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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7241103 | Method and system for adjusting a position of an object According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting a position of an object to compensate for tilt includes providing a rotatable base supporting an object and directing the object relative to the base such that the position of the object is... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7223063 | Method and system for adjusting a position of an object According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting a position of an object to compensate for tilt includes providing a rotatable base supporting an object and directing the object relative to the base such that the position of the object is... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207766 | Load lock chamber for large area substrate processing system A load lock chamber and method for transferring large area substrates is provided. In one embodiment, a load lock chamber suitable for transferring large area substrates includes a plurality of vertically stacked single substrate transfer chambers. The configuration... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7153086 | High speed turnover apparatus and method A turnover apparatus and method for inverting articles such as lumber or board pieces being conveyed sideways on two or more conveyor chain loops in which each article is advanced on the conveyor chain loops by speed up belts engaging the underside of the articles t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6651800 | Object orientation system A system can re-orient a series of objects, such as containers, including pouches, from a first orientation that is one of several possible orientations, to a pre-selected second orientation. The system includes an orientation apparatus that can move a se... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6540472 | Work support system and method of inverting a workpiece A work support which assists in the inversion of a large workpiece has a supporting frame and a top frame. The top frame is provided with an intermediate hinge and an end hinge along at least one end, so as to be collapsible, and the leg of the supporting... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6149376 | Pipe moving method, apparatus and system A system, apparatus and method are disclosed for moving an elongate object such as a pipe between lowered and raised positions, preferably while rotating the object to maintain its shape. The system and method use two apparatuses, an upender and a downend... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5752695 | Film sample positioning apparatus An apparatus for handling and automatically positioning film samples such that individual film samples can be retrieved from a magazine and moved precisely to a position where a subsequent operation can be performed such as the reading thereof by a densit... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5470193 | Pallet supply apparatus and control method thereof In a pallet supply apparatus, pallets are stacked on a loaded pallet elevator and are conveyed by the elevator to the upper end position of a main body of the pallet supply apparatus. The uppermost pallet is separated from the remaining pallets by a shutt... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5435688 | Bar-like article supplying apparatus A bar-like article supplying apparatus is constructed such that a tray is carried in while remaining in an erected condition on a dolly, which moves intermittently. The tray is open at an upper face thereof and is turned over and fed to drop and supply ba... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5374147 | Transfer device for transferring a substrate A device for transferring a LCD substrate under a reduced pressure atmosphere comprises a first stage on which the LCD substrate is mounted such that the surface of the LCD substrate is substantially horizontal, a multi-joint arm mechanism for mounting th... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5374158 | Probe and inverting apparatus An invertor (10) is disclosed including first and second probes (12, 14) which are pivotably mounted to a U-shaped housing (20) and to a block (18) which is reciprocally mounted to the housing (20) by guide shafts (38). The block (18) is reciprocated by a... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5209629 | Pile-handling apparatus An apparatus for handling palletized piles of sheet-shaped materials including a first carriage having a fork tower with upper and lower forks which are actuated to grip the pile. The fork tower swings about a horizontal axis and rotates about a vertical ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5125495 | Feed device for a corner finishing machine A feed device for a corner finishing machine for finishing frames consists f a framework which supports the frames, a conveyor for longitudinal movement of the frames along the support plane and a pivot device to rotate the frames around a normal pivot axi... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5028201 | Transport of materials with controlled lowering before upset Apparatus for the transport of materials by elevating a stack of materials, moving a selected group of the materials and controllably lowering the materials to an upset position, from which the group is moved simultaneously to an output position.... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5025911 | Method and apparatus for tilting substantially rotationally symmetrical bodies such as cross-wound bobbins The method and apparatus is used for tilting substantially rotationally symmetrical bodies, such as frustoconical bobbin bodies, from a shell surface thereof onto an end surface thereof. The body is moved in a given transport direction defining leading an... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4808065 | Apparatus for changing posture of green extruded body The apparatus is for changing the posture of green extruded bodies which have been shaped into predetermined configuration. The apparatus includes a rotatable first table for receiving and supporting the green extruded body in an extruded posture, a rotat... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4696614 | Apparatus for recubing boxes An apparatus for automatically restacking palletized tiers of adjacent rows of loosely cubed laden produce boxes in a continuous fashion by recubing the boxes while automatically retrieving and stacking the successive pallets during the continuing recubin... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4696387 | Workpiece rollover apparatus An apparatus for rolling over or positioning workpieces. The apparatus consists of two conveyor belt surfaces arranged to rotate a workpiece supported on a first conveyor surface in a vertical plane. The apparatus eliminates the need for complicated hoist... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4660404 | Die manipulator Apparatus for manipulating the upper and lower dies of a die set comprising first and second fixtures mounted in laterally spaced relation for movement toward and away from each other. The first fixture has a mechanism providing a die-supporting surface a... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4564332 | Apparatus for transferring a blank An apparatus for transferring a blank having a first blank-retaining member for retaining a blank before turnover; a second blank-retaining member for receiving the blank from the first blank-retaining member, the second blank-retaining member having its ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4533291 | Turnover device A novel turnover device adapted to receive a workpiece at its inlet end and deliver the workpiece in a turned over state from its outlet end at a distance from the inlet end is disclosed herein, which comprises a main body frame, first and second carriers... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4498840 | Reversing apparatus This disclosure pertains to an apparatus for turning a workpiece upside down. The apparatus is constructed of first and second arms supported on a base, the first arm comprising a lower section that is pivotably connected to the base, an upper section tha... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4425075 | Wafer aligners An apparatus for prealigning a silicon wafer prior to transfer to a work station. The wafer is spun on an aligning platform by means of air jets emanating from holes disposed in the surface of the platform while simultaneously being stopped by means of a ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4376481 | Device for arranging in order a random supply of articles A device for arranging in order a random supply of articles including a plurality of article orientating members movable relatively to each other. The members are spaced so that the articles, when orientated, can drop between the members. The members may ... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4368815 | Billet turning mechanism Apparatus for turning an elongated billet on a mill table about its longitudinal axis without displacing it laterally of the table comprises a U-shaped billet rotating head mounted on a car movable below the mill table transversely thereof. Means are prov... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4264247 | Mechanism for loading and unloading workpieces A mechanism for loading and unloading workpieces includes a transfer arm for aligning a number of workpieces into a stack which can then be moved to a loading arm for placement of the stack of workpieces on an arbor of a gear manufacturing machine.... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4179017 | Bale turner A bale turner for attachment to a bale making machine for rotating bales one quarter turn containing a concave plate suspended between two frame members following behind the discharge chute of the hay baler. A guide bar is welded to the concave plate whic... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4108321 | Automatic packing Packing spacer sheets are automatically fed one at a time to a pick-up station from a stack, with selected sheets arranged to arrive in inverted condition so that all packing sheets are properly oriented into packing position. Sheets can be pulled from st... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4042121 | Device for moving a rock at the entrance of a rock crusher A device for moving a rock lodged in a rock crusher which includes a support on which is mounted a first turntable. Connected to and extending from the first turntable is a second turntable the rotational axis of which is offset from the rotational axis o... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4023685 | Billet manipulator Apparatus for rotating a billet. A frame presents an upwardly facing surface to support a billet, the surface having a slope so that the rectangular billet presents a surface which slopes toward an operator for the purpose of grinding and the like. The fr... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4022314 | Sawmill apparatus An improved assembly for aligning elongate pieces of wood such as cants on a roller conveyor and for rotating them about their lengthwise axes includes a plurality of kicker arms extending radially from a rotatable shaft up between the rollers of the conv... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3990587 | Coil transfer apparatus Apparatus for separating coils from groups of coils and orienting them for presentation in-line correspondingly oriented about their longitudinal axes to a coil assembly machine, comprising in parallel relation a plurality of conveyors corresponding in nu... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3982750 | Method for transporting and reorienting a stack of materials Method employing serially positioned conveyors which are reorientable relative to one another at a common position in order to position an incoming stack of materials for transport and automatic stacking at an output position. The speeds of the conveyors ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3960277 | Mask plate handling apparatus Apparatus and method for handling articles, such as glass or ceramic plates, commonly referred to as masks, employed in the manufacture of semi-conductor devices. The masks are transported between two predetermined stations with a treating operation being... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3949885 | Carrier loading device A loading and unloading device for yarn package carriers. A tiltable device for supporting a package carrier may be moved so that a carrier supported thereby is disposed horizontally. Loading of the carrier with yarn packages while the spindles are in the... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3937381 | Apparatus for treating the corners of planar polygonal workpieces A planar workpiece of polygonal outline, such as a metal frame for use as a spacer in thermally insulating glass is stood on its edge and transported to a manipulator which tilts the workpiece about a horizontal axis to position one of its corners in a tr... | 02/10/1976 |
