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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7703598 | Distributing device for closures A distributing device for distributing closures, supplied from a supply line with outlet, over a plurality of manufacturing lines, each manufacturing line comprising a feed-in, comprises a distributing element, which distributing element comprises at least a number ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7428957 | Order picking station and order picking method An order picking station (30) to which storage containers (34) can be transported via a storage container conveyor line (36) and from which order containers (40), into which articles (38a, 38b) from the storage... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7306087 | Arrangement and a method for controlling units within a flow Apparatus for controlling units within a flow from at least one incoming feeder track into at least one outgoing feeder track is provided, including at least one shifting unit for controlled shifting of the flow into one or more selectable paths of the outgoing feed... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7287749 | Transport system in a machine that processes printing material A transport system is configured for a machine that processes printing material. The transport system has a guide device with one or more diverters and one or more runners that travel along the guide device. An electric linear drive of the transport system has a pri... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273142 | Packaging cushion delivery system A system for conveying a string of packaging cushions includes a machine capable of manufacturing the string and a conveyor adapted to transport the string. The conveyor has an inlet end to receive the string and an outlet end to deliver the string of packaging cush... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270227 | Material handling system and method of use A material handling system and method of use for increasing throughput at security checkpoints. The material handling system includes a dual input conveyor with a merge conveyor leading to a detection system. At the output of the detection system is a diverting mech... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7249669 | Apparatus and methods for high speed conveyor switching Disclosed are conveyors and methods for making and using a conveyor. In some embodiments, the conveyor comprises a modular conveyor belt that includes at least one mat-top chain having at least one cavity and at least one first roller disposed in the cavity of the m... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7191894 | Variable angled-roller belt and conveyor A conveyor constructed of a single belt or a plurality of abutting belts arranged side by side in the conveyor, in which the belt or belts have rollers arranged to rotate on axes oriented at multiple angles oblique to the direction of belt travel. A gradual or monot... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7086521 | Adjustable lane guide An adjustable lane guide system comprising: 1) first and second generally parallel and spaced apart support bars; 2) a plurality of lane guides generally perpendicular to the support bars; and 3) a plurality of adjustable attachment mechanisms joining the lane guide... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073651 | Modular mat gravity-advance roller conveyor A modular gravity-advance roller conveyor for conveying articles down an inclined path. The conveyor comprises an easy-to-configure modular conveyor mat supported in a conveyor frame with an inclined base. The conveyor mat is constructed of a series of rows of rolle... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7040477 | Container transport system A transport system for transport of containers has a switch with an entry zone, an exit zone with at least two different transport paths for conveying a container, and a switch mechanism for selectively controlling the transport of the container to the transport pat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6981581 | Diverter The present invention relates to a machine for dividing one incoming lane of containers into a first and a second lane of containers. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6966423 | Station for connecting a packaging machine, in particular blistering machine, with a feeding line, leading to a boxing machine A station for connecting a blistering machine with a boxing machine includes an endless conveyor defining an inlet section, where articles are received from a blistering machine, and an outlet section cooperating with the boxing machine. A series of bars are connect... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964330 | Elevated grade station drive system An elevated grade station drive system includes a plurality of conveyor sections for conveying workpieces downstream at a variable transfer speed along and between the plurality of sections according to control instructions provided by a control system. The output f... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6942087 | Conveyor system and method for transferring stacks of paper or the like to a discharge conveyor The conveyor system (11) is used for transferring rows or large cycles (66) of sheet stacks (12) from the stacking station (20) of a paper converting machine, e.g. a small format cross-cutter to several parallel-running discharge conveyor... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6913135 | Method and device for forming groups of products A method and device for forming groups of products, whereby a substantially continuous input succession of products is fed to an input of an endless conveyor, which has a conveying branch and a return branch extending between the input and an output, and which has a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6889815 | Conveying apparatus and conveying system There are disclosed a conveying apparatus and a conveying system in which a force is efficiently transmitted to an article so as to smoothly convey the article in an arbitrary direction. In each of feed portions 15 provided at a conveying apparatus 10, 11 ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6854586 | Unstable article conveying device with diverter having curved path A conveying device with a diverter having a curved path for conveying lightweight unstable articles, such as plastic bottles having a neck portion with a neck ring thereon. The unstable articles are conveyed along a first path to different ones of plural second path... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6837361 | Diverter for dual track air assisted collator A collator includes a first conveyor having a discharge end and a second receiving conveyor positioned below the discharge end of the first conveyor. As each product bag falls toward the second conveyor, an air blast assists in uprighting the bag. The second conveyo... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6830144 | Device for transporting away work pieces processed in a press A device for transporting away work pieces (5) processed in a press (1) from an output station (4) that is disposed downstream from the press (1) in a work piece flow direction onto a conveyor device (6) that conveys the work piece... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6782990 | Method and apparatus for sorting rolls A method and an assembly is disclosed for sorting rolls of paper and paperboard web for shipment into a desired sequence based on customer orders, in which method and assembly a roll to be sortedis imported to an infeed conveyor (2), and from at least two fir... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6739445 | Multi-conveyor system A conveyor system for transitioning articles between an external intermittent conveyor and an external continuous conveyor system includes an upper conveyor and lower conveyor. Each conveyor includes an infeed arm movable toward and away from the intermittent convey... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6715600 | Device for gripping containers aligned in single file and for feeding them to a plurality of parallel pathways Device for gripping containers in single file and for feeding them to a plurality of pathways parallel to each other and to a feeding direction, which comprises a frame supporting belts for gripping and force-feeding the containers inside the device, the frame being... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6691857 | Automatic alternating fruit feeder to a cell receiver in quincuxes Supply lines, formed by two V-shaped belts (1)-(1') that go in the same direction at different speeds; Photoelectric cells (2) on the first transversal alignment of cells and others (3) on the fruit outlet of the feeder; Pneumatic cylinders that separate ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6691858 | Conveyor system A conveyor system for transporting at least one linear entry stream of a product into exit streams of the product which are laterally offset in relation to the entry stream. The conveyor system is provided with two successive conveyor units whose adjacent... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6689963 | Poultry conveyor which splits into two different weighing conveyors for enhanced accuracy An apparatus for processing articles moving in succession along a path includes a conveyor device, a splitter device and a weighing device. The conveyor device is arranged to convey a succession of individual articles from and along a single upstream path... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6575288 | Sorting device for laminae A sorting device for laminae, especially for inlaid floor laminae of wood, is proposed which has a delivery point in a horizontally extending transport track and a delivery track proceeding from the delivery point. The laminae to be sorted out are lifted ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6546971 | Apparatus for inserting bags into an outer container Apparatus for inserting a plurality of bags, in particular stand up bags filled with a beverage, into an outer container, including a bag conveyor and a feed conveyor for the container, the bags being insertable into the container under the action of grav... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6520317 | Packaging and casing system A system and method for case-packing articles utilizing an infeed conveyor and spaced apart outfeed conveyors positioned at opposite sides of the infeed conveyor and a robotic operating arm arranged for transverse operation with respect to the longitudina... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6513645 | Method and device for feeding elongated articles on a wrapping machine A method and device for feeding elongated tobacco articles, whereby, on a wrapping machine, a mass of articles, oriented a given way, is fed along an annular path in a hopper connected to at least one channel for feeding the articles and in which the arti... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6398009 | Sheet conveyance device with diverter for modules A sheet delivery device with a first gripper module for carrying a first sheet, a second gripper module for carrying a second sheet, a track for guiding the first and second gripper modules, and a stationary, purely mechanical diverter located at a diverg... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6349937 | Switching mechanism A conveying system for the conveying of a product stream of products arranged in an overlapping formation has an incoming pressing belt pair (18, 20) and at least two departing pressing belt pairs (88, 90, 88', 90). A switching mechanism 10 is provided be... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6332527 | Transport apparatus for handling cut products A transport apparatus for handling rows of units of multi-ply material such as rolls of bathroom tissue or paper toweling and stacks of folding facial tissue or toweling includes a pair of movable shuttles which can be moved together to provide a bridge f... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6295728 | Printed circuit board assembly manufacturing system A system for manufacturing a print board assembly, which is implemented in a system having a computer for storing parts insertion instruction diagrams and displaying parts insertion instructions, and a soldering unit for soldering a printed circuit board,... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6220427 | Conveyor A displaceable conveyor is used to convey selected printed products to different destination points. A reversing device is positioned intermediate the different destination points and a rigid guide track. A partial guide path connects the reversing device... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6179113 | Points for a conveyor arrangement Disclosed is a shunt (3) for a conveyor arrangement for selectively diverting conveyed articles from one conveyor (1) to at least one other conveyor (5), and comprising rollers (7) mounted to be rotatable about a horizontal axis, at least some of the roll... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6152284 | Conveyor system A conveyor system is set forth. The conveyor system includes first and second strip conveyors. The first and second strip conveyors comprise a common input end that is common to both of the first and second strip conveyors. A lateral drive is disposed to ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6044958 | Sheet conveyance device with diverter for modules A sheet delivery device with a first gripper module for carrying a first sheet a second gripper module for carrying a second sheet, a track for guiding the first and second gripper modules, and a stationary, purely mechanical diverter located at a diverge... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5909796 | Method and apparatus for loading articles onto vertically spaced platforms of a moving transport device A loading station of a high-speed, high volume conveying/sorting mechanism feeds coded articles selectively onto upper and lower platforms of a mobile transport device. The loading station includes a pivotable introduction conveyor which feeds articles se... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5906264 | Apparatus and method for producing truss plate bundles An automated apparatus for orienting truss plates, and in particular truss plates, such as those greater than 6 inches in width, that are typically formed from a single sheet of steel, comprises: a generally horizontally-disposed platform shelf; first and... | 05/25/1999 |
