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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7850001 | Low friction roller belt A modular conveyor belt having longitudinal grooves on the top and bottom of the belt. Pairs of rollers are installed between the links within these grooves such that the rollers do not project over the surface of the belt but are completely integrated into the body... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7571803 | Bearing unit for a conveying installation for the transport of goods by way of a conveyor belt A bearing unit for a conveying installation for the transport of goods by way of a conveyor belt that is guided at the two ends of the installation by deflection drums and which is fastened to the underside of spaced-apart, transverse carrying beams. Running rollers... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7562767 | Conveying installation for transporting goods by way of a conveyor belt A conveying installation for transporting goods has a conveyor belt that is guided over deflecting drums at the two ends of the installation and which is formed with a pair of first supporting cables that are borne by supports that are strategically placed in the in... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7527145 | Low-friction conveyor A low-friction conveyor (10) including a conveyor belt (12) supported on self-contained rollers (32) riding along a carryway (22). The conveyor includes a modular conveyor belt constructed of a series of rows of belt modules (24, 25 | 05/05/2009 |
| 7506752 | Methods and apparatus for transporting substrate carriers According to a first aspect, a first conveyor system is provided that is adapted to deliver substrate carriers within a semiconductor device manufacturing facility. The first conveyor system includes a ribbon that forms a closed loop along at least a portion of the ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7364038 | Conveyor belt link incorporating one or more rollers A conveyor comprising an endless conveyor belt made from a plurality of rows of hinged interconnected belt links where each row extends in a width direction substantially perpendicular to a traveling direction of the belt and comprises at least one link, where subst... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7325674 | Plate conveyor having rapid assembly device A plate conveyor having overlapping plates and a plate-supporting sprocket chain composed of two parallel chain strands formed of inner link members and outer link members, facing ones of which are connected by link pins. The chain is in the form of at least two pre... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7278533 | Vehicle modular belt conveyor A pair of conveyors having a pair of launch conveyors and at least one pair of drive conveyors is disclosed using modular flat belts. The pair of launch conveyors has zero motion, when a vehicle is driven onto the pair of launch conveyors where the vehicle is placed... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7252192 | Side-flexing conveyor module with detachable roller assembly A link module suitable for use in a conveyor chain intended for travel along an intended direction on a given path. The module includes a first eye and a second eye adjacent the first eye. The eyes define a space therebetween. A roller assembly extends into the spac... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7231446 | HTTP multiplexor/demultiplexor A computer networking system, method and device for multiplexing HTTP requests and demultiplexing HTTP responses. The method may include receiving HTTP requests from a plurality of clients and routing those requests to a socket on a server system. The method may als... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7198148 | Modular conveyor belt with cam flights A modular plastic conveyor belt of the type made up of a multiplicity of module rows connected by interdigited link ends secured by pins has camming members at selected locations on the bottom surface of the belt to provide a flight dynamically. The camming members ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182202 | Conveying device for bulk material A conveying device has a support frame and a conveying member with at least two driven conveying belts that circulate in parallel to one another and with a conveying fabric having at least one support surface and being arranged between the at least two conveying bel... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178661 | Overhead conveyer with high friction drive tube An overhead rotatably powered conveyer drive shaft has ridges inter-engaged with skewed driven wheels mounted for free rotation on a load carrying carriage to trace a helical loci of engagement and improve traction. The ridges are preferably extruded to be parallel.... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156224 | Circulating mechanism, and method of operating such a circulating mechanism A circulating mechanism includes a moving member, e.g. a chain or a belt, which travels along a circulating path and is looped about at least one deflecting member for reversing a travel direction of the moving member. Disposed in a section of the circulating path i... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137334 | Devices, systems and methods for thawing, heating and/or glazing previously frozen baked goods or dough-based products Devices, systems and methods for thawing, heating and/or glazing previously frozen baked goods and other dough-based products, wherein the products can be thawed in an environment having a selected temperature and elevated humidity; the conveyor is configured to pre... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7086525 | Conveyor for continuous proofing and baking apparatus Conveyor chains of the type utilized in commercial ovens and proofers are provided with improved bearing support for the rotating and pivoting components of the chains. The rotating components comprising antifriction bearings constructed from superior components whi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7063207 | Long wear conveyor assembly A chain conveyor assembly having the combination of a polymeric material and a hard diamond-like coating at the frictional interface of the chain links. The conveyor chain preferably includes male and female links connected to one another by connector pins. The shaf... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7011207 | Conveying chain guide A conveying chain guide, in which the stick slip phenomenon of a conveying chain, which meshes with a driving sprocket, and a seasickness phenomenon are removed whereby stable conveying of articles can be smoothly realized and the driving force and vibration noise o... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6974017 | Tote conveying apparatus and method A method and apparatus for moving and packing freshly harvested agricultural products in such a way as to minimize the damage to agricultural products from bruising and breakage resulting from falling into storage bins. This invention uses a hydraulic-driven conveyo... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968943 | Conveyor for continuous proofing and baking apparatus Conveyor chains of the type utilized in commercial ovens and proofers are provided with improved bearing support for the rotating and pivoting components of the chains. The rotating components comprising anti-friction bearings constructed from superior components wh... