Did You Know...
...During the Civil War, the Confederacy established its own Patent Office which issued 266 patents, a third of which concerned implements of war.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051777 | Switch for a powered pallet conveyor In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a switch for a powered pallet conveyor is provided. The switch comprising (a) a turntable and (b) rail portions which are arranged upon the turntable and define at least a first travel pathway and a second travel pathway,... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7245988 | Garment inventory management system A laundry inventory management system comprises several components in combination. A structure has a computer system with a program to store data with the computer being coupled to an electrical source. A pair of trolley rails with each rail having a set of indicia ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7137769 | Workpiece feeding apparatus A plurality of working blocks (A, B) are connected by rails (18). A branched transporting mechanism (100) is disposed at the intersections of the rails (18). A transportation vehicle (300) of non-self-propelled type moves on the rails ( | 11/21/2006 |
| 6959229 | RFID control system A system and method for routing a carrier on a movable conveyance system having a multiplicity of switching stations and at least one carrier. Each carrier has an electronic readable tag coupled thereto, and each tag has a specific identifier that can be read. A rea... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6354224 | Conveyor system switch using tubular linear induction motor A conveyor switch for a conveyor track comprising a tubular linear induction motor as the switch drive. A switch tongue is adapted to be pivoted between first and second positions on the conveyor track and has a driving arm extending from one end thereof.... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6345561 | Wire measuring and cutting apparatus and method of measuring length of wire A wire measuring and cutting apparatus 1 is provided with an U-turn guide section 6 which serves to guide a wire W being fed into a guide passage 5b for bending the wire W in a substantially U-shaped manner. In the section 6, a movable guide part 5 is con... | 02/12/2002 |
| 5297483 | Work conveyor Left side panels and right side panel are produced in a left side panel production line and a right side panel production line, respectively By vertical lifters, each left side panel and each right side panel are lifted at the delivery stations and then t... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5277123 | Electroplating workpiece hanging bracket automatic exchanging device The movable track of the automatic exchanging device is moved outward by hydraulic cylinders, letting the hanging bracket thereon, which is carried from a preceding process cycle, to be moved onto the rail of the conveying system of a proximate process cy... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5272985 | Apparatus for transporting workpieces In apparatuses of the generic type, single point modules are provided which can transfer only the transport wagons arriving from one point branch optionally into one of the two other point branches. It is achieved by the development of the point modules a... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5271334 | Cart loading equipment having reciprocating pusher and chain conveyors with sensor operated central control A newspaper bundle handling system is shown and includes a bundle arranging and loading apparatus for arranging and loading successive layers of newspaper bundles on a wheeled cart. The present invention also includes a conveying mechanism for conveying e... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5219395 | Monorail transport system A monorail public transport system utilizing a plurality of independent cars that circulate a main route with shunting of select cars to passenger loading stations without substantial interference of the continuous circulation of the remaining cars on a c... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5154123 | Rail conveyor and rail switches therefore Diversion-type switches and cross-type switches are provided for inclusion in suspended rail conveyor arrangements to form a rail conveyor system. Each of said switches includes at least one shiftable rail section movable between a first position of coope... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5119732 | Portable gantry robot In order to reduce operating costs while enhancing the overall operating efficiency of an industrial plant, a method for automating a plant or warehouse using portable gantry robots is provided. Work stations for the robots are organized along rows in var... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5036772 | Suspension conveyor system A suspension conveyor system for automatically conveying suspended conveyor carriages having a plurality of first rails disposed with their free ends in mutual transverse alignment along at least one transfer lane and at least one second rail disposed par... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4991515 | Double acting switch and method of use A switch is employed in a conveyorized transport system which has a first actuator capable of imparting a first linear movement and a second actuator capable of imparting a second linear movement, which actuators being oriented parallel with one another a... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4938149 | Rail transport switch arrangement The switch arrangement allocates first and second connections in groups to each other. A carriage is used which supports a number of connection elements corresponding to the number of second connections per each group. The carriage is movable along the fi... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4938150 | Guide and support track system In a switch, a straight rail section (3) is movable with respect to a stationary rail (1). The straight rail section (3) is connected via a bracket (5) to a movable switch base plate (6) which is guided by travel wheels (7) in travel or running rails (12)... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4936223 | Segmented rail assembly for closed loop work station conveyor system A subsidiary work station loop for a work station conveyor system has a gravity fed rail assembly for trolleys shunted from the main conveyor. An elevator returns the trolleys from the lower end of the rail assembly. Four rail segments define this rail as... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4920891 | Rail conveyor and rail switches therefore Diversion-type switches and cross-type switches are provided for inclusion in suspended rail conveyor arrangements to form a rail conveyor system. Each of the switches includes at least one shiftable rail section movable between a first position of cooper... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4915012 | Control scheme for apparatus with moveable rail section A conveyorized transport apparatus has an overhead rail system for transporting articles on a suspended trolley from one location to another. A moveable rail section in the system has a pivotal connection with an adjacent rail section to pivot the moveabl... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4890804 | Turnout unit for railway track Disclosed is an improved turnout unit to be employed in turnout point of railway tracks, which does not necessitate maintenance of the sliding surface of the base plate. In the turnout unit of the present invention, a spray-coated ceramic layer is formed ... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4884510 | Transfer slide assembly and system A transfer slide is used in a conveyor system to advance a trolley from one position to another position and includes a body fixed to a free end of a rail and has a cavity formed substantially throughout its length. The body has longitudinally extending s... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4840123 | Conveyorized apparatus with moveable rail section A conveyorized transport apparatus has an overhead rail system for transporting articles on a suspended trolley from one location to another. A moveable rail section in the system has a pivotal connection with an adjacent rail section to pivot the moveabl... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4700633 | Tracking apparatus in conveyorized transport system A tracking arrangement for a conveyorized transport system of the type in which coded workpiece carriers are routed by a switching mechanism from a main rail to an entry end of a subsidiary loop and then returned to the switching mechanism via a discharge... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4615273 | Conveyorized transport system A conveyorized transport system which can be used to transport workpieces to a series of subsidiary loops, comprises a main rail, workpiece carrying trolleys movable on the main rail, a subsidiary loop adjacent to the main rail which leads to a work stati... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4336757 | Track switch A hospital curtain track system utilizing a track switch which permits the use of a single privacy curtain selectively for each of a pair of adjacent bed cubicles. One track switch unit between each two bed environment splices directly with the cubicle tr... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4109584 | Track switching device for two-rail type tracks A track switching device for selectively coupling a first track to one of second and third tracks. The switching device comprises a plurality of movable members, one of which has two parallel rails which operate such that when it is moved, the two rails a... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4089270 | Personal transporation system A personal transportation system including a guideway of channel members submerged beneath the ground with an opening along the ground line, the guideway including an intersection, a rail running along the base of the channel members for supporting wheele... | 05/16/1978 |
