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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4714394 | Method and appartus for depositing a proper number of flexible work pieces in a proper position A proper number of flexible work pieces such as napkins, handkerchiefs and he like are deposited in a proper position or positions for providing packages each of which contains a freely selectable number of pieces. For this purpose the work pieces travel t... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4652198 | Apparatus for accumulating stacks of paper sheets Apparatus for simultaneously accumulating two stacks of paper sheets has a first conveyor which advances a series of sheets into the range of a first transfer member so that successive sheets are respectively adjacent the front and rear surfaces of the tr... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4635787 | Sorting machine A sorting machine for sorting generally flat items, for example letters, comprises a plurality of sorting destinations arranged in levels, and a conveying system for conveying the items each to an assigned destination. The conveying system includes a plur... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4629382 | Sheet collecting apparatus A sheet collecting apparatus for collecting paper sheets, comprises a plurality of collecting chambers which are arranged to receive sorted bills through an insertion port, a shutter unit which is disposed to cover dispensing ports of all of the collectin... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4599025 | Stacker assembly A stacker assembly is provided that removes a product from a conveyor moving a flow of spaced products and that transfers such products to a discharge assembly. A plurality of products are deposited in this manner onto the discharge assembly until a stack... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4578860 | Apparatus for manufacturing iron core Three leg tablelets are disposed on a vertically movable truck extending in parallel spaced relationship in a longitudinal direction with a yoke tablelet located along one side of the truck in a cross direction. Two parallel spaced conveyors are disposed ... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4576536 | Machine for stacking automatically packs of panels of different sizes on respective lifting platforms Panel packs, made available cyclically at the outlet of a dividing machine and arranged side by side, are transferred to a station from which they are discharged simultaneously, either into a conventional stacking unit of the wedge and lifting platform ty... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4553672 | Selection system for flat articles, particularly metal sheets of different sizes coming from a shearing machine Selectors which can be worked alternately are placed along the advancement path of articles having different sizes. Each selector is constituted by a rake structure with L-shaped prongs which can be moved from an upper rest position, where the prongs do n... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4527936 | Automatic plant for stacking sheet metal pressings An automatic plant for stacking sheet steel pressings received from a press line comprises a pivotal depositing table (5) with two depositing devices (7,8) at each of which several pressings can be deposited in the stack. Associated with each depositing d... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4523671 | Apparatus for multiple lane stacking Selected products moving along an input path are diverted to one of a plurality of output paths for stacking. A rotating drum is positioned between the input path and the output paths, and a plurality of vacuum pucks are mounted on the drum for transverse... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4511300 | Apparatus for gathering writing pads or the like Apparatus gathering writing pads into stacks has a row of receptacles disposed at a level below the discharge end of a feeding conveyor which delivers several lines of pads, one for each receptacle. The receptacles have a common horizontal floor assembled... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4493484 | Device for guiding and receiving letters at the exit of a mail-sorting machine and a machine equipped with said device Letters discharged from a mail-sorting machine are received by a switching flap and pendulum for braking and guiding them towards the bottom of a selected basket-type compartment in order to form a stack. The mail baskets are disposed in interfitting rela... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4436471 | Method and apparatus for stacking for bars and the like The specification discloses stacking of bars and the like. A plurality of stacking cradles are positioned adjacent to a table from which bars are moved transversely to the stacking cradles. Deflector members are selectively movable between a position in w... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4403899 | Apparatus for gathering writing pads or the like Apparatus gathering writing pads into stacks has a row of receptacles disposed at a level below the discharge end of a feeding conveyor which delivers several lines of pads, one for each receptacle. The receptacles have a common horizontal floor assembled... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4398455 | Stacker-tyer The disclosure relates to a stacker tyer for stacking newspapers received in a shingled stream from a printing press. A single centrally located stacker mechanism is flanked by a pair of compensators and outside of the compensators is a pair of tyers. Sta... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4397229 | Stacker-tyer The disclosure relates to a stacker tyer for stacking newspapers received in a shingled stream from a printing press. A single centrally located stacker mechanism is flanked by a pair of compensators and outside of the compensators is a pair of tyers. Sta... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4367999 | Apparatus for the automatic discharge of panels from a machining line Apparatus for the automatic discharge of wood panels from the workpiece support (A) of a machining line onto lifting and lowering supports (8, 9) so as to form stacks of superposed panels, comprising a tilting table (1) which can be tilted around a fulcru... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4324522 | Metal sheet handling machine A metal sheet handling machine is disclosed which is characterized by a belt infeed conveyor with a belt tensioning arrangement and a mounting enabling the belt members to be readily removed laterally of the machine for replacement and when in operative p... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4275977 | Apparatus and method for individual bag working and stacking The apparatus comprises a vacuum conveyor which periodically receives a polymer film bag from a bag-making machine and intermittently advances the bag to a work station. If work is to be performed at that work station, the vacuum is cut off and the bag is... