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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096402 | Sorter having a container shuttle system A sorter system includes a first conveyor for transporting items to designated containers, a second conveyor for transporting containers containing the items, and a shuttle unit. The shuttle unit may include a base defining a loading area proximate to the first conv... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7475767 | Vibratory system for distributing articles The present invention is a vibratory distribution system which utilizes a metering gate assembly useful for selectively passing and diverting articles from a stream of articles to either or both a downstream conveyor or a cross conveyor. The metering gate assembly i... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7331267 | Apparatus and method of cutting a work piece An apparatus for cutting a work piece is provided that includes a base frame with four upwardly extending supports defining a workflow path there between. A framework may be mounted to the base frame for supporting a rotatable carriage above the workflow path. A pai... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310929 | Windrow merging apparatus A windrow merger has a frame supporting first, second and third pickup assemblies, with the two outside pickup assemblies foldable between an extended use position and a retracted travel position. Each of the pickup assemblies includes a reversible conveyor providin... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7275635 | Free flow conveyance system A free flow conveyance system includes a plurality of linear conveyance apparatuses each having a plurality of unit conveyors linearly arranged, and a pivot conveyance apparatus having a unit conveyor which is arranged between the linear conveyance apparatuses being... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273142 | Packaging cushion delivery system A system for conveying a string of packaging cushions includes a machine capable of manufacturing the string and a conveyor adapted to transport the string. The conveyor has an inlet end to receive the string and an outlet end to deliver the string of packaging cush... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7028828 | Magazine for rod-shaped articles, in particular filter rods, in the tobacco-processing industry A magazine for rod-shaped articles comprises a storage unit having at least one inlet for receiving at least one of the articles supplied to the storage unit and at least one outlet for discharging at least one of the articles positioned in the storage unit. A varia... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6705458 | Gate for a vibratory conveyor A gate (50) for a vibratory conveyor (10) is provided. The conveyor includes a conveyor bed (26) that has a surface portion defining an aperture (52). The gate includes a cover plate (54) which is in contact with the conveyor bed a... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6332527 | Transport apparatus for handling cut products A transport apparatus for handling rows of units of multi-ply material such as rolls of bathroom tissue or paper toweling and stacks of folding facial tissue or toweling includes a pair of movable shuttles which can be moved together to provide a bridge f... | 12/25/2001 |
| 5984078 | Automated shuttle sorter for conveyors A conveyor sorter includes a shuttle moving transversely to the conveyor direction to place in the path of articles either a pass-through conveyor or a diverting conveyor. The shuttle is mounted on a reversible belt drive and preferably has two diverting ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5855269 | Vibratory conveyor device A materials handling device comprising a cascade of vibrating conveyors (61, 71, 81), each upstream conveyor (61, 71) being nestable in an adjacent downstream conveyor (71, 81) with clearance, and at least one of any two adjacent conveyors being movable r... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5723824 | Checkweigher with a belt conveyor A checkweigher with a belt conveyor includes at least two belt conveyor sections which are arranged one behind the other in conveying direction, wherein one of the conveyor sections is a weighing bridge. The individual conveyor sections include a pluralit... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5715930 | Delivery apparatus for articles entering in transverse rows on a circulating endless feed belt A delivery apparatus for articles (5), in particular items of confectionary such as chocolate bars, chocolates or the like, entering in transverse rows on a circulating endless feed belt (1) at at least two processing locations provides that the feed belt... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5421446 | Article diverter apparatus for use in conveyor systems An apparatus for selectively diverting articles being conveyed on a second conveyor path to a first conveyor path includes an apparatus for diverting an article, which diverting apparatus has an upstream end and a downstream end, the diverting apparatus b... | 06/06/1995 |
| 4938336 | Selective ejection conveyor The invention is a selective diverting device for diverting an individual cookie from one conveyor belt path to another location. It is preferably used in combination with a sensing device, such as a weigher, optical sensor, color sensor, or the like, the... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4795020 | Apparatus for handling rod-like articles A stream of rod-like articles such as cigarettes in multi-layer stack formation is separated by a movable gate having a leading end capable of limited reversible movement in a direction generally transverse to the direction in which the gate is advanced, ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4593806 | Multiple transpositor conveyor system A conveyor system having a segmented lengthwise supply conveyor comprised of a plurality of dual transpositors, whereby product from the supply conveyor is redirected laterally to a plurality of cross-feed conveyors that, in turn, supply product to stacki... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4553658 | Apparatus for deflecting articles An article processing line has a plurality of first conveyors for advancing articles in a direction of conveyance; a plurality of second conveyors adjoining respective first conveyors for advancing articles in the direction of conveyance; a plurality of n... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4503965 | Apparatus for handling rod-like articles Apparatus for transferring cigarettes or the like at a transfer station between a mass flow conveyor system including a reversible transfer conveyor and a movable trolley having vertical compartments for holding batches of cigarettes, comprises structure ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4499988 | Method and apparatus for deflecting articles during their conveyance An apparatus for selectively routing articles from a supply conveyor belt to an upper delivery conveyor and a lower delivery conveyor. The apparatus has first, second and third deflecting rollers about which the supply conveyor belt is successively traine... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4429517 | Harvesting header with adjustable draper for left, right or center delivery The header has generally transversely disposed, flat, apron-like conveyor mechanism for receiving the stalks of grain or other crop materials severed along the leading edge of the header and for gathering such materials so that they might be discharged in... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4279118 | Fruit harvesting machine with bin filling system An improved fruit harvester, including a self-propelled main frame with means for grasping a fruit tree and inducing vibration in the fruit tree so that fruit will be caused to fall and a retractable collection surface which extends beneath the tree to ga... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4210527 | Twin air classifier system An air classifier system which embodies two rotary drum classifiers, each with an individual adjustable plenum, the drums being individually angled at selected inclinations and the plenum capacities being variable, so that two separate masses of commingle... | 07/01/1980 |
