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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6601708 | Apparatus for processing PVA A process and apparatus for processing polyvinylacetate and other similar ingredients of a gum base or chewing gum product are disclosed. The ingredient materials are separated into individual pieces by a lump breaker and conveyed through a pneumatic conv... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6354440 | Facility for the selective separation of a stream of mixed bulk materials A facility for the selective separation of a stream of mixed bulk materials made up of objects of different densities and possibly different sizes comprising a sorting device having at least one conveyor belt on which the stream of mixed bulk materials to... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6202858 | Method for sorting IC-components A method and system for sorting IC-components into pre-definable classes of criteria simultaneously remove a plurality of the IC-components from receiving portions of a tray using a plurality of gripping devices. Each of the gripping devices having an acc... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6123201 | Drum elevator system A drum elevator and method of elevating cigarettes, the apparatus having a series of rotatable cigarette transferring drums including a first plurality of horizontally disposed drums at a first elevation and a second plurality of vertically disposed drums... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6025567 | Binning wheel for testing and sorting capacitor chips A machine for continuously testing and sorting large quantities of miniature capacitor chips, where the chips having electrically conductive surfaces on opposite ends thereof, including a thin, endless belt arranged to pass over a plurality of rotatable p... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5934482 | Separation apparatus and method for granular material An apparatus for separating a mixed granular material into granules of different specific gravities or ranges of specific gravity using a powered air flow is described. A divider plate is located below the air flow path within the apparatus to separate th... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5782364 | Device for separating a mixture of objects Device for separating a mixture of objects of flat dimension and objects of spatial dimension with a conveying device comprising at least one conveying carrier. The conveying device comprises two boundaries to which tangents proceeding in the conveying di... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5722543 | Golf ball sizing apparatus An apparatus is provided for separating a flow of golf balls into a first set of golf balls which meet predetermined specifications and a second set of golf balls which do not meet specifications. The apparatus includes a first elongated cylinder having a... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5680936 | Printed circuit board sorting device The present invention contemplates the use of a conveyor transporting circuit boards through a production line. At a point or stage in the production line where testing is to occur, the invention is employed to remove circuit boards from an input conveyor... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5469974 | Method and apparatus for selectively directing work objects A method and apparatus for selectively directing work objects wherein the work objects are passed along a path of travel, predetermined characteristics of the work objects are sensed and work objects having the predetermined characteristics are diverted f... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5333738 | Process and installation for recovering valuable materials, in particular from waste material on building sites A method is proposed for recovering valuable substances, particularly from construction site wastes and industrial trash as well as a system for implementing the method in which the essential sorters are disposed in a closed container which can be placed ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5238120 | Machine for sorting graphic and/or printing products A machine for sorting graphic and/or printing products in which the products are fed one after the other, comprising a framework, a conveyor for receiving individual products one after the other sensors for identifying each of the individual products on t... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5226547 | Mail transport assembly for mail sorting system A mail transport assembly for a mail sorting system includes a plurality of sets of drive units mounted on a transport surface. Each of the sets includes at least one diverter pivotally mounted to two positions. An endless inner belt is rotationally mount... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5167317 | Apparatus for and method of transferring articles such as eggs A method and apparatus for transferring discrete articles such as eggs or fruit from a conveyor having at least one row of article holders to a receiver having a resilient upwardly facing portion which then carries the articles generally horizontally to a... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4995966 | Sifter-screening machine for bulk material A sifter-screening machine for loose material, especially flour, including an inlet for the material, downstream thereof a screen through which the material can be conveyed via an air stream, and downstream thereof an outlet for screened material. Dispose... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4917659 | Packaging container ejection apparatus Apparatus for removing defective knocked down carton blanks, from a carton erecting machine. In one embodiment opposed sets of tractors for clamping the selected unit and driving it from the conveyor line with moving tractive belts. A sensing device detec... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4892650 | Fruit grading machine A fruit grader comprising a plurality of belts which diverge away from a loading station and which overlie parallel and closely spaced transverse belts, all the belts being of a soft resilient elastomer, and where encountered by the fruit, being between s... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4869813 | Drill inspection and sorting method and apparatus Apparatus for inspecting and sorting drills oriented in the same direction in a hopper assembly. The hopper assembly feeds the drills, one at a time, and places them in a predetermined ready location. A camera, part of the inspection assembly, mounted dir... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4765488 | Apparatus for sorting items according to detachable characteristics A sorting apparatus for sorting items according to weight or other measurable characteristics. An elongated conveyor feeds the items to be sorted to a combined weighing and conveying mechanism, which after weighing the item, is driven in one direction or ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765487 | Automatic article stacking system An automatic article stacking system wherein a plurality of articles to be stacked are arranged in layers prior to being stacked. The layers are advantageously arranged horizontally orthogonal to one another so as to enhance the stability of the stack. A ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4744195 | Apparatus for discriminately treating containers and the like Apparatus for discriminately treating containers and the like, the apparatus includes a continuous conveyor mounting arms to carry a random stream of containers along first and second paths of travel; two photoelectric sensors positioned to sense and disc... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4728109 | Ballistic projectile-arrester, having a regeneration and/or recovery system for the impact material A ballistic projectile arrester having a regeneration and/or recovery system for the impact material, and which is particularly suitable for the recovery of projectiles fired by small arms or the like in indoor firing ranges or shooting galleries is discl... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4704846 | Apparatus for sorting and bunching flowers and other agricultural produce Apparatus for bunching flowers and similar produce including a rotating endless belt defining a plurality of flower bunching locations on the surface thereof, at least one, and preferably a plurality of sorting tables adapted to be arranged adjacent the e... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4682695 | Automated keyboard testing A conveyor system transports keyboards for automatic testing by a keyboard testing mechanism located at a test station, and a discharge conveyor accepts rejected keyboards. At the testing station the keyboard and the keyboard testing mechanism are brought... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4454947 | Product inspection and ejection system A method of removing product of an unacceptable height from a product line is disclosed. In the method, a quantity of the product is arrayed in a carrier and moved to a gauging station where the array is placed between a reference plate and a correspondin... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4426074 | Switch for the diversion of spoiled items from an overlapped stream of paper products A switch system for clearing spoiled items from an overlapped stream of paper products such as signatures has a three-flight conveyor belt transporting system whose middle flight may be rocked bodily so that its downstream belt support roll, functioning a... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4253573 | Apparatus for handling empty beverage containers An apparatus for receiving and handling empty beverage containers. The empty containers may be received either individually or in cartons upon a moving conveyor. An alignment mechanism separates the containers and moves them to one side of the conveyor. A... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4239117 | High speed document sorting means High speed document processing and sorting apparatus. A stream of documents is guided along a path at high speed. A detector is mounted along said path to detect identifiable documents. A magazine is mounted to receive the detected documents. A vacuum whe... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4207986 | Apparatus for separating plastic film from paper particularly adapted for use in waste recycling systems Apparatus for separating composite waste materials composed chiefly of plastic film and paper including a conveyer for moving the composite material along a substantially horizontal path in a given direction and a reel device having a plurality of hooked ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4195736 | Egg grading system An improved high speed egg grading system wherein a pair of opposed lifting bars disposed on rotating rings transfer eggs over a plurality of weighing stations, and a conveyor belt is provided for removing graded eggs spaced two abreast. An improved drive... | 04/01/1980 |
| 3997058 | Capsule inspection machine A capsule inspection machine has a horizontal ring with vertical openings having a minimum diameter equal to a predetermined maximum capsule cap diameter for the reception of individual capsules and a motor to rotate this ring. A capsule feeding device fe... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3978987 | Cutting of a stream of tobacco into measured weight portions Method and apparatus for dispensing particulate material in portions of predetermined weight by providing a flow of material measurable by a radiation detector, measuring the flow rate per unit time of the material and removing successive determined porti... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3930994 | Method and means for internal inspection and sorting of produce Apparatus and method for automatically evaluating articles particularly citrus fruits, on the basis of the uniformity and non-uniformity of their transparency to light rays and selectively separating them into different grades according to such evaluation... | 01/06/1976 |