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4266654 | Method and apparatus for separating groups of workpieces being conveyed in superposed overlapping formation Overlapping sheet articles on a first suction conveyor are intermittently diverted in groups by a lowerable second suction conveyor having a direction-changing roller which can be intermittently applied to the first conveyor and moved along therewith at t... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4265445 | Photocopier collator The present invention is directed to a photocopier collator wherein a movable paper chute is disposed between the discharge slot of a photocopy machine and the entry point of a plurality of bins mounted adjacent thereto. The movable paper chute is designe... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4256214 | System for overhead transport of panel members A system for transporting panel members to a plurality of selected sorting locations includes two pair of laterally spaced, elevated, endless conveyor belts defining a path of travel coinciding with the sorting locations. The belts in each pair thereof ar... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4219120 | Method and apparatus for handling both green and dried timber lengths A method and apparatus for handling lengths of timber which are both green and dried include the feature of simultaneously conveying, by way of suitable conveyors, both the green timber and the dried timber to a given location from where the two different... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4132313 | Automatic device for sorting flat articles An automatic device for sorting flat articles comprises a casing with a vertical sorting drum in the center, said drum being provided with posts arranged around the periphery of said drum which are intermittently turned by a drive. Each post has a manipul... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4130206 | Sheet piling machine with classifier and multiple piling arrangements A machine for piling metal sheets in dual piling areas in which are positioned pile accumulating mechanisms having sheet end stop and side edge guide mechanisms, which machine includes an infeed conveyor positioned to normally deliver sheets fed thereto i... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4095702 | Magazine for receiving and piling die cut blanks A device for receiving die cut blanks and forming a stack or pile of blanks within a magazine having at least a pair of spaced wall members which provide a pair of spaced parallel vertical wall surfaces of the chamber of the magazine characterized by at l... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4068754 | Apparatus for piling up plate-shaped articles An apparatus for the purpose of piling up a prescribed number of plate-shaped articles in trim order, said apparatus comprising chain conveyers which are installed below a receiving member for temporarily supporting the plate-shaped articles and accommoda... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068837 | Paper hold-down device for collector A paper hold-down device for a sheet collecting and stacking apparatus comprising a sheet hold-down arm disposed at the entrance to the apparatus for holding down the trailing edge of the stack at the entrance while the next sheet is fed onto the stack. A... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4065839 | Method and apparatus for the production of stacked, etched patterned metal foils for component elements A method and apparatus for the production of a stack of etched, patterned metal foils for component elements, such as fluid plates and nozzle plates, is disclosed. Individual patterned foils are cut free from a mat having a group of patterned foils and al... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4050591 | Stacking apparatus and method Stacking apparatus for generally flat objects, particularly useful for the stacking of magazines by zip code. According to the invention, a continuous input stream of the objects is alternately diverted in preselected numbers pursuant to a shift signal to... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4047712 | Conveyor-distributor apparatus for flat items A conveyor-distributor apparatus for handling flat rectangular items, has a horizontal conveyor channel; a support face defining the conveyor channel floor on which the lower edges of the substantially upright oriented items are guided; and a plurality of... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4047621 | Stacking apparatus for ferrous sheets Stacking apparatus for ferrous sheets, for example transformer sheets having holes therethrough, comprises a plurality of power-driven magnetic conveyors in lengthwise alignment with each other, for receiving and conveying ferrous sheets on the undersides... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4042125 | Method and apparatus for stacking and feeding blanks to a tiered multi-opening press for the production of pressed board Method and apparatus for producing pressed board and the like in a tiered, multi-opening press, in which the sheet blanks are deposited individually on conveyor platens which are conveyed by conveyor means successively at predetermined intervals to a stac... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3977537 | Sheet piling method and apparatus A method and apparatus especially adapted for use in piling sheets in a sheet handling line, in which the sheets are delivered by overhead conveyors of a piling machine to one or more piling areas, where a movable sheet edge guide apparatus is adjustably ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3944207 | Limitless sorter An improved collating apparatus for a high speed duplicator machine, including a set of collating bins for collating the copy sheets being produced by the machine, a set of collecting bins, means for releasing the collated sheets into the collecting bins.... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3942784 | Dual sheet piling machine A sheet piling machine for stacking metal sheets of material which respond to magnetic force which machine is characterized by an upright supporting frame defining two in-line stacking areas having suitable lift platforms on which sheets are piled, an elo... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3941370 | Sheet glass - conveying, classifying and stacking apparatus A plurality of transfer conveyors are arranged at right angles to and spaced along a main conveyor for transferring selected sheets from said main conveyor and either dropping them in a reject bin or stacking them in separate piles depending upon the size... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3941371 | Sheet glass conveying, classifying & stacking apparatus A plurality of transfer conveyors are arranged at right angles to and spaced along a main conveyor for transferring selected sheets from said main conveyor and either dropping them in a reject bin or stacking them in separate piles depending upon the size... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3938674 | Method and apparatus for stacking paperboard blanks A method of stacking corrugated paperboard blanks issuing from a corrugator that produces parallel streams of blanks from an advancing endless web by shingling the blanks from each of the streams and advancing them to lineally displaced stacking stations ... | 02/17/1976 |
