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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167530 | Robotic pallet-emptying and magazine-loading apparatus Examples of a robotic de-palletizer and a robotic magazine loader are described herein. The robotic de-palletizer is configured to remove cases (e.g. HSC (half slotted cases) filled with product (e.g. disassembled cartons)) and to place the HSC on one or more convey... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7878754 | Storage system for glass offcut The storage system is for use next to a glass processing line having a loading table, a glass cutting table and a breakout table. The storage system comprises a first tilt table and a second tilt table with an intermediary conveyor extending between them. A storage ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7862288 | Hay bale accumulating method and device A bale accumulator and method in which a plurality of hay bales can be accumulated and arranged into a cluster of ten bales (a “ten stack”). The accumulator first collects a bale in each of two angled bale receivers at the rear of the accumulator. These remain i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7837427 | Method of transporting and storing an oilfield proppant A method of transporting and storing an oilfield proppant is provided that includes transporting the proppant to a storage facility by use of a dump truck; providing a load assembly at the storage facility which comprises a load hopper and a load conveyor; transferr... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7452179 | Method and device for transferring and separating a stream of stacked packets A method and device for transferring packets, whereby two parallel, superimposed rows of packets are fed in a horizontal direction to a first transfer station, and the lead packets in the two rows are then conveyed in a vertical direction from the first transfer sta... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7337919 | Beverage lid dispenser The current invention is a lid dispensing device and method of use comprising a base unit, a lid holder operatively connected to the base unit, a blade operatively mounted to the base which moves between a first position and a second position, the blade supporting a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7275635 | Free flow conveyance system A free flow conveyance system includes a plurality of linear conveyance apparatuses each having a plurality of unit conveyors linearly arranged, and a pivot conveyance apparatus having a unit conveyor which is arranged between the linear conveyance apparatuses being... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266422 | Automated palletizing cases having mixed sizes and shapes A method for stacking cases on a pallet includes supplying cases to a buffer, determining physical characteristics of buffer cases including dimensions of a case base and case height, and determining available positions on the pallet where a buffer case can be place... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7243002 | System and method for carrier identification in a pneumatic tube system A system and method provides for the identification and monitoring of carriers within a pneumatic carrier system. Each carrier which is to be employed within the system includes an identification device such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip which has ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237654 | Lifter device To provide a compact lifter device, which can attain a work-piece's lifting/lowering operation in a stable supporting state and can reduce the parts number and an assembly load. A lifter device 100 in which a pair of work-piece lifting chains 130, 130 ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7210894 | Method and apparatus for palletizing packages of random size and weight A method and apparatus for palletizing rectangular packages received in random size and weight. A “corner”-based modeling system is used to assist in evaluating possible placements of packages accumulated on a line conveyor, and a placement evaluation process is... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207462 | Lid dispenser A dispenser is adjustable to contain beverage container lids of various sizes. A housing has a front element with an opening. Pager assemblies are mounted in slots which extend radially outwardly from the opening. A stack of lids is inserted into the housing through... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201270 | Device for the storage and feeding of products A device for the accumulation and release of products disposed in ranks, comprises a storage unit with respective receiving and delivery openings for the products, a plurality of container elements movably guided within the storage unit between the receiving and del... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200465 | Automated container storage and delivery system A material storage and delivery system includes an individual container storage and delivery system (ICSDS). A palletizer is provided for placing containers from the ICSDS on a pallet. A layer storage and delivery system (LSDS) places full layers of containers on a ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7156606 | Article aligning apparatus An article aligning apparatus for aligning a plurality article tiers to be loaded into a carton. Each article tier comprises an article array delivered from an in-feed stream at an in-feed end of a packaging machine. The apparatus comprises an article conveyor for c... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143567 | Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of toilet paper and/or kitchen towel Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of paper comprising a bagging and/or forming machine adapted to sort packages of said rolls into batches or to bag said sorted loose packages in a plastic bag, and a palletizing station comprising at lease one manipulator pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128519 | Auto stacking machine for strip articles An auto stacking machine includes a worktable (10), a plurality of chutes (20), a pair of receivers (30), and a cushioning apparatus. Three vertical plates (14) are mounted on the worktable. The chutes are attached to outmost ones of the ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7110856 | Automated container storage and delivery system A material storage and delivery system includes an individual container storage and delivery system (ICSDS). A palletizer is provided for placing containers from the ICSDS on a pallet. A layer storage and delivery system (LSDS) places full layers of containers on a ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100911 | Method and apparatus for assembling a stack of sheet articles from multiple input paths An apparatus for assembling a plurality of sheet articles into a document includes a plurality of individual sheet input paths along which one or more sheet articles can be advanced, and a central accumulation area for accumulating the sheet articles. The central ac... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096151 | Method for detecting tampering There is disclosed method of detecting tampering with product packages, using an RFID transponder on the package, wherein the weight before shipment is encoded into the RFID transponder, and the received package is weighed and its RFID transponder is decoded upon re... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081076 | Device for automatically mounting and dismantling tools on a robot Device for automatically mounting and dismantling tools (10) on a robot (16), comprising means (1) for storing a number of identical fresh tools (10) and means (11) for centering one of these tools (10) in a position for aut... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7055816 | Method of processing sheet-like products, and apparatus for implementing the method A method and apparatus for processing a stream of sheet-like products, such as printed magazines and newspapers, whereby the orientation of the products in the stream is changed to facilitate subsequent processing. The products are conveyed in an imbricated stream, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040855 | Blank support device A device for handling blanks, comprises a blank pallet-receiving portion to be positioned downstream of a blank forming machine. The blank pallet-receiving portion defines a plane substantially parallel with a blank-receiving surface on a pallet positioned on the bl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7032232 | Memory storage disk handling system A disk dispenser including a spindle having a first end and a second end, the second end having a disk support foot arranged to support a stack of disks, wherein the disk support foot is movable from an extended position at which a portion of the disk support foot i... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6966521 | Core positioning apparatus An apparatus for loading rewind cores onto a winding mandrel (3) of a web winding machine comprises a first conveyor for conveying each of a plurality of rewind cores from a hopper or store to a loading position immediately adjacent to and coaxial with the fr... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6887030 | Apparatus for resisting rotation of can ends in a downstacker and method regarding same An apparatus for resisting rotational movement of can ends in a downstacker is provided, that includes a housing having a bore, a ring having a bore that is disposed within the housing, a second ring having a bore that is disposed within the housing and a sleeve hav... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6876958 | Method and system of optimized sequencing and configuring of items for packing in a bounded region The present invention includes methods of selecting cases in which to pack items in an item order and selecting the sequence and configuration of placement of items into the selected cases. One such method includes examining an order comprising a list of items to be... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6866470 | Methods and apparatus for retaining a tray stack having a plurality of trays for carrying microelectronic devices Devices and methods for holding a tray stack having a plurality of trays configured to carry and store microelectronic devices. Several devices in accordance with the present invention are particularly applicable to carrying a stack of JEDEC trays that have been loa... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6862495 | In-situ randomization and recording of wafer processing order at process tools Wafer order is randomized in-situ by use of a separate wafer staging area and randomly shuffling wafers to and from this staging area to shuffle the processing order of the wafer lot. Positional data is captured for each wafer at both the send and receive ends of th... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6851920 | Method for stacking parts comprising thermoplastic plastic, and apparatus for executing the method An improved process of stacking parts comprising thermoplastic plastic in an intermediate-storage cage, and the further transport of the stacks to subsequent devices. A pivotable stacking cage effects the transfer of the stacks onto a transverse conveyor belt, or di... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840733 | Apparatus for transporting and stacking goods, in particular in the form of plates, and corresponding process The apparatus (10) serves for transporting and stacking goods (12), in particular in the form of plates such as metal plates or the like, and includes a feed transport device (14), which is connected to a stacking device (16). In this app... | 01/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6746203 | Gripping and transport clamp mounted at the end of a robotic arm and method for operating the same The present invention relates to a gripping and transport clamp mounted at an end of a robotic arm. The clamp has a support member mounted at the end of the robotic arm and two lower pressing plates and one upper pressing plate mounted on the support member. A senso... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742982 | Golf ball stacking and dispensing apparatus and method A golf ball stacking and dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper having two pyramidal shells each of different dimensions. Each of the shells is truncated and has a respective open substantially rectangular rim defining a respective open base of a different dimensi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6699007 | Method and apparatus for palletizing packages of random size and weight A method and apparatus for palletizing rectangular packages received in random size and weight. A "corner"-based modeling system is used to assist in evaluating possible placements of packages accumulated on a line conveyor, and a placement evaluation pro... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6699006 | Method and apparatus for stacking containers comprising thermoplastic, and apparatus for executing the method A method to improve the stacking of containers comprising thermoplastic plastic, and the transfer of the stacks to a successive device. Stacks of a predetermined number are intended to be produced without disturbances, even with a high cycle number of the... | 03/02/2004 |
