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A pizza mold for forming a plurality of concentric raised ridges of dough (i.e., crust) on the surface of a pizza pie.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7168551 | Device linking a supply unit and a user unit for the manufacture of tobacco products A supply unit and a user unit employed in the manufacture of tobacco products, typically cigarettes and the like, are linked by a duct along which a mass of the cigarettes is advanced from the outfeed of the supply unit toward the infeed of the user unit. The advanc... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7134465 | Process and apparatus for identifying, tracking and handling lumber to be cut-in-two An apparatus for identifying, tracking and handling lumber to be cut-in-two includes a scanner and optimizer to scan the length of a board and to compare the scanned board to predetermined criteria so as to identify a board which, optimally, would be cut into two pi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7004303 | Method and apparatus for singulating lumber An apparatus for spacing boards of lumber in transverse parallel contacting relation on an infeed conveyor comprising: (i) a rotatable lifting means adapted to receive said boards from said infeed conveyor, said rotatable lifting means including at least one arcuate... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6956197 | Method and an arrangement for detecting and discharging misplaced boards at a separation elevator A method and a device for detection and removal of one or more misplaced boards (6) on an elevator for the separation of boards (6). The elevator comprises a frame (1) that supports carrier chains (2) that run over pulley wheels (3, 4 | 10/18/2005 |
| 6779649 | Rotary log singulator with staging cam surfaces A log singulator and associated method for conveying and controllably discharging logs are provided. The singulator has a plurality of rotatable lifters with outwardly-extending arm members that contact the logs with a leading side to convey the logs to successive p... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6772575 | Shrink wrap apparatus and method of shrink wrapping products A tunnel for shrink wrapping at least one product includes a housing having an interior space with a top, a bottom, an entrance and an exit. A conveyor belt passes through the interior space from the entrance to the exit. The conveyor belt is substantially unobstruc... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6739449 | Stopping device and method for printed circuit board automation modules A stopping device for an automation module for a printed circuit board (PCB) wherein the PCB is stopped in a stopping position and then removed from the stopping position. A stopping means serves to stop in the stopping position a PCB which is fed on a conveyor of t... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6702096 | Intelligent deck apparatus and method for positioning workpieces in preparation for processing An intelligent deck apparatus and method for serially moving workpieces moving side-by-side on a conveyor system to a processing system. The intelligent deck is comprised of an edge detector system having at least one sensor, a shift mechanism, and a lift... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6669193 | Device for aligning papers flowing in a stream An apparatus for adjusting paper copies which are skewed and for providing a shingled stream, the apparatus including an input, a singulating device having a vertically movable gate member, a first abutting surface formed on the gate member, a second fixe... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6637581 | Vertical log singulator with profiled surface This invention provides log singulators which allow for the vertical singulation of piles of logs fed from typical in-feed log decks, so that these logs may be fed individually to typical out-feed conveyors. Devices provided by this invention may be high-... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6564926 | Apparatus for high speed loading of elongated members An apparatus for singly loading perpendicularly conveyed elongated members from a first conveyor to a second conveyor. The apparatus is positioned downstream of the first conveyor and upstream of the second conveyor. The apparatus comprises plural stopper... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6491154 | Unstacker for unstacking items conveyed in a bulk stream An unstacking apparatus includes a feed conveyor for feeding stacks of items, and a decline unstacking section including at least first and second declined conveyors arranged in series. A stack of items being transferred from the feed conveyor to the firs... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6431345 | High speed board feeder A high speed board feeder for transferring boards from an infeed conveyor onto a secondary conveyor. The boards on the infeed conveyor are transported in an edge to edge configuration against a fixed stop. Hold down mechanism is provided to secure the boa... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6336547 | High speed log ladder An ending apparatus for a log ladder (2), wherein the log ladder (2) sorts, feeds and sequentially indexes logs (54) along a longitudinal array of laterally extending adjacent log cradles (4, 8, 12), having, in the log cradles (4, 8, 12), exclusive of a d... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6199683 | High speed revolving board singulator with retracting shoe and variable dwell duckers A lug loader includes a first shaft rotatably mounted transversely across a board flow path, wherein a board in the board flow path is aligned transversely across the board flow path. The board translates in a downstream direction on a board infeed transf... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5921376 | High speed revolving lug loader with retracting heel and hook A lug loader singulates elongate workpieces from a lugged infeed transfer onto a lugged outfeed transfer. A disc is rotatable mounted between the infeed and outfeed transfers. Pivotable heels are mounted around the periphery of the disc. The heels are elo... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5813512 | Singulator and allocator elongated members A stick allocator for transferring laterally aligned sticks between a holding location on a longitudinal in-feed transfer means and a high-speed longitudinal out-feed transfer means has a lower, selectively rotatable, stick lifting and translation means, ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5662203 | Lumber transfer system The lumber transfer system is for transferring parallel lumbers from a feeding conveyor to an outfeed conveyor and regularly spacing the lumbers thereon. The lumber transfer system comprises a loader comprising a plurality of carrying disks provided with ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5518106 | Apparatus for separating and individually feeding boards and cants to a processing unit The disclosure describes an apparatus, known in the lumber industry as a board or cant feeder, used to separate and move laterally, one by one, pieces of lumber having at least two parallel sawn or cut faces. These pieces are first brought side by side, i... | 05/21/1996 |
| 4945976 | Lugged chain board loading apparatus High-speed, lugged chain board loading apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a generally horizontal feed conveyor that defines a planar board feed zone, a pick off conveyor having projecting lugs and including an upwardly inclined run that extend... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4669603 | Apparatus for singling filled wafer slices When it is desired to single consecutive filled wafer slices, which are advanced with abutting trailing and leading faces, respectively, so that the singled wafer slices are ultimately spaced apart, a separation between consecutive wafer slices is to be e... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4558777 | Device for transferring biscuits and confectionery products in general A device for transferring biscuits and confectionary products in general from a first continuous belt conveyor to a second in-line comparmented belt conveyor allows transfer rates of 400 to 500 biscuits per minute to be achieved, without breakage of the b... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4372438 | Apparatus for adjusting intervals of objects being conveyed An apparatus for adjusting the intervals between soft objects being conveyed comprises the combination of a member provided with a plurality of slits parallel to the direction of movement of the objects and a rotating shaft positioned underneath said memb... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4290841 | Apparatus for continuously forming a coating layer on unbonded PC steel bars Steel bars are continuously fed along a path in a direction transverse to the bar axes, are separated by a separator and are then supplied by a roller conveyor to an axial interval regulating station. From this station each steel bar is supplied in the ax... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4150743 | Singulation device for mail A document singulator is described for use in separating into single items mail pieces derived from a source of collection mail. The device comprises a plurality of spaced-apart singulation stations each having a friction roller and adapted to be actuated... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4077524 | Apparatus for sequentially forwarding bodies to a conveyer Apparatus for sequentially feeding elongated bodies, such as beams, timber, planks, or the like, one after the other from an uninterrupted layer of the bodies, wherein they are arranged in a row extending transversely of the row and directly engaging each... | 03/07/1978 |
| 3989135 | Apparatus for single feeding timber An apparatus for single feeding of timber from a single layer mat of the timber is disclosed, the apparatus having a rigid frame on a base, a first conveyor for transferring the single layer mat of timber against a stop, a second conveyor, and a third con... | 11/02/1976 |
