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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7677383 | Guide path for electronic components A guide path for electronic components has guide elements by means of which the components are guided obliquely with respect to the direction of the light beams at least in the area of a light barrier, such that the component produces a shadow area which is higher t... | 03/16/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7147098 | Bendable/twistable rolling conveyor guide Readily bendable and twistable rolling conveyor guides are provided. The guides include axle-positioning members that slidably engage channels of a structural support member. A plurality of axles carrying rotatable elements and spacers are disposed between the axle-... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7036655 | Method and device for supplying regularly objects to a work station A method and an apparatus wherein regular articles are fed to an operating station and the articles have handle elements arranged on two opposite sides. The successive articles are advanced up in abutment against one another on a moving transporting path, and are se... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036654 | Conveyor for changing the angular orientation of conveyed articles A conveyor includes elongated and curved first and second structural beams. Each beam includes a plurality of support tabs projecting outwardly therefrom in opposite directions and the tabs support a corresponding endless belt along the entire length thereof. The tw... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6823981 | Conveyor system for an automatic accumulation system A method and apparatus for accumulating articles (28) include conveying a plurality of individual articles with a stacking conveyor (96) In particular aspects, the vacuum conveyor (96) can be arranged with an elbow configuration to substantially... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6681918 | Device for removing rod-shaped objects, in particular cigarette rods or cigarette filter rods A device for removing rod-shaped objects from a production line includes a turning arrangement adapted for receiving the rod-shaped objects removed from the production line. The turning arrangement has at least one essentially fixed in place and rigid gui... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6634485 | Object evacuation chute, module incorporating such chutes and object sorting installation equipped therewith In an object evacuation chute for an object sorting installation, a guide duct extends between a horizontal inlet and an outlet defined on a lateral face and at least one elastic deflector is disposed in the duct to push an object toward a guide wall of t... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6626103 | Inverter An inverter (1) for thin, flat products (2), especially printing substrates in a printing machine, with belts (7, 8) positioned over two deflection pulleys (3, 4, 5, 6) that are set together at 180° between the deflection pulleys (3, 4, 5, 6). Such inver... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6257824 | Fin alternating and delivering apparatus A fin alternating and delivering apparatus is provided for orientating and delivering fins emanating from a fin mill to a fin trayer for assembly into a heat exchanger. The fin alternating and delivering apparatus includes an entrance chute for receiving ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6247577 | Apparatus for changing the direction of transport of oval cigarettes Plain oval cigarettes which issue from a maker in such orientation that the minor axes of their oval cross-sectional outlines extend vertically are advanced lengthwise in the spiral groove of a trough toward an outlet where the major axes of their oval cr... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6189701 | Method and device for producing plastic hollow bodies Device and process for the manufacture of hollow plastic objects to screen out defective plastic preforms that are to be molded into their desired shape in a molding station before they reach the molding station, the conveyor track leading into the moldin... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6173827 | Apparatus for handling and/or cleansing tubular articles The apparatus comprises a cylinder housing a rotary scroll Tubular preforms are fed into the cylinder in an upright state and displaced along the cylinder by a fin of the scroll. An upstream cam engages each preform in turn and inverts it. The inverted pr... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6109420 | Unit for transferring and tipping sealed packages containing pourable food products A unit (1) for feeding a succession of sealed packages (2) containing pourable food products along a first path (P) from a supply station (4) to an output station (5), and for simultaneously tipping the packages (2) from a supply position in which the pac... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6092641 | Method and device for vertically conveying packets of cigarettes A method and device for vertically conveying packets of cigarettes, whereby packets of cigarettes, fed successively to an input of a guide, are transferred to an output of the guide by means of a screw lifting member rotating about a respective axis; the ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6006891 | Container carrying apparatus A container carrying apparatus capable of carrying out containers at high speed with reliability wherein the container is filled with juice, etc. and is manufactured by a filling and packaging apparatus, particularly by a high speed filling and packaging ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5957264 | Apparatus for handling and/or cleansing tubular articles The apparatus comprises a cylinder housing a rotary scroll Tubular preforms are fed into the cylinder in an upright state and displaced along the cylinder by a fin of the scroll. A spring mounted on the fin engages each preform in turn and inverts it. The... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5810151 | Apparatus for upending and transporating bottles in continuous cycle An apparatus (1) for upending and transporting bottles (2) in continuous cycle is utilized especially in continuous cycle bottling plants using plastic bottles. The apparatus (1) comprises a horizontal axis (X) tubular body (70) having a guide (7) constit... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5765675 | Method and device for tip-up conveying packets of cigarettes A method and device for tip-up conveying packets of cigarettes, whereby packets of cigarettes, fed successively to an input of a guide, are transferred to an output of the guide by a screw transferring member rotating about a respective axis; the screw de... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5609237 | Cylindrical object tipping device and method A tipping device includes a plurality of upper rod sections which curve to cause the tipping of the container from the vertical to the horizontal, and a single lower straight rod which does not bend or otherwise follow any curved path with respect to the ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5478063 | Device for charging an insetting machine for printed products An arrangement for charging successive pockets on a conveyor path of an insetting machine with inset products with a given edge first. A sheet feeder disposed to convey the inset products approximately perpendicular to a conveying direction of the insetti... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5129503 | Turnover module A turnover module for turning over envelopes comprises a plurality of pulleys and disposed thereabout a driven endless belt in the general shape of a flattened figure `8`. The belt includes a crossover region and a first and a second reach extending there... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5117963 | System for automated handling of symmetrical supply tubes The inventive apparatus automatically processes symmetrical supply tubes used in the storage and handling of semiconductor integrated circuit packages, IC. Unlike prior art methods which rely on the asymmetrical quality of the A-tube, the invention proces... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5097943 | Bobbin transfer appartaus in spinning processes An apparatus transfers bobbins mounted on peg trays by way of an endless transmission belt trained about and driven by guide pulleys in a required passage. The apparatus comprises two elongated guides slidably contacting the peg trays and elastically embr... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4949532 | Coin packaging device This invention relates to a coin packaging device. More particularly, it relates to a coin packaging device in which coins despatched in the prone state change their position to the upstanding state and in which a coin stack comprised of coins in an intim... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4944647 | Bottle cutting and emptying machine A high capacity machine cuts the tops of plastic bottles and inverts the bottles for discharging their contents. Bottles are conveyed through the machine by a feed screw. At the cutting station means are provided for standing the bottles erect so that the... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4915547 | Article transport system A transport system particularly for flat articles, e.g. cards, includes guides which allow alternate articles to be conveyed in different orientations through the same duct (122) so that the risk of jamming or shingling during conveyance is eliminated. In... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4838410 | Chain and chain track for rotating conveyor bucket A bucket conveyor comprising a plurality of buckets, a chain on which the buckets are mounted in series, a chain track on which the chain is mounted for movement thereon, a drive for moving the chain whereby the buckets are moved along a circuitous convey... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4817777 | Article inverting device A device for inverting articles being transferred from one location to another in an assembly machine. More particularly, the device includes a tube having a helical groove extending therealong so that an article entering one end of the groove is inverted... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4782939 | Can unscrambler system A can unscrambler system, having a longitudinal can arranger and an unscrambler apparatus, orients randomly oriented unfilled cans having an open end and a closed end such that all of the open ends face the same direction. The longitudinal can arranger ar... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4736831 | Can unscrambler The invention pertains to an apparatus that orients unfilled cans having an open end and a closed end such that all of the open ends face the same direction. Unoriented or scrambled cans are first loaded onto a vacuum belt and then conveyed into a sorter ... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4702163 | Printing apparatus for printing both surfaces of chip type article A printing apparatus for printing on both surfaces of a chip type article comprises first and second transfer paths for transferring the chip type article, an article feed device for feeding the article to the first transfer path, a printing device for pr... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4672795 | Method of handling fifth panel packages and assembly therefor The assembly performs the method of handling packages having a panel extending outwardly from one side of the package and along one edge thereof. A plurality of such contiguously nested packages is provided with the extending panel of each package dispose... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4633955 | Digger for root crops A digger for root crops, such as peanuts, includes two or more digger units depended from a frame drafted by a tractor. Each digger unit includes a screw conveyor, a guide pair helically wrapped 180° around the screw conveyor, and a hydraulic motor to ro... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4630724 | Method and device for forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes A method of forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes at a high speed with a simple device. The device for forming a row of filter-tip cigarettes comprises a supply drum having support recesses formed on an outer circumferential portion thereof at equal inte... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4605046 | Process and device for feeding machines for welding wire mesh with weft wires A process and a device for feeding a machine for welding mesh with weft wires. A sheet of parallel warp wires is moved towards a welding station, as are weft wires which have been cut to length. The warp and weft wires are moved forward in substantially t... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4539879 | Method and apparatus for forming and processing food spears Cucumber spears are rapidly and reliably packed into and around the inner periphery of a jar with the same cut side of each of the spears facing outwardly. The spears are formed by pushing a cucumber lengthwise through a set of knife blades, and the resul... | 09/10/1985 |
