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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7708515 | Apparatus for loading substrate of liquid crystal display An apparatus for transferring a plurality of substrates in manufacturing a liquid crystal display, includes a storage unit to store the plurality of substrates, an unloading member disposed in the storage unit to unload the substrates from the storage unit, a casset... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7419460 | Machine tool with work piece handling arrangement In a machine tool arrangement comprising a machine tool component including a mounting structure for a work piece to be machined by a suitable metal cutting tool, a housing enclosing the machine tool component, a horizontal support beam is disposed above the housing... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7229241 | Automatic printing plate feeding system An automatic plate feeding system for loading plates of various sizes into a printing plate imaging device, which includes a plurality of trays staggered one on top of the other is provided. At least two of the trays contain plates of different sizes stacked with th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7143567 | Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of toilet paper and/or kitchen towel Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of paper comprising a bagging and/or forming machine adapted to sort packages of said rolls into batches or to bag said sorted loose packages in a plastic bag, and a palletizing station comprising at lease one manipulator pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7069859 | Planographic printing plate packaging structure and method for packaging planographic printing plate A stack of planographic printing plates is accommodated in a packaging box for planographic printing plates in a manner such that imaging surfaces of the planographic printing plates are directed toward a bottom face plate. Therefore, when the packaging box for plan... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051653 | Image recording material separating/removing device An image recording material separating/removing device which, by using a single lift-out mechanism section, can lift image recording materials out from plural cassettes along simple loci of movement, and in which a space for providing and withdrawing the cassettes i... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044056 | Interleaf removal apparatus, plate feed apparatus and image recording system A stack of alternating plates and interleaves are stored in a cassette of a plate feed apparatus. An interleaf is removed from the stack by a plurality of vertically moving suction cups. There are cases where a plate is attached to the back surface of the interleaf ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7000543 | Method and apparatus for loading and unloading flexographic plates for computer-to-plate imaging A method and apparatus to aid the loading and unloading of flexographic plates to and from an imager. The apparatus includes a magazine containing a plurality of compartments each for holding a single flexographic plate, the compartments arranged vertically, and mov... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6978716 | Plate supplying apparatus In the plate supplying apparatus of the present invention, various vibrations are provided to a plate secured via suction during a separating operation by causing pad rods 403 to repeat a slight ascent and a pause, and thereafter causing the pad rods 403 | 12/27/2005 |
| 6964228 | Conveying device A conveying device has: a moving member provided so as to be movable; a rotating member rotatably supported at the moving member; and a holding member rotatably supported at the rotating member, and able to hold a sheet. In a state in which the holding member is hol... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6935237 | Plate-making system of light-sensitive lithographic printing plate and plate-making method A plate-making system, in which a light-sensitive lithographic printing plate carrying an interleaf paper superimposed thereon and/or an original plate for making a dummy plate carrying an interleaf paper superimposed thereon are processed in a plate-setter provided... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6745694 | Method and apparatus for a slipsheet removal system A method for separating lightweight sheets to be discarded interleaved with heavier items to be further processed. A gas such as air is delivered by nozzles and directed at slip sheets interleaved between photosensitive plates. The slip sheets are directed by the ga... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6719518 | Portable tube holder apparatus A portable tube holder apparatus and tube loading method facilitates safe and rapid loading of tubes containing electronic components into a machine. The tube holder has a tube guide sized to receive a plurality of tubes and a support to selectively hold the tubes i... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6422801 | Automatic plate feeding system An automatic plate feeding system for loading plates of various sizes into a printing plate imaging device, which includes a plurality of trays staggered one on top of the other, and an arm mechanism for loading plates from the plurality of trays and feed... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6340282 | Handling device for feeding and/or removing workpieces A handling device for feeding and/or removing workpieces as unfinished parts to and/or from machining or assembly equipment for machining and/or assembly purposes and for picking up workpieces as finished parts after machining and/or assembly has a feed p... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6074158 | IC transporting apparatus, IC posture altering apparatus and IC take-out apparatus A semiconductor device transporting apparatus and a semiconductor device posture altering apparatus are provided which constitute a portion of a semiconductor device transporting and handling apparatus used in a semiconductor device testing apparatus of m... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6062799 | Apparatus and method for automatically loading or unloading printed circuit boards for semiconductor modules An apparatus for automatic loading or unloading printed circuit boards (PCBs) for semiconductor modules is disclosed. The apparatus employs an elastic jig carrier into which the PCBs are loaded. The jig carrier includes movable clamps for fixing the PCBs ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5941673 | Loading and unloading apparatus for sheet material and method thereof and pallet used for the apparatus A sheet material loading and unloading apparatus comprises: a frame having a lower frame and an upper frame attached to the lower frame in such a manner as to freely move to a vertical direction; a vertically movable lifter disposed within the frame; a tr... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5909798 | Unit product loading and discharge system A system for rapidly receiving and storing a quantity of loose copy, for example newspapers, from a high speed printing press and dispensing them to the point-of-use without having to undergo the traditional operation of bundling the newspapers. More part... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5800113 | Device for separating series-connected plastic ampules An ampule dispenser having a carrier for transporting plastic ampules arranged side by side and series-connected together in a strip in a longitudinal direction, a guide plate provided over a delivery end of the carrier for holding down the strip of serie... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5700126 | Spool feeding method and spool feeder A spool feeding method comprising transferring a spool box having a plurality of spools with a cord wound on each of them, the spools being arranged with the axial direction of the spools vertical, to a spool takeout position, loading the spools onto a ho... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5632590 | Method and system for loading panels into shipping containers at a work station and end effector for use therein A robotic end effector adapted to be mounted at the end of an arm of a program-controlled robot is capable of providing compliance within a vertical plane as well as alignment along a horizontal axis. A method and system utilizing the end effector to pick... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5607278 | Automatic tray loading, unloading and storage system An automatic loading and unloading system is provided for loading articles supplied from a first location at a rate commensurate with the rate at which articles are supplied from the first location into trays and for unloading the articles from the trays ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5605031 | Device for packing filled bags in cases A device for packing filled bags in outers comprises means (1, 3) for placing the bags in a row in such a way that they overlap each other, a suction box (8) with suction cups (13, 14) for retaining filled bags, which suction box can be moved between a pi... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5470194 | Method and apparatus for unloading a poultry transport container In a method for unloading a poultry transport container, which comprises at least one loading tray with a side unloading flap, the end of a discharge conveyor is applied from the side of the unloading flap closely above the loading tray. This end is gradu... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5435687 | Automatic tray loading, unloading and storage system An automatic loading and unloading system is provided for loading articles supplied from a first location at a rate commensurate with the rate at which articles are supplied from the first location into trays and for unloading the articles from the trays ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5387068 | Method and system for loading rigid sheet material into shipping containers at a work station and end effector for use therein A robotic end effector adapted to be mounted at the end of an arm of a program-controlled robot is capable of providing compliance within a vertical plane. A method and system utilizing the end effector pick-up flat or curved glass panels from glass racks... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5267590 | Container filler, especially for ballast having contoured sweep for arraying containers Open containers having uniform dimensions are handled in a group for loading of ballast and/or for filling with container contents prior to sealing. The containers are provided upright on a substantially unobstructed surface and are forced into a substant... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5256022 | Suction device for removing X-ray sheet films A suction device for removing X-ray sheet films from a dispenser magazine of an X-ray sheet film cassette loading and unloading device has at least two suction elements and is displaceable so that for withdrawing an X-ray sheet film from a dispenser magaz... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5222861 | Process and apparatus for handling cup-shaped containers The handling of cup-shaped containers (cups 10) for holding foods is difficult, as the cups (10) are delivered nested into one another in the form of a cup stack (14) in cartons. Hitherto, the cup stacks (14) formed by the cups (10) have been handled manu... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5203666 | Automatic tray loading, unloading and storage system An automatic loading and unloading system is provided for loading articles supplied from a first location at a rate commensurate with the rate at which articles are supplied from the first location into trays and for unloading the articles from the trays ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5139387 | Apparatus for feeding packaging machines with stacks of sheet material An apparatus for feeding packaging machines with stacks of cutouts includes a centering member for supporting members of a plurality of stacks of cutouts, the stacks being arranged mutually side by side so as to form parallel and mutually adjacent rows on... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5136826 | Stacked container handling apparatus and process A stacked container handling system includes an input section having an input conveyor onto which a box, containing a multiplicity of empty stacked containers arranged in a matrix of rows and columns of vertical stacks of containers, is manually or automa... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5112181 | Feeding apparatus for transferring eggs A feeding apparatus for transferring eggs from a pile of egg trays to an egg depositing position on a supply conveyor of an egg processing machine comprises at least three units which each comprise lifting and retaining heads for lifting all eggs from an ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5102291 | Method for transporting silicon wafers Method for transporting silicon wafers. Damage to the wafers is minimized by supporting the wafer solely by wafer supports which contact the wafer only around the periphery thereof. Preferred supports are flanged wheels which are rotatable in the plane of... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5073079 | Modular loading-unloading system for integrated circuits or the like A system can be formed for automatically loading and unloading items such as ICs into and from containers of different types having various configurations by providing a plurality of base units each of the same structure but having different item-handling... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4915572 | Conveyor system for rod-like articles A cigarette buffer reservoir system includes mobile containers (18) which are loaded and unloaded by transfer of successive batches of cigarettes between the container and a common transfer station (16) connected to a mass flow conveyor system (2-19) link... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4874282 | Pallet stocker apparatus for printer A pallet stocker for a printer in which the pallets, containing film for printing are stacked in a column in pallet supports. To access a given pallet, the higher pallet supports are raised out of the way and the remaining pallets are raised so that a suc... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4755096 | Apparatus for moving strips using mechanical manipulator In the commercial production of licorice bites, each about 1 inch long, a group of extruded 54-inch licorice strips are lifted by a programmable controlled robot from the discharge end of a lower conveyor and deposited at the input end of an upper conveyo... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4657466 | Apparatus for moving strips using mechanical manipulator In the commercial production of licorice bites, each about 1 inch long, a group of extruded 54-inch licorice strips are lifted by a programmable controlled robot from the discharge end of a lower conveyor and deposited at the input end of an upper conveyo... | 04/14/1987 |
