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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033381 | Apparatus for separating parts In an apparatus for separating parts arranged for example in at least two adjacent rows and including a transfer device, which is provided with at least two holding elements which pick up the parts in a first position and deposit them in a second position 5 | 10/11/2011 |
| 7357242 | Transfer apparatus A transfer apparatus includes an electrical extension and contraction drive device which is connected to a distribution guide body, so that the switching action of the distribution guide body can be performed at a high speed, with shortened response time. Hence, the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337894 | Conveyer for high temperature environment A chain drive overhead conveyer extends through an oven to move carriages between exit and entrance ends of respective rotary drive shafts that are outside the oven. Driven wheels of the carriages are canted with respect to the rotary drive shafts so that when a dri... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325384 | Method of loading cartons Methods of loading cartons in a packaging machine are provided. A method comprises providing cartons with an end opening having a width less than a pitch of flight bars of a packaging machine, and detachably affixing the cartons so that one carton is horizontally ad... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303061 | Multi-lane fruit guide assembly having integral ridge ends for a juice extractor and related methods A fruit guide assembly may include a frame to be positioned between the fruit conveyor and the multi-position fruit feeder, a vibrator connected to the frame, and a fruit guide body having a series of alternating ridges and valleys therein defining a plurality of fr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7255219 | Multifunctional conveyor drum Conveyor drum for receiving axially aligned articles that are conveyed in a cross-axial direction toward the conveyor drum. Conveyor drum includes a separation device for changing a longitudinal axial spacing of the articles by a predetermined longitudinal axial sep... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249668 | Positive displacement sorter shoe A positive displacement sorter apparatus and method includes providing a plurality of interconnected slats defining an endless web, an upper run of the web defining a conveying surface. A plurality of pusher shoes are provided, each moving along at least one of the ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237668 | Device and method for sorting items, such as rolls The device for sorting items, such as rolls, is provided downstream of a first number (N) of feeding channels (Ca) of items (R), which feeding channels (Ca) are provided with dispensing members (8) for a controlled release of the items (R). The device (100... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234585 | Perfected drum for filter-tipped cigarette manufacturing machines A drum for a filter-tipped cigarette manufacturing machine is fitted to and projects from a frame of the manufacturing machine, and has a drive shaft; an outer shell connected in angularly fixed and axially sliding manner to the drive shaft; and an axial guide membe... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228958 | Supporting body, conveyor comprising a number of supporting bodies and method for transversally aligning objects Conveyor (1), comprising a number of supporting bodies (10) arranged successively in an array in order to form transporting positions for objects (P) for transporting between two successive supporting bodies (10), wherein the form of the support... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7191893 | Unit for transferring and spacing articles A unit (1) for transferring articles (1a) from a machine (MI) for producing the articles to a packaging machine (MA) includes a plurality of hoppers (4a) for receiving the articles (1a). The hoppers (4a)... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189049 | Robot unit The present invention relates to a method for rapid transfer of a work object in both the horizontal and vertical directions using a robot unit (10) having a gripping mechanism (12) preferably from one workstation (3) to another (4), the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7131904 | Automated laterally offset retractable food dislodgement or guiding mechanisms and associated methods and systems Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food handling and/or transport. The systems employ fingers that can be inserted to gap spaces in a carrier surface so as to dislodge, guide and/or ro... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128519 | Auto stacking machine for strip articles An auto stacking machine includes a worktable (10), a plurality of chutes (20), a pair of receivers (30), and a cushioning apparatus. Three vertical plates (14) are mounted on the worktable. The chutes are attached to outmost ones of the ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7104389 | Conveying drum with clamping device An apparatus for transporting articles of the tobacco-processing industry including a rotationally driven conveying element, a support and, a clamping device. The clamping device has at least one drive element and at least two holding elements. The rotationally driv... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7070384 | Apparatus and method for automatically unloading brick from kiln cars and preparation for shipment Apparatus and methods for unloading and binding brick or other components include an infeed conveyor that delivers layers of brick to a transfer distribution carriage. The distribution carriage repositions the brick layers on either an outfeed conveyor or a tine con... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7033310 | Unit for processing a web of packaging material A unit (1) for processing a web (2) of packaging material, and having at least a first station (3) for forming a number of through holes (4) in the web (2); a second station (6) for sealing the holes by applying respective o... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7004307 | Food transport routing systems, devices, and guides for food processing systems and related methods Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food transport. The system can direct food to travel serially over side-by-side predetermined travel lanes using one or more of a pick-up mechanism a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6938309 | Zoned stretching of a web Apparatus and methods for stretching one or more zones of a web are disclosed. Webs including stretched or activated zones are also disclosed. Each of the zones in the web is stretched in the cross-web direction, i.e., the direction transverse to the down-web direct... