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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383939 | Device and method for handling workpieces in particular vehicle chassis A device (10) is provided for handling workpieces, in particular vehicle chassis (22) of modular construction, and having a first module with a handling line (12) in turn having one or several handling regions (14) for surface handling of... | 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 |
| 7155813 | Programmer systems A micro device using assembly system for feeding, programming, and placing micro devices on circuit boards includes a robotic handling system capable of picking up and placing the micro devices on the circuit boards on a conveyor system. A control system controls th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134541 | Conveyance apparatus for processing step A conveyance truck movable along travel rails includes a suspended supporting device for supporting a vehicle body, a raising and lowering device for raising and lowering the suspended supporting device, and a posture adjusting device for adjusting the posture of th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7080726 | Carton transfer unit A transfer unit is configured for use with a form, fill and seal packaging machine. The transfer unit receives a partially erected carton from a first station in a tubular form, conveys the carton to a second station, and conveys the carton from the second station t... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077259 | Carton transfer unit A transfer unit is configured for use with a form, fill and seal packaging machine. The transfer unit receives a partially erected carton from a first station in a tubular form, conveys the carton to a second station, and conveys the carton from the second station t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059466 | Carton transfer unit A transfer unit is configured for use with a form, fill and seal packaging machine. The transfer unit receives a partially erected carton from a first station in a tubular form, conveys the carton to a second station, and conveys the carton from the second station t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6994510 | Five axis production line handler A five-axis production-line handler has a handler shoulder (1) that is suspended rotatively downward from a gantry chassis (2). Two handler columns (4, 5) are spaced apart and suspended vertically downward from the handler shoulder. The handler ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6910413 | Workpiece registration station for a decorating machine A reduction to the traveling motion of bottles along a delivery conveyor in an intermittent motion decorating machine is provided by one of a pair of workpiece feed cams rotatably supported in a side-by-side relation to rotate about spaced horizontal axes lying in a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6398006 | Rotary turret with pedestals and a method of controlling rotation thereof A rotary turret has a plurality of rotatable pedestals thereon, each pedestal being controlled by a separate motor. The location of each motor for each pedestal is fixed so that the motors do not change location as the turret rotatesl. There is a separate... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6315102 | High-speed oscillating feeder The present invention incorporates an oscillating sorting and feeding apparatus for sequentially sorting and feeding a plurality of objects in a serial arrangement, where the objects are sorted into a specific orientation. The apparatus includes a hollow ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6000523 | Circuit-component transferring apparatus A circuit-component transferring apparatus including a component holder which includes an axial portion and a component holding portion which is provided at a lower end of the axial portion and which holds the circuit component, a holder-holding movable m... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5713405 | Method and apparatus for transmitting rotation driving force to spindles In a method for transmitting rotation driving force to spindles, a plurality of spindles are intermittently conveyed one after another to a predetermined position, and rotation driving force is transmitted to a spindle, which has been conveyed to the pred... | 02/03/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5651822 | Vehicle body surface treatment apparatus In order to create a simple car body surface treatment device, a car body is introduced into and removed again from the treatment bath (11) simply by being rotated by a rotating device (2), at the same time as another car body is pushed onto and secured t... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649406 | Positioning apparatus for containers during filling and packaging A positioning apparatus operates to advance and rotationally orient a container during packaging of a product and broadly comprises a conveyor, a rotor assembly mounted to the conveyor, a rotary drive means and orientation sensing means. The rotor assembl... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5579890 | Linear/rotary actuator member An actuator member is disclosed in which the actuator member is capable of providing linear and selective rotary movement of the table top of the conveyor member. The actuator member includes a platform housing which can be fixedly attached to conventiona... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5368150 | Pallet exchange apparatus A pallet exchange apparatus has a bed and an arm assembly supported on the bed to be rotatable between a workpiece loading-and-unloading station and workpiece machining station. A pair of cylindrical holes are formed at both ends of the arm assembly for r... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5261148 | Rotary vice for rotary table The present invention relates to a rotary vice construction which can be specifically applied on the rotary table of a transfer machining apparatus, which vice comprises a first and second bodies, opposite to one another and forming a vice assembly adapte... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5234096 | Hanger tilt mechanism for hanging transportation apparatus A hanger tilt mechanism for a hanging transportation apparatus in which a carrier traveling along a rail is equipped with a hanger having a circular arc-shaped portion so as to be tiltable. The carrier is further equipped with a driving motor and a tilt m... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5141093 | Automotive body panel handling apparatus Apparatus for conveying panels, such as vehicle body side panels to and from work stations located at spaced locations along a conveyor includes a panel support frame mounted on the conveyor for movement along the conveying path with the support frame in ... | 08/25/1992 |
