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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442031 | Blow molding apparatus A blow molding apparatus that includes a preform supplying station for supplying preforms in an upright state, a heating station for heating the preforms to a suitable temperature condition for blow-molding while transporting the preforms, a blow station for blowing... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7207152 | Method for handling, labeling and filling syringes An inventive method, system and apparatus are provided for syringe handling, and more particularly, for syringe labeling, filling and capping operations. To facilitate syringe handling, an inventive apparatus includes a plurality of syringe bodies interconnected in ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7165668 | Apparatus and method for the delivery of rod-shaped articles An apparatus for transferring rod-like articles from a longitudinal conveyor that longitudinal-axially conveys the articles onto a transverse conveyor that transverse-axially conveys the articles. Moreover, the apparatus includes a conveyor that receives the article... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156219 | Installation for assembling tube components Installation for assembling tube components, particularly bodies (1) with shoulders, comprising the following elements arranged in succession: a linear body conveyor (4), a transfer system (7) designed to apply a change in orientation to the bod... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153086 | High speed turnover apparatus and method A turnover apparatus and method for inverting articles such as lumber or board pieces being conveyed sideways on two or more conveyor chain loops in which each article is advanced on the conveyor chain loops by speed up belts engaging the underside of the articles t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7121428 | Supply apparatus for spouts and bags with spouts A spout supply apparatus including a spout transfer device in which two spout holding devices 43 and 44 are respectively disposed on each end of a reciprocating swing arm 41 that makes a reciprocating swing motion in the horizontal plane through... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7101170 | Take-out device for rotary blow molding machine A blow mold system take-out device includes a plurality of transfer heads positioned around a hub, and a plurality of arms associated with a plurality of the transfer heads. The arms receive and clamp a molded product. Each transfer head with arms moves around the h... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7055676 | Conveyor with movable gripper and related conveyor link A conveyor suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction, and a related link are disclosed. The link may include a link body having a length extending across the direction of transport and a width extending along the direction of transport, each link bo... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036658 | Gripper conveyor with clear conveying path and related conveyor link Various conveyor designs suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction and various related link designs are disclosed. The conveyor may include a plurality of the connected links. Each link may have a length extending across the direction of transport a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025193 | Device and method for picking up, handling and moving objects A device (1) for conveying objects (2) having at least one open end (200) (for example plastic bottles and corresponding semi-finished products throughout their production process), including a picking-up and withholding apparatus (20) su... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6902051 | Workpiece treatment system and conveyor assembly A conveyor assembly including a conveyor defining a conveying direction and a carrier assembly operably coupled to the conveyor. The carrier assembly includes a carrier frame, a rotating mechanism coupled to move with the carrier and having a rotatable shaft with a ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6575456 | Device for held conveyance of flat articles in a dense conveying stream For conveying flat articles (10) in dense conveying streams, grippers (3) conveyed one behind the other by conveying elements (1) are used, each gripper (3) holding one of the articles gripped in an edge zone. For increasing the possibilities for changing... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6345713 | Automatic machine for overturning containers and the like The invention relates to a machine for overturning containers such as bottles having a bottom which is not flat. The machine has a fixed base which supports rotational movement of devices for gripping/releasing, raising/lowering, and overturning the conta... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6286568 | Transportation, feeding and filling apparatus of irregular-formed vessels and transportation and feeding method A plurality of bag making machines 2a and 2b for continuously producing irregular-formed vessels 1 having a flanged mouth plug, a plurality of transportation troughs 11a and 11b connected to the respective plurality of bag making machines 2a and 2b, a sin... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6264192 | Process and apparatus for conveying pressroom products A process and apparatus for conveying printed products of the type having a main surface and a side edge, wherein each product is retained in the region of its side edge by an individual gripper, and wherein each gripper and its retained product are conve... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6223882 | Loading and/or offloading device, in particular for printing machines In a loading and/or offloading device, a transfer member includes two jaws, one of which is fixed and the other of which is mobile, for picking up an object. The mobile jaw is mounted to be mobile under the control of an actuator including a compensator s... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6079541 | Container gripper, in particular for bottles A container gripper, in particular for bottles, which is positionable on a movable part of a manipulating machine, and comprises a support structure internally carrying a pair of arms driven to rotate between a closed rest position in which they face each... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6044627 | Device for conveying plastic pots in the transverse direction at high speed A device for displacing articles from a first substantially rectilinear feed track (23) to a second substantially rectilinear feed track (24) forming an angle with the first track (23), comprises apparatus (26) for grouping articles in batches of at least... