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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037993 | Container carrier turning device for a container carrier conveyor A container carrier turning device for a specimen container provided with an ID barcode and inserted into a carrier made advancing by a conveyor belt. The turning device includes a carrier stopping arrangement for rotatably engaging a lateral surface of the carrier ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7975828 | Apparatus for processing elongate products such as cucumbers Apparatus for processing generally elongate curved products having two ends and having a longitudinal axis extending in the elongate direction, in particular vegetables or fruit, for instance cucumbers, the processing comprising in succession at least: conveying the... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7433759 | Apparatus and methods for positioning wafers A method for calibrating a controller of a robotic arm in a microelectronics manufacturing apparatus that includes storing a default position for an edge detector, moving a blade on the robotic arm based on the default position of the edge detector such that at leas... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7390158 | Handling device for electronic chip components and handling method for electronic chip components A handling device for electronic chip components includes an indexing table having a plurality of cavities for holding electronic chip components therein and a circulatory feeder for supplying the electronic chip components to the indexing table. One or more cavitie... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7328784 | Labeling machine A labeling machine that is provided with a rotating carousel supporting at a peripheral region a plurality of pans and with an input star conveyor for conveying bottles to be labeled to the rotating carousel. Each pan is adapted to receive and support a bottle when ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7303105 | Arcuate fastener nailing device for hardwood flooring A nailing device used for securing hardwood flooring planks to a subfloor using arcuate fasteners. The nailing device comprises a main body in turn defining a fastener discharge opening. The nailing device also comprises an arcuate fastener ejection channel made in ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299912 | Conveyor for bar or pipe A conveyor system for transporting a work piece from a beginning point to an end point in a longitudinal direction with at least one process step applied in between to such work piece is provided according to the invention. The work piece is propelled in the longitu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7287637 | Conveyor system for minimizing product damage during collection A conveyor system is provided to limit the vertical fall experienced by a product transported along the conveyor and falling into a collection bin. A sensor in a fixed position relative to the product conveying plane of the conveyor measures product collection heigh... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287951 | Device and method for the harmonized positioning of wafer disks A device for aligning a plurality of vertically arranged (upright) disks (20), especially wafer disks during the fabrication of semiconductor chips. Two mounting or bearing elements (30, 32) respectively have individually mounted guide rollers (34 | 10/30/2007 |
| 7269930 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having a device for labeling of containers with continuous feeding of labels, even upon some label supply arrangements being emptied of labels A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles or containers with a liquid beverage which has a labeling device for labeling the bottles or containers. The labeling device has at least two labeling stations, wherein at least one labeling station can be moved from an ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272415 | Telephone system enabling operation of a telephone set by way of a portable terminal In a telephone system which includes a main device and a telephone set connected to the main device and which further includes a portable terminal having a display unit, the portable terminal further has an interface portion for interfacing the display unit with the... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7249671 | Roller-belt conveyor for accumulating and moving articles laterally across the conveyor A conveyor using a roller belt with rollers arranged to rotate on oblique axes to urge articles toward a side guide. The conveyor includes an oblique-roller belt supported on a carryway for running in a direction of belt travel. Rollers extend above an outer conveyi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246984 | Method and apparatus for transferring an article to be processed and processing apparatus A transferring apparatus transfers an article to be processed, which is carried by a carrier device, to a holder provided in a processing chamber defined by a processing vessel and adapted to hold the article at a specified processing position. The transferring appa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7207359 | Apparatus and method for transporting containers within a packaging system A method of transporting containers from a first station to a second station within a container filling machine. Each container defines opposing first and second end sections, with the second end section forming a longitudinal recess defined by an inner surface of a... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204348 | Assembly arrangement of a lift drive in a lift shaft An assembly arrangement for a lift construction supports the lift drive at the upper end of both a support column and lift cage and counterweight guide rails, allowing the lift drive load to be transferred to the floor of the lift by each of the supporting members. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185756 | Discharge device for worked material A discharge device for worked material is provided. The worked material produced by the press working is received on a chute arranged just below a lower die. The chute is driven to make a reciprocating motion within a substantially horizontal plane in response to a ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168550 | Method and device for delivering books in the lying-flat condition For the purpose of delivering, in the lying-flat condition, book blocks or books which are fed in, standing on their back or on the front cut and at defined timing intervals along their height, from a preceding machine in a transport path, provision is made, accordi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7121414 | Semiconductor cassette reducer A semiconductor cassette reducer has a first substantially U-shaped plate and a second substantially U-shaped plate. A number of wafer supports connect the first substantially U-shaped plate to the second substantially U-shaped plate. Several retention springs are a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111722 | Angled-roller belt conveyor A conveyor and a method for rotating and registering an article against a rail. The conveyor includes an angled-roller conveyor belt whose article-supporting rollers are arranged to rotate about axes directing conveyed articles toward a side rail. An obstruction is ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7077614 | Sorting/storage device for wafers and method for handling thereof Sorting/storage device for wafers. A sorting device is provided in which at least two cassettes containing wafers may be present and the wafers are moved from one cassette to the other cassette or vice versa. If appropriate, a measuring station may be present in the... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059944 | Integrated system for processing semiconductor wafers An integrated process tool for chemical mechanical processing, cleaning and drying a semiconductor workpiece is provided. The integrated process tool includes a CMP module and a cleaning and drying module. After being processed, the workpiece is transported from the... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043812 | Apparatus and method for button indexing in button attaching machine, and method of adjusting the apparatus A button indexing device used in a button attaching machine for attaching a button to be indexed in a specific orientation on a fabric of garments or the like, including lower mold provided at a button attaching position of the attaching machine, a driving section f... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7013624 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, a container filling plant container information adding station, such as, a labeling station, configured to add information to containers, such as, bottles and cans, and modules for labeling stations A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material, a container filling plant container information adding station, such as, a labeling station, configured to add information to containers, such as, bottles and cans, and modules fo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7007792 | Angled-roller article-rotating belt conveyor A conveyor system including a pair of roller-top belts arranged side by side, each individually controllable to cause articles conveyed atop both to rotate into preferred orientations. The roller-top belts include rollers that rotate about axes oblique to the direct... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976574 | Arrangement for transferring plates between a plate conveyor and a storage rack or similar structure In an arrangement for the transfer of plates between a plate conveyor and a holding structure by a transport arm, which is pivotally supported with one end on a support structure and pivotally supports at its other end a plate holder for engaging a plate selectively... | 12/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6923309 | Article-orienting conveyor A conveyor for orienting and registering articles in a preferred orientation and position for accurate downstream processing. The conveyor includes a conveyor belt running in a conveyance direction next to an orientation belt running parallel in an opposite directio... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918485 | Orientation detection and control system A method and apparatus for selectively orienting an article (28) can include a selective indexing of a movable carriage (94) between a first carriage position and at least a second carriage position, thereby providing a selected face-alignment of a dat... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6866137 | Article turning-round apparatus The present invention aims to provide an article turning-round apparatus improved so that a series of articles can be successively turned round at a high velocity and there is no restriction imposed on the positions at which the articles are loaded and unloaded.... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6857838 | Substrate processing system with positioning device and substrate positioning method A substrate processing system includes a notch aligner. The notch aligner includes a rotating support device, a servomotor for rotating the rotating support device, a sensor for detecting a notch formed in a wafer, a wafer lifting device, a cylinder actuator for ver... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6854585 | Multidirectional part transporter and sorter A directional small part transporter and sorter simultaneously imparts upon a part-carrying platen reciprocating movements along one or two horizontal axis perpendicular to each other and a third vertical axis. A stack of slidingly coupled carriages are each indepen... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6823980 | Tablet conveying apparatus and tablet cutting apparatus A tablet conveying and cutting apparatus capable of adjusting the position of a tablet is a structure suitable for downsizing. A tablet conveying and cutting apparatus has an arranging device for arranging a long side of the tablet to be perpendicular to the tablet'... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6793755 | Method and machine for placement of multiple labels The present invention is a machine to perform two or more processes to an bottle wherein registration of the first process to the second process is required. The products produced with such registration have distinct advantages over prior art. These include labeling... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6752162 | Edge roller assembly, method for contacting an edge of a substrate, and transport system for transporting semiconductor wafers to a wafer processing station An edge roller assembly includes first and second grip rings. The grip rings are held together in an opposing relationship such that outer surfaces thereof define a groove for receiving an edge of a substrate. The grip rings may be O-rings formed of a rubber materia... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6651800 | Object orientation system A system can re-orient a series of objects, such as containers, including pouches, from a first orientation that is one of several possible orientations, to a pre-selected second orientation. The system includes an orientation apparatus that can move a se... | 11/25/2003 |
