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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7704037 | Device for destacking cubic printed products A device for destacking books, brochures, or similar cubic printed products (2), wherein said device comprises a separating belt (6) that is powered by a controllable drive and serves for the cyclic separation of the respective bottom printed product (... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7270248 | Adjustable dispenser for soft pliable lids A dispenser for dispensing flexible lids includes a housing having a lid stack holder for containing a coaxial stack of lids. Lids are supported within a substantially coaxial channel of the lid stack by a pair of opposing indexing shafts that rotate upon operation ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7153089 | Storage device A storage device for storing trays, the device including a first movable member and a second movable member positioned opposite the first movable member. The first and second movable members are adapted to selectively vertically move and support at least one tray th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6866258 | Feeder-singulator for articles having intermixed thickness and shape Two belt type singulators are used in apparatus which feeds and singulates stacked articles which have varying thickness and shape. The singulators form tandem, spaced apart singulator nips with a transport belt. Each singulator belt has a downwardly sloped undersid... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6799938 | Commissioning device with vertical product storage units and lower conveyor belt or similar A commissioning device (1) has essentially vertical product storage units (2) in which products (3) of the same type are stacked, respectively, and at least one conveying means (4), especially a conveyor belt, which is located underneath ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6582180 | Separating conveyor for stacked objects An object-sorting system has a conveyor having a horizontally extending stretch, a plurality of pushers fixed on and spaced along the conveyor and extending upward from the stretch thereof, and an upright chute adapted to hold a stack of objects and havin... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6439566 | Apparatus for separating sheets from a stack Sheet feeder comprising a holder with a guide for guiding a stack of sheets and with an abutment structure which defines an abutment plane for keeping a stack of sheets in a position with an outer sheet positioned against the abutment plane. The abutment ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6247890 | Automatic goods picking device An automatic goods picking device has a frame provided at least in one side thereof with a placing platform and a support rod which is provided with a plurality of goods placing areas each being fastened by two fastening members to form a stacking space a... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6223505 | Straw wrapping machine, method and product using a plastic film wrapper A machine and a method for wrapping an elongated object, such as a drinking straw, with a plastic film are disclosed. The machine has a drive for continuously advancing a thin narrow film strip from a supply roll to a wrapper loading and forming station. ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6179550 | Device for individually separating flat articles An apparatus for separating piece goods. The apparatus includes a plurality of piece goods that form a stack. The stack is supported by a stack magazine and stop. The apparatus further includes a pulling-off mechanism for separating and removing the piece... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6171051 | Apparatus and method for separating a stack of documents into individual documents An apparatus for separating a stack of documents, such as, for instance, a stack of magazines, into individual documents. The apparatus has a number of endless conveyors which are arranged behind each other, connect to each other, and together form a tran... | 01/09/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5941517 | Method and apparatus for decollating stacked blanks A method and an apparatus for decollating blanks of cardboard or the like stacked behind a stop in a feeding station from a magazine or stack of blanks and for feeding the blanks to a transfer station of a subsequent process operated in a machine cycle, w... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5755551 | Object discharge mechanism An object discharge mechanism 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 along the object discharge dire... | 05/26/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5607282 | Depalletizing and dispensing apparatus and method The depalletizing and dispensing apparatus and method is provided for unloading items stacked on a pallet. The apparatus includes a frame having a vertically reciprocable lift mounted at least partially within the frame. The lift has at least a pallet inf... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5575614 | Method and apparatus for separating bundles of sawn timber A method and apparatus for separating pieces of sawn timber from bundles coming out of a sawing machine. The bundles, when emerging longitudinally from the sawing machine, are transferred in their transverse direction individually and sequentially to at l... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5498123 | Bottom feeding mechanism A bottom feeding mechanism comprises a feed roller assembly and a conveyor belt assembly functioning as a first stage gate and a set of snubber rollers functioning as a second stage gate. The feed roller assembly comprises a pair of feed rollers fixed on ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5476191 | Package dispensing apparatus Picking apparatus for picking and dispensing plastic sheet wrapped videocassette packages onto a high speed product gathering conveyor comprises a package dispensing mechanism with a package feed magazine containing a replenishable stack of these packages... