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A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
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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 |
| 7350668 | Disc dispensing apparatus A disc dispensing apparatus operatively mounts to a disc passageway and includes a moveable guide hole member having a guide hole of an elongated shape and a guiding unit operatively mounted in the guide hole. A resilient unit biases the guiding unit against the mov... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7311212 | Display system A display system can accommodate a number of products. The system includes one or more modules. Each module may be mounted on a support wall and includes back and shelf portions. Advantageously, a number of modules are arranged in a number of rows, one row above ano... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7219703 | Rotating multi-chamber tablet feeder An improved tablet feeder includes a rotating body defining multiple chambers that are arranged in fluid communication with one another in a serial manner. Tablets flow through the multiple chambers for discharge from the tablet feeder. The rotating body has a rotat... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7083054 | Retail display unit A glide (20) includes a base (22), a front member, and a number of walls (26) extending front-to-back. Both the base and the front member are advantageously formed as a number of pieces secured side-by-side to provide expandability. The front me... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7042557 | Sample supplying device for a dry particle-size distribution measuring apparatus and method A dry particle-size distribution measuring apparatus and method is provided for suspending a plurality of bristle members across a support surface of a dispensing trough with bristles being arranged to contact and disperse any clusters of particles to a primary stat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6986440 | Escapement system An escapement system for orienting a plurality of fasteners includes a housing member including a first station and a second station, and a drum member operably coupled with the housing member and adapted to move a fastener from the first station to the second stati... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6968936 | System for supplying preforms in particular for a container blowing machine A system for supplying preforms, of the type including a hopper inclined relative to the horizontal and at the bottom of which are arranged two substantially parallel rollers driven in rotation about their respective axis, and wherein the preforms are delivered in b... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6516970 | Feeder device for orienting elongated mechanical components therein The present invention is directed to a feeder device. The feeder device receives components end-to-end in a random orientation in a vertical inlet chute and feeds each of the components one-at-time having a desired orientation to an outlet chute. The feed... | 02/11/2003 |
| 5966910 | Automatic machine for packaging tablets in gelatine capsules The machine includes groups of bushes (1) of dimensions suitable for the superposed and aligned containment of a base cover (14), of a tablet (52) and of a lid cover (14). By use of a moving device, the groups of bushes are brought into interaction in suc... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5758798 | Parts orientor and method An improved machine and method for properly orienting two or more sets of parts having different lengths. An escapement mechanism and a length adjusting rod are employed in conjunction with a reciprocating shuttle block. The shuttle block houses a single ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5464119 | Automatic machine for dispensing an ice-cream portion An automatic machine for dispensing an ice cream portion comprises, in combination, a dispenser (10) for dispensing cones (18) or the like in an inverted position, and a seat (20) arranged to receive the cone (18) in an upright position and to convey it t... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5385434 | Electrical connector delivery system A connector delivery system delivers an electrical connector component from a storage container to a processing station regardless of the relative orientation of the storage container to the processing station. The storage container contains a plurality o... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5323919 | Button feeder for button applicator A button feeder for guiding and feeding a button element having an oriented pattern on its front face along a feed path and for insuring a desired orientation of the pattern. This button feeder provides a button pusher having a finger member projected fro... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5298425 | Device for the positionally correct feeding of test strips to an analysis unit Device for the positionally correct feeding of test strips to an analysis unit. The test strips 10 include a base layer and at least one raised test field fixed to one side of the base layer. The test strips are contained disordered with respect to their ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5241742 | Apparatus for applying bottom end stops and sliders to a slide fastener stringer chain An apparatus for assembling a continuous chain of fastener stringers with bottom end stops and sliders comprises a slider holder means capable of rotating about an axis extending parallel to the direction of feed of the stringer chain and having symmetric... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5167743 | Method and apparatus for attaching decorative articles to fabric A method and apparatus for attaching decorative articles to a fabric material having a face and a back surface comprising the steps of contacting a fixture having a pattern of bevelled depressions in a flat surface thereof with a plurality of decorative a... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5074434 | Apparatus for dispensing disk-shaped objects An apparatus for dispensing disk-shaped objects, comprises a hopper for storing a multiplicity of disk-shaped objects, a rotatable member mounted on a bottom of the hopper and defining a plurality of perforations or cutouts arranged peripherally thereof f... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4940128 | Article orientation system and method A first rotatable conveyor section (16) is positioned axially between upper and lower fixed sections (14,18) of a gravity conveyor. Rotatable conveyor section (16) rotates about an axis extending perpendicular to the conveyor section. A gate (42,44) is pr... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4828142 | Capsule rectification apparatus An apparatus for handling empty two-piece capsules includes a vertically reciprocating feeder which extracts capsules from a hopper and forms randomly ordered linear arrays. A horizontal row of capsules are fed by the feeder to key-shaped slots in a block... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4801043 | Parts orientor & method A parts orienting machine comprising a frame, a vertically actuated plunger reciprocating block mounted on the frame with a pair of side-by-side vertical passageways therein. One of the passageways is in periodic co-axial alignment with an inlet parts fee... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4721230 | Capsule rectification apparatus An apparatus for handling empty two-piece capsules includes a vertically reciprocating feeder which extracts capsules from a hopper and forms randomly ordered linear arrays. A horizontal row of capsules are fed by the feeder to key-shaped slots in a block... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4711980 | Nail collator and welder Apparatus for forming nails into a nailing strip, in which nails are welded to wire strips, and having a nail feed, a nail indexing wheel indexing nails into predetermined nail spacings, a nail rotator to bring their heads in a predetermined orientation, ... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4700471 | Device for orienting and conveying a headed fastener Disclosed is device (10) for orienting and conveying a headed fastener (14), wherein the device is positioned beneath any suitable dispenser (12) whereby headed fasteners are removed from a supply container and successively dropped with random orientation... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4652200 | Handling apparatus and method Apparatus and method for removing a set of linear objects such as helically coiled turbolaters (11) from a container (12) of objects, comprising a cover (17) including holes (37) from which air is drawn to cause some of the objects (11) to engage the unde... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4595327 | Cassette storage and feeder mechanism A novel cassette storage and feeder mechanism for a tape winding machine, comprising (a) storage chute for storing a plurality of empty cassettes randomly disposed in one or the other of first and second predetermined orientations, (b) a gate for discharg... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4500012 | Capsule handling apparatus Capsule handling apparatus having a specially configured capsule carrier (50) which permits faster operation, ejection of misoriented capsules, and sizing of capsules having telescoping cap and body portions. A capsule is received in an elongated recess (... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4494643 | Apparatus for aligning elongated articles An apparatus for aligning elongated articles includes a turntable having a center and a periphery, an input track leading to the turntable for conveying elongated articles thereto and having a discharge end above the turntable and a direction of conveyanc... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4473146 | Positioning and aligning loader A positioning and alignment loader for a gear cutting machine adapted to receive cold formed toothed blanks, preferably of conical gear form, having differently conformed front and rear surfaces requiring positioning of the blank with a selected side up. ... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4427131 | Capsule orienting device, particularly for capsule-filling or processing machines The invention relates to a capsule orienting device particularly for capsule-filling machines. The capsule orienting device comprises a bush delimiting inside thereof a calibrated path for the capsules to be loaded with product. The path communicates with... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4394933 | Capsule orienting apparatus Capsule orienting apparatus in which misoriented asymmetric capsules inadvertently passed by a rectifying unit are segregated from properly oriented capsules. Capsules (12) are delivered by a rectifying drum (14) to capsule carrying pockets (38) in a segr... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4386692 | Apparatus for automatically loading and orienting a cylindrical workpiece Apparatus is provided for automatically loading a cylindrical workpiece into a machining system so that the workpiece is presented to the system in a prespecified orientation, the cylindrical surface of the workpiece containing a number of perforations, i... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4377971 | Gravity fed type two-drum rectifying and rotary printing system An apparatus is disclosed which transports and rectifies objects, such as pharmaceutical capsules, and prints appropriate indicia on the objects. The apparatus comprises a two-drum system, the first drum being used to shift objects from a radial to a long... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4376339 | Method and apparatus for orienting integrated circuit clips and sockets and assembling them into connector contacts A plurality of integrated circuit lead clips having a circular top opening and four resilient planar tines are positioned in a holding fixture in a rectangular matrix array. A carrier strip including a plurality of equally spaced, transversely extending p... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4335810 | Capsule turning apparatus (random spin printing) Capsule turning apparatus and method for use in a spin printing procedure in which a printing roll moves at a greater speed than the capsule, thus causing the capsule to rotate about its own axis while it is being printed. Many capsules, randomly arranged... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4308942 | Single drum material orientation apparatus and method An apparatus for transferring, in a substantially uniform manner, a plurality of shaped objects, such as tablets, from a hopper adapted to contain a plurality of the tablets to a conveyor system for subsequent processing comprising a transfer drum in rota... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4306647 | Device for orientating workpieces, more especially brush bodies The invention pertains to a device for orientating workpieces, more especially brush bodies, of the type that is formed by a feeding box for workpieces; a transport device which conveys the workpieces one by one opposite to a detecting device and an orien... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4265072 | Apparatus for charging receptacles with items of like size and shape An apparatus for charging tall, narrow receptacles with small, plate-like items of like size and shape. The apparatus has at least one counting and charging unit having a plurality of axially aligned counting wheels having a plurality of pockets along the... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4231462 | Capsule positioning guide and associated vacuum manifold for capsule orienting mechanisms In a turning and orienting apparatus of the type adapted to transport capsules in a plurality of pockets or the like, which pockets are formed in a continuously moveable transport conveyor, and wherein said apparatus is further adapted to rectify the caps... | 11/04/1980 |
