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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052371 | Bag supply apparatus A bag supply apparatus for supplying bags onto a conveyer for transporting a bag bundle stacked such that an upper level bag is shifted forward, including a bag lifting device, which is provided with a pair of bag support members disposed facing one another on the l... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7250084 | Downward mechanism for support pins A downward mechanism for support pins is applicable to a reactor of removable type. Support pins are located on the base of the reactor, and each support pin has a base thereunder. The downward mechanism has an elevator mechanism and a board fixed thereto. The board... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238543 | Methods for marking a bare semiconductor die including applying a tape having energy-markable properties A method used for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The present method comprises reducing the cros... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7210893 | Flats mail autotrayer system A method and apparatus is disclosed for combining multiple small stacks of flats mailpieces into a single large stack of mailpieces and then transferring the large stack to a standard flats mail tray, all while maintaining the sequence order of the mail in the accum... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201555 | Pallet loader and separator A system for loading pallets onto an assembly line wherein the system has at least one arm capable of lifting a stack of pallets and then depositing the bottom-most pallet of the stack of pallets onto an assembly line surface for subsequent delivery to the assembly ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7165711 | Substrate alignment method and apparatus A substrate that is not lying flat on its substrate tray can present significant process problems when a vacuum pickup attempts to pick up the substrate and fails due to the lack of a proper bond forming between the pickup and the substrate. The substrate left behin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7094618 | Methods for marking a packaged semiconductor die including applying tape and subsequently marking the tape The present invention provides a method and apparatus for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The pr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7014415 | Substrate transfer apparatus, method for removing the substrate, and method for accommodating the substrate A substrate transfer apparatus, for removing a substrate from a substrate accommodating tray accommodating the substrate in a horizontal state, includes a plurality of support pins for raising the substrate accommodated in the substrate accommodating tray above the ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6904671 | Integrated circuit chip handling apparatus and method The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for handling integrated circuit (IC) chips such as thin small outline package (TSOP) IC chips. Embodiments of the invention are directed toward removal of TSOPs from device under test (DUT) boards. By use of... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6708970 | Supply device for a machine working cardboard sheets A supply device for a machine working cardboard sheets. At least one conveying unit for the conveyance one by one of the sheets. A hold-down stop for preventing conveyance of a pile of the sheets above the conveying unit while permitting conveyance of the bottom she... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6632067 | Pallet dispenser with quick pallet size change over A pallet dispenser can receive a vertical stack of skewed or misaligned pallets in an interior of a frame of the pallet dispenser and align the pallets as they are sequentially dispensed from the pallet dispenser onto a conveyor below the pallet dispenser... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6626633 | Apparatus for feeding a panel from a stack Disclosed are both a method and apparatus for preventing facial defects from occurring to the face of a panel as it is removed from a stack of similar panels. The apparatus includes at least two synchronized cams working together to lift a stack of panels... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6619907 | Method and apparatus for unloading and reloading returnable shipping containers from a trailer A method and apparatus is provided for automated removal of shipping containers from a trailer and the automatic return of the emptied shipping containers to a trailer after the cargo has been removed from the container.... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6241459 | Shuttle assembly for tray handling A shuttle assembly for handling trays of IC packages. The shuttle assembly is configured to accept cooperatively-configured trays in a vertically-extending tray stack volume in only a single rotational orientation. Trays are selectively released from or a... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6139254 | Pallet unstacker/stacker A pallet unstacker/stacker can receive a stack of skewed or misaligned pallets on a conveyor of the unstacker/stacker, raise all but the bottom most pallet in the stack, square or straighten the bottom pallet and then dispense the straightened pallet from... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6022186 | Method and apparatus for sorting stacks A method and apparatus for sorting books of sheets in which individual books are generated in succession is provided. This process entails the stacking of cut sheets that form a completed book in an offset arrangement relative to adjacent books. Each offs... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5738485 | Pallet handling apparatus There is provided a pallet dispensing apparatus wherein the carriage assembly is reciprocably movable in a vertical direction and has first and second transversely extending rails with pallet supporting members secured thereto. Each of the rails has a cam... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5713718 | Object picking device An object discharge mechanism of an object picking device for discharging a bottommost object from a stack of objects includes a bottom platform on which the bottommost object of the stack of objects rests. The platform has a longitudinal slot running alo... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5674048 | Stack handling system An arrangement for handling stacks of articles, each article having a predetermined height dimension, employs a stack guide for maintaining the stack of articles in stacked alignment, and an elevator for rasing and lowering the stack guide. A retractable ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5645392 | Dunnage handling system The apparatus of this invention comprises a tray destacking station, a part unloading station, and a tray stacking station arranged sequentially adjacent and connected by a pallet transport system and a tray transport system. This system is designed to mo... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5597282 | Method and apparatus for unstacking and unloading a stacked load from one level to another level An extensible arm is located in the bed of a truck or a trailer and is selectively operable to assist in the stacking or unstacking and unloading of a stacked palletized load from the elevated bed to the ground level using a load lift on the truck or trai... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5588797 | IC tray handling apparatus and method A microchip tray handling apparatus has microchip loading and receiving units for supplying microchips to a microchip tester and receiving tested microchips. The units have tables to support stacks of trays containing microchips. Each unit has a tray hold... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5487637 | Automatic tray loading, unloading and compensating system An article handling method is provided for receiving articles such as can ends or the like, or similarly shaped disk-like articles supplied in elongate stacks from a first location, for loading the stacks of articles into trays for selectively storing the... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5478202 | Case separating apparatus In a case separating apparatus, wherein groups of cases arranged in rows on a carrying conveyor and supported by a supporting device, are moved to an unloading device where a row of groups of cases are unloaded onto a separating apparatus where the bottom... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5411363 | Case unloading apparatus The invention presents a case unloading apparatus for mechanically loading or unloading cases formed in square, trapezoid or other shapes, in which: case groups of plural rows stacked up on a pallet are aligned in an unloading direction, transferred on an elev... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5020966 | Pallet dispenser/accumulator A simplified and improved apparatus for handling pallets. The apparatus includes a self aligning storage magazine, a three pneumatic cylinder stack/destack device and a standard live roller conveyor as a pallet transport device. The purpose for this appar... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4983097 | Tray tier stacking apparatus A tray stacking apparatus includes a pawl having a projection piece, a roller for opening the pawl, a roller for returning the pawl, and an urging device for urging the pawl into an open position or a closed position. The pawl is opened during its descent... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4865515 | Apparatus for unstacking and stacking containers An apparatus for unstacking and stacking containers. The apparatus includes a frame defining a compartment to receive a stack of containers, and a guide mechanism mounted within the frame to guide the stack in vertical movement. Located beneath the compar... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4787619 | Sheet feed bench with blower jets and a method of removing sheets from a stack In a sheet feed bench with two parallel sheet feed rails that are adjustable relative to one another and with each having blowing jets on their surfaces facing one another directly above the level of the bench, connected to a common source of compressed a... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4764074 | Pallet loading apparatus An apparatus for placing a load of stacked articles on a pallet. This apparatus comprises a conveyor having a series of spaced rollers and a bridge structure spanning the conveyor. Two load lifting structures hang vertically from the bridge structure, one... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4743154 | Pallet inspection and repair system A pallet repair and inspection system includes pallet destacking apparatus for automatically dispensing pallets from stack of vertical pallets one at a time and discharging the pallets onto an inspection table. The destacking apparatus includes a vertical... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4702660 | Method and apparatus for storing and handling trays for workpieces The invention relates to an apparatus and method for handling and storing a plurality of workpieces on trays. A storage rack is provided and a plurality of trays may be stored in vertical stacked relationship. A trackway is provided for transferring trays... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4690601 | Storage assembly and method of using same A storage assembly comprising load carriers which carry the goods to be stored and are vertically stackable in a plurality of vertical piles closely disposed to each other. The assembly includes pile beds having fixedly disposed support members which supp... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4508483 | Lifting device for a magazine for empty pallets in an automatic palletizing machine Lifting device for a magazine containing a number of empty pallets stacked in a pile therein, which comprises two opposite vertically movable frames mounted at the opposite vertical walls of the magazine. The frames are provided with rollers guided in the... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4462738 | Feed and transfer system A barrel cam turns with a shaft mounted on bearings in a cam box. Four linear bearings mounted on the outside of the box receive hollow slider tubes which are clamped to legs of an H-shaped frame which holds roller cam followers. Bearings and followers ar... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4352617 | Bucket stacking and conveying apparatus An apparatus for stacking buckets in order which are carried by a conveyor and an apparatus for conveying the stacked buckets in section. The apparatus comprises stanchions disposed vertically on both the side portions of a conveyor, a supporting member c... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4287016 | Machine for applying indicia to tennis ball felts This disclosure relates to a machine for applying indicia, preferably decalcomanias (decals), to felts that form part of tennis balls. A stack of the felts is placed in the machine, and a destacking mechanism separates each felt from the stack and places ... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4252484 | Unstacking machine The disclosure illustrates and describes a machine (10) for handling and unstacking dollies (14) loaded with stacks (16) of cross-nested baskets (18) wherein the front and rear walls of the individual baskets are positioned at random. The machine includes... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4180361 | Plant for handling cement tiles and similar articles that require a seasoning and subsequent workings Plant for handling cement tiles and similar articles that require a seasoning and subsequent workings. It includes: trays set up to be superimposed on one another and to slide along a track with a stripping station, a station to pile up the trays, an un-p... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4162649 | Sheet stack divider A layboy mechanism for the continuous stacking and delivery of batches of sheet material received from a delivery mechanism and comprising means for continuously receiving cut sheets and forming them into a downwardly moving stack, divider means for divid... | 07/31/1979 |
