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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434373 | Method for automatically cutting and removing stacks of pieces in a web of sheet material Stacks of pieces (24) are cut out from the lay-up (20) on a cutting table, on the basis of recorded information relating to the locations of the pieces on the surface of the lay-up, and the skeleton (26) of the lay-up is split up (lines 28 | 10/14/2008 |
| 7340932 | Wire-rolling apparatus A rolling-mill cooling unit has a cooling-unit conveyor transporting fanned-out loops of wire in a transport direction toward a coiler spaced downstream from the cooling-unit conveyor and serving to organize the fanned-out loops of wire into coils or bundles. A feed... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7270039 | Reload system for slicing machine A loaf reload mechanism for a slicing machine that includes a loaf-loading position wherein during a loading operation a loaf is placed in the loaf-loading position to be engaged by a gripper and driven into a cutting plane. The loaf reload mechanism includes a loaf... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7231857 | Depaneling systems A depaneling system is disclosed for cutting a panel. The depaneling system comprises a tooling apparatus and a cutting apparatus. The tooling apparatus helps hold the panel in place with suction during cutting of said panel and collects dust particles generated by ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7201089 | Feeder, gatherer-stitcher and method for index punching A feeder for feeding flat products to a conveyor device includes a magazine for storing the products, a separating device for separating the products from the magazine and a device for producing an index in the products. A gatherer-stitcher includes a plurality of t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7175172 | Method and device for inserting a plurality of individual sheetlike forms of administration in a dispenser by forming a multilayer pile A process for introducing a plurality of segregated sheet-like administration forms into a dispenser under formation of a multilayered stack for individually dosable removal, with sheet-like tapes wound-up on rolls being present as starting material, utilizes the fo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7096771 | Cutter blade assembly for cutting scoop shaped vegetable products A cutter blade assembly that presents a sequential series of perpendicularly oriented cutting knife arrays which are attached to a frame. A first set of cutting knives is comprised of knives that are generally scalloped shaped. A second set of cutting knives is comp... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6931973 | Slicing-machine drive A slicing machine has a blade having an edge, and a carriage adapted to carry a foodstuff to be sliced and displaceable past the blade edge in forward and reverse directions. A reversible drive on the support is connected to the carriage for displacing it in both di... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6883409 | Device for cross/cutting material strips, in particular cardboard strips A device for cross cutting a cardboard web in which, both the blade drums, a sheet transport conveyor accelerates the sheets and then the sheets are positioned to shingle the sheets on a further conveyor. The sheet transport conveyor has a rerouting roller at the ou... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6659442 | Method and device for inserting a plurality of individual sheetlike forms of administration in a dispenser by forming a multilayer pile A process for introducing a plurality of segregated sheet-like administration forms into a dispenser under formation of a multilayered stack for individually dosable removal, with sheet-like tapes wound-up on rolls being present as starting material, util... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6619169 | System for punching metal sheets and for stacking metal sheets in the appropriate punched pattern A system for punching metal sheets and for stacking metal sheets in the appropriate punched pattern, particularly for electric machines, has a die for punching the metal sheets, a die plate cooperating with the die, and a guiding device for guiding the pu... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6318224 | Slicing of products A method of and apparatus for slicing products, such as of foodstuffs, has a slicing station at which slices are cut from a product fed to the station. The cut slices fall on a receiver arranged below the slicing station, and the vertical distance between... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6292737 | Preceding vehicle follow-up control system A vehicle follow-up control apparatus includes a distance sensor sensing an actual vehicle-to-vehicle distance from a controlled vehicle to a preceding vehicle, a vehicle speed sensor sensing an actual vehicle speed of the controlled vehicle, and a contro... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6199466 | Apparatus and method for processing palletized containers An apparatus for processing a palletized container (411), the palletized container (411) including a container (413) affixed to a pallet (415). The apparatus includes a receptacle (412) arranged and configured for receiving the palletized container (411).... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5970834 | Depalletizer and hopper feeder Disclosed is a system which includes a method and apparatus for the removal of carton bundles from where they are stacked, such as on pallets, re-positions the carton bundles relative to a carton holding structure such as a hopper, removes the restraining... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5806396 | Automatic fabric pattern matching apparatus An automatic fabric pattern-matching apparatus for, a fabric (MA) which has a pattern continuous at least in the lateral direction and which is unwound and spread from a wound fabric (M) and is fed from one end thereof in the longitudinal direction of the... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5267848 | Apparatus for manufacturing sheets For the purpose of mass-producing sheet pallets made of a synthetic resin with a high productivity and without difficulty, an apparatus for manufacturing sheets is provided, which apparatus includes a process (1001) to feed sheet materials in a predetermi... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5255584 | Device for cutting and stacking of products packed in a foil tube The device for cutting and stacking products is based upon product slices which are packed in the form of a chain in a foil tube whereby the individual product slices are separated from one another by sealing seams which run perpendicular to the width of ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5216963 | Arrangement for cutting slugs of unfired brick A technique for cutting and selectively edge, face or flat setting brick or similar articles. The machine includes a cutter bank for receiving the slugs from a pusher and a device for selectively moving the cutter bank between an operable position and an ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5184924 | Method and equipment for transferring concrete slabs Two lifting units (1, 2) have lifting grabs (3) for lifting individual concrete slabs (29) off a prestressing bed on which they have been cast and then stacking them on a pair of support beams (6) to form a pile (28). Once the pile (28) has been formed, t... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5146824 | Auxiliary punching device for punching machine An auxiliary punching device is disclosed, which is attachable to a machine for punching holes at one given location into a stack of sheets of given size, in order to punch other holes at another given location in the same stack at the very same time as t... | 09/15/1992 |