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6935490 | Conveying installation for transporting goods A installation for transporting goods has a conveyor belt with supporting bars carried thereon transversely to the direction of movement of the conveyor belt. Two vertically spaced-apart supporting tracks are formed in each case by two supporting cables. Running rol... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932211 | Modular conveying assembly with stub mounted in-line rollers A modular conveying assembly includes a conveyor belt module for use with in-line rollers. The module includes first and second hinge member. The first hinge member extends forwardly in the direction of conveyor travel, and includes a first opening defining a first ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6889824 | Redirecting device for a conveying means located on a conveying section A turning device (10) for a conveyance device (4) on a transfer line includes a housing (15) closed by means of a cover (30). Recesses are formed in the housing (15), into which the guide bars (43) of a semicircular-shaped t... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6863174 | System for conveying goods with a self-contained conveyor belt A system for conveying goods by way of a self-contained conveyor belt which, in the end stations, is guided over reversing pulleys. The conveyor belt is constructed with load-bearing rollers that can be moved along load-bearing cables. In this case, each run of the ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6786327 | Connection structure of chain for transportation In a conveyor chain coupling structure, a block link A has a connecting rod (2) provided at one of conveying-directional ends thereof to project in the conveying direction and a coupling bore (5) formed at the other conveying-directional end. A pair of... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6761258 | Method of constructing a wheel The present invention provides a method of constructing a wheel of the type comprising a first portion (12) connected to a second portion (11), the second portion providing a rim, comprising the steps of providing a n outer surface of the first portion... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6680482 | Cartridge product irradiator The present invention relates to a product irradiator having a cartridge loading system. The cartridge comprises a plurality of carriers or totes which are transported as a single mass into an irradiation chamber for radiation processing. Products contain... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6666328 | Long wear conveyor assembly A chain conveyor assembly having the combination of a polymeric material and a hard diamond-like coating at the frictional interface of the chain links. The conveyor chain preferably includes male and female links connected to one another by connector pin... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6615977 | Conveyor for continuous proofing and baking apparatus In one embodiment, a conveyor comprises identical carriages and apparatus for connecting the carriages end-to-end. The carriages each include first wheel pairs supported for a rotation about spaced apart parallel axes and a second wheel pair supported for... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6588583 | Conveyor system The conveyor system for transporting goods has a conveyor belt to which transversely oriented supporting beams are attached. The system has two support tracks that are arranged at a vertical distance from one another and are each formed by two supporting ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6585110 | Modular conveyor system with side flexing belt having roller support A modular link conveyor system (10) for transporting articles is provided having a plurality of modular link sections (15) providing a support surface for the articles and wherein one or more rollers (30) are positioned in the underside of selected link s... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6571937 | Switch conveyor A switch conveyor including a modular conveyor belt or mat divided into longitudinal lanes of rollers. All the rollers in a lane are arranged to rotate about axes oriented in a common direction. The rollers in an adjacent lane are arranged to rotate about... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6527106 | Roller for chain and chain equipped with the roller A roller adapted to be rotatably mounted on a bushing of each link assembly of a chain comprises a split roller composed of two roller segments assembled together. The split roller can be easily mounted on the bushing from a radial direction of the bushin... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6450326 | Enclosed track conveyor chain assembly An enclosed track conveyor chain assembly and method of construction includes a plurality of guide link assemblies and load link assemblies connected to form a conveyor chain assembly. Each load link assembly includes a pair of side walls and forward and ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6382403 | Conveyor for continuous proofing and baking apparatus In one embodiment, a conveyor comprises identical carriages and apparatus for connecting the carriages end-to-end. The carriages each include first wheel pairs supported for a rotation about spaced apart parallel axes and a second wheel pair supported for... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6336551 | Conveyor A conveyor for conveying piece goods and the like through a helical path in a vertical direction has a frame and an endless conveyor belt supported by the frame having a conveying part guided in the helical path and a return path. The conveyor belt includ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6321895 | Conveyor for continuous proofing and baking apparatus In one embodiment, a conveyor comprises identical carriages and apparatus for connecting the carriages end-to-end. The carriages each include first wheel pairs supported for a rotation about spaced apart parallel axes and a second wheel pair supported for... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6308823 | Padded chain for a conveyor A conveyor chain formed of parallel links with pins extending laterally therefrom has pads mounted to the pins. Each pad has an elongated planar upper surface extending further than the distance between adjacent pins on the links. A notch on each end of t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6293390 | Conveyor for continuous proofing and baking apparatus In one embodiment, a conveyor comprises identical carriages and apparatus for connecting the carriages end to end. The carriages each include first wheel pairs supported for rotation about spaced apart parallel axes and a second wheel pair supported for r... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6269937 | Conveyor device A conveyor device for erected collapsible box. The conveyor device has a number of conveyor chains with drive ribs for the collapsible boxes. The conveyor chains are made up of chain links that are connected to one another in an articulating relationship.... | 08/07/2001 |
