Class 198/377.07 - Holder having load gripping element

Subclass of Class 198 - Conveyors: power-driven
Definition: Subject matter wherein the holder includes either (1) a
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 04/03/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8146731	Transport device for containers and buffer facility Apparatus for transporting containers with a transport device, which transports a multiplicity of holding devices for the containers individually along a pre-specified transport path. At least one of these holding devices comprises at least two holding elements for ...	04/03/2012
8006825	Transferring device for repositioning articles A transfer arrangement (10) for gripping articles (at 60) comprises a central wheel body with a multiplicity of arms (20), which can be pivoted about a first axis (23) in each case, articulated along its periphery. The arms (20) ha...	08/30/2011
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
7332680	Conveying device having container order changing mechanism, and combination weighing device and quality inspection device provided therewith A conveying device is disclosed that changes the order of containers during conveyance in order to speed up processes, such as a discharging process performed by a combination weighing device and a rank-order sorting process performed by a quality inspection device....	02/19/2008
7275633	Device for changing the direction of conveyance of flat postal items and the position of the postal items relative to their direction of conveyance A device for changing a direction of conveyance of flat postal items and a position of the postal items relative to their direction of conveyance includes a driven carousel tray to which one or more gripper arms whose lengths are modifiable in a controlled manner ar...	10/02/2007
7272881	Production installation A production installation comprises a loading transport means with a transport rail connecting processing machines. It also comprises workpiece grippers for supplying the processing machines with workpieces to be processed and for removing processed workpieces from ...	09/25/2007
7021453	Conveyor with gear mechanism gripper and related conveyor link Various conveyor designs are disclosed, along with related link designs, suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction. The conveyor may include a plurality of connected links. Each link may have a length extending across the direction of transport and ...	04/04/2006
6913134	Method and apparatus for changing the orientation of workpieces about an angled axis for a decorator A workpiece transfer for a decorating machine includes transport conveyors for carrying workpieces to the decorating machine and from the decorating machine. The conveyors support each of the workpieces such that an elongated longitudinal axis of each workpiece is v...	07/05/2005
6904665	Method and apparatus for machining workpieces Method and apparatus providing a tool turret for a machine tool with at least one motor-driven tool that is suitable for machining of wavy or tubular workpieces. The transport of the workpieces from one machining station to the next is effected in a simpler, more re...	06/14/2005
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
6758907	Device for coating bottles and bodies for transporting bottles In an apparatus (S) for coating bottles (F), comprising a coating station (A) which contains at least one section of a conveyor track (G) for bottle conveying bodies (T), comprising a bottle holder (H) in each conveying body (T), comprising covering elements (E) whi...	07/06/2004
6752257	Device for transferring blister packs and the like from a cutting station to the feeding line of a packaging machine A device for transferring blister packs to the feeding line of a packaging machine includes a pick-up member capable of picking-up a series of blister packs disposed in reciprocal alignment at the blister packs cutting station and releasing this series of blister pa...	06/22/2004
6722494	Method and device for transportation A transfer apparatus 10 includes crank arms 22 each of which is pivotally attached to a driving wheel 21, link levers 23 each of which has its one end pin-linked to the tip of the crank arm 22, and revolving sections 30 each...	04/20/2004
6581750	Method and apparatus for changing the orientation of workpieces about an angled axis for a decorator A workpiece transfer for a decorating machine includes transport conveyors for carrying workpieces to the decorating machine and from the decorating machine. The conveyors support each of the workpieces such that an elongated longitudinal axis of each wor...	06/24/2003
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
6341684	Blown plastic containers and method of handling same An as molded thermoplastic container (10) having a body portion (12) and a moil (16) extending outwardly from a rim (14) of the container, the moil and the body portion being molded integrally with one another. The moil has an opposed pair of outwardly pr...	01/29/2002
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
6206172	PTP conveying method and apparatus therefor A method and an apparatus for inverting selected ones of a plurality of PTPs being conveyed very easily and simply are disclosed. An inverting device 20 is disposed above a conveying passage along which a plurality of PTPs 1 are conveyed in a standing pos...	03/27/2001
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
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
5990450	Rotary conveyor A rotary conveyor comprising an annular array of a plurality of circumferentially spaced work piece support members for receiving a corresponding plurality of work pieces. They conveyor further include a first drive ring coaxially associated with the arra...	11/23/1999
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
5501736	Conveyor for transporting parts in a paint booth and drying and curing apparatus A conveyer for transporting a part to be painted through a paint booth and drying and curing apparatus. The conveyer includes a transporter having an upwardly extending post, a tubular lifter disposed on the post and having a contoured lower surface which...	03/26/1996
5417037	Method and machine for producing double packets of cigarettes A method and machine whereby a first and second rigid packet are fed in a first direction parallel to the longer longitudinal axes of the packets; are transferred to the input of respective feed channels, the second packet being rotated 180° in relation ...	05/23/1995
5358376	Device for opening and emptying filled food cans The device for opening and emptying filled food cans comprises a conveyor path. Food cans are gripped in the conveyor path using semi-cylindrical clamping elements. In addition the cans are clamped on the end walls. Placed in the conveyor path is a knife ...	10/25/1994
5261520	Custodial book transfer system An apparatus for transferring a plurality of books from a binder conveyor to another conveyor. The apparatus includes a plurality of grippers for receiving the books from the binder conveyor and gripping the books. The apparatus includes a conveyor for mo...	11/16/1993
5241807	Method and apparatus for wrapping lollipops and similar articles A method and apparatus for wrapping lollipops wherein the candy portion is first placed in a pre-formed wrapper envelope and then loaded between chuck jaws translated on a conveyor. The conveyor includes a plurality of chucks, and the chuck jaws of each c...	09/07/1993
4565359	Folding apparatus for a web-fed rotary printing press To be able to produce an accurate second lengthwise fold on printed copies delivered by a web-fed rotary printing press, a second group of folding cylinders is provided downstream of a first group of folding cylinders, with the axes of all cylinders of bo...	01/21/1986
4483526	Turning conveyor and selected book signature turning method In a system for collating, binding and stacking magazines or books, a machine comprising a portion of a conveyor line used in the system. The machine turns some of the books relative to their direction of travel prior to entering the stacking device so th...	11/20/1984
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
4330288	Packaging machine with pouch transfer and opening mechanism Successive pouches severed from the leading end of a continuously moving strip of pouches are picked up by a series of spaced paddle assemblies and are turned from edgewise positions to broadwise positions. Each paddle assembly ducks into the pouch to pic...	05/18/1982
4168773	Bottle labeling machine with turntable having resiliently urged clamping jaws A bottle labeling apparatus is provided in known manner with a turntable for picking up bottles at one location and delivering them elsewhere. The turntable has a plurality of rotary heads at its perimeter, the heads rotating regularly during a part of th...	09/25/1979
4116325	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...	09/26/1978
3944058	Bottle conveyor system including adjustable height continuous belt conveyor and positive lock spray shielded rotatable bottle carrier A continuous belt conveyor for transporting bottles to be processed includes an inclined ramp portion for elevating bottles to a moving horizontal platform portion, screw means for selectively adjusting the height of the moving horizontal platform portion...	03/16/1976

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Class 198/377.07 - Holder having load gripping element