Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167112 | Method and arrangement to turn print products conveyed in a flow along a conveying path An arrangement to turn print products transported in a conveyed flow along a conveying path in a conveying direction that includes a first conveyor having a traction device guided over a reversing wheel. First clamps are attached to the traction device to clamp the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7434677 | Apparatus for aligning meat products Apparatus for aligning meat products comprises an input conveyor for carrying the products into the apparatus, an output conveyor located beneath the input conveyor for carrying the products out of the apparatus, and at least one intermediate conveyor located betwee... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7377376 | Lumber positioning system A positioning system can position lumber to be cut while the lumber is traveling on a transfer deck. The positioning system has end stops that circulate at the same rate as the transfer deck. The end stops each have a locking mechanism that is triggered when the end... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367442 | Device for transferring continuously transported printing products from a flat lying position into an upright position or vice versa A device (1) for transferring continuously transported printing products (2 a . . . g), e.g., book blocks, books or sheet stacks consisting of folded and/or non-folded sheets, from an essentially flat lying position into an upright position or v... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360636 | Alternate package flip-over device An alternate package flip-over device includes an intermittently operable primary conveyor feeding batches of packages to a continuously operating secondary conveyor, and a flap for routing the batches to either a flip-over mechanism or to an intermediate transfer c... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7249670 | Processing transport apparatus In a conveyor work-piece processing system, transport carriages move along a work path, each carriage carrying a plurality of work-piece articles. In the disclosed embodiment, the path is folded back upon itself forming two parallel paths, one above the other, with ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7201369 | Vertical justification system A device and system for registering or justifying product such as mail pieces in a vertical position for future processing of such mail pieces. The system includes a mounting block having an angled bore and a driven alignment mechanism mounted within the angled bore... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7101506 | Takeout and transfer apparatus and method for a wheel blow molding machine Apparatus and method for transferring hollow blow molded articles from a vertically disposed wheel blow molding machine to a horizontally-disposed takeaway conveyor. Each mold on the wheel releases multiple blown articles at the six o'clock position on the wheel suc... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6666324 | System and method for reorienting flat articles A system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles each having a downwardly oriented primary edge, laterally diverting the flat article... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6623002 | Flat article transport and aligner system An apparatus for changing the redirecting the path of a flat article transported in an article processing system. A transport including a ramp that can raise the elevation of vertically oriented envelopes from a first level to a second level, and maintain... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6536581 | Flange turner with dampening device An apparatus for rotating elongated members of rectangular cross section, such as board lumber, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of conveyors arranged so that the boards will cascade from the end of one conveyor onto the other conveyor by force... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6499584 | Method and apparatus for handling bulk bags There is disclosed an apparatus and method for evenly dispersing the contents of powder filled bulk bags, in order to create a flat, even, horizontal bulk bag surface for efficient attachment to the suction head of a vacuum lift.... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6415903 | Container tipping device and associated method A tipping device for reorienting vertical containers in a horizontal orientation which includes, a lift structured to lift a container, a transfer assembly having two transfer members and a gap there between. The transfer members each have a generally con... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6374986 | Object supplying apparatus An object supplying apparatus, including a housing, pulleys which are rotatable about respective substantially horizontal axis lines and at least one of which is provided in the housing, a conveyor belt which has a plurality of pockets provided in a surfa... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6349814 | Cargo-turning conveyor A conveyor arrangement that conveys cargo along a predetermined path of conveyance between an initial cargo intake portion and a final cargo releasing portion is provided with a first conveyor that is arranged to convey the cargo along a first portion of ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6227532 | Sheet turnover mechanism A turnover mechanism for handling sheets having a pair of belts, said belts are spaced one above the other, sheet turnover tubes interposed between the two belts, one of the turnover tubes facing in a direction opposite to the other turnover tubes, the sh... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6216846 | Method and an apparatus for turning boards A method of turning boards (2) comprises the steps that the boards (2) are transported on a conveyor (1) with conveyor dogs (4), with their longitudinal direction transverse to the conveyor (1). The boards (2) are accelerated relative to the conveyor (1) ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6213281 | Method and unit for combined transfer-turnover of packets of cigarettes A method and unit for combined transfer-turnover of packets of cigarettes, whereby the packets are fed successively by a first conveyor in a first direction perpendicular to a front first face of each packet and along a portion of a path extending through... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6073749 | Method and unit for conveying packets of cigarettes A method and unit for conveying packets of cigarettes, whereby packets of cigarettes, supplied successively to an input of a guide, are transferred to an output of the guide by means of a screw device rotating about a respective axis of rotation; the guid... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6068436 | Pass thru mechanism for transferring media cartridges between automated cartridge library systems The pass thru mechanism for automated cartridge library systems serves to interconnect two juxtaposed operationally independent automated cartridge library systems and provides a simple apparatus that makes use of gravity to obviate the need for complex m... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6032784 | Book turn apparatus An improved continuous feed book turning apparatus and method for receiving improved book blocks of gathered signatures and for transferring the book blocks into book block clamps ready for edge milling and gluing. The invention takes advantage of efficie... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5924547 | Layer packaging and orientation of flexible articles An apparatus for presenting a flexible article, longer than it is wider, in a predetermined orientation which has an orientation for tumbling the article generally about one direction while retaining the article so that it can rotate about another directi... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5795405 | Machine and method for processing of printed circuit boards by immersion in transversely flowing liquid chemical An apparatus for chemically treating the surfaces of printed circuit board work pieces (PCBWP's) includes a tank for holding a bath of the chemical treatment liquid. A receiving device is provided for receiving the PCBWP's from a conventional transport co... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5398801 | Product conveying apparatus A conveying apparatus for supporting an article such as a product carrier during its conveyance is disclosed. The conveying apparatus includes a transferring track segment and a receiving track segment which are positioned laterally side by side, and with... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5341911 | Method and device for feeding a succession of reels to a pickup station A method and device for feeding a succession of reels of strip material to a pickup station; the reels being fed successively, and laid flat, on to a low-friction supporting surface, being centered on the supporting surface in relation to an axis substant... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5310040 | Process and device for positioning a bobbin A process and a device is provided for the positioning of bobbins which are delivered by a conveying device and are tilted from a conveyed position into a position from which they can be picked up by a grasper. Provisions are made for the bobbins to be br... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5170878 | Method of hydrostatic cooker discharge A hydrostatic cooker discharge apparatus includes a flight conveyor, a first belt conveyor and a second belt conveyor. The flight conveyor sequentially receives horizontally oriented sticks of containers from a cooker. The first belt conveyor in conjuncti... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5076416 | Method and device for successively feeding flat products A method and device for successively feeding flat products, i.e. flat slab-shaped products such as sweets or biscuits, into groups consisting of a number of products arranged on edge; whereby the products, laid flat, are fed successively on a conveyor to ... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5050724 | Roll infeed conveyor An infeed conveyor for a packaging machine holds a first squeezer conveyor having upper and lower belts spaced to receive workpiece rolls in an end to end relationship between them. The lower accelerating rollers and the upper accelerating rollers advanci... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5025911 | Method and apparatus for tilting substantially rotationally symmetrical bodies such as cross-wound bobbins The method and apparatus is used for tilting substantially rotationally symmetrical bodies, such as frustoconical bobbin bodies, from a shell surface thereof onto an end surface thereof. The body is moved in a given transport direction defining leading an... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4974718 | Method and apparatus for transporting yarn packages A yarn package transferring apparatus having a slide for sliding yarn packages thereon from a yarn processing machine and a vertical endless belt assembly for raising the packages from the bottom of the slide to a conveyor which carries the packages for d... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4854817 | Apparatus for unstacking articles An apparatus for unstacking articles and feeding the articles to working equipment in an end-to-end uniformly spaced stream. Articles are stacked in a side-by-side relation and the stacks are conveyed in spaced relation on a conveyor. The speed of each st... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4802665 | Conveyor device for flat objects A belt and pulley conveyor device for flat objects comprises a substantially linear input conveyor and a substantially linear output conveyor orthogonal to the input conveyor. The input of the output conveyor is substantially contiguous with the output of... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4796745 | Continuous conveying apparatus A cooker for continuous grilling of hamburger patties and the like uses a shiftable grid which intermittently lifts the patties off a stationary grid and effects advancement after each lift-off until a U-shaped path is traversed extending initially throug... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4790423 | Bottle stand up apparatus Bottles are conveyed by a pair of side gripping belts, either neck leading or base leading in a direction parallel to an axis extending through the neck and the base of the bottle. In the path of the bottle and upstream therefrom is positioned a split ram... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4787499 | Device for overturning packs, particularly cigarette packs and the like The present invention is a device for overturning cigarette packs or the like, which are advanced in a horizontal row toward an abutment stop member and must be each capsized around an axis which is transverse to the direction of progress of the row of pa... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4751997 | Pad turner and inverter Oblong articles such as sanitary pads moving in the direction of their length dimension are deposited on article carriers at the lower level of an ascending run of an input closed loop chain conveyor with corresponding one sides of the articles facing up.... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4711279 | Device for shaving the sides of tree trunks Two circular saws are arranged with their rotary axes parallel to each other and driven in opposite rotational directions. The flight circles of the two saws overlap each other. The cutting edges each extend, without touching, into the gaps of the respect... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4709799 | Arrangement for orienting articles on a conveyor In the packaging industry finished packing containers are frequently transported by means of chain conveyors between different machines or handling points. A reorientation of the packing containers, e.g. from a horizontal to a vertical position, may then ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4696387 | Workpiece rollover apparatus An apparatus for rolling over or positioning workpieces. The apparatus consists of two conveyor belt surfaces arranged to rotate a workpiece supported on a first conveyor surface in a vertical plane. The apparatus eliminates the need for complicated hoist... | 09/29/1987 |
