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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329083 | Loader and unloader for workpiece A loader picks up a workpiece from a container, and delivers it to a workstation downstream. An unloader receives the workpiece from the workstation upstream and puts it into a container. In the loader and the unloader respectively, a first stacker and a second stac... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320573 | Method for packaging articles having varying thicknesses A system for continuously packaging or sorting fragile articles having varying thicknesses in a stack includes a plurality of proportional shifters coupled to each of a plurality of stripping devices in an article infeed assembly. Each proportional shifter has an ar... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7287666 | Device for packaging and dispensing stacked items, in particular cosmetics on a medium A device for packaging and dispensing stacked items may include, a box including: a first portion, in particular a cover; and a second portion, in particular a drawer, that is movab... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287952 | Feeder load automation system and method of use A feeder load automation system and method of use including a lifting device capable of lifting a pallet of bundled product from a lowered positioned to a raised position and a platform positioned on the lifting device which holds the pallet of bundled product. A he... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7192239 | Apparatus for dual stage loading of a container upon a roll-off vehicle A two staged system for powering the loading of a container upon a roll-off truck body or trailer utilizing initial movement of a single shoe within the vehicle frame and powering of movement thereof into abutment with respect to second movable shoe each of which in... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7156607 | Carton stacking apparatus and method An apparatus for stacking incoming items includes a receiving mechanism for receiving incoming items, a stacking mechanism for receiving items from the receiving mechanism and stacking the items in a stacking area, a buffering mechanism for receiving incoming items ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131247 | Method and device for finishing cellophane-wrapped packets A method and device for finishing cellophane-wrapped packets, whereby a succession of stacks, each defined by two superimposed packets having respective heat-shrink overwrappings, are fed successively by a conveyor wheel along a circular track extending through an u... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114908 | Method and apparatus for stacking semiconductor wafers An apparatus for stacking semiconductor wafers comprises a housing configured to releasably maintain a plurality of semiconductor wafers in fixed positions relative to the housing. The apparatus also includes a transfer guide proximate to the housing, the transfer g... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7033130 | Depalletizer for a material handling system A depalletizer includes an input assembly for supporting a loaded pallet loaded with at least one product, a lift assembly, and a product take-away assembly. The input assembly presents the loaded pallet to the lift assembly, which moves the loaded pallet to a produ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014414 | Bale stacker Apparatus for for stacking papermaking pulp bales is disclosed, comprising two sets of lifting forks, which are directed towards each other for lifting bales, and a conveyor for inserting a new bale beneath the lifted bales. The lifting forks are horizontally movabl... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6964150 | Apparatus for supplying articles to a transferring line, in particular for feeding a container filling machine In an apparatus for feeding articles to a transferring line leading to a container filling machine, a conveyor moves a plurality of articles to an inlet section of the apparatus, where a plate moves vertically from the inlet section to an outlet section of the appar... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6840176 | CTP systems having at least one multi-cassette unit and methods for loading plates Two dual-configuration systems for loading plate in a CTP imager; in the first configuration one multi-cassette unit (MCU) serves two CTP imagers and in the second configuration two MCUs serve one CTP imager. ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6804939 | Sheet sets packaging system A product packaging system for organizing and packing a number of different items into a set. The system may include a number of staging conveyors. Each of the staging conveyors may carry a stack of items from the number of different items. The system further may in... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6647616 | Bump bonding unit with tray storage and transport apparatuses A bump bonding unit is disclosed including a novel storage, transport, and feed system for allocating trays that hold IC chips to various operations of the bump bonding unit. The bump bonding unit includes fist and second tray storage and feed apparatuses... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6629812 | Method and apparatus for circulating pallets in an elevator unit of the module IC handler A module IC handler used for testing module Ics is disclosed in which the handler enables loading and unloading operations for module ICs, without further elevating pallet over an installation plate, and provides sequential transferring operations for the... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6461102 | Charging apparatus A charging apparatus for handling stations for sheet-like, flexible articles, in particular envelopes, particularly for mail-processing machines, the drive in a feed-channel for stacks of articles standing on edge being controlled in dependence on a detec... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6283703 | Automatic conveying apparatus for JEDEC carrier members A conveying apparatus for sequentially feeding a plurality of stacked carrier members to an assembly area. The conveying apparatus comprises a first bin for storing a desired quantity of stackable carrier members and the first bin has an outlet for sequen... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5957050 | Method and apparatus for effecting shingling of conveyed printed products An arrangement for decelerating and shingling printed products as they are conveyed from a variable rotary cutter by a high-speed belt conveyor to a slower speed belt conveyor includes at least one depressor wheel at the entry end of the slower speed conv... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5921739 | Indexing parts tray device A multiple movable parts tray device having a plurality of interengaging trays that are selectively transferred between tray stacks. Engagement and lifting arms are provided that will independently engage and index the tray stacks allowing for simultaneou... