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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE40484 | Tracking, propulsion and braking system for bridge tripper/hopper car A tripper/hopper car rides on a conveyor via four wheel tires running on T-section rails, with respective hold down wheels riding adjacent the underside of the rails and respective caster side wheels riding adjacent the vertical edges of the T-rails. Each wheel tire... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7325486 | Food processing apparatus and method A food processing system includes a food processing chamber for processing a food product, such as meat products such as hot dogs, sausages, poultry, fish, and other food items. A high speed serial to parallel loading station delivery system is provided. The food pr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7249671 | Roller-belt conveyor for accumulating and moving articles laterally across the conveyor A conveyor using a roller belt with rollers arranged to rotate on oblique axes to urge articles toward a side guide. The conveyor includes an oblique-roller belt supported on a carryway for running in a direction of belt travel. Rollers extend above an outer conveyi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7200975 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, having a transfer device for the transfer of containers from a transfer starwheel to the carousel of a container handling machine A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, having a transfer device for the transfer of containers from a transfer starwheel to the carousel of a container handling machine. A transfer device for container handling machine... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7081599 | Apparatus and method for processing workpieces An apparatus for processing workpieces by relative displacement of a plurality of simultaneously operating functional elements in relation to the workpieces being worked on is provided. The present apparatus includes a device for the mounting of the functional eleme... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7032742 | Differential drive spiral accumulator apparatus Various designs of a spiral accumulator apparatus are disclosed for controlling the flow of articles. The accumulator may have an infeed conveyor driven in a first direction to convey articles therealong in the first direction along a first path that is at least par... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6997666 | Automated cart unloading/conveyor system An automated cart unloading/conveyor system for automated unloading of articles from a transport vehicle or cart to one or more transfer surfaces, conveyors, or other platforms. A specially configured cart carries articles to be transferred upon shelves. The cart is... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6736591 | Automatic pallet fabrication apparatus and methods A hopper loading system for a pallet making apparatus includes a first conveying system for conveying a layer of stringers from a stacked array in adjacent substantially horizontal relation along a first direction, and a second conveying system for conveying stringe... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6732779 | Method and apparatus for building a multi-layered finite length structure A building unit for constructing a multi-layered, finite length structure, and a method of building such a structure is disclosed. Rolls of stock material are stored in cartridge stations adjacent to a build table. Mounted on the build table and capable of traveling... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6705451 | Method and apparatus for distributing articles from a conveyor Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for distributing articles using a mobile device equipped with one or two ejectors, capable of removing the required number of distributed articles from a conveyor sequentially, into collection containers in designated collectio... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6446781 | Receptacle-transfer installation including a deflector member The receptacle transfer installation comprises an upstream transport starwheel adapted to support the receptacles via their collars, a first downstream transport starwheel, a second downstream transport starwheel. An upstream guide extends as far as the f... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6390281 | Method and device for supplying electronic parts A method and device for feeding an electronic component are provided by which extensive shutdown of the electronic component mounting device due to lack of components is prevented, thereby enhancing the operation rate. The device has a feeder section desi... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6182812 | Device for transferring articles between oppositely running conveyors An apparatus is provided for controlling the flow of articles. The apparatus includes a first conveyor driven in a first direction and a second conveyor driven in a second opposite direction. The conveyors extend in a side-by-side and parallel relationshi... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6170630 | Transportation apparatus for system monitored operations testing A system monitored operations test area utilizes a central feed spur to deliver assembled products to parallel rows of test stations on each of its sides. A pivotal, sliding lift gate is mounted to each side of the central spur and is movable between vert... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6098780 | Tracking, propulsion and braking system for bridge tripper/hopper car A tripper/hopper car rides on a conveyor via four wheel tires running on T-section rails, with respective hold down wheels riding adjacent the underside of the rails and respective caster side wheels riding adjacent the vertical edges of the T-rails. Each... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6059092 | Material handling robot and rail assembly A robotic system for handling a plurality of items includes a conveyor that moves the items along a central longitudinal axis of the conveyor. A robot base is supported on a rail directly above the conveyor. The robot is moveable along the rail so that it... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6039170 | Enclosed movable tripper belt conveyor An enclosed movable tripper belt conveyor includes an elongated trunking having an endless conveyor belt carried by troughing idlers along an upper path leading from a tail pulley to a head pulley. The belt returns from the head pulley to the tail pulley ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6026947 | Apparatus for transferring objects from a first to a second conveyor An apparatus and a method for transferring an irregular stream of objects from a first conveyor to a second conveyor in such a way that the objects form a regular stream of objects on the second conveyor. The first conveyor operates at a higher conveying ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5839565 | Belt tripper system for use with an endless conveyor belt and related improvements An improved belt tripper system for discharging particulate material from the upper run of an endless conveyor belt includes a belt tripper having a frame which is supported upon a pair of parallel guide rails and which is adapted to be guided along the g... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5464088 | Conveyor diverter system The delivery system of the invention is able to deliver articles transversely from a conveyor with a minimum spacing between articles and a greatly simplified centering mechanism. The system consists of a first conveyor for moving a plurality of closely s... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5415392 | Device for adjusting gripper timing at sheet deliveries A device for adjusting the release point of the timing of a gripper release in a sheet delivery of a sheet-processing machine, such as a printing machine, is disclosed. A gripper system is driven along a given travel path. The gripper system has gripper f... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5246524 | Semiconductor wafer processing system A semiconductor wafer processing system having a plurality of processing devices forming a base processing line for processing in sequence a workpiece having a semiconductor wafer is provided with an auxiliary loader connected to one of the processing dev... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5209626 | Organizer system for a rotatable storage structure A control system for a storage system wherein containers may be extracted from and inserted on the carousel while the carousel remains in continuous motion.... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5168977 | Release mechanism A method and apparatus for releasing articles from holders mounted on a conveyor travelling at varying speeds, the varying ballistic trajectory of the released articles being automatically compensated for, depending on the speed of the conveyor, by shifti... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5148907 | Cut sections conveying device for a cutting machine A cut section conveying device is provided for a cutting machine which includes: a conveyor frame positioned at the front side of the cutting machine; a carriage supported on the conveyor frame in a freely reciprocating manner in the longitudinal directio... | 09/22/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4911281 | System for sorting a subdivided plate workpiece A workpiece subdivided into a plurality of pieces ordered in closely juxtaposed rows is deposited on a stripping tray at an upstream end of a longitudinal path with the rows extending generally perpendicular to the direction and then an upstream edge of t... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4890969 | Flexible manufacturing apparatus having several parallel, spaced-apart processing machines A flexible manufacturing apparatus having several parallel, spaced-apart processing machines several shelf-like magazines disposed at the rear of the processing machines and extending transverse thereto, and transport mechanisms for conveying tools from t... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4889223 | Distribution-transferring device for articles to be conveyed incorporated in a conveyer A device for distributing and transferring articles including a plurality of branch conveyers arranged parallel to one another and disposed near the terminating end of a main conveyer which continuously transfers articles of a predetermined shape. The bra... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4832172 | Storage and discharge apparatus An improved storage and discharge apparatus (10) for receiving items to be stored and selectively discharging same. The storage and discharge apparatus (10) comprises a depositary (14) for receiving items to be stored, the depository (14) defining a forwa... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4776465 | Egg processing system An apparatus for transferring eggs continuously conveyed in spaced-apart, aligned relationship by a conveyor to a receiving station at which eggs are packaged according to their individual physical characteristics. A frame on which solenoid-actuated plung... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4763770 | Traveling vibrating diverter feed system A conveyor system comprising a first endless belt conveyor; a vibrating conveyor at an angle to the endless belt conveyor including a vibrating mechanism positioned beneath the belt conveyor to vibrate the belt conveyor along with the vibrating conveyor a... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4754864 | Bin infeed system for surge or blending bins or the like A bin infeed system for a surge or blending bin or the like including an endless belt trained about a pair of rolls at opposite ends of the bin, a track assembly providing a pair of transversely spaced tracks longitudinally spanning the bin laterally flan... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4744459 | Method and apparatus for accumulating stockpiles of flowable solid material An elongated stockpile of flowable solid material with two halves disposed at the opposite sides of a longitudinal vertical symmetry plane is accumulated by transporting the material feeding portion of an elongated conveyor in the interior and lengthwise ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4723647 | Belt conveyor and feeder An improved endless belt conveyor apparatus includes a supporting frame in the form of a pair of parallel longitudinal carrier rails that flank the endless belt in a plane below the upper carrying run of the belt. The carrier rails extend continuously fro... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4658948 | Material transfer assembly A material transfer assembly is provided which includes a carriage of an unloading apparatus which is movable along a fixed, elongated conveyor housing. The carriage includes a funnel plate with an opening through which powdered material discharges throug... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4645403 | Discharge installation for a silo A discharge installation to be used in a silo for bulk material in powdered or granular condition comprising a central column of interspaced annular collar plates surrounding a central discharge chute, subsequent collar plates merging into each other form... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4643292 | Grain conveyor A grain conveyor for mounting at the top of a granary. It includes a main conveyor component having an endless belt extending the length of the granary. A plow is utilized for deflecting the grain from the belt laterally into bins in the granary. The plow... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4605116 | Conveyor system used with apparatus for unloading comminuted materials The invention consists of conveyor system that receives comminuted material from an unloading apparatus, discharges the material on a conveyor and transports it to a storage, handling or other transport system. The system provided includes a discharging a... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4593651 | Livestock feed conveyor including provision for multiple feeder bunks Disclosed is a feed conveyor for receiving feed and depositing it into a feeder bunk. It includes a hopper for receiving feed and depositing it upon a motor-run belt conveyor. Disposed between the upper or load-carrying flight and the lower or return flig... | 06/10/1986 |
