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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7736121 | Tortilla destacking device Disclosed herein is a destacking device for dispensing planar food products, such as tortillas, from a stack bottom. In some embodiments of the invention, the device includes a frame and a carriage assembly configured for linear reciprocation with respect to the fra... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7572095 | Automatic tray feeder An automated feeder may allow continuous and synchronized feeding of small trays to equipment for subsequent processing. Automated feeder includes a piston with a suction cup on a distal end. The suction cup may contact and extract via a vacuum trays disposed in a c... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7549833 | Unstacking apparatus and method for placing a sheet of glass from an upright glass stack into a tiltable glass frame An apparatus and method for automatically placing a sheet of glass in a glass frame. The apparatus includes a frame, a carriage, a first gripper, and a second gripper. The carriage is movably mounted to the frame to automatically move between a first position where ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7381026 | Mail traying apparatus A mail traying apparatus which trays or sweeps mail envelopes, which are positioned in a mail stacker bin, into a mail tray and to deliver the same to an outbound conveyor or cart. The apparatus includes a robot having a robot arm mounted thereon with the robot arm ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367266 | Plate feeding apparatus A plate feeding apparatus includes a multi-cassette unit for storing, in a stacked state, a plurality of cassettes storing plates, a loader unit for fetching from each cassette plates to be fed to an image recorder, and a plate feed unit disposed above the multi-cas... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347312 | Distribution system and method of operating the same An improved distribution system and method of operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the distribution system includes a plate for loading a plurality of substrates thereon, a first transfer assembly for transferring the substrates from the plate to a co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293767 | Sheet sucking/feeding device In a sheet sucking/feeding device, actuators are independently and individually connected respectively to plural suction cups. At a point in time when a printing plate is sucked and raised up by a predetermined amount, every other one of the actuators is simultaneou... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7240805 | Quick release for article handling mechanism An article dispensing apparatus, such as a vending machine (10), includes a controllably positioned suction hose dispenser (220) for retrieving articles (223) from a storage area (215). In one embodiment, a quick release device (500 | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220093 | Flats bundle collator The present invention relates to an apparatus for collating a plurality of separate groups or bundles of similar flats mailpieces arranged in a predetermined delivery point sequence, each mailpiece imprinted with a distinct delivery point or address indicia, to prod... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198264 | Sheet supplying device In a sheet supplying device for feeding a sheet from a sheet stack configured by stacking plural sets of sheets collated by page order, each of which corresponds to one volume, for each set of sheets, in a state where the sheets are superimposed on one another so as... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188879 | Slide gripper assembly A slide gripper assembly is provided having a slide assembly coupled to a gripper assembly. The slide assembly extends and retracts the gripper assembly. A bracket assembly is coupled to the slide and gripper assemblies to move the gripper assembly relative to the s... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7152531 | Interleaf removal apparatus, plate feed apparatus and image recording system An interleaf at the top position of a stack of plates and interleaves stored in a cassette is removed by attaching the interleaf to suction pads mounted to a vertically movable support. When the interleaf in the cassette is moved upwardly to a position opposed to a ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150454 | Method of conveying flat, flexible products and apparatus for implementing the method The invention relates to a method of conveying flat, flexible products, in particular printed products, in which the products are conveyed continuously by means of a conveying device in an overlapping formation to a transfer region and are picked up there by an outw... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137427 | Apparatus and method for fabricating bonded substrate Disclosed is a bonded-substrate fabricating apparatus capable of reducing defective bonded substrates fabricated. A transfer robot sucks the outer edge area of the bottom surface of a substrate and spouts gas toward the bottom surface of the substrate to carry the s... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131361 | Workpiece-transfer device The present invention provides a workpiece-transfer device that has functions for both loading and unloading workpieces, without requiring a workpiece-storage device to enable a function for replacing material and product workpieces with each other, and that require... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7051653 | Image recording material separating/removing device An image recording material separating/removing device which, by using a single lift-out mechanism section, can lift image recording materials out from plural cassettes along simple loci of movement, and in which a space for providing and withdrawing the cassettes i... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044056 | Interleaf removal apparatus, plate feed apparatus and image recording system A stack of alternating plates and interleaves are stored in a cassette of a plate feed apparatus. An interleaf is removed from the stack by a plurality of vertically moving suction cups. There are cases where a plate is attached to the back surface of the interleaf ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039995 | Windshield removal and replacement apparatus A portable apparatus for removing and installing windshields on a vehicle disassembles in to several light weight pieces. The small pieces are easily transported and assembled at a job site where a windshield is to be replaced. An adjustable height post is mounted o... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028617 | Printing plate sucker A printing plate sucker capable of stably suction-adhering and sheet-feeding both a printing plate and a protective sheet simultaneously without causing wrinkling at the protective sheet during the suction-adherence and sheet-feeding. The sucker is structured by a m... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018161 | Suction head Suction head and method for picking articles. The suction head includes a sleeve-like body having a connection to an under pressure source at one end and an opening for picking up articles at the other end thereof. Along side the sleeve channels are provided, connec... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000541 | System and method for interleaf sheet and/or plate sheet removal and/or transport for use with a printing apparatus The present invention relates generally to systems and methods that remove an interleaf sheet interposed between plate sheets from a material stack used, for example, in a computer-to-plate imaging system and/or environment. Embodiments of the system and method can ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6976574 | Arrangement for transferring plates between a plate conveyor and a storage rack or similar structure In an arrangement for the transfer of plates between a plate conveyor and a holding structure by a transport arm, which is pivotally supported with one end on a support structure and pivotally supports at its other end a plate holder for engaging a plate selectively... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971838 | Battery plate feeder having low vacuum, high flow rate pick-up head A feeder for porous battery plates has a vacuum-operated pickup head that is positioned above the plates. The pickup head pulls the top plate off of the stack of plates and moves it to an outfeed device. The opening in the pickup head has an area that is at least 50... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968974 | Linkage apparatus useful in an article handling device An article dispensing apparatus embodied, for example, as a vending machine, including a controllably positioned suction hose dispenser for retrieving articles from a storage area. In one embodiment, an airflow control mechanism, i.e., a vacuum or suction release (i... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6935238 | Image recording material conveying device and automatic image recording system A conveying device for a printing plate precursor which takes the printing plate precursor and an interleaf sheet out from a cassette, and which, along a conveying path to an exposure section, takes-off only the interleaf sheet. When a leading end of the interleaf s... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6906292 | Sample tray heater module A heater module is described that includes a heat distribution plate including a bottom portion having first and second sides and a plurality of projections extending away from one of the sides. A heat source is provided for heating the heat distribution plate, and,... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6886827 | Lifter and separator for stacked flexible flat workpieces A lifter device for separating the uppermost of a stack of flexible flat workpieces in suction holders for engaging a sheet when suction is applied thereto. At least one suction holder adjacent a side of the frame is movable independently of other suction holders sp... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6868306 | Plate parts carrying system A plate parts carrying system that is capable of sucking the plate parts to be processed automatically without having trouble with the supply of the carrying program, which makes a specified value of the sucking position easily. A carrying program 8 is... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6830424 | Apparatus and method for separating and supplying plates from a stacked plate assembly This invention provides an apparatus for separating and supplying plates from a stacked plate assembly capable of highly efficiently separating and conveying one plate by one from a stacked plate assembly of a storage cell without interruption and conveying and supp... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6823791 | Plate inverter for plate management system and method of operation A substrate manager for a substrate exposure machine is used, in one example, as a platesetter. As such, it comprises a substrate storage system, containing one or more stacks of substrates, such as plates in one implementation. A substrate picker is provided for pi... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6823648 | Media disc packaging apparatus and method In some preferred embodiments of the media packaging apparatus and method according to the present invention, a plurality of stations are positioned adjacent to a conveyor. A disc case enters a feed path preferably from an empty disc case receptacle, is conveyed to ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6805528 | Apparatus for replacing rejected articles, in particular blister packs, in a feeding line of a packaging machine An apparatus for replacing rejected articles, in particular blister packs, includes an additional magazine situated beside the feeding line and aimed at receiving and housing, arranged in pile, the articles, which are to be withdrawn when necessary to replace the re... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802688 | Apparatus for handling layers of palletized goods An apparatus for handling layers of palletized goods is described, comprising a vertically displaceable lift head with a mainly horizontal suction face which is substantially adjusted in size for a pallet, for example an EU pallet. The head has a large number of dow... | 10/12/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6745694 | Method and apparatus for a slipsheet removal system A method for separating lightweight sheets to be discarded interleaved with heavier items to be further processed. A gas such as air is delivered by nozzles and directed at slip sheets interleaved between photosensitive plates. The slip sheets are directed by the ga... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6748294 | Flats bundle collator The present invention relates to an apparatus for collating a plurality of separate groups or bundles of similar flats mailpieces arranged in a predetermined delivery point sequence, each mailpiece imprinted with a distinct delivery point or address indicia, to prod... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742779 | Automatic document transport method and device using suction to retain unfed documents during feeding In connection with a method for automatically inserting documents to be displayed on a display device and/or copied in a digitizing device, such as microfiches, microfilm jackets or the like, in which process one document at a time is transported from a stack of doc... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6729837 | Sheet feeder and sheet feeding method A sheet feeder for use with a stack having plates and sheets alternating. Sheets are removed by being reliably suction adhered with a sucker. The sheet feeder includes a suction device, and the sucker and device are mounted at a supporting portion. In order to allow... | 05/04/2004 |
