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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7870943 | Apparatus and method for orienting articles An apparatus comprises a moving arrangement for supporting and moving along an advance direction a plurality of articles; and orienting units movable along said advance direction and such as to contact and orient the articles by displacing angularly each article aro... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7383934 | Apparatus for supporting objects to identify An apparatus for supporting objects to identify is manufacturable at low cost and is capable of providing correct images of the objects. The apparatus has belts (19, 21) to transport the objects (M) through a photographing section (13). The apparatus a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7364029 | Apparatus for simultaneously conveying and rotating objects An apparatus for conveying and simultaneously turning objects has a first conveyor device for conveying the objects into the area of two conveyor-turning stations and a second conveyor device for conveying the objects out of the area of the conveyor-turning stations... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7331152 | Beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles having a beverage bottle orientation and positioning arrangement A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles having a beverage bottle orientation and positioning arrangement. The orientation and positioning arrangement includes the use of cameras, and an evaluation and control system. A first camera is configured and d... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7121821 | Device for heating preforms provided with supporting ring A device for heating parisons made of a thermoplastic material and having a supporting ring for blow molding hollow bodies, having a conveyor means, a plurality of holding means which are arranged on the conveyor means and grip the head area of the parisons between ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097029 | Parcel goods aligning device A device for aligning parcel goods, in particular bottle crates, boxes, trays or the like during conveyance, and having a conveyor device with a roller conveyor belt having two-part freely rotatable rollers, whereby the conveyance takes place in a plane of conveyanc... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083838 | Elastomer and polyolefin resin based films and associated methods A packaging film having enhanced optical and mechanical properties so that a product surrounded by the film is clearly visible through the film and the film is sufficiently durable to be useful as packaging film. The packaging film including a first layer of elastom... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7014032 | Method and device for aligning articles and means for detecting the position of the articles A method and apparatus is disclosed for aligning rolls in a feed system. The rolls are spaced at regular intervals so as to enable incorrectly positioned rolls to be turned to the correct feed position, when necessary, while they are moving forward in a feed directi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6977353 | Apparatus and methods for identifying and processing mail using an identification code Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention identify and sort a mailpiece with destination information by sorting the mailpiece using a code on the front of the mailpiece, if there is a code on the front of the mailpiece. If the mailpiece does not ha... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6868652 | System and method for packaging oriented containers A system and method for packaging oriented containers in a container carrier wherein a plurality of containers are fed into an orienter device for orienting a container in a desired rotational position prior to placement in a container carrier. The orienter device i... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6782991 | Board turner A board turner (1, 31) is intended for use on a conveyor (3) for transporting large volumes of boards. The conveyor (3) defines a plane for carrying boards (14) and the board turner (1, 31) has a rotation unit (4) and a grip... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6565309 | Polarity inversion apparatus and polarity inversion method for chip components An object of the present invention is to enable the orientations of chip components accommodated in groove portions of an index table to be assuredly uniformized. When a polarity judgment device finds that the orientation of the chip component accommodate... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6484478 | System and method for packaging oriented containers A system and method for packaging oriented containers in a container carrier wherein a plurality of containers are fed into an orientation wheel including one or more chucks. Each chuck engages one end of the container and rotates the container into an or... | 11/26/2002 |
| 5975278 | Cam actuated bottle unscrambler system A mechanism for selectively rotating pocket assemblies between first and second limit positions. The mechanism comprises a cam follower block mounted on the shaft of the pocket assembly for limited movement relative to the shaft in a predetermined plane a... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5810955 | Apparatus and method for indexing containers Apparatus for orienting containers which have vertical seams is disclosed. The apparatus is useful in label machines where, prior to the application of labels to the containers, the apparatus orients the containers around longitudinal axes, so that the en... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5765617 | Infeed system for lumber An infeed system that orients a log for a processing unit. A flight conveyor, a log turner and a sharp chain are in an overlapping arraignment. The flight conveyor conveys a log past a scanner which inputs scan data into a computer which determines the pr... