Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311191 | Conveyor system for singulating and orienting A conveyor system including a plurality of conveyor assemblies linearly arranged to move product from one conveyor assembly to the next conveyor assembly through to a point of discharge and each conveyor assembly having a pair of conveyors arranged in a V-shape, eac... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303061 | Multi-lane fruit guide assembly having integral ridge ends for a juice extractor and related methods A fruit guide assembly may include a frame to be positioned between the fruit conveyor and the multi-position fruit feeder, a vibrator connected to the frame, and a fruit guide body having a series of alternating ridges and valleys therein defining a plurality of fr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7246695 | Conveyor apparatus for conveying closure A conveyor apparatus for conveying and orienting multi-diameter plastic closures includes a conveyor belt having a plurality of conveyor flights each having a channel configuration. Each conveyor flight includes a pair of spaced apart sidewalls which are spaced apar... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7222719 | Container transport and organizing apparatus for use in manufacturing operations and method thereof An apparatus and method for transporting containers to be processed in a manufacturing operation includes a transfer assembly that transfers containers from a load area on an upstream conveyor assembly to a discharge on downstream conveyor assembly for further proce... | 05/29/2007 |
| 6669002 | Specimen-conveying conveyer A specimen-conveying conveyor includes a holding roller mechanism including a roller unit having a plurality of holding rollers, which are arranged in a horizontal direction so as to form a valley region in which a test tube is laid down and held, along a... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6520314 | Apparatus for arranging packaged bakery goods for shipment A patterning apparatus for advancing packaged baked goods such as loaves of bread, and positioning the packages for precise loading into delivery containers includes an endless conveyor having a horizontally disposed upper flight and a series of turner as... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6494668 | Method and device for stacking unpacked processed cheese slices A method and a device are disclosed for stacking unpacked processed cheese slices. Single stacks consisting of a plurality of superimposed processed cheese slices are continuously supplied by a transportation device to a first turning station. At the firs... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6481560 | Robotic feeding system A parts feeder for an automated robotic selection system has a hopper with an integral hopper conveyor for transporting parts to a chute integral with a frame. A feed conveyor transports parts from the chute to a tilting pan which alternately dumps parts ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6401906 | S-shaped board unscrambler A board unscrambler for lumber processing provides an upwardly and forwardly extending S-shaped curvilinear conveyor with a rearward horizontal portion to receive an agglomeration of scrambled boards, a medial uprising portion to unscramble and align the ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6374984 | Method for the automated grouping of objects In a method for automated grouping of objects, the objects are randomly placed onto a conveyor belt and transported in a steady conveying flow to a grouping device. A recognition device determines a location and a position of the objects transported on th... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6283272 | Automatic tube orientation apparatus An orientation apparatus (10) includes a pair of conveyor chains (21a,21b) with pins (22) on alternate links for moving a component tube (40) to a lift station (26,27) where the component tube (40) is rotated until it is in a desired orientation. The comp... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5810150 | Collator for a food product packaging machine, and method of use thereof A collator for a food product packaging system includes first and second laterally spaced side frame members. Each frame member has an upper portion and a lower portion. A plurality of interconnected flights form a continuous flight chain. At least some o... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5586637 | Variable angle conveyor assembly with stepped cleat A new and improved conveying system for lifting and orienting caps comprising a conveyor belt which is formed of articulated sections and with guide rollers to support the belt with an upper lifting section having an essentially vertical path of travel an... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5484048 | Rubber tire individual separation transport apparatus A rubber tire individual separation transport apparatus including a rubber tire individual conveyor surface section and a rubber tire sliding surface section separately formed on a slat conveyor surface, with the conveyor having a horizontal charge zone, ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5439093 | Apparatus for unscrambling containers An apparatus for unscrambling a population of containers. The apparatus comprises an in-feed guide supplying containers in a random neck-leading and neck-trailing orientations to a carousel rotating about a horizontal axis. The carousel supports a plurali... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5333718 | Apparatus for handling plastic eating utensils An apparatus for removing a plurality of irregularly shaped plastic eating utensils, particularly knives, sequentially from a hopper to a different location and introducing them to a feeding device that will move them in substantially parallel alignment o... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5333716 | Linear feeder for varying size articles An apparatus and method is provided for producing an oriented single file of articles comprising a conveyor having pockets for receiving articles, a lateral support surface forming a drop zone between it and an edge of the conveyor, a device for determini... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5236077 | Linear feeder An apparatus and method is provided for producing an oriented single file of articles comprising a conveyor having pockets for receiving articles, a lateral support surface forming a drop zone between it and an edge of the conveyor, a device for determini... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5232398 | Disc conveyor A disc conveyor for conveyor for conveying disc-like objects is disclosed. The conveyor includes a feeding device for serially feeding a plurality of disc-like objects, a forcible transporting device for forcibly transporting the objects fed from the feed... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5143506 | Apparatus for relatively arranging individual parts This invention relates to an apparatus for the aligning and/or sorting, and if applicable separating, individual parts in particular such parts that are connected to each other or remain adhered to each other. The apparatus comprises a machine frame and a... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5060782 | Automatic machine for positioning and feeding flat containers An automatic machine for positioning and feeding containers or bottles having an irregular or oval shape and flat sides and a neck portion to continuously feed a work station, including a hopper, a bottom wall member in the hopper extending in a plane at ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5038914 | Automatic tie plate sorting conveyor A sorting conveyor for rail tie plates or the like including an inclined frame having an upper end and a lower end, and an endless conveyor belt formed of a plurality of links pivotally joined to each other. The links are designed to have plate retaining ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4965984 | Method and apparatus for aligning elongated articles A novel method and apparatus for aligning elongated articles, such as french fried potatoes, includes a bucket for receiving a charge of the articles. Configured with the bucket is a conveyor having an endless belt with a plurality of spaced flights that ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4932513 | Hopper for continuously and automatically drawing out tires through a water tank A hopper for continuously drawing out tires through a water tank including at least one line of declining roller conveyors disposed under an opening for charging the tires. A water tank is diposed under the roller conveyors which receives the tires and ar... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4928808 | Machine for unscrambling and positioning containers An unscrambler for unscrambling and orientating containers such as plastic bottles includes a hopper (1), having straight or slightly curved walls, a plurality of travelling carriages (20) having holding elements (5) with openings (6) for receiving indivi... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4909375 | Automatic tie plate sorting conveyor A sorting conveyor for rail tie plates or the like including an inclined frame having an upper end and a lower end, and an endless conveyor belt formed of a plurality of links pivotally joined to each other. The links are designed to have plate retaining ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4892182 | Device for the orderly removal of objects from a container A device for the orderly removal of elongated objects (1), such as plastic spoons, from a container (2) holding a disarray of such objects has an endless conveyor belt (3) and an endless spoon-shifting belt (7). On its outer side, the conveyor belt (3) ha... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4747479 | Device for the testing and/or processing of small component parts The device for testing or processing small electrical component parts having end face contacts includes an endless conveyor belt having a plurality of holes therein that are sized to fit the electrical components. The belt also includes a second parallel ... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4738349 | Automatic spring feeding device An automatic spring feeding device is shown which uses a three-sided feedbox having a movable bottom panel for urging a series of springs into rotating bundles against a moving platen which forms the fourth side of the feedbox. The platen is grooved with ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4735343 | Feeder for bottle capper A feeder for a bottle capping machine comprising a hopper to receive and direct the caps to a conveyor which transports the caps to a chute transversely disposed to the conveyor housing wherein the conveyor housing is adjustably secured to the capping mac... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4672892 | Apparatus for conveying and marking pellet-shaped articles An article marking apparatus which generally includes a transfer drum for receiving a series of articles from a feed hopper, for transfer to a conveyor system, and a pair of printing heads associated with the article marking apparatus at different locatio... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4632028 | Apparatus for orienting and printing capsules A carrier for aligning a plurality of generally cylindrical articles for presentation to a printing apparatus incorporates at least one pocket having a pair of recesses formed at an angle to one another, a first of the recesses being oriented so as to rec... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4327825 | Capsule positioning guide and associated vacuum manifold for capsule orienting mechanisms In a turning and orienting apparatus of the type adapted to transport capsules in a plurality of pockets or the like, which pockets are formed in a continuously moveable transport conveyor, and wherein said apparatus is further adapted to rectify the caps... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4308942 | Single drum material orientation apparatus and method An apparatus for transferring, in a substantially uniform manner, a plurality of shaped objects, such as tablets, from a hopper adapted to contain a plurality of the tablets to a conveyor system for subsequent processing comprising a transfer drum in rota... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4099609 | Bobbin elevating conveyor and orientor Bobbin handling apparatus including means for feeding bobbins from a supply station in random end orientation to a delivery station for use by a doffing machine. The bobbin handling apparatus is conveniently mounted on the doffing machine, and includes me... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4034844 | System and method for storing, handling and orienting bottles and the like An apparatus and method for storing, handling and orienting a plurality of containers of the type having a narrow neck portion with respect to another portion of the container, in which the axis of each container extends axially through the neck, includes... | 07/12/1977 |
