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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6971217 | Method and device for controlling a wrapping machine for printed products A method for controlling a wrapping machine for printed products that includes determining the size of an incoming gap in a printed product stream and controlling a speed of the wrapping machine as a function of the size of the incoming gap. The controlling step inc... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957940 | Unit for sorting and packaging products capable of being hung on a hooking member for the purpose of their conveyance, such as bunches of fruits, in particular table grapes or truss tomatoes A unit for sorting and packaging products has a conveying line with an endless chain beneath which there are articulated about a vertical axis a plurality of coupling arms equipped with a coupling member for pulling plates equipped with a member for hooking on a pro... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6290165 | Automatic cheese winder and method for operating an automatic cheese winder A method for operating an automatic cheese winder, having multiple winding stations (A, B, etc.) and a transportation system (21) for supplying the winding stations with spinning cops (39) and discharging them of empty tubes (40). The spinning cops are fu... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5042123 | Computer controlled automated semiconductor production apparatus An apparatus for producing semiconductor devices includes: a wafer splitting device for splitting a semiconductor wafer into individual dice; an automatic warehouse for lead frames for storing a plurality of kinds of lead frame; an assembly device for ass... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4921087 | Picking apparatus By providing a wireless communication between a main control unit of an article picking apparatus, a main control device for supply devices and a route setting device and attaching a data carrier having a writable/erasable memory to a mobile article picki... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4729105 | Continuous processing system with accumulator model for product flow control A continuous processing system for performing production operations on a plurality of unit products using at least two discrete processing machines including: an upstream processing machine; a downstream processing machine; an accumulator for transferring... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4630216 | Method and apparatus for controlling and monitoring movement of material-transporting carriages A computer-controlled conveying system is provided for use in transporting materials between different locations. The system includes a plurality of carriages for receiving and holding the materials and a track along which the carriages move in transporti... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4394896 | Backlog control system for processing machine An article backlog control system for a processing machine such as a wrapper maintains a backlog count within a preselected range. Articles being randomly supplied to the backlog are continuously counted as are articles being removed from the backlog for ... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4027246 | Automated integrated circuit manufacturing system A computer controlled manufacturing system employing random access semiconductor wafer storage in the fabrication of integrated circuit devices. A computer controlled manufacturing system for fabricating semiconductor wafers into large scale integrated ci... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3951605 | Instrument for automated immunochemical analysis An instrument for quantitative analysis to measure a minute quantity of antigens or antibodies in a sample. There is a defined travel path for holding sample container holding means thereon, moving means coupled to said travel path to move a plurality of ... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3942267 | Crop treatment devices A crop drier has an enclosed drying chamber with an entrance at the front thereof and an exit adjacent the back thereof. A conveyor system includes a floor conveyor for receiving long stemmed crop and conveying it to a lifting conveyor which drops the cro... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3938654 | Method and machine for conveying and aligning rod-shaped fasteners A method and machine for conveying rod-shaped fasteners from a container holding a supply of unaligned fasteners into alignment with each other and then to a fastener treating mechanism having a high working capacity in which the conveying and aligning me... | 02/17/1976 |
