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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7412863 | Work positioning device Regarding predetermined positioning criteria (M1, M2), ((G1, G2), (N1, or N2), (K1, K2)), there is provided image processing means (40B) for obtaining by image processing,... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406362 | Workpiece regrasping system for robot A workpiece regrasping system for a robot. The system includes a manipulator grippable a workpiece; a deck member having a deck surface on which a workpiece is placeable; a support mechanism rotatably supporting the deck member about an axis parallel to the deck sur... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7370258 | Iterative concatenated convolutional Reed-Solomon decoding method A method and apparatus for decoding a coded data stream of bits using an inner decoder, deinterleaver and an outer decoder. The outer decoder first decodes by error correction decoding for r errors per word. The decoding is terminated and a decoded word is outputted... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353449 | Method of soft-decision decoding of Reed-Solomon codes The invention relates to a Reed-Solomon decoder and to a method of soft decision decoding of Reed-Solomon codes, wherein a syndrome polynomial, an erasure polynomial, and a modified syndrome polynomial are computed on-the-fly in parallel by iteratively updating coef... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7028245 | Even-load software Reed-Solomon decoder A software implementation of a Reed-Solomon decoder placing a constant load on the processor of a computer. A Berlekamp-Massey Algorithm is used to calculate the coefficients of the error locator polynomial, a Chien Search is used to determine the roots of the error... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6527498 | Apparatus and method for reorienting an egg between vertical and horizontal orientations Apparatus for repositioning eggs from a generally vertical position to a generally horizontal position such that injection/removal of material into/from the side of the egg can occur. Each apparatus may include a cradle, an alignment member, and an orient... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6511280 | Adaptive Reed-Solomon decoder and methods thereof An adaptive Reed-Solomon(RS) decoder (207) and analogous methods arranged and constructed to decode a RS(n,k) encoded symbol stream, including; a code register (211), coupled to the symbol stream, for storing a received code word including code symbols, a... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6374508 | Apparatus and method for aligning a substrate on a support member A method and arrangement for lifting lowering and centering a substrate on a surface employs lift pins have conical tips. A capture range is provided by the conical tips to capture and center misaligned wafers. One or more of the pins are inclined in cert... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6132166 | Apparatus and method for positioning textile articles Apparatus for positioning textile tubular articles according to a predetermined reference, comprising a structure (1) with, for each article (5) to be formed, two pairs of cylindrical parallel and superimposed rollers (4) rotatable about respective longit... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5755816 | Tilt carriage A tilt carriage assembly including a base frame and a carriage pivotally supported by the base frame. The carriage includes a bottom member adapted to support a container and a back member positioned above the bottom member. A manual locking mechanism is ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5682816 | Two stage feeding apparatus and method for feeding articles to a printing machine A two stage feeding apparatus and method for feeding articles to a printing machine are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a transfer tray between a conventional stack loading mechanism and a conventional printing machine feeding mechanism. The transfer t... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5484252 | Sample holding apparatus In a sample holding apparatus including a main body, a holding body movably provided to the main body, a spring disposed to urge the main body and the holding body toward one another, pins fixed to the main body and the holding body for holding a sample, ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5316436 | Device for holding and inverting steam turbine cylinder halves An apparatus and method for holding and inverting cylinder halves of steam turbines is disclosed. The device includes an adjustable base member having a temporary cylinder half support platform. The support includes a jacking mechanism for raising and low... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5073912 | Sample moving apparatus, sample moving system and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus A sample moving apparatus for positioning wafers with high accuracy, which apparatus comprises a fine adjustment actuator having a drive stroke to finely move the wafer, a fine adjustment stage driven by the fine adjustment actuator, a coarse adjustment a... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4925120 | Method of, and apparatus for, processing printed products arriving in an imbricated formation, especially newspapers, periodicals and the like A pallet loaded with a plurality of adjacently arranged wound product packages is tilted through an angle of approximately 90° about a horizontal axis by means of a tilt or pivot device. Consequently, the wound product packages which are of substantially... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4824321 | Device for turning over a length or sheet of flexible material Device for turning over a length (3) of flexible textile material comprising: a supporting surface (1), a turn over apparatus (4), (21,22) close above said surface (1) and having an endless work surface (4,26) of textile repelling material (13), whereby r... | 04/25/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4451324 | Apparatus for placing chip type circuit elements on a board An apparatus for locating chip type circuit elements on a printed circuit board includes an accommodating assembly for temporarily storing said circuit elements supplied from hoppers, a movable shutter placed under the accommodating assembly, and which su... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4091597 | Orienting and filling casks Cask orienting machine providing a rest station, a filling station and an intermediate orientation station for casks, advancing means to elevate the casks and advance them through the various stations and means to eject a cask in the filling station in ti... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4091939 | Barrel storage and handling apparatus A system for automatically locating barrels at given positions in store-racks with their plugs positioned at the tops of barrels, includes: a pair of rails which may be inclined, and on which barrels are to be placed; a pair of stoppers, each of which may... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4009789 | Machine for feeding stacked articles A machine which takes upright stacks of flat articles such as carton blanks or the like from a pallet, straightens each stack, and feeds the articles from the stack in a shingled stream. The machine includes a crane which is programmed to pick up stacks f... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4008818 | Haystacking and reloading tailgate apparatus A fork-like array of arms is located at an end of a haystack wagon which will function to hold, to pick up or to release a haystack onto or from a haystack wagon. The arms may be rigidly held in place, or may swing to various positions depending upon the ... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3946880 | Apparatus for disassembling a layered stack of articles Apparatus for receiving a stack of articles, such as rectangular cartons, disposed in a plurality of substantially horizontal layers and successively removing layers from the stack. The apparatus includes a bottom support onto which the stack may be conve... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3941255 | Article turning device A device is disclosed for turning a metal billet from a horizontal to a vertical position. The device includes a table having inlet and discharge ends and supported for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis transverse to the direction between the ends.... | 03/02/1976 |
