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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118152 | Safety arrangement A safety arrangement for use with a piece of equipment. The safety arrangement includes a signal generating unit for generating an optical signal, an elongate element, and a signal detecting unit. The elongate element is disposed along, about, around or through the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7913833 | Device for aligning disordered sheet-type products The invention relates to an apparatus for aligning disordered sheet material. The apparatus according to the invention in particular has the advantage, that disordered sheet material is fast and reliably aligned, so that the sheet material can be formed into ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7861845 | Roller sorter system This device feeds and sorts tablets or small parts from a common hopper to a product count sensor head. Two parallel feed and transport rollers rotate together on an adjustable incline. The rotation direction of each feed and transport roller can vary along with its... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7699157 | Safety arrangement A safety arrangement for use with a piece of equipment. The safety arrangement includes a signal generating unit for generating an optical signal, an elongate element, and a signal detecting unit. The elongate element is disposed along, about, around or through the ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7364030 | Apparatus for conveying objects An apparatus for conveying objects such as fruits, comprises a first endless conveyor, with conveying elements such as diabolos connected thereto. A conveying position is defined between at least two conveying elements. A second endless conveyor, with product carrie... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7318304 | Device for introducing pharmaceutical products into blister packs Pairs of first and second rolls are supported for rotation in a roll frame located below a pan for receiving pharmaceutical products loaded as bulk material, each first roll having a plurality of axially successive non-cylindrical sections separated from respective ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7246701 | Machine for orienting, straightening and aligning plastic vessels or bottles The invention refers to the field of machines for orienting, straightening and aligning plastic vessels such as bottles, and in particular the invention refers to those types of machines that provide for a hopper for randomly loading the bottles that are composed of... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237668 | Device and method for sorting items, such as rolls The device for sorting items, such as rolls, is provided downstream of a first number (N) of feeding channels (Ca) of items (R), which feeding channels (Ca) are provided with dispensing members (8) for a controlled release of the items (R). The device (100... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7210598 | Authomated pill-dispensing apparatus An under-counter portable automatic pill-dispensing apparatus includes a double array of storage units for storing pills in bulk, a retriever between the two arrays for retrieving selected storage units, and a pill-dispensing module for unloading pills into a vial. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7186347 | Vibratory apparatus for separating liquid from liquid laden solid material A vibratory apparatus for separating a liquid from a liquid-laden solid material. The apparatus includes an inclined trough having a base with a first end and a second elevated with respect to the first end. A deck is attached to the trough base, the deck defining s... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7137502 | Mail tray singulator and method of use A mail tray singulator for controlling the handling, movement and sensing of mail trays or other mail items into a single file arrangement on a conveyor system for downstream processing. The mail tray singulator includes conveyor modules configured at preferably rig... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7089654 | Ball given quantity supply apparatus and method and apparatus for assembling ball screw apparatus There are provided with a ball given quantity supply apparatus for supplying a given quantity of balls to an apparatus using a given quantity of balls such as a bearing, a ball screw and a linear guide, and a method and apparatus for assembling a ball screw apparatu... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6913136 | Apparatus and method for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products A device for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products, comprises two driven endless aligning conveyors running with the transport paths substantially parallel to each other, which transport paths together form a support for the meat products for transp... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6435333 | Adjustable unit for the unscrambling and lined up delivery of empty containers An adjustable unit for the unscrambling and lined up delivery of empty containers (A) has a plurality of compartments (6) connected to a first rotary structure (7) to receive containers (A) in a lying position. The compartments (6) have an open bottom del... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6336569 | Arranging and supplying apparatus An apparatus for arranging and supplying a plurality of objects, the apparatus including a hopper which stores the objects in bulk and which has a funnelform bottom surface at least a portion of which extends in a reference direction inclined with respect... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6205749 | Foodstuff collating system and method A foodstuff collating apparatus having a plurality of discrete channels within which foodstuffs are collated. The apparatus is elevated at one end to provide a slide for the foodstuff with the channels converging from one end of the apparatus to the other... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6158952 | Oriented synthetic crystal assemblies An integrated continuous assembly of synthetic crystals of diamond, or like materials, which exhibits crystallographic characteristics substantially the same as a single crystal so that characteristics of diamond such as abrasive resistance, thermal condu... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6152671 | Component conveying device and method A component conveying device is provided in which a lead component and a second component behind the lead component can be reliably separated and the lead component can be readily extracted with reduced error. The device includes a guide groove 6 for guid... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6135264 | Electronic component supplying apparatus An electronic component supplying apparatus conveys electronic components in an aligned state to supply the same to a predetermined taking-out position. When a leading chip component abuts on a component stopper and a component conveyance is stopped, a pl... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6000524 | Apparatus for orienting randomly organized articles An apparatus for orientating randomly organized articles formed of spaced planar members coupled along an edge of the planar members to define an opened end and a closed end along the edge where the planar members are coupled. The apparatus includes a con... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5853077 | Article handling device, combination and methods A rotary puck conveying mechanism and method will qualify articles and place them within a puck or article handling device. This puck has a centrally disposed opening for receiving the articles. The mechanism includes a centrifugal feeder with a rotatable... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5636725 | Apparatus for supplying chip parts and a method for same Electronic chips accumulated at random directions are arranged in an orderly line by a chip part supplier. A chip part feeder transfers the first aligned chip onto a printed circuit board. Chip parts having random directions in a hopper are fed to a disch... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5472747 | Method and apparatus for treating a polyolefin surface to obtain an active surface which is receptive to inks and adhesives A method of and apparatus for treating a polyolefin surface to become receptive to inks and adhesives is disclosed. The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for treating a polyolefin surface to become receptive to inks and adhesives, using... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5454302 | Pear transfer apparatus and method An apparatus and method are provided for moving a pear from a roll orientor into a transfer cup wherein an inclined pear stop shoe is provided which contacts and guides the pear downwardly into the transfer cup as the orienting rolls separate. The rolls a... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5417318 | Method and device for moving and positioning a center core The method and device are used to move a center core 2 from a given delivery passage to a given position and position the same at the given position, the center core 2 including in the outer periphery thereof a flange portion 12 for bonding a magnetic dis... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5413206 | Pear processing method and apparatus A pear processing method and apparatus is provided which includes several mechanisms for properly orienting the pear prior to coring, peeling and seed celling of the pear. Each pear is tumbled between a pair of orienting rolls to a position wherein the st... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5404990 | Vane type orienter A vane typed orienter is formed by a plurality of spaced parallel shafts having radial extending axially spaced disks mounted thereon. Passages are formed between the disks and adjacent disks on adjacent shafts define sides of such passages. A vane elemen... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5201891 | Vibration parts allignment apparatus This invention relates to a vibration parts alignment apparatus capable of aligning parts or vibrated objects 40 with a multiplicity of alignment holes 31 formed in a parts alignment tray 30 in a very short period of time by vibrating the parts alignment ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4789290 | Machine for orienting and stacking receptacles A machine for orienting and stacking receptacles, such as cups having a base end and a mouth end, which machine includes a receiving area wherein the cups are initially received and are then fed to an upright, angularly disposed conveyor, the cups being r... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4766990 | Pear orienting and transfer apparatus A pear orienting and transfer apparatus for orienting pears stem-end lowermost and subsequently transferring oriented pears with the blossom-end foremost to subsequent inspection, peeling, coring and segmenting stations which includes a channel-bottom rec... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4677283 | Device for counting and loading small items into containers A counting and batching device for items such as tablets, capsules or caplets is faster than the electronic radial feeder counters, and is more easily adjustable for different quantities, sizes and shapes of items than slat counters or disk counters. The ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4664248 | Device and method for conveying and orienting randomized circular product-carrying pucks Device and a method are taught for specifically orienting and conveying products in a common direction of travel. The products are individually mounted on a plurality of identical, circular, product-carrying pucks. Each circular puck has a flat conveyor-c... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4554958 | Apparatus for rounding the circumference of a log An apparatus for rounding the circumference of a wood log which is supported by two sets of three drive rollers at spaced points between the ends of the log to establish a geometrical center. A knife is positioned extending the length of the log for cutti... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4399588 | Automatic fish feeder and orientator An automatic fish feeder and orientor has a framework with top rails upon which are pivotally mounted spaced pairs of supports. A reciprocal feed table overlies and is pivotally mounted on the supports. A reciprocal feed plate is spaced below the table an... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4339027 | Apparatus for orienting halved fruit cut side down An apparatus for orienting halved fruit with the cut sides thereof facing downwardly includes a longitudinally extending vibrating table which is inclined slightly downwardly from the receiving end to the discharge end. The table is provided with longitud... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4163487 | Contact pin feeding and orienting apparatus Contact pins, of square cross-section and having a swaged portion nearer one end, are oriented so as to be fed to a magazine or other device with the ends nearer the swage portion all in the same direction. The pins move along channel-shaped grooves, over... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4095688 | Bottle orienting apparatus Bottle orienting apparatus for orienting successively advancing bottles of shoulder-and-neck construction with at-random neck-leading and neck-trailing dispositions into a train of bottles of only neck-trailing disposition, is disclosed. The apparatus com... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4078652 | Article feeder A machine for conveying similarly shaped articles in a single file is disclosed comprising drive and return conveyors with said drive conveyor having a loading portion and a discharge portion. A plurality of similarly shaped articles are loaded at the loa... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4056361 | Vial or other container, and carrier therefor The invention relates to a vial located in a pocket in a carrier. The pocket has an upwardly opening inlet and a plane, bottom cam surface the vial has a complementary, plane, bottom cam surface. Both cam surfaces are inclined to the axes of the vial and poc... | 11/01/1977 |
