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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363753 | Method for removing a pouch from a plurality of pouches including bending and pulling of the pouch A method and apparatus for removing the first pouch from a stack of pouches includes apparatus adapted to bend an edge of the first pouch away from the second pouch of a stack to define a bent edge and a bend in the first pouch. The first pouch is then slid away fro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7175176 | Device for feeding suction air or blowing air in a sheet-processing machine A device for feeding suction air or blowing air to a sheet-retaining device displaceable relative to a machine element in a sheet-processing machine, includes a first air-feeding element connectible in terms of flow to a suction-air or blowing-air source. A second a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7080832 | Sheet material feeder A sheet material feeder includes a sheet material holder for holding a pile of sheet material; a sucker bar device having at least one sucker for contacting the sheet material, the sucker bar device having a pivot axis, and an actuator for pivoting the sucker bar de... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6793213 | Feeding apparatus for material sheets In a feeding apparatus for material sheets, package blanks (B) are stored stacked in layers in a hopper (2) that opens downward, for example. A plurality of stopper guides (20) are arranged at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the package blan... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6742779 | Automatic document transport method and device using suction to retain unfed documents during feeding In connection with a method for automatically inserting documents to be displayed on a display device and/or copied in a digitizing device, such as microfiches, microfilm jackets or the like, in which process one document at a time is transported from a stack of doc... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6705606 | Bag placer magazine A bag placer magazine such as for feeding flat pleated paper or plastic bags to a bag filling apparatus. The bag magazine accommodates flat pleated bags stacked horizontally on a moveable conveyor platform which circulates around the stacked bags. Bags are removed o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6601844 | Procedure for feeding products in sheet form to a conveyor and pick up unit A procedure for feeding products in sheet form to a conveyor by at least one sheet feeder with a pile of products in sheet form on a loading table includes the following phases. At least one sheet feeder is placed with a free edge of its loading table for... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6332607 | Apparatus and method for separating sheets from a stack that includes a pulsed suction assembly For individually separating outer sheets (9, 109) of a stack (6, 106) in a holder (1, 101), in each case in the area of an outer sheet or an outer set of sheets a suction is generated for sucking at least a portion of an outer sheet or set of sheets (9, 1... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6206361 | Device for separating blanks A device for continuous separation of blanks for book cover material, envelopes for brochures or similar bendable sheets of a stack of sheets from a magazine with a conveyor belt with a non-skid surface and openings acted upon by air suction, bearing the ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6102387 | Automated sheet dispenser An automated sheet dispenser for dispensing a single sheet removed from the bottom of a stack formed of a plurality of sheets. The dispenser includes a hopper for supporting the stack of sheets, the hopper having an opening provided in the bottom surface ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5984296 | Device for cyclically lifting and lowering a lifting sucker in a feeder of a sheet-processing machine Device for cyclically lifting and lowering at least one lifting sucker in a feeder of a sheet-processing machine, wherein a sheet lifted by the lifting sucker is transferred to at least one pull sucker for further transport, the lifting sucker being opera... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5979889 | Apparatus for generating a vacuum Apparatus (10) for engaging at least a portion (20b) of a signature (20a) in a hopper (14) and moving the portion relative to a stack of signatures (20) in the hopper includes a stem member (110) and a suction cup (150) mounted on the stem member. The ste... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5826315 | Flat heald/dropper-drawing/separating method and apparatus A flat heald drawing method and apparatus that draws an arbitrary flat heald out of a number of stacked flat healds. To the method a drawing pin of a magnetic head is inserted into a guide hole of a front-side ring portion of the lowermost flat heald whil... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5778632 | Hopper assembly for literature feeder system A hopper assembly for feeding literature to a literature dispenser. The literature dispenser and a label dispenser are positioned on opposite sides of a conveyor on which products being furnished with literature and labels are transported. The hopper asse... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5695183 | Paper interleaver A paper feed system suitable for use with a portion control machine to provide paper sheets for separating portions, including a paper hopper mountable to a portion control machine and adapted to receive and temporarily retain a stack of paper sheets. The... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5480372 | Apparatus for folding and loading microwave popcorn bags into a fixture The front bag (12) of a supply of bags (12) stored in a magazine (250) is removed by an unloading device (252) including four linkages (254, 256, 258, 260) which are pivoted to attach suction cups (264) thereto. The unloading device (252) inserts the bag ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5368286 | Label inserter for packaging machine A sheet placer for use in conjunction with a packaging machine to minimize space along the machine for moving sheets from a supply in a magazine to receptacles moved by the machine. The placer has vertically oriented magazines and suction cup assemblies w... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5346200 | Converted container end bag separator An assembly is provided for separating a bag from a stack of bags. The assembly comprises a bag magazine having a bottom portion for supporting a stack of bags and a cutout section in the bottom portion. A gripping member is employed for engaging a bag in... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5290224 | Cardboard box assembly machines They consist of an adjustable mechanism to feed the cardboard sheets with which boxes are formed and of a lifting device of the laps that said cardboard sheets have. The purpose of the adjustable mechanism for the feeding of the sheets is to adjust the po... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5224694 | Selectively disabled signature feeding apparatus In order to avoid disruption of a stack of signatures, particularly when a cyclically operable signature feeding apparatus is temporarily disabled, the utilization of a unique latch arrangement is contemplated. The feeding apparatus will generally include... