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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7753191 | System and method for automated handling of baggage objects The invention relates to automated handling of baggage objects of variable sizes, shapes and consistencies, including baggage in an airport. The invention involves measuring at least length in two directions of the objects while supported on a conveyor means, turnin... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7694800 | Method and device for handling profile parts A device for handling profile parts, including a mechanism for linearly and/or axially positioning such parts perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the profiles, for conveying, for measuring, for controlling the cutting and/or for stacking such parts, wit... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7389867 | Systems and methods for orienting and conveying articles Systems and methods for article conveyance and orientation are provided. The system includes first and second conveyors, which convey articles in a conveying direction. The system also includes first and second sensors, which detect articles conveyed on the first an... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7341421 | Workpiece turning apparatus This application relates to a self-contained apparatus for mechanically turning individual workpieces travelling on a conveyor, such as lengths of lumber travelling into or exiting from a sawmill. The invention reduces the need for lumber graders to turn lumber manu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331443 | Vertical parallel transportation of caps A device for conveying closures (D) made from metallic sheet in an essentially vertical direction from a collecting point (1) to a release point (6) is proposed. The closures are selected to be in correct position during conveying in order to release a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325667 | Systems and methods for feeding articles to and removing articles from an automatic washer Systems, methods, and devices for feeding articles to and removing articles from an automatic washer, for example, a tunnel-type automatic washer are provided. The systems and methods employ conveyors, for example, belt conveyors, gantry-type conveyors, and shuttle-... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7204362 | Automatic tray repositioning device An automatic tray repositioning device for automatically repositioning a tray that has been misaligned onto a rotating shelf. The invention includes a placement arm set partially within a housing, the arm connected to a vertically mounted motor. The motor is in comm... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7175017 | In-line flipper mechanism and conveyor system for achieving the proper orientation of mail tray and mail tub receptacles An article or postal mail conveyor or transportation system which has an in-line mechanism integrally incorporated therein that has been specifically constructed and assembled so as to enable mail tray and mail tub receptacles, which may initially be disposed upon t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7097029 | Parcel goods aligning device A device for aligning parcel goods, in particular bottle crates, boxes, trays or the like during conveyance, and having a conveyor device with a roller conveyor belt having two-part freely rotatable rollers, whereby the conveyance takes place in a plane of conveyanc... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7036653 | Load manipulation system A load manipulation system includes a plurality of cells arranged to form a generally planar load manipulation surface. Each cell has at least one actuator coupled to an upper surface which forms the load manipulation surface. The actuator is operable to vibrate the... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017730 | Bi-directional mail tray pusher A bidirectional article pusher for a conveying system, which includes a multiplicity of spaced rollers for moving articles along a longitudinal path. There is a push up stop arranged below the conveyor and movable between adjacent rollers to a position above the rol... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6973767 | Beverage bottling plant and a conveyor arrangement for transporting packages There is now provided a beverage bottling plant for filling bottles and like containers with a liquid beverage filling material and a conveyer arrangement for aligning and distributing packages containing filled bottles and like containers. The conveyer arrangement ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6782991 | Board turner A board turner (1, 31) is intended for use on a conveyor (3) for transporting large volumes of boards. The conveyor (3) defines a plane for carrying boards (14) and the board turner (1, 31) has a rotation unit (4) and a grip... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6508351 | Method and apparatus for orienting flexible walled articles A method and apparatus for orienting a flexible walled article, such as a pillow type bag. With the method and apparatus, the article is presented to a pattern detector which detects a pattern on the surface of the article. The detected pattern is compare... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6382394 | Parts front and back face aligning apparatus for vibratory parts feeding machine A parts aligning apparatus that has a plurality of parts carried on a track located upstream of the apparatus. A first track of the apparatus carries the parts thereon. When a sensing device senses a particular face of each part is contacting the first tr... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6328523 | Apparatus for picking up articles using a vision controlled robot A group of bolts are suppled into a placing surface of a tray, an isolated bolt is searched for by a visual sensor, and its deviation from a standard position at the time of teaching is determined. The isolated bolt is picked up by a robot that has been t... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6280136 | Bundle turner An assembly for turning bundles includes a planar surface that receives bundles from an upstream station. A sensor detects movement of the bundle toward the surface and initiates a timing sequence. The sequence includes slowing the bundle over the surface... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6213282 | Method and apparatus for the positionally accurate feeding of sheet-like objects to a treatment process A method for the positionally accurate feeding of sheet-like objects to a treatment process, the objects being conveyed in succession in a lying position and being aligned during the conveyance. Rotational movement of the conveyed object is carried out to... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6145647 | Automatic corrector for electronic parts queuing machines An automatic corrector for electronic parts queuing machines includes an automatic correction apparatus disposed below conveyance rails, and an electronic eye device disposed in front of the automatic correction apparatus. The automatic correction apparat... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5967503 | Apparatus for processing folded printed products A gate for rejecting from a gathering conveyor folded printed products which are found to be defective. The gate includes several mating pairs of ejector rolls positioned to form a nip above the gathering conveyor, and an air ejection system for lifting a... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5713453 | Automatic fin rotation apparatus for a heat exchanger An apparatus for selectively orienting consecutive fin strips relative to one another as a preliminary step in the manufacture of a heat exchanger includes a sensor for sensing the presence of each of a series of fin strips all having a common orientation... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5542813 | Apparatus for manufacturing armatures An armature shaft having a cam body extending from one end thereof is inserted into a shaft-receiving transfer block of an armature lamination and shaft assembly machine so that the cam body has a desired angular orientation relative to the axis of rotati... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5435431 | Container tipping apparatus According to the invention there is provided a tipping device comprising a conveyor, a photodetector, a chute including two selectively translatable ramps disposed at the discharge end of the conveyor, air cylinders for translating the ramps, and a tipper... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5370216 | Apparatus for aligning vessels An apparatus for aligning vessels comprises a robot for delivering a vessel from a first conveyor to a second conveyor, a camera disposed on a path of conveyance of the first conveyor for photographing a manner of placement of vessels thereon, and correct... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5291983 | Apparatus for aligning and uniformly orienting fish An apparatus for aligning and uniformly orienting fish includes a shuffle feed device for aligning and discharging fish in a single line and a conveyor having a longitudinal upper run positioned for receiving and conveying aligned and discharged fish in a... | 03/08/1994 |
| 4993536 | Case turning assist attachment for a palletizing machine A case turning assist attachment for a palletizing machine of the type including a linear live roller conveyor for conveying cases to a pallet loading rake, includes a push member operably connected to a double acting air cylinder controlled by an air swi... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4964497 | Working method and apparatus for workpiece being conveyed A working apparatus for a work being conveyed wherein a movable base is provided alongside of a conveyor conveying a plate-like workpiece mounted on a carrier in such a manner that the workpiece is held in an upright posture with its side surfaces facing ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4895244 | Apparatus for aligning glass sheets in a production line An apparatus for aligning glass sheets moving on a conveyor line prior to shaping on a bending apparatus includes a pair of stops for engaging the leading edge of the glass sheets and a pair of side pushers for engaging the end edges of the glass sheets t... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4884678 | Orbital cap selecting and feeding mechanism An orbital cap selection and feeding device is disclosed having a disk rotating within a circular frame so that caps disposed on the disk tend to move by centrifugal force to the perimeter of the disk. The frame includes structure defining a guide chute t... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4800999 | Transporting apparatus A transporting apparatus having a main transport path and a plurality of incoming paths extending from the main transport path. Cases, each having a cover, are transported in the main path, with their covers facing to the right of the main transport path.... | 01/31/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4718534 | Collating conveyor for bagged products A belt conveyor system carrying bagged product toward a packing station is interrupted and offset downward to form the basis of an automatic collating station for placing the bags in a column, side-by-side and upright, for easier packing into a carton. A ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4524579 | Device for donning bobbins onto a transport band A device for mounting or donning of bobbins onto a transport band of a textile machine, especially a ring spinning or ring twisting machine contemplates that incorrectly mounted bobbins are ejected or doffed by a bar member pivotable about a pivot axis or... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4338778 | Apparatus for detecting an erroneously inserted empty bobbin in a spinning frame provided with an automatic doffing and donning apparatus An apparatus for detecting an erroneously inserted empty bobbin is disposed on a spinning frame which is provided with an automatic doffing and donning apparatus and a conveyor having empty bobbin supporting pegs mounted thereon. The detecting apparatus p... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4228886 | Position sensor A glass sheet is advanced into a sheet determining position with one side of the sheet intercepting two scan paths and the other adjacent side of the sheet intercepting one of the two scan paths. Light rays reflected from the portion of the scan paths occ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4016968 | Method and apparatus for orienting can ends A method and apparatus for positioning an article to a predetermined position. The article is provided with a temporary orientation tab struck from the article; the tab eventually being cut off in further manufacture of the article. A reciprocating convey... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3978973 | Machine for inverting and stacking flat articles A machine that receives four rows of completely separated but closely spaced cartons from a customer printing and cutting press, and spaces each carton laterally and longitudinally from its neighbors for non-interference therewith. The machine aligns each... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3966206 | Bowling pin alignment apparatus to uniformly align bowling pins end-for-end A support which can tip to release a bowling pin therefrom and which may be part of a transport mechanism, holds bowling pins in essentially horizontal position. A pair of sensing levers is arranged near the discharge position of the pins from the support... | 06/29/1976 |
