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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7264111 | Magnetic specimen-transport system for automated clinical instrument A magnetic specimen-transport system for transporting racks of specimen-containers to or within an automated clinical instrument for analysis and/or processing. The magnetic specimen-transport system that is adapted to transport magnetically-attractable racks of spe... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258223 | Pallet conveyor with chain drive recirculating in a horizontal plane A conveyor using a drive chain to drive pallets along a closed loop path on a track lying in a horizontal plane through inside and outside turns so that the conveyor may transport parts along non aligned stations. An advance and a return run extend parallel to each ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7197810 | Transport system In a transport system for flow line production, especially in the car manufacturing industry, workpieces are movable along at least two first guides between working stations in transportation direction. At least one working station is configured as a screwing and/or... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185752 | Apparatus for continuously grouping on a conveyor An apparatus for continuously grouping or marshalling objects together on a conveyor includes the conveyor being divided into a first and a second conveyor section, where the second conveyor section has a higher speed than the first conveyor section. The conveyor se... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7119980 | System and method for writing secure data to disk Secure data is written to a disk during manufacture in such a way that it can be read but not copied. Methods include writing triangular transitions or very slow transitions from positive magnetic to negative magnetic and then erasing the negative parts to yield a c... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117066 | Computer controlled cup forming machine A computer controlled cup forming machine is provided. The computer controlled cup forming machine has a main motor, a main controller, and a plurality of workstations having individual motors electrically connected to the main motor and the main controller. The mai... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7086522 | Device for vibratory indexing of portioned pieces A portioned piece spacing apparatus having at least one contoured chute. The contoured chute having at least one angle of declination, a receiving area and an discharge tip. The at least one vibrating chute being coupled to a vibrating mechanism through an at least ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7020571 | Automated test method An automated test method for performing a hi-pot test procedure for an electrical device through the use of a test program installed in a factory information system (FIS) and a test instrument connected to the FIS. The test program sends a control command to the tes... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6978877 | Automatic machine for processing articles and having a position detecting device with hall-effect sensors An automatic machine for processing articles, and having a conveyor which feeds the articles along a path in a given feed direction and has a movable member; and a reading device for determining the position of the movable member; the reading device cooperates with ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971832 | Magnetically coupled linear delivery system transferring wafers between a cassette and a processing reactor A wafer load lock and linear delivery system including within a load lock vacuum chamber a paddle cantilevered from a trolley traveling on a single rail extending on a lateral side of the wafer end of the paddle while it is retracted into the load lock chamber. The ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957941 | Method and apparatus for buffering a flow of objects A buffer device for buffering a flow of stacks of discrete objects between a stacking machine and a packaging machine is disclosed which buffer includes a plurality of individual trays mounted on carriers which carriers are mounted on a frame and driven about the pe... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935828 | Wafer load lock and magnetically coupled linear delivery system A wafer load lock and linear delivery system including within a load lock vacuum chamber a paddle cantilevered from a trolley traveling on a single rail extending on a lateral side of the wafer end of the paddle while it is retracted into the load lock chamber. The ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6578583 | Apparatus for making and inspecting multi-component wrapped article In an apparatus for making and inspecting a multi-component cigarettes, each cigarette including two or more different components arranged relative to one another, the apparatus includes a device for advancing a web in a first direction. The apparatus fur... | 06/17/2003 |
| 5906262 | Positioning control system for a non-contacting magnetic conveyor system A positioning control system is used to control the stoppage of a conveyed article stably and with good repeatability with a magnetic conveyor system element on the receiving side when a conveyed article is passed between magnetic conveyor device elements... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5808265 | Quality control storage device Control systems and methods for inspecting at least one of a plurality of parts using an inspection station are disclosed. A comparator coupled to the inspection station compares a test signal responsive to a measured parameter of a part in the inspection... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5659947 | Device for automatically populating a top and a bottom side of printed-circuit boards with SMD components A device is described for automatically populating the top and bottom side of printed-circuit boards with SMD components, synchronously controllable switching points being arranged in the entry and outlet of the SMD (surface mounted device) insertion devi... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5303809 | Transporting system with cyclic advance A transporting system for supplying and/or discharging workpieces disposed on carriers to at least one processing unit includes a cyclic conveyor driven by a drive as a function of the work cycle, particularly a web belt or chain conveyor which is equippe... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5248024 | Wafer mounting device having position indicator A mount plate has a disc-shaped body having a wafer-mounting surface on which semiconductor wafers are to be mounted for polishing. The mount plate is carried by a rotary support which is rotatably indexed to different angular positions which correspond t... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5231919 | Conveyor belt for dough ball pressing apparatus An improvement in a dough ball pressing apparatus in which the continuous conveyor belt is provided with metal strips at predetermined spaced locations along each edge of the conveyor belt and a pair of proximity switches are positioned on the apparatus a... