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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7641045 | Top plate conveyor device A top plate conveyor device, in which vibrations and noises are reduced, and the structure is simple and the production assembly and handling are easy. Top plates 110 are removably provided on a rubber toothed belt 120 by engagement members 111 ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7383945 | Conveying units An apparatus is provided for transferring products, in particular eggs, comprising at least one height, at least one row of conveying units positioned under an endless sorting conveyor, wherein the products are discharged in a well-defined manner from the sorting co... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377378 | Carrier chain with an improved link A carrier chain includes an attachment link with a wing to limit the tilt of a support member. The wing extends from a base portion of a plate of the attachment link toward a plate of a pin link. When the attachment link begins to rotate in reaction to a force that ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7308786 | Rod for rotating rod-bands A rod for rotating rod-bands for agricultural machines, and a method of making the same, are provided. The rod comprises a rod body and metallic securement pieces serving for placement on flexible, pull-resistant belts. The securement piece has a first, flat length ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7278536 | Molded plastic conveyor chain member for processing poultry A conveyor chain for poultry processing is formed of injection molded regular links in serially connected relationship, and has at intervals a special link adapted to receive a threaded stud for a chicken carcass-supporting cone or other structure. The special link ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7220197 | Tracked drive device The tracked drive device particularly protected by its frame or hood as well as by protective plates, so as to prevent any accidental insertion of a finger or any other part of the human body between the track elements. The arrangement makes access to the track, for... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7195552 | Conveyor chain A food processing system for an elongated strand of food product, such as hot dogs or sausage links, provides aligned orientation of conveyor hooks and identical arrival time spacing between adjacent hooks at a reference loading point at a strand producing machine d... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7131532 | Belt attachment device and method A conveyor belt assembly including a flexible belt body with a plurality of spaced flexible teeth and at least one hardened tooth coupled to the belt body. The flexible belt body and flexible teeth comprise a resilient material. The hardened tooth comprises hardened... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114616 | Device for removable fastening of seats for housing containers to a metallic belt conveyor The device (D) for removable fastening of seats (3) housing containers (C) to a metallic belt (1) includes first fastening means (10) made on the metallic belt (1) and aimed at being mutually coupled with second fastening means (34... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7073658 | Unit for feeding solid drug forms to a conveyor line of a machine for filling capsules At least one solid drug form is fed into a capsule, housed inside a pocket on a first conveyor movable along an endless first path extending in a given first plane, by means of a seat on a second conveyor movable along an endless second path extending in a second pl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066314 | Modular belt carrier for electronic components Replaceable component carriers (40) are adapted to be freely floating in belt apertures (74) and have alignment features (160), such as conical holes (170), mated to features (162), such as tapered pins (184), in processing ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059468 | Production line for food products A production line for food products includes a plurality of apparatus modules (1) arranged one after the other, each module being arranged to perform at least one manufacturing stage of the food product. The production line includes a frame (2), which ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7021453 | Conveyor with gear mechanism gripper and related conveyor link Various conveyor designs are disclosed, along with related link designs, suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction. The conveyor may include a plurality of connected links. Each link may have a length extending across the direction of transport and ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6974019 | Conveyor with a motorized transport element A conveying system including individually motorized transport elements or shoes that transport articles laterally across a conveyor. The motorized transport elements ride along tracks across the width of the conveyor. A motor drives each transport element across the... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6945388 | Anti-shingling product conveying chain A product conveying chain includes a top plate fixed to a base chain. The base chain is formed from a series of pairs of inner sidebars pivotally connected to adjacent pairs of outer sidebars. The top plate is fixed to the base chain, and has a trailing edge adjacen... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926134 | Plastic conveyor belt module with embedded fasteners A plastic conveyor belt module having an embedded high-strength fastener for securely fastening an assortment of attachment elements. A fastener, such as a nut, or threaded insert, is press-fit into a countersunk hole that extends through the thickness of the module... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6866140 | Conveyance apparatus and boxing system A conveyance apparatus of the present invention holds and conveys a group of items, and includes conveyors and driving devices. The conveyors include first and second conveyance belts, items-group holders, and detaching/attaching devices. The first and second convey... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6851549 | Product capturing chain construction A product gripping device adapted for mounting on a link of a product capturing chain, the device including a base plate having on its lower side a connector structure for attaching the plate to a chain, and having two opposing posts extending upwardly from opposite... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6772876 | Conveyor chain link having movable gripper and conveyor system utilizing same A chain link comprising an elongated body having opposed first and second ends defining a longitudinal axis therebetween. The body has guide shoes that project from a bottom portion of the body for supporting the link on a track. The chain link further includes a gr... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6679370 | Conveying apparatus The conveying apparatus comprises a conveying path, a return path, an endless circulating driver and pallet supporting and driving means. The conveying path includes a horizontal inlet path, a horizontal outlet path, and an inclined path connected to at l... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6644467 | Track for drawing assembly and method to remove the relative gripping elements Track for drawing assembly and method to replace the gripping elements associated with said tracks, wherein the track comprises a plurality of links able to support at least part of at least one gripping element of a product to be drawn, each of the gripp... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6597969 | Hospital drug distribution system A hospital drug distribution system for efficiently distributing solid medicinal units to hundreds of patients comprises subsystems for placing trays on a conveyor, placing cups thereon, labeling the cups, conveying the cups under drug tubes, sealing the ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6561748 | Conveyor floor A conveyor floor has a series of lamellas transverse to its conveyance direction. The lamellas have support surfaces for supporting a load to be conveyed. Ends of the lamellas are connected by coupling pieces to conveyor chains. The coupling pieces have p... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6499274 | Method for high speed loading, vacuumizing and sealing of a bagged article The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and system for loading, vacuumizing, and sealing bagged articles. The invention includes placing a bagged article onto a subplaten, and advancing the loaded subplaten through a synchronizing assembly w... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6435335 | Method for transporting printed products A device for transporting printed products including a plurality of individual pocket grippers, each pocket gripper having a first connector on one side and a second connector on a second side, and having gripping elements for gripping a printed product. ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6321897 | Recyclable pocket system for printed products A device for transporting printed products including a plurality of individual pocket grippers, each pocket gripper having a first connector on one side and a second connector on a second side, and having gripping elements for gripping a printed product. ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6269934 | Load-carrying connecting bar assembly for a conveyor A conveyor (12) is provided that includes a power mechanism housing (18), a power mechanism (16), a linkage (27), and a connecting bar (10). The power mechanism housing is formed to include a power slot (26). The power mechanism is positioned to lie in th... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6227344 | Connecting device for transport chains A connecting device for transport chains for the support and entrainment of plates for moving walkways or of steps for escalators of the type having two parallel chain runs to be joined together at a transverse spacing by connecting tubes serves to fasten... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6176370 | Endless conveyor having quick release slats In an endless conveyor, a plurality of slats are positioned in a side-by-side relationship relative to one another, thereby defining a work supporting surface which in turn is carried by a frame. The slats are driven via at least one chain that includes a... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6152288 | High volume storage system with power and free drive An active high volume storage carousel provides an improved drive system. The carousel includes a driven conveyor, which defines a continuous path and includes at least one container handling location along the continuous path. A track rail extends around... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6082256 | Apparatus and method of decorating articles using a transport screw with a varying screw flight pitch In an apparatus and method of decorating articles which are transported on article carriers through a treatment station along a transport path which is linear at least over a portion of its extent, the article carriers are transported through the linear p... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6010016 | Modular tray system A modular tray system comprising a tray portion releasably fastenable to support members for supporting the tray which communicate with attachment means for attaching, preferably releasably attaching, the support members to transport means for transportin... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5996768 | Quick change drum A quick change drum for receiving and orienting pellet-like items in a pellet marking machine is disclosed. The quick change drum comprises a central shaft with two end plates perpendicularly attached to the ends of the shaft in parallel spaced apart rela... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5988364 | Quick connect/disconnect device A quick connect/disconnect device and method for manually demountably attaching carrier bars to an endless train comprising a conveyor adapted for conveying pellet-like items in a pellet marking machine is disclosed. The device comprises an elongated shan... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5967221 | Detachable wear plate suitable for foundry equipment and for conveying green sand moulds In a conveyor or other foundry equipment having surfaces protected by a wear plate secured to a structural part of the equipment, the wear plate is detachably secured by means of studs permanently secured to a structural part of the equipment. Heads of th... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5915524 | Conveyor for a container filling/capping machine A conveyor for a container-handling machine has an endless transport element having a straight upper stretch and a row of equispaced laterally directed coupling formations, a row of substantially identical cell plates each having a coupling element fittin... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5890584 | Detachable material handling tray with automatic parcel ejection mechanism A conveyor system is provided including a platform for attachment to a conveyor which may be utilized for transporting items of various sizes and weights to designated output destinations along the conveyor. The platforms may be used for the transporting ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5873452 | Accumulating conveyor An endless loop accumulating conveyor of the over/under type adapted to slidably support pallets and to frictionally transport them over both the upper and lower conveyor runs. The conveyor including a coupling to couple the pallet to the endless loop inc... | 02/23/1999 |
