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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364031 | Split spin bar for use with plastic lid handling system An apparatus for handling horizontally oriented flat circular articles, such as plastic lids, employs a pair of parallel rotating spin bars, one of which is divided or split into a shorter lid entry section and a longer lid discharge section. The shorter lid entry s... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7340971 | Method and apparatus for inspecting a pallet A system and method for inspecting pallets verifies a pallet meets dimensional and structural integrity requirements for transporting a load. The method and automated system verify that a pallet is within tolerances for dimensions, the load-bearing surface of the pa... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329218 | Feed apparatus and method for feeding blanks into container forming machines The feed apparatus for feeding container blanks into a container forming machine comprises a hopper at or near its first end for holding a plurality of blanks, a selecting mechanism for selecting one of the blanks, a moving mechanism to move the blanks toward the el... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325384 | Method of loading cartons Methods of loading cartons in a packaging machine are provided. A method comprises providing cartons with an end opening having a width less than a pitch of flight bars of a packaging machine, and detachably affixing the cartons so that one carton is horizontally ad... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7222844 | Hopper loader with lateral deblocking The invention relates to a signature hopper loader and method for feeding signatures to a hopper on a binding line. The hopper loader includes a conveyor and a deblocker that work together to feed signatures to the hopper. The deblocker is preferably positioned adja... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7201369 | Vertical justification system A device and system for registering or justifying product such as mail pieces in a vertical position for future processing of such mail pieces. The system includes a mounting block having an angled bore and a driven alignment mechanism mounted within the angled bore... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7182332 | Feed device for stacks of paper, plastic material or the like A feed device for stacks of paper or plastic material has at least one transport unit with a supporting member for the stack and at least one transport element. A separating unit with at least one rotatably driven feed drum is provided for removing individual sheets... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179346 | Semiconductor apparatus with multiple delivery devices for components An apparatus is provided for transferring components from a pick-up position amongst a supply of components to a placement position on a receptor, such as a die pad, during semiconductor processing. It includes a first delivery device and a second delivery device op... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175382 | Device and method for separating packs of laminar products from one another The device comprises a guide (23) defining a closed for a plurality of separator fingers (15). In the vicinity of the end of the advance stretch of the guide is set a separating member (101) provided with a movement of insertion and extraction (... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170024 | Delivery point sequencing mail sorting system with flat mail capability A method and apparatus for sorting articles to a delivery point sequence includes at least one article sorter adapted to sort articles and a conveying system operable to arrange and convey containers of articles sorted in a first sort pass to an induct of the articl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163502 | Carton erecting apparatus Rotary transfer mechanism is mounted on a frame for removing a flat folded carton from a storage hopper to move the carton to a flight conveyor assembly and in cooperation therewith erect the carton to be in an open rectangular condition. The transfer mechanism incl... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156237 | Articles separating and supplying apparatus and method An articles separating and supplying apparatus and method are provided by which, even in case of a size change of articles, articles of a predetermined number can be securely separated and supplied at a high speed. A transfer conveyor for transferring arrayed articl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156605 | Substrate transport and marking assembly An apparatus for transporting and marking a substrate, such as a collapsed corrugated cardboard carton. A feeder station is configured to receive a substantially vertically aligned stack of substrates. An advancement assembly of the feeder station successively moves... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156607 | Carton stacking apparatus and method An apparatus for stacking incoming items includes a receiving mechanism for receiving incoming items, a stacking mechanism for receiving items from the receiving mechanism and stacking the items in a stacking area, a buffering mechanism for receiving incoming items ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150598 | Pallet handling apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for handling pallets, such as for inspection and sorting, are disclosed. In a disclosed embodiment, an up-ender includes a support frame, a pallet-tilting mechanism coupled in a pivotal manner to the frame, and first and second generally uprigh... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7112031 | Method and apparatus for mechanized pocket sweeping A method for sweeping mail pieces from pockets of a sorter including the steps of (1) sorting mail pieces to a plurality of pockets based upon a preselected sorting criteria, (2) positioning an unloading robot adjacent to a selected one of the pockets when the pocke... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7083374 | Gripping members gripping and moving packets stacked by a conveyor A stacking conveyor conveys packets so that the conveyed packets become stacked together in a standing up configuration as an array of packets. First and second gripping members are automatically controlled so that the first and second gripping members mechanically ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7066317 | Conveyance unit and boxing unit having the same A placing apparatus having first and second rear end holding members is provided between a loading apparatus that loads items in an upright position and a conveyance apparatus downstream. These rear end holding members move making a box motion when seen from the sid... