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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364031 | Split spin bar for use with plastic lid handling system An apparatus for handling horizontally oriented flat circular articles, such as plastic lids, employs a pair of parallel rotating spin bars, one of which is divided or split into a shorter lid entry section and a longer lid discharge section. The shorter lid entry s... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7328784 | Labeling machine A labeling machine that is provided with a rotating carousel supporting at a peripheral region a plurality of pans and with an input star conveyor for conveying bottles to be labeled to the rotating carousel. Each pan is adapted to receive and support a bottle when ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7284577 | Container control apparatus and manufacture-related plant Damage or deformation of a container in a processing device downstream a convey path is prevented. A filling device includes a filling unit (1), star wheel (2), and timing screw (3). Containers (10) are supplied to the timing screw (3 | 10/23/2007 |
| 7168550 | Method and device for delivering books in the lying-flat condition For the purpose of delivering, in the lying-flat condition, book blocks or books which are fed in, standing on their back or on the front cut and at defined timing intervals along their height, from a preceding machine in a transport path, provision is made, accordi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7125330 | Overhead conveyor for poultry The invention relates to an overhead conveyor for poultry, for example chickens, having a conveyor line, and along the conveyor line movable hooks suspended therefrom with holders for the ends of the poultry's legs. The hooks are rotatable about a substantially vert... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6971501 | Screw conveyor for the transport of goods hanging from hanger supports A screw conveyor for the transport of, for example, pieces of clothing hanging on clothes hangers, comprises a screw shaft train (22) which may be rotated about the shaft axis (24) thereof, with a transport groove system (26), machined into the ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 5823123 | Transporting a particulate material to a discharge opening In a combustion system for particulate fuel including a combustion chamber with an opening at the base of the combustion chamber and a vertical discharge duct pushing the particulate fuel through the opening there is provided a hopper spaced from the comb... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5788054 | Device for untangling crossed hanger hooks A device for untangling crossed hooks of a conveyed material transported hanging on hangers or the like. The hooks grip around, and are transported by, a rotating, substantially cylindrical hollow body. The untangling device is directed radially outward f... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5718030 | Method of dry abrasive delabeling of plastic and glass bottles A dry abrasive delabeling apparatus for both plastic and glass bottles, sometimes called a label stripper, in which the bottles are fed by an in-feed starwheel to a circular starwheel which rotates the bottles slowly. Within the starwheel are wire bristle... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5678681 | Stair-like device with moving steps for feeding elongated pieces of wood The present invention relates to an operating system for moving a feed apparatus of elongated pieces of timber, particularly logs, into a transversal feed apparatus, for moving reciprocatingly the feed apparatus, the feed apparatus being arranged to feed ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5305896 | Apparatus for separating crossed garment hangers An apparatus for detangling a plurality of conventional garment hangers located on a common supporting rail, comprising a generally cylindrical elongated rigid barrel having a plurality of spaced elongated bristles fixedly attached to the barrel projectin... | 04/26/1994 |
| 4923571 | Apparatus for spacing apart containers that are conveyed close to each other in a single lane A screw conveyor for conveying containers such as bottles and cans is arranged adjacent a guide rail which restrains the containers to stay in the groove of the screw until they are discharged, this being known per se. The angles for the screw conveyor an... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4462516 | Container orienting and directing apparatus Apparatus for orienting and quickly directing into a plurality of container conveying channels a single file of containers, even irregularly shaped ones, comprising a feeding conveyor on which the single file of containers is caused to travel in a guided ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4274532 | Can handling system A can handling system for transporting cans with an open end through an oven for drying of printed material applied to the exterior of the can comprising, a plurality of free-standing can carriers, each having a base and an upstanding member centrally the... | 06/23/1981 |
