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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142133 | Integrated tray converter A method and system for converting mail between trays in a multiple pass mail sorting system using a plurality of different tray types. Mail from a first type of tray is unloaded and stacked along with mail from other trays to form a large stack. The large stack of ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7832978 | Apparatus for forming stacks of panels and feeding them to a user station An apparatus for forming stacks (2) of panels (3) from a vertical pile (4) of panels (3) to be fed to a user station comprises: a crossbar (5) that moves above the pile (4) of panels (3) and mounts selector means (... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7775757 | Device for receiving and for transporting an article A device for receiving and for transporting an article having a receiving plate which is slid under the article is provided in which the improvement involves a more effective way for an article to rest on the receiving plates during transportation. A more effective ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7726932 | Method and tool for the separation of a pile of recipients The separation tool allows separation of a horizontal pile of recipients into sub-piles of recipients, the first or last recipient of each sub-pile have been previously marked with ultra-violet detectable ink. The tool comprises a frame; a sensor mounted to the fram... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7470102 | Apparatus and method for insertion of separating means into a forming stack of sheets discharged from a starwheel assembly An apparatus and method for creating stacks of sheets. In some embodiments, the sheets separated are those in or issuing from a starwheel assembly. The present invention includes a first separator finger that is inserted between two adjacent sheets to separate first... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7370862 | Apparatus for detecting double-feed of paper Disclosed are an apparatus and method for detecting double-feed of paper to prevent banking accidents or jam in a paper handling machine for handling paper, sheets of currency note are not separated by a sheet separating means and thus plural sheets are double fed. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371041 | Assembly station with rotatable turret which forms and unloads a completed stack of articles Method and apparatus for forming and unloading a completed stack of articles. An assembly station includes a rotatable turret from which at least one stacker arm projects. The turret rotates to each of a number of article loading positions to sequentially load artic... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7232027 | Pallet/skid power roll system An apparatus moves a plurality of transport media along a path of travel. The plurality of transport media define at least two groups of transport media, where each group of transport media has substantially identical transverse dimensions with respect to one anothe... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221998 | Determining pallet case configurations for placement by a robot A method of determining pallet layers for placement by a material handling system robot can include identifying cases for inclusion in a pallet and identifying case dimension information for the cases. Using the case dimension information, the cases can be classifie... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7168910 | Device for transporting a horizontal stack positioned on a support and formed in a gathering machine with upright, lined-up signatures A device is used for transporting a horizontal stack from a stack support to an intermediate deposit, where the stack is formed in a gathering device with upright, lined-up signatures. The device is comprised of a horizontally and vertically displaceable clamp arran... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150383 | Storable transfer conveyor system A storable transfer conveyor system for moving bundles from an upstream conveyor to a downstream conveyor utilizing a storable transfer conveyor which is movable from a first operative position, wherein the bundles are transferred to the downstream conveyor, to a se... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7080968 | Loading system and method of use A system and method for loading product onto a conveyor. The system includes a conveyor movable in at least a first direction and a metering section located proximate to at an end of the conveyor. The metering section includes a plate mechanism movable between a fir... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7048492 | Method and device for picking up stacks of blanks A method and device for picking up stacks of blanks, arranged in at least one layer on a separating sheet having a peripheral portion projecting outwards of the layer; the stacks are removed successively by a pickup member, a free end of which is pressed onto the se... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7027894 | Article holders with sensors detecting a type of article held by the holder An article holder has sensors that detect whether an article held in the holder is a workpiece or a piece of packaging material. Examples are end effectors suitable for picking up semiconductor wafers and packaging material from a pod or some other carrier. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021887 | Singulator for stacked work pieces An apparatus and associated method for singulating a first work piece from a plurality of stacked work pieces, the plurality of stacked work pieces comprising a second work piece adjacent the first work piece. A stripping member is engageable against the second work... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018163 | System, apparatus, and method for manipulating a stack of paper, cardboard, and the like A system is provided for qualifying a stack of generally flat, paper, cardboard, and the like. The system includes a robotic mechanism having a plurality of joints that provide varying degrees of motion and a robotic implement attachable to the robotic mechanism. Th... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6966427 | Pallet/skid power roll system An apparatus moves a plurality of transport media along a path of travel. The plurality of transport media define at least two groups of transport media, where each group of transport media has substantially identical transverse dimensions with respect to one anothe... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6871893 | Apparatus and method for carrying signature bundles An apparatus and method for carrying signature bundles are provided that allow for many different sizes of bundles to be handled and manipulated in an easy and very agile fashion for low cycle times and for being deposited in various pallet patterns. The apparatus c... | 03/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6769863 | Method and apparatus for handling lightweight strips Apparatus and method for manipulating lightweight strips in parallel, laterally edge-adjacent array into spaced apart array for processing includes a platen having channels for receiving the strips, and a comb device for translating the strips of alternating channel... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6665583 | Article holders with sensors detecting a type of article held by the holder An article holder has sensors that detect whether an article held in the holder is a workpiece or a piece of packaging material. Examples are end effectors suitable for picking up semiconductor wafers and packaging material from a pod or some other carrie... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6481954 | Method and device for feeding panels to a panel saw machine The feeding method concerns the transfer of panels (2) from the top of a vertical stack (17) to a loading table (4) on a panel saw machine. The panels (2) are pushed by mobile horizontal pushers (7) from the stack (17) until they arrive at an infeed devic... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6481953 | Process and apparatus for isolating flexible flat objects In a process and an apparatus for isolating flexible flat objects (5) by lifting the objects (5) off a stack (1) and removing the lifted objects in a transport direction (9) it is provided that each object be aligned into a set position while being in a p... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6402456 | Lifting device for lifting and/or lowering an ordered stack of articles A lifting method and device. A first lifting device lifts a multi-layer stack of articles from a lower position upwardly to a raised position at which the uppermost layer is at a desired level for removal of articles. The first lifting device continues to... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5984622 | Method and apparatus for separating a predetermined number of sheets from a stack of sheets A method of and apparatus for separation from a stack of sheets a block of a predetermined number of sheets, the method including moving the stack in a forward direction, directing an air stream across one corner of the forward portion of the stack to spr... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5924839 | Rearrangement method and apparatus The order in which printing work products, such as finished books, book blocks and other similar objects, are transported is rearranged intermediate serially arranged entry and discharge conveyors. In a destacking mode of operation, stacks of products are... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5788050 | Adjustable can end counting apparatus An apparatus for moving a series of disk-like articles, such as can ends. The apparatus includes an article moving assembly, an article counting system and an article separating assembly. The article moving assembly includes an adjustment assembly for adj... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5738486 | Apparatus for unloading blocks of blanks that are stacked on pallets, with separators being interposed between the blocks An apparatus for unloading blocks that are stacked on pallets and have flat separators interposed between the blocks is provided. The apparatus has a three-dimensionally controlled and movable pick-up head on which is disposed an approximately horizontall... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5722811 | Method for separating a predetermined number of sheets from a stack of sheets A method of separation from a stack of sheets a block of predetermined number of sheets, the method including retaining the stack so that a portion of one edge of each consecutive foremost sheet is free to bend away from the stack, directing a plane of ai... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5709524 | Device for picking up stacks of products from a support A device for picking up stacks of products from a support, wherein a head for picking up a stack of products from a flat support is provided with presser elements adapted to act on the stack and with a flexible lamina adapted to enter between the stack an... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5657618 | Device for the selection of large loose reams The selection device includes a sensor unit which checks the flatness of the free surface of a sheet pack at an edge, and which moves vertically away from and into contact with the free surface of the pack; the sensor unit extends along an axis transversa... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5642980 | Device for picking up stacks of products from a support The device for picking up stacks of products from a support has a head for picking up a stack of products from a supporting platform, and is provided with presser elements for pressing on the stack. The presser elements act in an upward region of the stac... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5641266 | Method for feeding a sheet substack from a sheet stack and apparatus for implementing said method A method and apparatus for feeding a sheet substack formed by one or a greater number of stacked sheets from a sheet stack (8), in particular feeding the sheets into a cutting saw from a feed station (1) or similar unit, the feed station comprising a push... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5605432 | Robot manipulator A robot manipulator has an arm with a head which is mounted for movement up and down, along a first horizontal path, along a second horizontal path at right angles to the first path, about a vertical axis and about a horizontal axis so that it can reach a... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5439344 | Corrugated cardboard box counting and discharging device A device for counting and discharging corrugated cardboard boxes which is provided in a corrugated cardboard box making machine wherein a rotary screw is arranged for receiving corrugated cardboard boxes one by one forwarded thereto and successively stack... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5425457 | Document mailbox device The present invention relates to a document storage device which allows for temporary and secure storage of a number of documents upon their exit from a document processor. The device (10) is comprised of a document stack system (12), a retrieval system (... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5423657 | Prefeeder for stacked sheets of paperboard products An improved prefeeder assembly for shingling planar sheets in which a sheet stack is positioned on a prefeeder lift conveyor which lowers the sheet stack into a floor pit to incrementally elevate the sheet stack. A block pusher assembly sequentially pushe... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5391050 | Device for picking up, moving and depositing a pile of carton blanks The device (1) for picking up, moving and depositing a pile (9) of carton blanks comprises an element (3) suitable for moving according to three Cartesian axes, and to cause to rotate on itself, according to a vertical axis (7), a clamping element (2) whi... | 02/21/1995 |