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5992610 | Method and device for producing a rotated stream with a corner gripper A method and apparatus for processing and conveying a product stream includes a conveying belt entering a folder to grip products. The conveying belt comprises product grippers arranged thereon in an endless configuration. At least some of the grippers ar... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5749453 | Apparatus for orienting eggs on a second conveyor with their points to one side An apparatus for transferring eggs from a first roller conveyor (1) to a second conveyor (2), with an orienting operation taking place during the transfer, so that the eggs on the second conveyor (2) are all oriented with their points to one side, the rol... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5686148 | System and method for conveying rotatable works such as automotive vehicle bodies A body of a vehicle, that is supported by a carrier or conveyor is rotated about a rotational axis extending in an approximately horizontal direction of the carrier or conveyor. When the body is supported in a normally standing position with its roof at t... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5613593 | Container handling starwheel A starwheel (10) for serially moving a circumferentially spaced apart series of containers (C) in an arcuate pattern with respect to a stationary container supporting member (12). The starwheel has a turret (58), which is driven about its circumferential ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5609239 | Locking system A mounting structure or holding frame movable along a conveyor system has a locking device which includes a seat with a recess to accommodate a connection component of a workpiece, and a latch pivotable to open or close the recess and bearing a start roll... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5535999 | Apparatus for rotating a flat article through a desired angular orientation A device for simultaneously rotating and translating a flat article comprises a flat, low-friction table surface and a plurality of conveyor-driven platens. Each platen frictionally engages an article and transports it linearly along the table surface. Si... | 07/16/1996 |
| 4938337 | Removing a can from a rotating turret An outfeed transfer device has a rotatable turret from which radiate a plurality of can grippers each of which is arranged to grip a can delivered to it at an outfeed station of an electro-coating apparatus, and then to rotate the can, so as to empty flui... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4640406 | Rotational and retractable container holding device and conveyor therefor A rotational and retractable container holding device and conveyor therefor in which a conveyor member is supported in cantilever fashion by support members extending along the conveying path. A plurality of container holding devices extends in a generall... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4629389 | Means for holding and rotating containers traveling around a turret periphery Jaws for receiving, holding, and rotating containers around a turret periphery are provided, the jaws being easily and efficiently adjusted to accommodate various sizes of containers, such as, for instance, oriented plastic carbonated beverage bottles in ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4596161 | Gripper member control device for bookbinding machines The invention relates to the field of bookbinding machines, and in particular to a device controlling gripper members arranged to transfer books, magazines, and the like. The technical problem to be solved was that of providing a simple and accurate form ... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4539791 | Continuously moving handling device for packing machines in particular for sweets and similar products A handling device for packing machines in particular for sweets and similar products, having one or more continuously moving rotary wheels, comprising a support body which may be associated in a radially slideable manner with the said wheel or wheels havi... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4530694 | Sheet, or sheet package transport and rotation apparatus, and method To re-orient the position of a sheet, or package of sheets (3), for example after having been folded in a folding former, cut, and transversely folded in a folding knife cylinder, a pair of vertically aligned dish-like plates, or disks (4,5) are moved in ... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4522293 | Device for transferring eggs from a feeding chain to retaining members moving behind each other An egg handling machine having one and preferably two or more egg feeding chains, first retaining members to which the eggs are transferred from the chains and which are each provided with a gripper to positively hold an egg and rotate it to orient its ax... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4456115 | Syringe inspection apparatus Rows of ten filled hypodermic syringes, without rods and in depending position, are transferred successively from ten-row trays to a rail conveyor by a gang chuck having ten expansible inserts which enter and lift the syringes by their open piston ends. T... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4372436 | Apparatus for deflecting flat workpieces through 180° with simultaneous rotation through 90° In a bag-making machine comprising a tube-making device and a device parallel thereto for forming bases on flattened individual tube sections fed longitudinally from the tube-making device, an apparatus for deflecting the tube sections comprises spaced pa... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4086999 | Conveyor combined with coupling for handling workpiece A coupling includes an outer cup-shaped member which acts as a support for other portions of the coupling and which itself is revolvably supported on a conveyor that moves the coupling between workpiece loading and unloading stations. The outer cup-shaped... | 05/02/1978 |
| 3985223 | Universal gripper assembly for frozen confections A series of articulated product gripper mechanisms are mounted on a continuously operating pickup conveyor having a reach adjacent the product transfer zone of a continuously operating transport conveyor that has cold plates running through a freezing tun... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3961698 | Method and apparatus for turning logs Process and apparatus are provided for turning logs arranged in a row so that the root ends of all the logs are pointed in the same direction. A log whose root end is to be re-oriented is gripped while being conveyed along a first conveying path, and whil... | 06/08/1976 |