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5460471 | Machine for recovering blister-packaged pharmaceutical product An apparatus for recovering pharmaceutical product from blister packs and a method for doing same is provided. Pharmaceutical product blister pack cards, which are unsuitable for sale, are straightened, if necessary, and stacked in a magazine. Individual ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5456573 | Stacker slide An improved stacker for an automatic document sorter is described. The stacker is vertical and receives documents at the top thereof and expels them at the bottom. The stacker includes a paddle normally disposed at the top for receiving the first document... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5451130 | Method and apparatus for the step-by-step and automatic loading and unloading of a coating apparatus A first turntable (4) has a plurality of posts (6) equidistantly distributed and arranged in a circle on the turntable (4), wherein a plurality of substrates (7) can be stacked on each post (6). Stationary loading (9) and unloading stations (10 11) are pr... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5419678 | Control arrangement for an apparatus for delivering printing products A control arrangement for an apparatus for delivering printing products (2) to a further processing point has a sensor (LS1) for registering a predetermined height of the upper side (29a) of an intermediate stack (29), which has been formed against a stop... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5363971 | Automatic carrier sequence bar code sorter A machine for sorting documents and, in particular, for carrier sequence bar code sorting of mail has been described. The device uses three passes and 11 vertically disposed top fed stackers. The stackers also have a delivery system from the bottom thereo... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5358229 | Apparatus for receiving and dispensing flat articles in a packaging machine An apparatus for receiving and dispensing flat articles, particularly folded boxes in a packaging machine including a conveyor system extending substantially in the horizontal plane, and a vertical dispensing chute. To increase the supply of folded boxes,... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5348441 | Parts tray conveying system A parts tray conveying system includes a first station for supplying a plurality of occupied trays each containing parts under a stacked condition; a second station for separating the occupied trays under the stacked condition one by one from the upper st... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5240370 | Pile board inserting method and a pile board inserting machine for carrying out the same A pile board inserting machine comprises two pile board inserting units installed in combination respectively with the two sheet piling units of a sheet-fed printing press. Printed sheet are delivered alternately to the two pile board inserting units ever... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5099896 | Rotary board pick/store/place method and apparatus Apparatus for loading or picking, temporarily storing and placing one of two side-by-side cut boards from/to a lugged conveyor is described. The apparatus preferably includes a circulating wheel oriented transversely to the lugged conveyor with the wheel ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5000655 | Installation for manufacture of ceramic products Installation for handling ceramic products comprising a closed circuit 1 of carriages 2 passing through furnaces for drying 3 and baking, an unstacking station 7 and a stacking station 6 combined with transverse endless belts, one, 10, running from an emp... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4986423 | Regular-internal mail feeding apparatus A regular-interval mail feeding apparatus is disposed between an automatic mail discriminating/postmarking apparatus and an automatic mail sorting apparatus, in an automatic mail handling system. When various kinds of mails are fed at irregularly interval... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4966521 | Tail stopping and knockdown device A device for slowing cut sheets in seriatum flow by nipping the trailing edge of the sheets as they leave a high-speed conveyor system is provided whereby the sheets pass to a stacking pile at a slow speed. The nipping device is provided in several embodi... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4946340 | Dunnage handling system A device is provided for unloading parts from a plurality of stacked trays. The device includes a receiving station with an elevator for lifting a topmost tray to a predetermined position; a temporary holder for the topmost tray while the elevator lowers ... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4905843 | Veneer stacking system A veneer stacking system providing the feature of consistent air suction above the multiple veneer stacks enabling reliable separation of the veneer sheets from an overhead conveyor. This consistent air suction is provided by independent air chambers for ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4902193 | Device for the rearrangement of a pile of pictures The invention relates to a device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square pictures, with a first and a second frame part (12, 14), which can be moved back and forth parallel to the principal plane of the pile of pictures held by th... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4883161 | Apparatus for the form-stabilizing storage of packs A (drying) turret (27) is used for the form-stablizing storage of cuboid packs with folding tabs connected by means of glue spots, and a plurality of pivotably mounted storage pockets (29), each intended for receiving a multiplicity of packs (20), is arra... | 11/28/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4796406 | Cup-filling apparatus for a nutrient and palatable material, especially a dairy product The cup filling unit includes a guided circulating feed means which carries cup receptacles positioned in rows transverse to the feed direction. The cup receptacles also follow feed paths parallel to the feed direction. An elevator is provided for feeding... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4784556 | Device for the rearrangement of a pile of pictures The invention relates to a device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square pictures, with a first and a second frame part (12, 14), which can be moved back and forth parallel to the principal plane of the pile of pictures held by th... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4768914 | Storage system A storage system comprises a building structure having an array of contiguous storage spaces on each of at least one level. A plurality of movable storage platforms, on which such cargo as automobiles, shipping containers and the like may be loaded, is av... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4720228 | Automatic parts handling apparatus An automatic parts handling apparatus feeds a stack of accumulated pallets from a delivery apparatus to a separator apparatus that separates the lowermost pallet from the stack and conveys it to a pallet positioning apparatus whereat parts on such pallet ... | 01/19/1988 |
