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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789215 | Centrifugal/vibratory feeder system Primary and secondary housings each have a cylindrical side wall and a horizontal circular lower plate. A centrifugal assembly is formed by the secondary housing. A first motor rotates the circular plate of the secondary housing. Cleats extend upwardly from the circ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7325671 | Bowl for vibratory feeder A bowl for a vibratory feeder includes a wall portion having a generally circular cross section and a helical track having an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The wall portion comprises a plurality of slots and the track comprises a plurality of tabs which exte... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7270229 | Container unscrambler system having adjustable track and method A container feeding system is shown having an unscrambler having an unscrambler bowl providing a track or channel that is adjustable such that it can accommodate bottles of varying sizes. The system comprises an adjustable chute that is also adjustable and having a ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7252189 | Method for aligning laminated electronic parts in desired orientation and alignment device therefor A method and device for aligning orientation of laminated planer electrodes in laminated electronic parts when the parts are conveyed on a transport passage of a parts feeder. A magnetic field generation unit is disposed beside and outside of the parts feeder for ap... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7228957 | Slip conveyor assembly A slip conveyor assembly (10) having a plurality of slip conveyors (11 to 16). Each slip conveyor (11 to 16) has a tray (18) providing a conveyor surface (20) along which product is delivered. The trays (18) ar... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219789 | Bailing apparatus with handle orienter A bailing apparatus includes a bailer feeder and a bailer. The bailer feeder is arranged to feed handles to the bailer. The bailer is adapted to couple the handles to containers. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7150349 | Mechanical device combined with airflow for untangling springs The object of the invention is a means for untangling springs (60) contained in a supply bin (12), characterized in that it comprises untangling means (14) with a rail (30) for receiving springs, provided with an open groove (36), ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7036652 | Vibration-type parts feeding method and device In a vibration type parts feeding method and a vibration type parts feeding device, welding nuts are put on a parts transportation track arranged in an inner wall of a vibration bowl of a parts feeder to be arranged in turn, and normal positioned welding nuts are so... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7014031 | Method and apparatus for conveying parts An apparatus for conveying parts for use with parts with projections the protruding part of which is formed on either the upper side or the lower side as seen in the direction of height, has a regulating member (17) comprising a regulating portion of a width ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6964329 | Step down product accumulation system A step down product conveying and accumulation system employs one or more conveyors with a product path section, on which products are conveyed, and an accumulator section, for accumulation of products for recirculation and eventual delivery to a downstream destinat... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961638 | Reject bottle detection and ejection mechanisms A reject bottle detection and ejection apparatus has a plurality of sensors positioned along the length of a belt conveyor that senses whether a bottle conveyed by the conveyor is positioned in an upright orientation, in an inverted orientation, in a sideways orient... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6789661 | Inline feeder An inline feeder for delivering oriented parts, said inline feeder including a hopper section including a vibratory hopper for storing parts and transporting parts to an elevator section including an inclined elevator for receiving parts from said vibratory hopper a... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6607067 | Method and device for part transportation An apparatus for conveying parts for use with parts with projections the protruding part of which is formed on either the upper side or the lower side as seen in the direction of height, has a regulating member (17) comprising a regulating portion of a wi... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6450320 | Electrode orientation A vibratory feeder for transporting and orienting electrodes for a lamp. The vibratory feeder includes a vibratory bowl and a vibratory track. The vibratory track has a first end in communication with an outlet of the vibratory bowl. The vibratory track i... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6374985 | Circulating vibratory linear parts-feeder In a circulating vibratory linear parts-feeder including: a main trough for transporting parts in one direction; and a return trough for transporting the parts in the opposite direction to the one direction, arranged closely to the main trough, and spaced... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6360870 | Feeding and sorting apparatus A feeding, singulating, or orienting device which includes a vibratory feeder bowl having a central receiving section and at least two tracks radiating outwardly from the receiving section. The feeder bowl can be convex, concave, or flat in vertical cross... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6347698 | Modular conveyor apparatus An extruded brush plate for a conveyor is provided with slots preformed in the brush plate for attachment of supports, vibrators and peripheral walls. The brush plates are then cut to the desired length, by making only a single cut across the width of the... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6257392 | Vibratory bowl and associated parts orienting tooling with pivotal top confinement A vibratory bowl defines a number of predetermined attachment locations in one side thereof adjacent to a parts discharge port defined by the bowl. One or more support plates are detachably mounted to the bowl side in a vertical position via the number of... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6230395 | Component feeder device for use with a crimping machine The present invention is directed to a crimping machine having a hopper assembly for receiving loose bulk quantities of elongated components and supplying them aligned end-to-end and in random orientation to a feeder device. The feeder device receives the... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6161675 | Vibratory bowl and associated parts orienting tooling with pivotal top confinement A vibratory bowl defines a number of predetermined attachment locations in one side thereof adjacent to a parts discharge port defined by the bowl. One or more support plates are detachably mounted to the bowl side in a vertical position via the number of... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6129200 | Confinement tooling for a vibratory parts feeder A vibratory bowl is provided having a number of predetermined attachment locations defined therein. A number of parts orientation units define an equal number of attachment locations which align with the attachment locations of the vibratory bowl. Any of ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6047810 | Confinement tooling for a vibratory parts feeder A vibratory bowl is provided having a number of predetermined attachment locations defined therein. A number of parts orientation units define an equal number of attachment locations which align with the attachment locations of the vibratory bowl. Any of ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6041914 | Vibratory bowl for fragile parts A vibratory bowl for fragile parts is externally dimensioned to a standard height for a particular type of fragile parts to be oriented. The vibratory bowl is configured to reduce, if not eliminate, impact damage as well as wear and tear on fragile parts.... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5960929 | Confinement tooling for a vibratory parts feeder A vibratory bowl is provided having a number of predetermined attachment locations defined therein. A number of parts orientation units define an equal number of attachment locations which align with the attachment locations of the vibratory bowl. Any of ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5937504 | Stand alone swage dial assembly A semi-automated machine for singulating individual surgical needles from an bulk supply and attaching a suture to the surgical needle is described. Each of the surgical needles has a suture receiving opening formed therein for receiving a suture. The mac... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5913428 | Vibratory bowl and associated parts orienting tooling with pivotal top confinement A vibratory bowl defines a number of predetermined attachment locations in one side thereof adjacent to a parts discharge port defined by the bowl. One or more support plates are detachably mounted to the bowl side in a vertical position via the number of... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5853078 | Vibrating feeder bowl with annular rotating disk feeder An apparatus for orienting and feeding articles or parts that is particularly adapted for use in an automated assembly system and has a feeder bowl that includes a helical internal track which terminates at the upper edge of the bowl adjacent to an annula... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5826698 | Apparatus for separating tangled coil springs A spring untangling apparatus for separating tangled coil springs comprises a box having spring inlet and outlet apertures at opposed walls thereof. A spring inlet duct is led to the spring inlet aperture. A vibration device is provided for vibrating the ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5713454 | Method and apparatus for transferring nonoriented mascara applications A method and apparatus are shown for transferring, storing, sorting and orienting nonoriented mascara applicators, each applicator having a stem and a brush. The apparatus includes a bowl having a spiraled ramp positioned along the inner wall for transpor... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5630497 | Vibratory parts feeder with pivotal top confinement A vibratory parts feeder includes a pivotal top confinement member rigidly securable to the parts feeder. The parts feeder includes an adjustable width parts channels for orienting parts having a variety of sizes. One embodiment is intended for orienting ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5608962 | Method and apparatus for attaching surgical suture components A method and apparatus for attaching sutures to curved surgical needles. A vibratory bowl and vibratory rail function to present individual surgical needles to a transfer system in a predetermined orientation. The transfer system then delivers each orient... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5492226 | Apparatus for sorting and feeding bead supporters for an electrode gun of a cathode-ray tube This invention relates to a bead supporter for supporting a cathode assembly of an electron gun for a cathode-ray tube and fixing the assembly to a bead glass. This invention also relates to an apparatus for sorting and transporting the bead supporters in... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5429160 | Filling apparatus for cylindrical containers A filling apparatus for cylindrical containers densely fills the containers with, for example, granularly-shaped fill material by causing a container to be set into a shaking rotation by rotationally oscillating a container retainer.... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5429224 | Parts-conveying apparatus A parts-conveying apparatus comprising an elongated guide member having a guide channel extending throughout the entire length of the guide member for supporting parts therein; and an endless belt unit comprising a pair of rollers and an endless belt wrap... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5419442 | Separating device for discriminating between defective and nondefective articles The separation device includes a container having a dome-shaped base and a peripheral wall surrounding the base to define a chamber for receiving a random mixture of defective and nondefective articles. A spiral-shaped ramp on the peripheral wall which su... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5394971 | Apparatus for attaching surgical suture components The present invention relates to an apparatus for attaching surgical sutures to eyeless surgical needles. The apparatus includes a system for automatically presenting the surgical needles to a frame which positions and maintains the needle for subsequent ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5311977 | High resolution parts handling system A high resolution article handling system serves as an article discriminator or identifier by creating an object silhouette. The objects are singulated on a conveyor and scanned by a linear array of CCD units (2048 pixels per inch) at a scan rate of 10 MH... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5301791 | Vibratory pile conveyor system An improved vibratory pile conveyor system has an input chute with independently controlled pile covered feeder surfaces that directs elongated articles into an accumulator. The accumulator is also composed of independently controlled feeder surfaces cove... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5267639 | Device for continuously feeding kick springs A device for continuously feeding kick springs. It has a bowl adapted to be vibrated in a circumferential direction and provided in its inner peripheral surface with a spiral track. An arcuate guide is connected to the top end of the track. A vibration fe... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5191960 | Automated fasterner feed system for fastener attachment devices Presented is an automated fastener feed system for feeding fastener elements such as threaded studs and nuts to a utilization device such as a press. The system includes a vibratory bowl into which the fastener devices are placed in an unoriented mass, an... | 03/09/1993 |