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5370216 | Apparatus for aligning vessels An apparatus for aligning vessels comprises a robot for delivering a vessel from a first conveyor to a second conveyor, a camera disposed on a path of conveyance of the first conveyor for photographing a manner of placement of vessels thereon, and correct... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5282526 | Apparatus and method for orienting container preforms Apparatus and a method for orienting a container preform in a particular orientation to position a closure thread in a desired position relative to the body of the blown container. The preform is supported by a preform carrier that is rotatably supported ... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5275033 | Metal can body shaping installation In a hydraulic method and installation for shaping can bodies the can body is filled with a liquid and placed in a die and pressure is applied to the interior of said can body until it assumes the shape of said die.... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5139132 | Orientation apparatus and method for disk shaped parts A high speed orientation apparatus for disk-shaped objects includes upper and lower turntables operated to provide constant angular orientation of the disk-shaped objects. An automatic supply delivers disk-shaped objects to one of a plurality of disk rece... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5058724 | Apparatus and method for orienting articles and containers A method and apparatus for orienting rotationally symmetrical articles and containers having an orientation reference index thereon. An infeed mechanism successively delivers containers to a rotary starwheel, preferably having a plurality of container poc... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5018416 | Method of and apparatus for cutting pieces from an elongated textile web A leading edge of a web is fed to an upstream cutting station and is gripped at the cutting station with an upstream clamp which is then advanced downstream away from the cutting station to a middle station and is arrested in the middle station where the ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4964497 | Working method and apparatus for workpiece being conveyed A working apparatus for a work being conveyed wherein a movable base is provided alongside of a conveyor conveying a plate-like workpiece mounted on a carrier in such a manner that the workpiece is held in an upright posture with its side surfaces facing ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4881479 | Method of transversely subdividing an elongated flexible web Pieces are cut off the end of a long web by first impaling the leading end of the web on a crosswise circulating needle bar that is then moved downstream from a cutting to a holding section. Then at the cutting station another such circulating needle bar ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4860879 | Plate bar loading system including an automatic packet or plate bar stack alignment station A station for aligning a stack or packet of sheet metal or plate bars to be transported to and unstacked at an unstacking station prior to being pressed or processed at a pressing or processing station. The alignment station includes a transporting carria... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4738348 | Turning device A turning device for electrical axial components which utilizes a transport element (8) that is mounted on a machine support (9) to rotate about a shaft (10). Mounted on the transport element (8) are a plurality of receivers (11, 11') for holding the elec... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4655338 | Bottle unscrambler A bottle orienting device is disclosed in which bottles are fed into a first station randomly in either a top down or a bottom down condition, moving pockets pick up the individual bottles and transport them past a sensor which determines the particular c... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4524858 | Edger transport and position apparatus Apparatus for the lateral feeding and transfer handling of successive cants into and through a wane scanning station, with subsequent adjusted-position placement on the infeed conveyor for an edger. Featured in the apparatus are a main carriage, which is ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4428474 | Apparatus for the alignment of bottles or the like, particularly labeling machines A rotating radial unit has bottle receiving recesses on its periphery for accepting bottles from a linear conveyor. A pair of elements are mounted on the unit adjacent each receiver for moving towards and away from the receiver. A belt runs around rolls t... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4261680 | Apparatus for orienting articles having an enlarged end An apparatus for orienting randomly arranged articles having an enlarged end, such as large caliber ammunition or the like, so that all of the articles are facing in the same direction. The apparatus senses the direction in which the articles are facing a... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4249439 | Device for automatically taking off elements formed on pieces, particularly on tobacco leaves A device for automatically taking off elements drawn or formed on pieces carried by a moving support and for displacing and depositing the taken off elements on a take-up conveyor, wherein said device comprises at least one arm mounted to rotate on a shaf... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4018026 | Automatic continuous barrel filling method An automatic, continuous barrel-filling method comprises the steps of supplying empty barrels, locating the bungholes of the barrels, inserting nozzles into the barrels through the holes, bunging the holes, and carrying the filled barrels out of the fille... | 04/19/1977 |
