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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258222 | Article positioning machine Comprises a pre-orientating device (2) suitable for placing a plurality of articles (50) in the vertical position, randomly head up or head down, on a conveyor (1); detection means (3) for detecting the articles (50) that are in at... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249670 | Processing transport apparatus In a conveyor work-piece processing system, transport carriages move along a work path, each carriage carrying a plurality of work-piece articles. In the disclosed embodiment, the path is folded back upon itself forming two parallel paths, one above the other, with ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7210280 | System and method for loading a cargo space with piece goods A machining system and unit, especially a welding cell, is provided for use for the machining of workpieces (2), especially body parts of vehicles. The machining system has one or more machining stations (15, 16) with robots (18, 19, 20) and at ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7168550 | Method and device for delivering books in the lying-flat condition For the purpose of delivering, in the lying-flat condition, book blocks or books which are fed in, standing on their back or on the front cut and at defined timing intervals along their height, from a preceding machine in a transport path, provision is made, accordi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7143890 | Vertical transfer device for tire assembly line A transfer device is provided for transferring tires from a tire conveyor line to a wheel conveyor line. The transfer device includes first and second surfaces rotatable with respect to one another. The first surface can receive tires from the tire conveyor line. A ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7036360 | Powertrain dynamic tilt test rig A test rig is provided for dynamic or static testing of a vehicle powertrain apparatus during operation in varying attitudes. A specific embodiment includes inner and outer frames carried one inside the other on gimbal bearings and pivotable on longitudinal and tran... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7004714 | Method and apparatus for automatically loading socks, knee socks and the like onto forms An apparatus for automatically loading socks on forms (1) comprises a suction unit (20) at an inlet, a carousel (10) with several stations (2, 3, 4, 5), a positioning unit (30) of the sock (S), a tucking-up unit (40) and a p... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6973767 | Beverage bottling plant and a conveyor arrangement for transporting packages There is now provided a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles and like containers with a liquid beverage filling material and a conveyer arrangement for aligning and distributing packages containing filled bottles and like containers. The conveyer arrangement ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6913133 | Transfer and tilt apparatus A transfer device has an undercarriage with two or more carriage portions which are movable along a travel path between a first location and a second location. The carriage portions carrying at least one work piece support. A linkage extending between the carriage p... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6619466 | Processing station on a motor vehicle assembly line A processing station in motor vehicle assembly lines has two receiving frames (20), for a motor vehicle part (33), which are mounted on associated columns (2, 3) at mutually spaced locations in a synchronously height-adjustable manner and are synchronousl... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6591966 | Bar code scanning method for tire and scanning equipment therefor A method for scanning a bar code printed on a tire and an equipment therefor are provided. The tire is moved in one direction, and the moving tire is sensed to stop at a predetermined position. Then, the tire stationed at the predetermined position is rot... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6527100 | Turning device for graphic publishing products in a conveyor line and/or packaging machine A turning device for graphic publishing products in a conveyor line and/or packaging machine that can be combined with a push conveyor (14) for the advancement of products (11), spaced out one after the other, including a supporting member (16) bearing in... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6138818 | Workpiece inversion system for milling machines A workpiece inversion system for orienting a workpiece in a conventional milling machine or the like. The workpiece is securely attached to a pallet. The pallet is of uniform design to provide a standard interface for presenting the workpiece to the milli... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6073749 | Method and unit for conveying packets of cigarettes A method and unit for conveying packets of cigarettes, whereby packets of cigarettes, supplied successively to an input of a guide, are transferred to an output of the guide by means of a screw device rotating about a respective axis of rotation; the guid... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6021790 | Substrate treating apparatus and method for treating substrate A substrate treating apparatus for successively treating substrates includes a body having a carrying unit for carrying the substrate along a carrying surface. The carrying surface is inclined in a plane perpendicular to the carrying direction of the subs... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5584747 | Shot blasting apparatus for polishing and cleaning wheel An aluminum wheel having a side on which an annular groove is formed is stably led to a polishing and cleaning station in a compact shot blasting apparatus in which the aluminum wheel is uniformly polished and cleaned, and in which an inlet guide way and ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5425440 | Device for the continuous conveying and turning of workpieces A device for continuous conveying and turning of workpieces has a drivable, endless, flexible troughed belt (12) with a plurality of bars, parallel in the direction of conveyance (F) and articulated to each other. In order to form the trough, each of the ... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5295780 | Dumping apparatus for bag filled with molten substance A dumping apparatus for a bag filled with molten substance wherein a tippler and a driving apparatus therefor are simplified and miniaturized in structure and a bag can be pulled out smoothly from within a carrying can with a minimized impact and without ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5244334 | Apparatus for installing and withdrawing road sign An apparatus for installing and retrieving road signs has a conveyor for conveying a group of road signs, a pair of group of signs-conveying members for conveying the group of road signs while supporting both sides of a bottom portion of the group of road... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5179795 | Device for straightening one edge of rectangular sheet A device for straightening one edge DA of the four side edges AB, BC, CD and DA of a flexible sheet such as a crumpled bed sheet disclosed. One corner A of the sheet and a portion of the edge AB are held by a pair of laterally spaced apart, left and right... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5105587 | Apparatus for surface treatment of workpieces Apparatus for surface treatment of workpieces has a rotary horizontal cage with inclined end walls and a set of elongated rod-shaped or bar-shaped components between the end walls. The end walls are rotatable in inclined carriers which cause them to act n... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5018318 | Apparatus for surface treatment of workpieces Apparatus for surface treatment of workpieces has a rotary horizontal cage with inclined end walls and a set of elongated rod-shaped or bar-shaped components between the end walls. The end walls are rotatable in inclined carriers which cause them to act n... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4972569 | Method for rotatingly transferring hollow cylindrical articles A method of rotating and transferring hollow cylindrical workpieces without causing the outer surfaces of such workpieces to come into contact with each other and a non-contact method of coating hollow cylindrical workpieces which are rotated and transfer... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4844232 | Installation for the surface treatment of workpieces An installation for the surface treatment of workpieces has a housing with a treatment chamber. The workpieces are conveyed through the chamber by an apparatus which continuously advances the workpieces while simultaneously tumbling the same. The apparatu... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4403954 | Apparatus for heat-treating pipes An apparatus for heat-treating pipes comprising a furnace chamber for accommodating a plurality of pipes as arranged in parallel, a chain conveyor disposed in the furnace chamber for transporting the pipes in a direction at right angles to the axes of the... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4265578 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus in which the stack of sheets forming the load are fed onto a pivoting cradle whose pivot axis is at a height permitting substantially horizontal delivery of the sheets to the receiving conveyor. After each loading of the cradle, ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4144977 | Selective edge or flat setting of brick Bricks (or other block-like articles) are automatically selectively set either "edgewise" or "flatwise" onto a platform such as a kiln car. The operational mode can be conveniently and automatically programmed to change from edge setting to flat setting a... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4119220 | Sheet feeding apparatus Disclosed is a sheet feeding apparatus in which the stack of sheets forming the load are fed onto a pivoting cradle whose pivot axis is at a height permitting substantially horizontal delivery of the sheets to the receiving conveyor. After each loading of... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4068753 | Shear front feed system A front feed system including powered roller means for feeding sheet metal into the front of a shear. Elevatable ball transfer means are provided for facilitating setting the sheet metal at various angles to the blade as desired by the operator.... | 01/17/1978 |
| 3990571 | Tray washing system A tray washing system includes conveyors which transport compartmented food service trays from a tray receiving mechanism to inverting and scrapping mechanisms and through washing, rinsing and drying mechanisms to a stacking mechanism. The receiving mecha... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3982750 | Method for transporting and reorienting a stack of materials Method employing serially positioned conveyors which are reorientable relative to one another at a common position in order to position an incoming stack of materials for transport and automatic stacking at an output position. The speeds of the conveyors ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3938568 | Apparatus for debarking logs An apparatus for debarking logs has a plurality of longitudinally spaced frames each of which carries a pair of horizontally and transversely spaced upper wheels and at least one lower wheel below and between the upper wheels. At least one conveyor elemen... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3938036 | Method of ascertaining and correcting workpiece turning This disclosure relates to a magnetic system for controlling the rotational orientation of workpieces during the moving thereof from one work station to another. A magnetic sensing line is applied to the workpiece immediately adjacent the first work stati... | 02/10/1976 |
| 3930574 | Apparatus for orienting and accumulating containers An apparatus for transporting and accumulating containers, specifically oval containers. A pair of opposed side guides are mounted adjacent a conveyer and define a transporting passage therebetween having a width only slightly greater than the small diame... | 01/06/1976 |
