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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157081 | Process and automatic commissioning unit for filling an order container A method and an automatic picking machine is provided for filling an order container by means of an ejector and conveyor belt. An ejector is provided configured as a revolving belt directly as a substantially horizontal product storage element. The stored products (... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7845485 | Method and device for creating a flow of flat products in a predefined sequence The invention relates to a method and to a device for creating a product flow according to a predefined sequence (S). The products (A, B, C) are fed from different feed flows of a grouping path (G) and there, according to the sequence (S), are deposited onto a conve... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7320205 | Method for manufacturing filter canisters and tracking quality assurance An assembly line for manufacturing filter canisters is disclosed. The method for assembling filter canisters provides a unique serial number for each canister and a database that associates the component lot numbers, activated charcoal weight, and quality assurance ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7228954 | Method for conveying tires A conveyor system and associated method for conveying tires received from a multiplicity of tire presses. The conveyor system shown comprises a main, or trench, conveyor flanked on opposite sides by opposing groups of tire presses. Discharge conveyors deliver tires ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7182199 | Systems, methods and apparatuses for manufacturing dosage forms Systems, methods and apparatuses for manufacturing dosage forms, and to dosage forms made using such systems, methods and apparatuses are provided. Novel compression, thermal cycle molding, and thermal setting molding modules are disclosed. One or more of such modul... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178659 | Methods and apparatuses for inducting articles onto a conveyor An novel apparatus and technique may be used to induct articles onto a conveyor comprising at least one conveyor belt that moves articles along a first path that extends in a first direction. The apparatus may be used to move an article along a second path that exte... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6994205 | Apparatus for controlling the deposition of feed material on a deposition build-up surface An apparatus 40 for controlling the deposition of feed material, such as coal 24, on a deposition build-up surface 64 subjected to deposition loading of feed material is provided for use in a feeder arrangement having an endless conveyor 42 | 02/07/2006 |
| 6817466 | Apparatus for manufacturing filter cartridges, and method of using same An apparatus for placing an end cap on a cylindrical workpiece includes a stationary support base, a guide member, a push bar, and an applicator device. The guide member is affixed to the stationary support base, and includes a ramp, disposed at an angle to the hori... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6510364 | Selection and bundling method for random length materials A method for selecting random length boards for nesting into a single row of predetermined lengths includes the initial step of arranging a plurality of random length boards on an accumulating rack. A plurality of the boards are then conveyed to channels ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6213283 | Apparatus for transferring rod-like articles Apparatus for transferring rod-like articles such as cigarettes comprising a series of hoppers (2, 4, 6) which deliver rows of cigarettes to fluted planetary wheels (8, 10, 12) which are mounted on a rotating carrier and driven around a central drum (20),... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6158569 | Device for removing and inserting upright positioned flat products A device for removing and inserting flat products positioned upright, which are fed in a number of channels, includes feed stopping members and removing members. The removing members are led along the respective feeding channels, which are oblique to the ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6092642 | Method of forming groups of cigarettes A method of forming groups of cigarettes, each group being defined by at least one layer of cigarettes arranged side by side. The layer is fed continuously at a given speed and by means of a conveying seat along a given annular path extending through an u... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5875880 | Article grouper and escapement for continuous motion packer A grouping system for a packaging line is provided with first and second pin conveyors adapted to group predetermined number of articles in a line without segregating the group from the line has the ability to feed the line of articles in timed relationsh... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5775067 | Article selector wedge A wedge for selecting articles to group on a cartoning machine where a wedge face that reacts infeed pressure has an outwardly curved surface. The curved face greatly reduces damage from infeed pressure to thin-walled cylindrical articles, such as beverag... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5678680 | Method and arrangement for producing consolidated lines of products A method and an arrangement for producing consolidated lines having a predetermined content of products of a plurality of product types, each line being produced in a sequence of alternating steps including the steps of conveying the line to be consolidat... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5228267 | Method and apparatus for making frozen dessert cones with attached removable sanitary jackets Frozen dessert cones made from a cooked batter capable of having lower and higher moisture contents, which respectively cause the cone to assume dimensionally contracted and expanded states, are provided with sanitary jackets while in their dimensionally ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5137137 | Machine for the automatic production of portions of toasted bread slices An electromechanical machine for the automatic production of portions, in any desired number, of toasted slices of bread, without human intervention includes a central body, shaped as a quarter-tronco-cone, provided with a set of guides (1) which stretch ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4976344 | Method for transferring articles A method for transferring articles from a conveyor to a rack or magazine. The articles are gripped one at a time by a gripping device and are moved from the conveyor while being brought to a correct position of alignment in relation to the rack, whereafte... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4936077 | Carton loading machine In a carton loading machine, there is provided a mechanism which will initially displace one row of cylindrical-shaped objects with respect to its adjacent row such that load items in one row are located in a staggered relationship with respect to the loa... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4856262 | Apparatus for disposing packing in predetermined relative positions In a conveying system for transporting a sequence of articles to a suspending point in captured relation and then transporting them by vacuum suspension to a plurality of separate discharge stations, comprising the combination of: at least a pair of conve... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4773523 | Method for automated handling of materials such as automotive parts and system utilizing same A method and apparatus are disclosed for the automated loading of parts wherein multiple gantry robots are utilized to pick up automotive parts from movable transfer beds and placed into predetermined positions in containers which are serially indexed thr... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4711339 | Cigarette stacking method and apparatus A cigarette stacking method is disclosed. It uses a stacking drum and a plurality of arranging drums near to its outer periphery, establishes different positions in the axial direction for cigarette pieces arranged by the arranging drums, stacks cirgarett... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4706799 | Oriented strand lay-up An apparatus for continuously forming a product having elongated members at least about one foot long which are oriented, compressed and bonded is provided. The apparatus deposits elongated members on a moving carrier with an orientation that is substanti... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4673078 | Apparatus and method for assembling product combinations Articles from various sources are arranged in assorted combinations by feeding the articles in individual feed lines according to source to a rotor with outward opening pockets each capable of retaining one full combination. The feed lines meet the rotor ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4547645 | Material handling method and apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for processing of workpieces comprising the steps of continuously transferring the workpieces to and fro among a plurality of rotating members, wherein each member carries a plurality of sets of work stations. Workpieces, such as pr... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4518074 | Arrangement and a method for transferring products in metal processing installations Hot, elongated metallic products are delivered to a horizontal roller table and then transferred to one side of the latter transverse to the longitudinal dimensions of the products. The transfer arrangement for the products includes several pairs of I-bea... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4491448 | Jacket application device for a book binding machine In a book binding machine, covers are individually brought into registration with and subsequently adhesively bonded to moving book blocks. The registration is accomplished by first moving the covers along a path parallel to the path of motion of the bloc... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4371076 | Apparatus for conveying and closely gathering food A grouping apparatus for articles, in which articles conveyed from plural wrapping machines or plural production equipment are respectively transferred through the feeding conveyors to grouping conveyors driven intermittently and grouped as a group in a r... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4304325 | Conveyor system and conveyor apparatus therefor A conveyor system comprising a lane conveyor for moving articles in separate lanes with random spacing between the articles, an endless conveyor having article receiving carriers thereon each arranged to receive one or more articles from a lane of said la... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4287979 | Method and apparatus for assembling rod-like articles Spaced groups of component filter portions for forming into composite filter rods are assembled by retarding selected portions of the stream by means of transversely-applied suction. The suction means may include a rotary valve operable periodically to co... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4273489 | Process and apparatus for forming of set layers from brick blanks An improved process and apparatus for forming layers of bricks in which rows within the layer can have the same or differing orientations. The bricks are conveyed in closed or substantially closed rows along a first conveyor. Two other conveyor systems ar... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4193784 | Method of loading containers into an annealing lehr Glass containers received on a machine conveyor which passes a plurality of forming machine sections and receives the ware from the sections is coordinated in its relationship to the machine sweepouts, such that a gap is provided periodically in the row o... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4108299 | Apparatus and method for delivering tampon sacks and inserter parts to an assembly turret Apparatus and procedures for delivering tampon sacks having withdrawal strings at one end and inserter parts to an assembly turret having a plurality of operating heads on which the tampon sacks are assembled in the inserters, the apparatus comprising rot... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4026406 | Machine for withdrawing bread slices or like products from a continuous cycle belt-type baking oven, and presenting them in a horizontal stack Machine for bread slices or like products comprises a first conveyor on which the slices lie, means downstream of the said first conveyor to shift the rusks from a plane position to a vertical position on a second conveyor, consisting of a set of inclined... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3981394 | Feeding and assembly apparatus Apparatus is described for feeding different type items which are assembled for packaging as a single unit. A plurality of machines comprise the apparatus and each machine deposits items of one type in a row on a conveyor. The items are automatically fed ... | 09/21/1976 |