| 4829863 | High-production inverter stacker An inverter/stacker for use in the manufacture of brick is disclosed in which two gripper frames are provided. Each gripper frame operates to grip slugs at a gripping position and to stack slugs at a stacking position in which the slugs are deposited on o... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4815924 | Sheet stacking means after a cross-cutting saw A stacking device for sheets, such as chipboard, plywood or equivalent sheets after a cross-cutting saw, in which cut-off sheet packages are fed and stacked, after being sawn, onto the lifting table of a stacking station into stacks of a predetermined siz... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4727783 | Flying cutoff apparatus A flying cutoff apparatus for cutting longitudinally moving and axially rotating tubing includes a track positioned along and generally parallel to the direction of longitudinal movement of the tubing, a carriage mounted on the track adjacent to the tubin... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4644729 | Slab-cutting machine A machine for slicing slabs of cheese, sausage or the like comprises a feeding mechanism which supports the slab, feeds it intermittently at an inclination to the horizontal and includes a slab-supporting conveyor belt and gripping claws for holding the b... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4583435 | Slab-cutting machine A machine for slicing slabs of cheese, sausage or the like comprises a feeding mechanism which supports the slab, feeds it intermittently at an inclination to the horizontal and includes a slab-supporting conveyor belt and gripping claws for holding the b... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4523502 | Apparatus for accumulating stacks of paper sheets or the like Apparatus for accumulating stacks of paper sheets has a cross cutter which repeatedly severs several overlapping running paper webs to form a series of groups of overlapping sheets. Such groups are accumulated into layers at a gathering station, and succe... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4331049 | Numerically controlled automatic notching press An automatic numerically controlled slotting or notching press arrangement which includes a multi-armed feed and removing device having a turnstile or turntable which is selectively indexed or rotated so as to convey blanks to various processing stations.... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4326439 | Apparatus and method for stacking and facing uncured brick Each row of uncured brick is arranged with a longitudinal axis extending transversely across the width of a push-off table and is serially pushed by preceding rows past the end of the table. An elevator device registers a first platform with the end of th... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4253361 | Fully mechanized sawmill An improved fully mechanized sawmill is provided which is composed of structurally independent modules which are removably mounted on a platform composed of a plurality of side-by-side longerons supported horizontally on files of spaced-apart vertical pie... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4211130 | Method and apparatus for handling and stacking brick The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for cutting, grouping and stacking brick wherein after cutting and grouping, selected courses are inverted and stacked on other uninverted courses to form two course high stacks with the respective b... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4207788 | Apparatus for severing and stacking photographic prints or the like Apparatus for subdividing a web of exposed and developed photographic paper into discrete prints has advancing rolls which move the web lengthwise in stepwise fashion to place successive frame lines into register with a severing device which is thereupon ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4182207 | Food stack loader A machine for picking up stacks of sliced food obtained from a slicer and loading the stacks into cavities of a packager which then encloses same. The machine includes a transmission driven in synchronism with the packager that pivots a placer having spri... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4173911 | Method and apparatus for hacking and stacking brick The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for hacking and stacking brick. Brick slugs are received on an off bearing belt and transferred to a discharge area. At the discharge area, a pusher on a fore stroke engages a slug on the off bearing... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4173910 | Method and apparatus for handling brick The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for hacking brick specifically involving the stacking of uncured or green brick into a two course high brick stack prior to the bricks being transferred and stacked onto a kiln car for curing and dry... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4131041 | Collector forming an accumulating stack from successively received severed sections of photographic strip A long photographic strip is transported along a predetermined path and comprises a succession of customer orders joined end-to-end. At a cutting station along the path, successive leading ends of the transported strip are severed from the remainder, to s... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4111086 | Aligning and stacking arrangement An alignment and stacking arrangement for stampings manufactured in a continuous stamping operation by a stamping machine having a punch and associated punch matrix. At least one stacking channel is arranged in the punch matrix for receiving the stampings... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4108031 | Aligning and stacking arrangement An alignment and stacking arrangement for stampings manufactured in a continuous stamping operation by a stamping machine having a punch and associated punch matrix. At least one stacking channel is arranged in the punch matrix for receiving the stampings... | 08/22/1978 |