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6928789 | Assembly for collecting together different goods Assembly and method for collecting together different goods to form a pack and to pack these in an outer packaging. Streams of goods are always fed to a collection conveyor with feed conveyors. Each stream consists of the same goods and these are buffered at the dis... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6880695 | Board processing unit A board process unit includes end supports, pulleys rotatably mounted on the end supports, a carrying belt extending around the pulleys for holding a process board, two parallel screw shafts mounted at opposite sides of the carrying belt, a servomotor for rotating t... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6793068 | Food transport routing systems, devices, and guides for food processing systems and related methods Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food transport. The system can direct food to travel serially over side-by-side predetermined travel lanes using one or more of a pick-up mechanism a... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6581930 | Paper sorting device for an image forming apparatus A paper sorting device for an image forming apparatus is capable of sorting printed paper in a zigzag pattern. The paper sorting device for the image forming apparatus has a rotating shaft which is rotated by a driving force from a driving force source, a... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6520311 | Multi-row type online internal quality inspection device A multi-row type internal quality inspection device is arranged to adjust spacing intervals between the columns of receiving trays arranged in rows on a conveyer to the column spacing intervals of a supply conveyor at the start part on the entrance side o... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6516939 | Device for transporting bottles For transporting bottles with a carrying ring in the neck region, particularly PET bottles, along a specified path of motion through processing stations (2, 3, 4, 5, 6), of a processing installation particularly a bottle-filling installation, in each case... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6332528 | Transport device in a packaging machine A plurality of packages and/or products disposed next to each other transverse to the transport direction can be transported together by a transport device in a packaging machine. A guiding device facilitates a change in the mutual sideward separations of... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6105845 | Method and apparatus for connecting two workpieces together In an apparatus for connecting two workpieces (1) together by a welded seam, the workpieces are held in a welding station between opposed tracks consisting of a plurality of members. The tracks run around guide rollers in a conveying direction. A clearanc... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6079545 | Apparatus for varying the distances between the ends of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry The spacing between the neighboring ends of successive pairs of coaxial plain cigarettes of unit length is changed during sidewise transport by two endless belt conveyors which diverge or converge relative to the direction of advancement of the pairs of c... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6065586 | Spacing device for spreading stamped material A spacing device for spreading stamped material, especially soap bars, during transfer from a stamping process to a packaging process comprises a train of at least a first and last coupled carriages mounted for movement along an axis and coupled together ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5970857 | Baking oven In a baking oven comprising at least one hearth, a baking conveyor belt, which is guided over a deflection roller, is allocated to each hearth. The deflection roller is extended out of the baking oven through openings where it is lodged for displacement i... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5927470 | Shuttle driven separator A pair of parts formed in a first stamping operation is removed from a first die press and placed on a separator assembly carried by a shuttle. As the parts are carried by the shuttle to a pair of secondary die presses, they are transversely separated by ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5833046 | Partition control assembly A partition control assembly within a continuous-motion automatic packaging machine receives and controls the motion of partitions which are ejected at high speeds from a partition ejection mechanism for insertion between preconfigured groups of articles ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5533610 | Apparatus and method for forming combined filter tipped cigarettes A filter tipped cigarette making machine and method in which spaced apart generally cylindrical components are supplied to flutes in processing drums. Gaps between the components are partially closed in a motion limiting spreader drum.... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5518105 | Process and device for conveying objects along a circuit and use thereof Process and device for conveying objects on transport pallets along a circuit by altering the spacing (e, E) between the objects in order to pass through at least one work station (2, 3). The spacing is altered by longitudinally separating the pallets (4)... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5396980 | Process and a device for conveying articles, particularly for automatic packaging plants A process and device for conveying articles, such as boxes of confectionery products. The articles, which initially advance on a plurality of parallel paths, are firstly ordered into rows such that they slide on a surface of a plate under the action of mo... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5390779 | Compacting unit for groups of flat products arranged side by side on edge A compacting unit for groups of flat products arranged side by side on edge, wherein the groups are transported on a conveyor, with the products in each group housed axially separate inside a transverse pocket moving with the conveyor, and are successivel... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5366066 | Automatic brick placing machine loader A loader for an automatic brick placing machine consisting of a frame (14) attached to a receptacle (10) of the machine to move with it. The loader having a plurality of stations for the reception of bricks for loading into the receptacle and an arrangeme... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5279406 | Apparatus for altering the spacing between pairs of coaxial rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry Apparatus for increasing the distance between successive pairs of coaxial plain or filter cigarettes has a first rotary conveyor with axially parallel peripheral flutes which deliver pairs of cigarettes to a transfer station, a second rotary conveyor whic... | 01/18/1994 |
