains. The chains are mounted on sprockets on either end of the accumulating conveyors and run in upper and lowe... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5303809 | Transporting system with cyclic advance A transporting system for supplying and/or discharging workpieces disposed on carriers to at least one processing unit includes a cyclic conveyor driven by a drive as a function of the work cycle, particularly a web belt or chain conveyor which is equippe... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5287957 | Conveyor for transporting containers A container transport conveyor comprising different kinds of container holders for different kinds of containers, and means for moving the holders along a predetermined path intermittently by a specified pitch at a time. The holders are divided into group... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5248024 | Wafer mounting device having position indicator A mount plate has a disc-shaped body having a wafer-mounting surface on which semiconductor wafers are to be mounted for polishing. The mount plate is carried by a rotary support which is rotatably indexed to different angular positions which correspond t... | 09/28/1993 |
