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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7293638 | Orientation unit for a fruit sorting and grading machine The present invention relates to an orientation unit for a fruit sorting and grading machine, for rolling apples around their major axes at a fixed rpm depending upon the imaging and processing speed so as to make it possible for the camera to scan the entire periph... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7228958 | Supporting body, conveyor comprising a number of supporting bodies and method for transversally aligning objects Conveyor (1), comprising a number of supporting bodies (10) arranged successively in an array in order to form transporting positions for objects (P) for transporting between two successive supporting bodies (10), wherein the form of the support... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222715 | Fruit handling equipment A conveying assembly for fruit handling, comprising a carriage (20) adapted to be attached to a conveying chain arranged to displace the carriage in a conveying direction, a cup (30) adapted to support a single piece of fruit, the cup being secured to ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 6374983 | Conveyor for the selection of fruit The conveyor comprises a fruit loading station, a weighing station, an unloading station and a center conveyor chain that includes, on each side, an alignment of tiltable supports for receiving fruit pieces one by one, to then deposit the fruit pieces on ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6079542 | Object sorter and sizer An object sorting system includes a product presentation device with a floating portion and a subframe pivotally connected to a frame link driven by a chain. The product presentation device and frame link operate with a latch so that the product presentat... | 06/27/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5137136 | Apparatus for centering and aligning vessels A device for centering and aligning vessels, such as bottles in a bottle treating machine handles bottles that have bottom and/or sidewall recesses for being engaged by detents or alignment elements in response to swiveling of the bottle where a centering... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5121635 | Fruit sizer An apparatus for handling an object such as fruit having a major axis, includes at least one roller and a drive unit. The roller frictionally engages the object. The drive unit rotates the roller at a speed sufficient to cause the major axis of the object... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4995157 | Component feeder system A chip component handling and loading system for orienting and transporting a plurality of generally rectangular chip components includes a storage and feed location which, by means of vibratory action, randomly shakes out the chip components into or onto... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4746001 | Apple orienting device This invention relates to an apple orienting device suited to orient apples, particularly those apples which are relatively long as compared to their diameter. The orientor includes a set of rollers which are rotated intermittently and are mounted on a sh... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4321729 | Apparatus for aligning fish The invention relates to an apparatus for aligning fish in the position required for decapitation. For this purpose the fish is displaced by means of sprung displacement elements with the point of connection of at least one of its breast fins until the la... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4318660 | Work transfer assembly A work transfer assembly including a transfer car movable along a path for transporting a workpiece carrier between separate processing stations positioned along the path. The car includes a push-pull chain made up of a plurality of links with one of the ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4169528 | Apple orienting system This invention relates to an apple orienting device suited to orient apples particularly those known as the Red Delicious variety and which are generally relatively long as compared to their diameter. The present orientor includes a pair of eccentrically ... | 10/02/1979 |
