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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7581635 | Method and installation for changing the pitch of discrete entities conveyed in succession Method for changing the pitch between discrete entities conveyed in succession between a device for feeding the entities at an initial spacing pitch provided between two entities fed in succession and a device for receiving the entities at a final pitch substantiall... | 09/01/2009 |
| 6851543 | Conveying machine There are provided linear section moving chain conveyors for moving carrier trucks on linear sections of a guide rail, curvilinear section moving chain conveyors for moving the carrier trucks on curvilinear sections of a guide rail, and conveyance interval variable ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6379105 | Automatic lumber unloading and feeding apparatus The present invention provides a lumber unloading and feeding method and apparatus that can reliably separate individual boards from a stacked unit and feed the individual boards into other automatic machinery. One embodiment comprises a first load suppor... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6164432 | Apparatus for feeding articles An apparatus for feeding articles, comprising: a surface; a plurality of conveyor belts spanning the surface; a motor driving the conveyor belts for transporting the articles along the surface; a barrier bar positioned above the surface for preventing fur... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6000901 | Apparatus for indexing magazines holding molded leadframes and a method therefor An apparatus and method are shown for indexing magazines and molded leadframes within the magazines comprising a lateral drive portion coupled to and located below the magazines for selectively moving a selected one of the magazines laterally at a first s... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5975279 | Device for individualizing and feeding carriers to a hanging conveyor system A device for individualizing and feeding individual conveying carriers into a revolving hanging conveyor system. The individualizing device contains a rotatably driven spindle provided with grooves on the spindle's surface, wherein the pitch of each groov... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5975280 | Device for transporting flat products to further processing units or delivery stations A device for transporting flat products to further processing units is provided which includes a track 4 forming a continuous loop, a plurality of gripper elements 1 and a driving module 99. The gripper elements 1 are arranged on the track 4, and include ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5878865 | Variable speed conveying apparatus Variable speed conveying apparatus includes a conveyor (16) having a plurality of conveying surfaces (18) for engaging a stream (10) of articles along a path, and elements for progressively changing the speed of the surfaces as they progress along the pat... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5477956 | Vessel processing system and process A conveyor system for use with a vessel processing machine, such as a bottle labeler or delabeler is disclosed. The system includes a supply conveyor which feeds bottles in in-line, juxtaposed relationship to a vessel accelerating mechanism at a transfer ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5183146 | Vial or ampoule infeed conveyor mechanism An infeed mechanism for delivering vials to be labeled to an infeed conveyor of a labeling machine and then to a timing screw of the labeling machine includes a vial separating screw having a vial exit end, a vial infeed belt for supporting and moving via... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4925001 | Device for supplying groups of filled and closed containers to a downstream treatment device Device for supplying groups of filled and closed containers to a downstream treatment device comprises a supply track, a distribution member for aranging the containers at a distance from each other, a tilting device, a downstream transport track and a fi... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4660708 | Bottle feeding machinery This invention concerns a connecting device for synchronously intercoupling machines mounted in series and handling a stream of objects 9 e.g. bottles which are uninterruptedly fed by a first machine 1 toward a second machine 4, the device essentially com... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4566583 | Vessel separating apparatus for use in particular in vessel handling machines In a vessel separating apparatus for use in particular in vessel handling machines, the worm conveyor (6) which cooperates with a conveyor belt (1) and a lateral guide means (2) is provided at least in the entrance region thereof with a great number of re... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4265357 | Article infeed gate and control therefor There is disclosed apparatus for feeding articles, such as bottles, for example, to a machine and includes a conveyor advancing articles past a gate member and into an infeed worm which times and spaces the articles properly for introduction to the machin... | 05/05/1981 |
| 3952856 | Apparatus for regulating article-treating machines that maintain an accumulation of articles at an inlet end A machine for treating articles, such as containers, for example, includes an infeed worm conveyor to receive a continuous flow of containers. The speed of machine operation is regulated by a speed control mechanism so as to maintain a desired constant le... | 04/27/1976 |