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5407317 | Vacuum beam product dispenser and singulator and method for singulating products A vacuum beam product dispenser and singulator to dispense and singulate "soft" products in an automated order dispensing system (AOS) includes a product cartridge and an inclined conveyor belt. The conveyor belt picks the products from the bottom of the ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5326219 | Vacuum beam product dispenser and singulator A vacuum beam product dispenser and singulator to dispense and singulate "soft" products in an automated order dispensing system (AOS) includes a product cartridge and an inclined conveyor belt. The conveyor belt picks the products from the bottom of the ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5297923 | Device for parting and successively feeding stacked elements of sheet material to a user machine A device wherein at least one feedbox housing a stack of sheet elements presents a first and second wall parallel to each other, and an actuating device for moving the two walls in relation to and parallel to each other, so as to define a channel varying ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5288201 | Vacuum beam product dispenser and singulator and method for singulating products A vacuum beam product dispenser and singulator to dispense and singulate "soft" products in an automated order dispensing system (AOS) is comprised of a product cartridge and an inclined conveyor belt. The conveyor belt picks the products from the bottom ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5176494 | Stacked article destacking and feeding system A destacking/feeding system separates individual articles such as flat container blanks or trays nested in a stack. The destacking and feeding system comprises at least two pairs of opposed endless feed conveyor belts having respective vertical runs. The ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5171125 | Sheet material handling apparatus and method having a pivotable hopper and bottom feeder A sheet material handling apparatus includes a container handling assembly which is operable to sequentially position containers at an unloading station. An unloader assembly is operable to remove stacks of sheet material from containers at the unloading ... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5064341 | Vacuum beam product dispenser and singulator A vacuum beam product singulator to singulate "soft" products in an automated order dispensing system (AOS) is comprised of a product cartridge and an inclined conveyor belt. The conveyor belt picks the products from the bottom of the cartridge using a va... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5026250 | Apparatus for singularizing stacked portions of books and the like Apparatus for singularizing successive stacks of a series of stacks consisting of superimposed groups of sheets has a transporting unit which advances successive stacks of the series in a horizontal plane against a barrier which intercepts each but the lo... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4963072 | Feeder for shape unstable articles A feeder for shape unstable articles such as pads for absorbing body fluids has an upright hopper having top and bottom openings for receiving and discharging pads. First and second rotationally driven upper pulleys having a plurality of round belt receiv... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4961566 | Apparatus for feeding sheets from a stack of sheets An apparatus for selectively feeding sheets from a stack of sheets in sequence along a paper line, has an endless carrier belt which advances the sheets individually and successively through a feeding zone. A vertically actuated feed gate operates between... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4915578 | Bin unstacking machine A machine for unstacking and dispensing containers to be filled. The machine includes multiple sprocket wheels and chains which include retaining bars and push tabs for supporting a stack of bins and for dispensing an individual bin. A conveyor transports... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4889463 | Slip sheet removal apparatus A slip sheet removal apparatus for removing a dunnage sheet disposed beneath a paperboard blank stack conveyed by a conveyor assembly, the slip sheet removal apparatus comprising a dunnage sheet removal assembly having a stationary subassembly with roller... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4805376 | Apparatus for ejecting cigarettes from a magazine An apparatus for ejecting a row of cigarettes from a cigarette magazine employs an endless conveyor which is actuable by means of a stepping drive. Ejector members fixed to the endless belt are moveable through the magazine case for ejecting the bottommos... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4696614 | Apparatus for recubing boxes An apparatus for automatically restacking palletized tiers of adjacent rows of loosely cubed laden produce boxes in a continuous fashion by recubing the boxes while automatically retrieving and stacking the successive pallets during the continuing recubin... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4619571 | Installation for the distribution of sheets A method for the distribution of sheets, especially glued together sheets of paper, cardboard, corrugated cardboard and the like, from individual small sheet stacks. The method provides for alternating ones of small sheet stacks proceeding from a machine ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4456242 | Apparatus for shingling stack of flat articles Apparatus is provided for taking a stack of flat articles such as folded newspapers, and delivering them successively to a conveyor in an overlapped or shingled arrangement to move to a processing station for labeling or addressing or for opening them to ... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4395177 | Apparatus for feeding folded and flattened cartons to a packaging machine The apparatus comprises a continuous path, divided into a first rising section and a second substantially horizontal section, having a conveyor extending there along and carrying one or more pushers adapted to withdraw individually folded and flattened ca... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4311430 | Method of feeding sheets A sheet feeding apparatus and method in which the stack of sheets forming the load are fed onto a pivoting cradle whose pivot axis is at a height permitting substantially horizontal delivery of the sheets to the receiving conveyor. After each loading of t... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4273488 | Bale stacking wagon A multilayer, free-standing stack of bales is built from the bottom up in a machine that forms each successive layer and then raises the layer directly overhead to retaining structure that supports the layer, as well as any others above it, at a high enou... | 06/16/1981 |