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5163667 | Sheet transfer device with suction table on a machine producing package A suction table which, in a machine converting sheets into package, transfers the last, lowermost sheet of a batch to a subsequent processing station. The table is provided with numerous blowing and sucking nozzles and is fitted on a hollow frame movable ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5127207 | Case blank feed device A case blank feed device used in case packaging assemblies is disclosed. The device employs a pair of parallel and spaced apart bars rotatably mounted at the bottom of a case blank container having a stack of case blanks. As the bottom blank is pulled fro... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5121913 | In-mold labeling apparatus and method An in-mold labeling apparatus includes a label transfer assembly having a pair of label carriage each with two label heads and two suction cups for engagement with labels from a magazine or a source of labels and placement of the labels in mold cavities o... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5102113 | Device for locking a suction nozzle of a separating sucker on a suction head of a sheet feeder A device for locking a suction nozzle of a separating sucker on a suction head of a sheet feeder of a sheet-processing machine, the suction head carrying a device for vertically moving the suction nozzle of the separating sucker, and a drive device for gu... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5031892 | Apparatus for removing blanks from a pile and conveying them onwards A stack of blanks is guided between pile guides. Disposed on a support are holding members which can be laid against an exposed blank in the stack in order to grasp it and to be moved, with it, away from the stack. In the course of this, the support is mo... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5005823 | Corner alignment system A system for locating a corner of an angularly oriented workpiece on a worksurface includes a gripper and associated two axis transport assembly, and a set of sensors on the gripper for detecting reflected radiation from the workpiece and surrounding work... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4896873 | Device for isolating stacked blanks A device for isolating stacked blanks with at least one blank stop and at least one conveyor belt. The object of the invention is to ensure as complete a contact as possible between even a curved blank and the conveyor belt. An auxiliary suction component... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4896872 | Intermittently protruding feeder for paperboard blanks A feeder for paperboard blanks includes a transport, vertical relationship changing structure to alternately provide active and passive positions for the transport, a suction device, and a transmission with input and output shafts operatively connected so... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4880368 | In-mold label transfer apparatus An in-mold label transfer apparatus. In a first embodiment transfer devices mounted on an extension device comprise a pair of label applicator heads which move transversely to receive labels and to deliver same to the mold surfaces. This transfer device c... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4853063 | System for applying outserts to containers A system for applying folded outserts to conveyed products utilizing a pressure sensitive tape for transportation from the magazine type hopper to the products. The tape with a pressure sensitive adhesive is routed in front of the outfeed of the outsert h... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4846625 | Device for transferring objects, particularly glass panes This invention relates to a device for transferring objects from a gripping station to a depositing station, and is particularly applicable to the loading or unloading of panes of glass. The device includes at least one arm mounted perpendicularly to a sh... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4840366 | In-mold labeling apparatus and method An in-mold labeling apparatus includes a label transfer assembly carrying a number of label carriages each with a number of label transfer heads. A continuously rotating drive arm raises and lowers the assembly in simple harmonic motion to move the label ... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4828244 | Intermittently protruding feeder for paperboard blanks A feeder for paperboard blanks includes a transport, vertical relationship changing structure to alternately provide action and passive positions for the transport, a suction device, and a transmission with input and output shafts operatively connected so... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4729731 | Linear actuator for label transfer device A label transferring apparatus useable for in-mold label application. In a first embodiment, a transfer device is mounted on a linear actuator having a piston rod extending out a first end and carrying the label transfer device and extending out the other... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4681311 | Intermittently protruding feeder for paperboard blanks A feeder for paperboard blanks includes a transport, vertical relationship changing structure to alternately provide active and passive positions for the transport a suction device, and a transmission with input and output shafts operatively connected so ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4658564 | Coupon inserter for cartons A device for placing articles such as coupons or the like in cartons being conveyed past a work station containing the device. The device includes an upright coupon or the like article supply hopper, a reciprocatory mechanism for inserting the articles in... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4643413 | Feeding apparatus for paperboard sheets A sheet feeder for corrugated paperboard sheets utilizing timed intermittently rotatable belts against which either the top or bottom sheet, depending on the configuration chosen, of a stack is brought into contact to feed such sheet in synchronism with a... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4625575 | Cam assembly for a feeder mechanism A cam assembly (10) for a carton blank feeder mechanism comprises a cam plate (16) having formed therein a first continuous cam track (44) and a second relatively shallower cam track (46). A cam track follower arm (26) includes a first follower (30,32) fo... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4625953 | Sheet separating device A sheet separating device for separating flexible disc-shaped sheet materials forming a stack. The sheet materials such as floppy discs have holes in the center thereof in register with each other to define a single hole in the stack. The sheet separating... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4621800 | Arrangement for and method of transferring film A suction device is movable between a receiving position in which it removes a sheet of film from a magazine and a delivery position in which it transfers the sheet to a conveyor. The effective width of the suction device approximates or equals the width ... | 11/11/1986 |
