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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357275 | Unit for feeding capsules onto a capsule filling machine In a machine for filling capsules, a hopper containing the capsules is mounted to rotate about a respective first axis of rotation, so as to move about the first axis a number of feed channels, each of which receives the capsules successively from the hopper, and ha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7318304 | Device for introducing pharmaceutical products into blister packs Pairs of first and second rolls are supported for rotation in a roll frame located below a pan for receiving pharmaceutical products loaded as bulk material, each first roll having a plurality of axially successive non-cylindrical sections separated from respective ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7255247 | Apparatus and methods for handling pills A brush for a pill handling apparatus and an associated pill handling apparatus and method are provided. The brush defines a non-circular profile and agitates the pills when rotated. For example, the brush can be rotatably mounted proximate a rotary slat of the pill... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7152756 | Dispensing systems and methods A dispensing system dispensing items includes a dispensing station and a first conveyor for transporting containers to the dispensing station. The dispensing station includes a dispenser for dispensing items to the containers, a mechanism for spacing the containers ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7128204 | Dispensers and methods of dispensing items A dispenser includes a feeder bowl for receiving items to be dispensed, and a first vibration device for vibrating the feeder bowl. the dispenser also includes a plurality of dispensing paths positioned around the feeder bowl, and a rotation drive for rotating the d... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7063215 | Control systems and methods of dispensing items A control system for regulating a dispenser that includes a feeder bowl and a plurality of dispensing paths is disclosed. The control system includes a control unit for controlling a rotation drive for rotating the dispensing paths, a feeder bowl vibration device fo... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6685052 | Feeding apparatus for chip component A feed lever is lowered, correspondingly to the load input of a chip mounter. A rotary drum is intermittently moved through a conversion mechanism, intermittently in one direction. Chip components placed in a component accommodation chamber are aligned an... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6637621 | Object assembly device for assembling rolling objects An object assembly device automatically assembles a collection of rolling objects of identical size and shape. The assembly device includes an assembly housing having an inlet for receiving rolling objects and an outlet through which the rolling objects a... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6430800 | Automatic pallet fabrication apparatus and methods An apparatus for making pallets includes an automatic stringer feeding system; an automatic stringer advancing system; a pallet assembly station; a nail delivery system; and a pallet stacking system. Wood stringers are automatically fed to a series of hop... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6405894 | Object assembly device for assembling rolling objects A object assembly device automatically assembles a collection of rolling objects of identical size and shape. The assembly device includes a collection hopper having an inlet for receiving rolling objects, and an outlet below the inlet for discharging rol... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6161676 | Component feeder A component feeder is provided in which damage to chip components is minimized, being capable of efficiently discharging chip components aligned in a line. A bulk case is attached on the top portion of an outer storage housing capable of being supplied by... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6095053 | Bulk spike loading system A bulk loader conveys rigid, stick-like articles in bulk. The bulk loader has a bin for holding a plurality of the articles and a trough connected to a bin having an entrance portion for receiving the articles from the bin and a discharge portion for disc... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6082582 | Automated carrier tube loading apparatus A method and an apparatus for the automated loading of integrated circuit carrier tubes into a tube dispensing device in a predetermined, preferred orientation without the attention of a human operator are described. The method utilizes a roller equipped ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5984079 | Method and apparatus for loading electronic components A method and an apparatus for loading and positioning of elongate terminated electronic components include a load plate having vertical slots extending therethrough, the slots being spaced apart at regular intervals and each slot having parallel opposing ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5702028 | Parts feeder A parts feeder for conveying a succession of parts in a common posture, includes: a rotary drum rotatable about its substantially horizontal axis of rotation and having on its inner circumferential wall surface a plurality of radial plates circumferential... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5570812 | Component supply apparatus A component supply apparatus includes a component feeding device for feeding components to a component feeding path, with the components arranged in a row while the components are being agitated by air, and a path forming member having a curved path exten... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5392954 | Rivet setting machine A device for delivery of fasteners having heads with tenons disposed beneath the heads to an insertion tool. The device includes a sloped track with two spaced-apart rails each having a fastener receiving surface to receive the undersides of the heads of ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5176289 | Direct vertical pin feeder Disclosed is a pin feeder for supplying contact pins in a high density interstitial pattern in a printed circuit carrier. The feeder apparatus eliminates the use of tubes, and features instead vertical vibration in combination with a honeycomb feeder plat... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5062373 | Button transferring device A device for transferring buttons in succession to a button sewing machine in such a manner that they are forcibly fed from a button storage unit by a rotary disk with button insert holes through which the individual button drops into a button holder when... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5042639 | Lid orienting machine An apparatus for handling a plurality of lids or other thin objects having two discrete sides, such as a top and bottom, for delivering then in a common orientation includes a conveyor for carrying the lids along the apparatus from an inlet end to a disch... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4953749 | Chip separation and alignment apparatus A chip separation and alignment apparatus capable of accurately and readily accomplishing separation and alignment of chips with a simple construction. The apparatus includes a chip separation and alignment section and a chip separation section. The chip ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4899438 | Assembly device for pressing C-shaped sheet metal nut onto a plate A clip-like, C-shaped sheet-metal nut and an assembly device therefor, the nut having a thread leg with an embossed thread portion and a clip leg having a through hole, with the forward end of the thread leg having an upwardly and forwardly inclined inser... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4766991 | Device for feeding rod-like articles, particularly filter plugs for filter-tipped cigarettes A feeding device for withdrawing from a feeding hopper (1) rod-like articles, particularly filter plugs in the manufacture of filter-tipped cigarettes, and for singling these articles. The device comprises a rotary fluted drum (2) forming at least part of... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4748877 | Supply apparatus for supplying a screw or a similar article A supply apparatus for supplying a screw, a rivet, or the like includes a chute in which one edge portion of an upper opening of a guide slit formed therein is located inside a stock section or thereabove, so that screws in an abnormal position can be rem... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4729501 | Flat stick automatic feeder apparatus Apparatus for automatically inserting flat holder sticks into individual food products such as ice cream bars, wieners, etc, that are securely held in an insertion orientation relative to a plurality of feed paths in which sticks are ejected. Comprising t... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4615169 | Apparatus for removing individual textile bobbin tubes from a reservoir including bobbin tube jam break-up mechanism The apparatus is associated with a spinning or twisting machine and removes individual textile bobbin tubes from a reservoir, such as a container which contains such bobbin tubes. The container has in its lower portion a funnel-shaped structure through wh... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4601408 | Nail feeding device A device for the positioning and individual feeding of nails comprises a nail filling container which is pivotal upwards and downwards about a horizontal pivot shaft and in the bottom of which there are formed one or more slots which are substantially per... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4469709 | Method for automatically feeding first products onto second products Products such as small chocolate bars, intended to be uniformly aligned on other products passing on a conveyor, such as pieces of dough in the manufacture of chocolate-filled cookies, are placed in a hopper having resiliently mounted walls. Beneath the h... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4379504 | Article feeding device The feeding device comprises a horizontal circular singling disc, which rotates continuously or intermittently and has a peripheral crown of recesses acting as article receiving pockets. The surface of the singling disc is subdivided into a first, larger ... | 04/12/1983 |
