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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7261512 | Machine for orienting aligning vessels or bottles made of plastics The invention falls within the field of machines for orienting and aligning vessels or bottles made of plastics randomly inserted into a load vessel and in particular to a type of orienting and aligning machine that provides a plurality of elevators (6) that ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7134540 | Adaptable automatic machine for the orientation and aligned supply of lightweight hollow articles The invention relates to an adaptable automatic machine for the orientation and aligned supply of lightweight hollow articles, comprising cavities (6) delimited by front, back and lateral walls (116), an open bottom enabling the passage of articles (A)... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7117987 | Article orientating apparatus An apparatus for orienting random oriented lightweight articles. The apparatus includes a wheel which rotates on an axis which is substantially horizontal. A plurality of alignment troughs is mounted on the interior of the wheel. Each of the alignment troughs has a ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6527101 | Attitude changing device for electronic chips An electronic chip attitude changing device includes a rotor having, on the outer periphery, cavities that are formed at equal pitch to respectively contain and hold electronic chips with a part thereof projecting out; an air suction path for drawing and ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6161676 | Component feeder A component feeder is provided in which damage to chip components is minimized, being capable of efficiently discharging chip components aligned in a line. A bulk case is attached on the top portion of an outer storage housing capable of being supplied by... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6116406 | Automated unit for the unscrambling and lined up delivery of articles An automated unit for the unscrambling and lined up delivery of articles including a plurality of adjacent compartments attached to the periphery of a rotary disk in motion below a gap provided in the peripheral edge of a bottom of a hopper. Each compartm... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5863331 | IPC (Chip) termination machine A machine for terminating a computer chip with one or more stripes of a solderable paste, comprising a feed plate wheel defined by an outer marginal edge and having an upper exposed plate surface inclined to the horizontal against which an inventory of 3-... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5634547 | Apparatus for automated sorting of plastic utensils An apparatus for handling irregular shaped linear items comprising a hopper for holding a plurality of irregular shaped linear items, and a lifting device operable with the hopper for upwardly removing the items from the hopper. The upward movement of the... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5415322 | Machine for automatically positioning and aligning containers Machine for automatically positioning and aligning containers, such as plastic bottles, including a hopper (48, 48a, 48b, 48c) for receiving randomly containers (4, 4a, 4b) to be sorted, a hopper bottom (12, 12a, 29) with a peripheral edge portion spaced ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5297666 | Machine for automatically orienting containers A machine for orienting randomly arranged articles by a hopper bowl having a rotary bottom support. The rotary bottom support has peripherally spaced openings which permit downward discharge of the articles. An article support self extending below said op... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5090031 | Can counting machine A can counting machine having an inclined housing into which a collection of beverage cans may be dumped. A rotor in the housing defines elongate openings spaced about its periphery for the singular reception and transport of cans upwardly to a discharge ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4949834 | Apparatus for righting shaped parts in array The apparatus serves for the righting and arraying of oblong shaped parts from a reclining into a standing position with a filling opening lying above and following transfer to a transport device. It has a circular turntable, the shaft of which is set obl... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4865181 | Article orienting apparatus The disclosure describes an improved apparatus for orienting and feeding light weight articles, such as, empty plastic bottles. The apparatus includes a hopper for receiving and holding randomly positioned articles. A rotatable drum has a portion portione... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4821920 | Method and apparatus for loading articles onto feeder by elevating ramp segments An article feeding appartus for supplying articles includes a base member with a side wall member having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is secured to the base member. A rim member is secured to the second surface of the side wall ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4798277 | Distribution device for delivering vertically disposed objects one by one to a conveyor A distributor device delivers vertically disposed objects one by one to a conveyor. It comprises a hopper receiving the objects in bulk and having an inclined axis. The bottom of the hopper is an inclined disk rotating about the inclined axis. Openings ar... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4775279 | Method and apparatus for loading/unloading dip devices An apparatus for the transfer of DIP devices to or from DIP delivery tubes is shown to include a hopper for the storage of several tubes, an elevator member for removing individual tubes from the hopper and depositing such tubes into a hopper, an orientin... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4681209 | Machine for positioning containers A machine for positioning containers such as plastics bottles has an upper, larger disc (11) and a lower, smaller disc (12) which rotate together about an axis inclined to the vertical in order to transfer containers from a lower level to a higher level. ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4230217 | Bottle aligning machine A machine includes a fixed outer cylinder having a cylindrical inner wall, a rotary inner cylinder coaxial with the inner wall, a conical bottle rolling table disposed inside the inner cylinder, a guide rail extending from the table along the inner periph... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4174775 | Apparatus for continuously orienting plastic and other types of bottles Apparatus for continuously orienting bottles comprising a stationary randomly oriented bottle-holding receptacle in communication with and cooperating with a rotatable round feeding element having a plurality of equispaced holes therein, said holes in ess... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4157139 | Apparatus for sorting and/or handling disc-like members A device for sorting discs or disc-like members of different identities (e.g. roulette chips) withdraws the discs from a receptacle by a conveyor and moves them in oriented succession along a sorting track where they are automatically indentifed and trans... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4154329 | Mechanism for feeding and orienting elongated workpieces There is described a mechanism for feeding and orienting elongated workpieces. The mechanism comprises a hopper which receives the workpieces in bulk, an inclined rotatable plate forming the bottom of the hopper and provided on its periphery with cavities... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4057137 | Method and apparatus for feeding articles onto a moving conveyor A high capacity device for reliably sorting pieces of fruit from a bulk supply into individual cups for processing. The fruit is received in bulk in a hopper, a side of which is open to a center hub of a connected pair of feed wheels revolving coaxially i... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4042099 | Air controlled switch In an apparatus for processing items wherein there is a rotatable sorting table for orienting items and delivering the properly oriented items to a discharge passage, and an air jet for driving the items along the discharge passage, a pressure responsive ... | 08/16/1977 |