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7029225 | Stacking tray for flat mail items The present invention relates to a receiving area or stacking tray for items. The stacking tray may be flat and the items mail items. The mail items may also be flat. The flat mail items are accommodated in an upright position. The receiving area has a stacking base... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7012211 | Single pass sequencing assembly A method and apparatus for sequencing articles via a single sort pass or process includes a plurality of article receivers or collators positioned along a conveying or transport path and a plurality of carriages movable along the path. The carriages receive articles... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997671 | Separating arrangement for a cartoning machine A separating arrangement for the individual removal of carton blanks (Z) from a magazine (M) and for shifting the removed carton blank (Z) from a removal position into a transfer position has a motor-driven pivoting arm (5) and means (6) arranged there... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6971839 | Machine and method for grouping products in stacks having a pre-set length A machine and a method for carrying out portioning of products in stacks having a pre-set length. One or more portioning stations are provided, in which there are present at least two elements for supporting the stack, the supporting elements being mobile in transla... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957944 | Method and apparatus for stacking small sheets of glass A method and apparatus for stacking small sheets of glass or other material, wherein manual stacking is eliminated and robotic/machine cycle times are significantly reduced, and wherein such an apparatus enables the stacking of small sheets of glass or other materia... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951333 | Method and device for producing stacks from continuously supplied, flat articles For being stacked, flat articles, in particular printed products, are supplied to a feed point in an imbricated stream, in which they overlap one another and are arranged standing substantially upright. In the feed point, their leading edge is pushed against an alig... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948237 | Methods for manufacturing film cartridge and for feeding plate material A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a film cartridge operable at high speed. A film cartridge comprised of a rounded ribbon plate and a cap clinched to the end of the rounded ribbon plate is produced using an apparatus including plural assembly chucks... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938896 | Automatic card dispensing unit with display capability An automatic card dispenser unit for displaying and dispensing cards includes a storage housing for storing an array of cards. A holding member operatively positions a lower most card at a load station in a vertical alignment for display. A controller unit can recei... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935201 | Measurement configuration including a vehicle and method for performing measurements with the measurement configuration at various locations A measurement device, i.e. a metrology tool, and a vehicle are combined to provide a mobile metrology in a fabrication facility. Peripheral equipment such as a device transfer unit, for, e.g., FOUPs in semiconductor manufacturing, an electronic control system with, ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6846153 | Tray destacker A tray destacker is operable to separate individual trays from a stack of trays and to discharge the individual trays. The tray destacker includes a tray separating device which engages an edge or handle of the individual tray and moves the tray away from the stack ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6834755 | Conveying machines An apparatus and method for forming batches in predetermined count or length of laminar articles standing on edge for transfer from multiple supply lines/chutes to a common delivery line is disclosed. The common delivery line is located operatively below the supply ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6793214 | Device for subdividing stacks The present invention relates to an apparatus for dividing a stack of items. The items may comprise mail pieces. The apparatus comprises at least one supporting finger which extends through an opening within a base. The base supports the items which stand thereon an... | 09/21/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6764273 | Device for unstacking containers An arrangement (1, 1′) for automatically unstacking containers (6, 6′) nested in each other in lying posture, by depositing them on a support, e.g. a conveyor (3a), with the container opening (6a) facing upwards, the arr... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6733228 | Apparatus for transporting parts A part transporting apparatus comprises: a guiding groove for lining up parts in one row and guiding the parts; a transporting member which is provided at the base of the guiding groove and transports the parts in a forward direction by itself moving forwards and ba... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6652218 | Inductor station for sortation conveying system An inductor station for a sortation conveying system is able to accommodate an assortment of substantially rectangular items which in general each have unique dimensions. A worker loads the inductor station with a charge of items each standing upright on ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6517308 | Inductor station for sortation conveying system An inductor station for a sortation conveying system is able to accommodate an assortment of substantially rectangular items which in general each have unique dimensions. A worker loads the inductor station with a charge of items each standing upright on ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6494310 | Method and device for feeding flat items to individualization Flat items (2) which have an irregular and/or changeable thickness profile are individualized from a substantially lying stack (3/5), wherein the stack serves as buffer between the individualization and the supply of the items (2) and wherein the items (2... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6461102 | Charging apparatus A charging apparatus for handling stations for sheet-like, flexible articles, in particular envelopes, particularly for mail-processing machines, the drive in a feed-channel for stacks of articles standing on edge being controlled in dependence on a detec... | 10/08/2002 |
