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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5937992 | Assembling apparatus and process An assembling apparatus and process. The apparatus has a conveyor with a pair of parallel and elongated line guides fixed thereabove. Articles are placed onto the conveyor between the parallel line guides and a plurality of line stop mechanisms are provid... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5823316 | Method for automatic conveyor width adjustment A computer controlled assembly line (10) contains multiple work cells (40) for assembling a printed circuit board (PCB). Each work cell contains a conveyor (30) that can independently adjust its width, and the work cells are arranged to process the printe... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5692292 | Transfer type circuit board fabricating system A transfer type circuit board fabricating system having a plurality of working modules each including (a) a conveyor device for transferring circuit boards in a predetermined transfer direction, (b) a working device for performing a predetermined operatio... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5437359 | Parts insertion machine An apparatus and method for feeding a printed wiring board automatically sets a feeding stroke with respect to different types of printed wiring boards and sequentially feeds the boards. In the apparatus for sequentially feeding a printed wiring board to ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5273392 | Automated work center and method This invention relates to an automated work center for use in materials handling operations. The work center includes a randomly accessible vertically moving temporary storage queue 11 for receiving containers 25 that hold material goods. A fixed loading ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4900241 | Machine for portioning and cutting dough The invention regards a universal machine for making cakes in usual bakeries all the way from a finished dough to baking. The machine extrudes soft or thick dough, makes portions and forms cakes for arranging on baking plates and baking, and extrudes crea... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4884674 | Segmented asynchronous operation of an automated assembly line An automated assembly line is controlled by a computer system. The assembly line is comprised of a plurality of machines which are each segmented into its basic unit operations providing work stations. The work stations are then controlled by the computer... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4850104 | System for configuring, automating and controlling operations performed on PCBS and other products A method and apparatus for configuring, automating and controlling the various operations performed on different products, e.g. the testing and/or repair of printed circuit boards, is presented. The apparatus includes one or more work stations and conveyo... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4845843 | System for configuring, automating and controlling the test and repair of printed circuit boards A method and apparatus for configuring, automating and controlling the testing and/or repair of printed circuit boards is presented. The apparatus includes one or more test and/or repair stations and conveyor units to transport PCB's and other components ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4549644 | Article accumulator and transfer system and method An article accumulator and transfer system and method is provided for combining the transfer of articles from a loading station to an unloading station and the accumulation of articles to avoid prolonged, interrupted operation of the unloading station in ... | 10/29/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4419384 | Apparatus and process for ultrasonically identifying and coating articles having differing characteristics Disclosed is an apparatus and process for ultrasonically identifying and coating articles having differing dimensional characteristics wherein, a series of such articles are moved in a random sequence past a predetermined point where the presence of each ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4397384 | Manufacturing system and transport assembly A system capable of accommodating variations in individual work station operation, and a method of achieving and maintaining a desired predetermined manufacturing system rate utilizing integrated work station and dual conveyors. First and second conveyors... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4385685 | Control and monitoring arrangement for drives of moving machine parts A control and monitoring arrangement for drives of moving parts of a machine for the manufacture of structural parts in two or more steps is equipped with controls for the drives. The drives may be pressure fluid operated and they are electrically and/or ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4301958 | Arrangement for automatically fabricating and bonding semiconductor devices A system for automatically fabricating and bonding semiconductor devices using lead frames and semiconductor chips, which comprises means for supplying a continuous strip of lead frames, an automatic die bonder for mounting semiconductor chips on the lead... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4196561 | Packaging machine with interchangeable container supports and cam-operated cutter A packaging machine for applying and securing a continuous web of material, especially of the heat sealable type, to containers, especially open-topped containers. The machine includes an intermittently rotatable cutter for severing the web between adjace... | 04/08/1980 |
| 3945483 | Device for treating production parts, especially for inductive hardening of the parts An apparatus for inductive hardening different types of production parts, such as automobile axles, in a device of the type having a pair of rotatable spiders with a plurality of arms for clamping therebetween the parts for indexing movement from a clampi... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3942541 | Device enabling the conveying, one by one, of coins inserted in bulk in a receptacle Device for conveying coins inserted in bulk in a receptacle one by one, characterized in that it comprises a hopper having the shape of a truncated pyramid pointing upwards and at the bottom of which is situated a roller which enables the passing, one by ... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3930995 | Grade distributing apparatus In a system for classifying objects, particularly fruits, which pass successively through an inspection station for evaluation according to respective grades and for generating evaluation signals corresponding to such grades. The inspected fruits are then... | 01/06/1976 |