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5226523 | Conveying apparatus and method of controlling the same A conveying apparatus includes a plurality of position limiting devices provided along the direction of conveyance and a selecting device operable to select one of or those of the plurality of position limiting devices which are effective in view of a tar... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5145047 | Flexible production system comprising individually motorized mechanical modules whose operation is selected and synchronized by electronic means The production system comprises a lift and carry device (6) and a handling unit (9) each actuated by an electric motor (13, 14), the two motors being synchronized. The rectangular walking beam lift and carry cycle of the products (1) is perfected by modul... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5025909 | Apparatus for controlling the laying and transportation, on conveyor belts, of indexed workpieces manufactured by a line comprising a plurality of automatic machines This invention concerns an apparatus adapted to control both the laying and transportation, on conveyor belts, of indexed workpieces, manufactured by a line comprising a plurality of automatic machines. The subject apparatus substantially includes a plurality ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4964497 | Working method and apparatus for workpiece being conveyed A working apparatus for a work being conveyed wherein a movable base is provided alongside of a conveyor conveying a plate-like workpiece mounted on a carrier in such a manner that the workpiece is held in an upright posture with its side surfaces facing ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4947978 | Conveyor system and method of conveying A conveying system includes a movable conveyor track with a plurality of load carrying units movable with the conveyor track for conveying workpieces along the path defined by the conveyor track. Each of the load carrying units includes a device to select... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4842123 | Apparatus for processing objects positioned on a conveyor belt In an apparatus for processing objects positioned on a conveyor belt by way of a processing device that moves to and fro in parallel to the conveyor belt a correction mechanism is provided for controlling the relative position of the processing device and... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4793461 | Container feed apparatus Apparatus for feeding cylindrical containers (cans) to a rotary filling machine having a turntable with a plurality of work stations (can stations) spaced around its border. Signal producing devices, such as cone-jet sensors, are provided to produce gate ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4693358 | Vehicle body conveyance in assembly line A conveyor system in an automobile assembly line which comprises a slat conveyor for conveying a vehicle body structure past a door fitting position at which at least one door assembly is fitted to the body structure being conveyed, and having at least on... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4660708 | Bottle feeding machinery This invention concerns a connecting device for synchronously intercoupling machines mounted in series and handling a stream of objects 9 e.g. bottles which are uninterruptedly fed by a first machine 1 toward a second machine 4, the device essentially com... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4506777 | Sample handling apparatus Sample handling apparatus for circulating one or more sample holders along a rectilinear path in a sample holder storage compartment and past an operating station at which the holders may be removed from and then returned to the compartment. First and sec... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4503964 | Sample handling apparatus Sample handling apparatus for circulating one or more sample holders along a rectilinear path in a sample holder storage compartment and past an operating station at which the holders may be removed from and then returned to the compartment. First and sec... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4463845 | Material-handling apparatus and method A material-handling apparatus and method are disclosed for use in high-speed feeding of bar stock or the like to a precise registered position with respect to a machine tool. The apparatus includes a stop which senses the position of the material and is c... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4454939 | Apparatus for transporting sample holders Apparatus for transporting elongated sample holders in a sample holder storage compartment past an operating station at which sample tubes contained in the sample holders may be removed and then returned to the sample holders. First and second parallel co... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4318465 | Indexing drive control An apparatus and method are disclosed for transporting products to and from the machine function operating stations of an integrated machine. The apparatus provides a table for carrying the products which is rotatably indexed by a drive system as required... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4269298 | Tray indexing apparatus A tray indexing apparatus is disclosed for indexing trays containing rows of containers to be filled beneath a filler head. The apparatus includes means for supporting trays for movement along a predetermined path, means for indexing the supported trays b... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4149625 | Method and apparatus for cooking french toast and the like Method and apparatus for cooking products such as french toast in which the uncooked product is placed on one end of an endless steel belt upon which it is carried while being cooked. The product passes through a first cooking zone to cook it on one side,... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4120629 | Production control apparatus Utilization of production equipment with diverse throughput rates is optimized by a central random access article storage apparatus disposed centrally of peripherally positioned production equipment. Computer controls enable fully automatic sequencing of ... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4114752 | All purpose indexing device An all purpose indexing device primarily for interrupting the motion of baking pans on a continuously moving conveyor, the baking pans having spaced indentations therein, comprising a U-shaped index bar pivotally mounted to fixed portion of the conveyor f... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4073372 | Apparatus for transporting containers to and from a working station Apparatus for transporting containers to and from a working station comprises at least one intermittently rotatable transporting disc provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutouts, which preferably extend in radial direction from the perip... | 02/14/1978 |