| 4958667 | Tube holder for tube filling machines A tube holder is adapted to be positioned in a ring on the conveyor of the tube filling machine. The tube holder is cup-shaped and has a central, generally cylindrical, tube gripper consisting of eight upwardly extending fingers. The fingers have radially... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4863008 | Apparatus for transferring objects to be processed such as eggs or the like A transfer apparatus for transferring objects to be processed, susceptible to damage, such as eggs and which includes a delivery conveyor for supplying rows of the objects successively. Adjacent to the delivery end of the delivery conveyor extend a second... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4798276 | Shaping turret An apparatus for transmitting logic information from two members which move relative to one another by use of fluid logic signals. A shaping turret employing an upper structure carrying a plurality of bladderless shaping drums or flanges which ae driven a... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4783905 | Method and apparatus for binding band rings Method and an apparatus for binding coils, for example, of sheet steel, which enable the whole process, from the formation of the coils to the completion of the ready-to-be-shipped bound coils, to be automated. Provision is made so that the strips, produc... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4770285 | Conveyor device having a rotatable pallet and device for rotating a pallet A conveyor device for transferring a workpiece along a conveyor path between work stations located at various positions along the conveyor path includes a pallet for supporting a workpiece which is rotatable and a pallet drive device located at selected w... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4750263 | Method of and apparatus for supplying and transferring electronic components Apparatus for supplying and transferring electronic components includes a plurality of pallets each for receiving and holding one electronic component. An endless conveying mechanism conveys the pallets in and intermittent fashion on a substantially horiz... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4747928 | Substrate processing apparatus including wafer transporting and substrate cooling mechanisms In a substrate processing apparatus, a substrate is processed to form a thin film thereon while it is maintained in the vertical direction, Furthermore, the rear surface of the substrate is cooled by a substrate cooling mechanism which contacts the rear s... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4724944 | System and method for suspendingly transporting bodies The system for suspendingly transporting bodies according to the invention comprises a carriage (4) movable along a predetermined path (P) as guided by guide rails (2) and a support (5) mounted to a lower portion of the carriage (4) through suspenders (32... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4674621 | Substrate processing apparatus An apparatus for automatically sequentially processing a large number of substrates. A plurality of substrate processing stages are arranged around a single imaginary circle, and a substrate attaching/detaching stage has its center as one position on the ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4669376 | Tube aligning assembly for tube printer A tube printing apparatus includes a rotatable mandrel wheel which successively moves tubes to be printed to different stations of the apparatus; a plurality of mandrels which hold the tubes on the mandrel wheel; a printing station including a printing bl... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4666363 | Manipulator for cooperation with an industrial robot A manipulator for positioning a series of workpieces relative to a robot. The manipulator contains at least two separate fixture supports. The fixture supports are alternately transferred between a loading position and an operative position adjacent the r... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4610280 | Method of and apparatus for supplying and transferring electronic components Apparatus for supplying and transferring electronic components includes a plurality of pallets each for receiving and holding one electronic component. An endless conveying mechanism conveys the pallets in an intermittent fashion in a substantially horizo... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4609093 | Hanger conveyance in automobile assembly line A hanger conveyance for the transport of left-hand and right-hand automobile door assemblies from and back to a loading site through a door fitting station and then through an unloading site, which hanger has first and second door supports for the support... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4392565 | Holding device for a hollow body with an open end and a pivotal handle for printing thereon in a printing machine A holding device for holding an open-end hollow body with a pivotal carrying handle includes a mounting member for mounting the hollow body. Disposed at one end of the mounting member is an annular support member carrying a locking member. The support mem... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4391083 | Packing machine A packing machine for cigarettes, in particular for soft packs, with a plurality of pack-forming assemblies 1-16, has at least one operating member 21-23 in each assembly which is movable, e.g. to clamp a sheet of foil 300 or a paper lable 400 against a p... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4188733 | Apparatus for indexing a rotary frame A heated metal plate drying system for drying either green veneer or partially dried veneer can have a plurality of modular hot presses mounted on a frame. At a loading station, individual sheets of veneer to be dried or redried are fed into a hot press, ... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4062437 | Conveyor equipment for surface treatment of workpieces An arrangement for surface treating workpieces has a pair of rotary conveyors each rotatable about a respective vertical rotation axis and provided with a plurality of angularly spaced holders each of which can grip a respective workpiece and advance it a... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4051366 | Optical apparatus for sensing clustered package orientation Four six-packs of labeled bottles are picked up and spun while being illuminated by light sources, each of the 24 bottles have an optical sensor focused at a spot through which successive portions of the peripheral surface of the bottle passes as the bott... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4040203 | Rotating core rods A plurality of core rods with parisons thereon are mounted to an indexing head with the core rods disposed in a temperature conditioning chamber and wherein the core rods are simultaneously rotated to effect temperature distribution throughout the parison... | 08/09/1977 |
