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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7133742 | Device and method for processing slaughter animals and/or parts thereof provided with a transportation system A device for processing slaughter animals or parts thereof, for example poultry, comprises a transport system with an endless track and a chain of chain elements which can be moved along the track, wherein a plurality of chain elements are set up as carriers to carr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6378687 | High speed sorting/diverting apparatus, an apparatus controller and systems using same Featured is a sorting/diverting apparatus that diverts articles from a plurality of moving belts, the sorting/diverting apparatus including a plurality of rollers that are rotatably mounted to a support frame and a moving mechanism that moves the support ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6308109 | Method and apparatus for delivering drugs An apparatus and control method for feeding medications in which processing units, which can prepare drugs, non-drug articles and drug-related articles, are provided along a carrier feed line, and in which carriers for respective patients are fed on the f... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5810061 | Drug dispenser and method for dispensing drug A drug dispenser which can dispense drugs with high efficiency. The dispenser has a plurality of drug feeders each having a drug discharging chute and capable of discharging a predetermined amount of drugs into the chute. The drug feeders are arranged in ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5799800 | Process and installation for sorting individual goods The invention relates to a method for sorting individual articles having identification numbers. The method comprises the steps of allocating each individual article a position number based on a position in the stream of individual articles. Next, the ind... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5413205 | Early bag storage system A system for the storage of early baggage includes a storage conveyor for receiving early bags from the baggage handling system, for example, of an airport and for discharging the early bags onto said baggage handling system. The storage conveyor is arran... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5100276 | Production system using wafer-like carrier jig The present invention provides a carrier jig for use in processing, transporting and stocking a wafer-like material used in manufacture processes of semiconductor products, and a semiconductor production system using the carrier jig. The carrier jig of th... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5010997 | Transport sytstem A transport system for use in a hospital. When patients visit the hospital, data items representing their ID numbers and the ID codes of their doctors are input to a minicomputer. In accordance with these data items, the covers containing the patients' me... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4982830 | Product feeding apparatus A connector feeding apparatus for an automated cable making machine is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of carousels each of which has a series of connector receiving units disposed about its periphery. Each carousel has a group of connector dispe... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4802094 | Process monitoring apparatus for process management in production and assembly lines A method and an apparatus of removing works from each of the facilities in a production line is described in order to facilitate changing of a work monitoring operation in accordance with, for example, a layout change in the production line and a change i... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4604718 | Computer simulation system A computer system for simulating a user-specified automated manufacturing and/or materials handling facility. The system includes a CPU interconnected to an operator terminal through which information is entered by a designer who specifies various compute... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4564102 | Method and apparatus for transportation of materials A plurality of machine tools are disposed along a circulating conveyor transporting materials to be processed by the machine tools, and material selector subsystems associated with the respective machine tools are provided together with a load/unload comm... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4542808 | Order filling system An order filling apparatus includes an elongated belt conveyor having a bin-on switch and a bin-off switch at opposite ends thereof. A plurality of item dispensers are positioned along the conveyor, and each dispenser is loaded with a single type of item.... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4518302 | System and process for automatic stacking, storage and withdrawal of packaged merchandise in large warehouses A system and process for the automatic stacking, storage and withdrawal of packaged merchandise in large warehouses, the handling of the merchandise being controlled by a computer, so that the merchandise is withdrawn from shelves and loaded into passing ... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4501528 | System for automatic stacking, storage and withdrawal of packaged merchandise in large warehouses A system for the automatic stacking, storage and withdrawal of packaged merchandise in large warehouses, the handling of the merchandise being controlled by a computer, so that the merchandise is withdrawn from shelves and loaded into passing transport co... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4392767 | Storage apparatus including conveyor means Storage apparatus for articles capable of being retrieved includes at least one conveyor disposed generally in at least one plane and arranged in a generally sinuous manner formed by a plurality of joined loops each having generally U-shaped portions and ... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4244672 | System for sequencing articles including mail A system is provided for arranging articles in a predetermined sequence. In mail handling applications, the documents destined for local distribution may be segregated as to the respective routes of the postmen and arranged in sequence within each route i... | 01/13/1981 |
