Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7150383 | Storable transfer conveyor system A storable transfer conveyor system for moving bundles from an upstream conveyor to a downstream conveyor utilizing a storable transfer conveyor which is movable from a first operative position, wherein the bundles are transferred to the downstream conveyor, to a se... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7040477 | Container transport system A transport system for transport of containers has a switch with an entry zone, an exit zone with at least two different transport paths for conveying a container, and a switch mechanism for selectively controlling the transport of the container to the transport pat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6866135 | Conveyor waste gate The invention recites a gate that is selectively operable to pass a stream of printed products to one of a first path and a second path. The waste gate includes a frame and a first roller member supported by the frame for rotation about a first axis. The first axis ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6725999 | Unloading apparatus A mobile unloading apparatus for unloading items from a variety of heights is disclosed wherein the apparatus has a frame supporting a ramp for movement between a first position spaced above a conveyor for permitting items to be placed directly on the conveyor and a... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6619465 | Points for a feeding system, especially a gravity roller table The invention relates to a switch for transport system, in particular for a gravity roller table, for deflecting of transport goods in a plane from a main conveyor to a lateral conveyor branching from the main conveyor, wherein the switch comprises a grou... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6543601 | Unloading apparatus A mobile unloading apparatus for unloading items from a variety of heights is disclosed wherein the apparatus has a frame supporting a ramp for movement between a first position spaced above a conveyor for permitting items to be placed directly on the con... | 04/08/2003 |
| 5222855 | Automated work center An automated work center for use in materials handling operations is disclosed. The work center includes a randomly accessible vertically moving temporary storage queue 11 for receiving containers 25 that hold material goods. A fixed loading ramp 20 is ar... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5207332 | Apparatus for classifying photographic films An apparatus for classifying photographic films in which cartridges are classified according to a customer's order information, each cartridge storing a photographic film having a recording portion on which a customer's order information is magnetically r... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5161929 | Automated work center The present invention relates to an automated integrated work station for handling goods within distribution and production environments. In one of the preferred embodiments the work station is specifically adapted for consolidating goods.... | 11/10/1992 |
| 4821865 | Work delivering apparatus A delivering apparatus for selectively delivering a work conveyed from one inlet path to one of three paths. The delivering apparatus is disposed at an intersection of the inlet path and the exit paths. The delivering apparatus comprises a series of free ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4811830 | Sorting installation for piece goods A sorting installation for piece goods to be stored in warehouses in which a large number of different types of goods have to be continuously conveyed to their assigned storage place. The goods which arrive in non-sorted condition must be controlled, sort... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4565286 | Supporting tube of a steep-rise conveyor, especially a vertically elevating conveyor, or a down-feed device A supporting tube for a conveyor which moves bulk material at a steep angle. The supporting tube has a bottom end which supports a material handling device which is non-rotatable relative to the longitudinal center line of the tube. The supporting tube is... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4555010 | Junction diverter for a transport system A junction diverter with a supporting surface disposed below a main conveyor path when in an inoperative position can be lifted above the main conveyor path to an inclined position in which it is flush with one or the other of a pair of lateral conveyor p... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4465174 | Apparatus and method for transferring articles to and from carriers moving in a vertical path A method and apparatus for transferring containers having projections horizontally extending from a pair of opposite sides thereof between a vertically moving tray and a pair of generally horizontally disposed transfer tracks which can be moved between (a... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4264002 | Divider switch for roller conveyors A divider switch for a roller conveyor selectively switches or displaces the lateral position of objects being conveyed to either separate or merge the objects. The switching apparatus is interposed in a live conveyor system. The divider switch includes a... | 04/28/1981 |
| 3999645 | Work handling apparatus A workpiece handling device including a rotatable ring-like member having a series of workpiece holders spaced thereabout. Upon one partial rotation of the ring one workpiece is transferred from a receiving location to a work station while simultaneously ... | 12/28/1976 |
