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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6966425 | Apparatus for zone monitoring An apparatus for detecting the presence of a workpiece carrier in a predetermined track portion of a workpiece carrier transporting path has a housing, a slider which is displaceably guided in the housing and is displaced by the workpiece carrier, at least one proxi... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6659268 | Spiral conveyor apparatus with automatic flow control A spiral conveyor with automatic flow control includes a plurality of curved segments connected to form a spiral for the flow by gravity of articles from an upper level to a lower level. Each of the segments includes freely rotating skate wheels forming a... | 12/09/2003 |
| 5706928 | Picking system Device which is part of a picking system, including a conveyor for carrying containers, a device for automatically labelling the containers, and a device for removing the labels from the containers. In order to allow a straightforward inspection of the co... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5048665 | Diverter mechanism A diverter mechanism, for use with a conveying system having a conveying surface along which articles are carried in a longitudinal direction, has an endless member that is at an oblique angle to the longitudinal direction, and has a plurality of diverter... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4944337 | Automatic beverage dispensing system with plural conveyors An automatic beverage dispensing system for use with a plurality of remote point of sale units with order entry keyboards, each having selector buttons for different flavors and cup sizes, the dispenser including an automatic cup dropper, an automatic ice... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4762219 | Box conveying and indexing system Empty boxes for packing articles thereinto, typically fruit, are packed by handpackers, for example, stationed along a plurality of fruit packing lines, each line provided with an empty box accumulation station. As soon as a box is packed and conveyed to ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4219111 | Power and free conveyor control system A control system for a conveyor having a plurality of trolley carriers movable along a path of travel and having at least one latching type reed switch whose open or closed condition is sensed in a reading station through which the trolley carrier moves, ... | 08/26/1980 |
