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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364398 | Apparatus and method for stacking sheets discharged from a starwheel assembly An apparatus and method for moving stacks of product discharged from a stacking device. The apparatus includes a first conveyor movable at a first speed and a second conveyor movable at a second speed. The first conveyor includes an upstream end adjacent to the stac... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7318722 | Molded article conveyance apparatus Disclosed is a molded article conveyance apparatus (MACA) configured to convey a plurality of molded articles away a molding machine. The MACA includes a collection of row-dedicated queuing conveyors, wherein each row-dedicated queuing conveyor is configured to conv... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7147097 | Transverse-roller-belt sorter with automated guide A bidirectional sorter using an automated guide to selectively divert articles off a transverse roller-top conveyor belt. A sorting station forms a segment of a conveying line conveying articles in a conveying direction. The sorting station includes a transverse rol... | 12/12/2006 |
| 5988054 | Automated system for handling returned drink containers An automated container handling and processing system includes a metal container handling subsystem and a plastic container handling subsystem. Each container subsystem includes a roller conveyor for conveying a plurality of large bins carrying crushed co... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5887698 | Method and apparatus for sorting articles received from vertically spaced platforms of a moving transport device A hopper receives upper and lower articles delivered simultaneously from a mobile transport device having superimposed transport platforms. Disposed within the hopper are independently movable diverters for diverting the articles to proper outlets of the ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5772000 | Hop vine transfer system A hop vine transfer system (10) includes a plurality of magazines (14a, 14b, 14c) each fed by an associated unloader mechanism (12). Once a magazine has been filled with hope vines (V), it is unloaded by a pivoting transfer conveyor (16) having an entranc... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5617701 | System for producing and packing tobacco items, particularly cigarettes A system for producing and packing tobacco items, particularly cigarettes, wherein two packing machines are supplied with items by at least as many production machines, and wherein the outputs of the production machines are connected to one another by a c... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5503263 | Tube carrier apparatus The tube carrier apparatus is composed of carrier rails, at least a pair of rollers provided so as to pinch a flexible tube therebetween, and a driving section for rotating the rollers. The carrier falls are formed with a groove as a passage for the tube ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 4747593 | Support for edge-standing sheets An upstanding sheet support system which utilizes either brushes or a jagged configuration member for engaging the opposite sides of sheets standing in a horizontal bundle where the sheets are standing on their edges on a floor. The side support members c... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4373624 | Cigarette conveyor systems In a system for making and packing cigarettes, cigarette making and packing machines are arranged in units each including a making machine, a packing machine and a reservoir, each unit being slightly mis-matched as to its making and packing outputs so as ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4073390 | Ship loading system A ship loading system for loading bulk cargo, e.g. iron ore, at a ship's berth is proposed which has two shiploaders spaced apart along the berth and each shiftable along the berth. The shiploaders are both fed by an endless main conveyor which has trippe... | 02/14/1978 |
