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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926643 | Device for forming a number of rows of objects in particular for producing sandwich biscuits A method for forming a number of side by side lying rows of objects such as for producing sandwich biscuits. Firstly the products being supplied to the even channels are turned over and, as well as the not turned over products are brought on a conveyor belt. In a se... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7422097 | Method and apparatus for arranging and orienting packages An apparatus (1) for sorting packages, comprising means (2) for supplying the packages to at least a station (3) for their manipulation and orientation, which is characterised in that the manipulating station (3) comprises at least a mani... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7357244 | Device for feeding book blocks, books or similar printed products, in step with the working cycle, to a subsequent processing machine The invention relates to a device for feeding book blocks, books or similar printed products (2), in step with the working cycle, to a subsequent processing machine. The infeed device comprises a continuous-drive accumulating conveyor (3); an arrestor ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347312 | Distribution system and method of operating the same An improved distribution system and method of operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the distribution system includes a plate for loading a plurality of substrates thereon, a first transfer assembly for transferring the substrates from the plate to a co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7305806 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products and method for loading and unloading bakery products A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns comprises a perforated vacuum turntable. Vacuum is applied to the vacuum turntable while bakery products are loaded thereon and positioned in a predetermined pattern. Once the bakery... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305808 | Packaging machine A packaging machine moves its heater unit for longitudinal sealing of a tubularly formed film between a sealing position at which the heater unit contacts the film and a retracted position at which it is separated from the film. In addition to the mechanism for this... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7255226 | Conveyor system load transfer devices Conveyor systems for storage and movement of goods on pallets and slip sheets. The transfer structures enable slip sheet mounted loads to be transferred to a roller conveyor by providing structures that cooperate with wide platen forks of a lift truck. The structure... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249669 | Apparatus and methods for high speed conveyor switching Disclosed are conveyors and methods for making and using a conveyor. In some embodiments, the conveyor comprises a modular conveyor belt that includes at least one mat-top chain having at least one cavity and at least one first roller disposed in the cavity of the m... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7241098 | Hay bale loader and hauler The present invention provides an apparatus for loading, transporting, and unloading hay bales. This apparatus comprises a trailer frame including a first side and length, a conveyor device attached to the trailer frame, a loading system attached to the first side o... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232491 | Apparatus for gluing of veneer sheets Apparatus for applying glue to veneer sheets comprises elements (6, 7, 8) for transporting veneer sheets (3), supported substantially in a horizontal position, to the gluing, a glue applying device (2) for administering glue onto the veneer trav... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7198262 | Envelope-turning station In the case of an envelope-turning station with a turning cylinder which is oriented parallel to the mail-conveying direction and is equipped with openable and closable jaws on its circumference, it is possible, following charging of the turning-cylinder jaws with h... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191578 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products and bakery tray loading system A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns includes a vacuum turntable. A first transfer apparatus moves groups of wrapped bakery products onto the vacuum turntable and a second transfer apparatus moves assembled patterns of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191894 | Variable angled-roller belt and conveyor A conveyor constructed of a single belt or a plurality of abutting belts arranged side by side in the conveyor, in which the belt or belts have rollers arranged to rotate on axes oriented at multiple angles oblique to the direction of belt travel. A gradual or monot... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192502 | Method and device for applying a label to a packet A method and device for applying a label to a packet of cigarettes travelling in a given direction along a conveying path; to apply the label to the packet, a pickup head is fed along a feed path by rotating the pickup head about two axes parallel to each other, and... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7125330 | Overhead conveyor for poultry The invention relates to an overhead conveyor for poultry, for example chickens, having a conveyor line, and along the conveyor line movable hooks suspended therefrom with holders for the ends of the poultry's legs. The hooks are rotatable about a substantially vert... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7093705 | Article turning-round apparatus An article turning-round apparatus includes a rotary table rotated by a first shaft, load-carrying tables mounted on the rotary table along a peripheral zone thereof, a first conveyor serving to convey articles to a first station and a second conveyor serving to con... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090067 | Conveyor system with distributed article manipulation A system and method for manipulating articles includes providing a bed having at least one conveying surface. The conveying surface is adapted to move articles in a direction of conveyance from an upstream end to a downstream end of the bed. At least one sensor is p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076934 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns includes a vacuum turntable comprising a perforated plate which is driven by a belt extending around the periphery of the vacuum turntable and actuated by a motor. A first transfer a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070384 | Apparatus and method for automatically unloading brick from kiln cars and preparation for shipment Apparatus and methods for unloading and binding brick or other components include an infeed conveyor that delivers layers of brick to a transfer distribution carriage. The distribution carriage repositions the brick layers on either an outfeed conveyor or a tine con... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055672 | Baggage positioner for baggage conveyor A baggage positioner having a horizontal conveyor, a position sensor, a pair of positioning arms with bi-directional vertical belts and a positioning arm controller. Other sensors can be added to provide additional data for enhanced effectiveness. The vertical belts... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7004706 | Hay bale loader and hauler The present invention provides an apparatus for loading, transporting, and unloading hay bales. This apparatus comprises a trailer frame including a first side and length, a conveyor device attached to the trailer frame, a loading system attached to the first side o... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000755 | Apparatus for repositioning product while maintaining forward conveying speed An apparatus comprising a first conveyor and a second conveyor, the first and the second conveyor being arranged in line with each other, having the same conveying direction and, in use, having substantially the same conveying speed, while between the first and the ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6978586 | Pattern former for wrapped bakery products A pattern former for assembling wrapped bakery products into predetermined patterns includes a vacuum turntable comprising a perforated plate which is driven by a belt extending around the periphery of the vacuum turntable and actuated by a motor. A first transfer a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976673 | System and method for flipping a media sheet A system and method for flipping a media sheet. The novel system (10) includes a first mechanism (20) for inputting a media sheet (12) with a leading edge (22) and a trailing edge (24), a second mechanism (14) for receiving ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966743 | Device for pushing a stack of printed products from a table A device for pushing a stack of printed products from a table on which the stack is stacked has a stacking receptacle provided on the table and receiving the printed products for stacking. The stacking receptacle is defined by four lateral edges of the printed produ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6918485 | Orientation detection and control system A method and apparatus for selectively orienting an article (28) can include a selective indexing of a movable carriage (94) between a first carriage position and at least a second carriage position, thereby providing a selected face-alignment of a dat... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6866137 | Article turning-round apparatus The present invention aims to provide an article turning-round apparatus improved so that a series of articles can be successively turned round at a high velocity and there is no restriction imposed on the positions at which the articles are loaded and unloaded.... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6837662 | Device and method for handling molded articles Non-symmetrical molded articles, such as large preforms, are handled by a handling system into which an array of molded articles are transferred from a mold having a pitch separation The handling system has an arranging station configured to receive and align a firs... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6726201 | Method and device for the horizontal positioning of serially conveyed, flat objects For the horizontal positioning of serially supplied, flat objects (1) to be conveyed onward, the objects (1) are supplied suspended, one of their main surfaces (10) facing downstream and the other main surface (11) facing upstream. Prior ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6669192 | Method and device for transforming a conveying stream of flat articles A conveying-in stream in which flat articles (4) are conveyed held gripped individually is transformed into a conveying-away stream in which the articles (4) are loosely lying overlapping one another in an imbricated manner and in alternating groups orien... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6591977 | Conveyor and packaging apparatus and packaging conveyance and packaging methods The present invention relates to a conveyor and packaging apparatus, as well as packaging conveyance and packaging methods for irregularly shaped articles and packages, such as for packaged food products as in the case of conical packages for ice cream co... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588576 | Methods of and device for feeding fastening elements A fastening element 30 is fed from a feed track 64 through a feed chamber, formed by interfacing closed channels 132 and 160, to a junction point located in a feed passage 84, formed by two communicating feed openings 86 and 88. An inclined surface 82, lo... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6578698 | Safety arrangement in a package turning device The invention relates to a safety arrangement in a package turning device. The package turning device is of the type which turns selected packages which are conveyed on a conveyor path through the package turning device. The package turning device essenti... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6499583 | Apparatus and a method for feeding articles An apparatus for feeding articles to an accumulation area (4) is provided to have a conveyor path with a curved section (7) interconnecting a first conveyor path section (8) in the feeding direction upstream of the curved section (7) and a second conveyor... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6478139 | Conveyor and packaging apparatus and packaging conveyance and packaging methods The present invention relates to a conveyor and packaging apparatus, as well as packaging conveyance and packaging methods for irregularly shaped articles and packages, such as for packaged food products as in the case of conical packages for ice cream co... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6453645 | Method and apparatus for packaging flat articles A method for packaging flat articles in a stack in a package such as a box. In particular, the method is used to stack articles having different thicknesses at different ends in the direction of their plane. A stack portion is gripped by a gripping device... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6311824 | Rotatable pick-up device The invention relates to a rotatable gripper device (1) for picking up and rotating products which are supplied on a conveyor belt. The device according to the invention comprises a gripper head (2, 3) which can rotate about a vertical central shaft (4) a... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6164900 | System and method for palletizing packages A compact, programmable palletizer and method for forming at least one layer of packages on a pallet, comprising a rigid frame, an infeed conveyor positioned adjacent the frame for conveying successive packages into the palletizer, and a rollerbed assembl... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6139252 | Method and apparatus for processing flat printed products, such as newspapers, magazines and parts thereof Specific printed products (2') of the printed products (2, 2') that are conveyed one behind another in a hanging position are rotated through 180° about an axis of rotation that runs at right angles to the main surface (6) of these printed products (2').... | 10/31/2000 |
