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| 7363856 | Flat bed platesetter system The present invention provides a flat bed platesetter system and a method for its use, particularly for imaging printing plates. For providing a precise, continuous, rapid and format-independent system which is reliable, the present invention suggests to move the pr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7341141 | Method and unit for grouping products Groups containing a given number of products are produced using a transfer assembly, wherein a first, pocket-type output, conveyor of a production machine, and a second, pocket-type input, conveyor of a group-forming machine move continuously in a first and, respect... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335013 | Drive systems for a reciprocating mold plate patty-forming machine A drive system reciprocates a mold plate between a cavity fill position and a patty discharge position, and can also reciprocate knock out plungers to discharge molded food patties from cavities in the mold plate at the patty discharge position. This drive system in... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328542 | Loading apparatus for food stacks An apparatus is provided for loading stacked food product into packages. Open top containers are arranged in rows and movable into a loading station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable conveying surface, the conveying surface having an end region ex... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7308979 | Self-tensioning conveyor with slave drive A conveyor for possible use in transferring articles between two adjacent conveyors is disclosed. In one embodiment, the conveyor includes a pair of idler structures and a drive structure for collectively guiding and moving a conveyor belt or chain relative to a bed... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7222716 | Retractable transfer device metering apparatus and methods Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep co... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222722 | Apparatus and method for conveying objects transversely Apparatus and method for conveying objects generally transversely to a direction of initial delivery. The apparatus uses two conveying arrangements which can move independently of one another. Each of the two conveying arrangements have a transport region and a retu... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204363 | Machine for inspecting bottles A machine for inspecting bottles which has a conveyor for conveying bottles at a first velocity. A bottle spacing mechanism receives bottles conveyed by the conveyor at a first location and releases bottles on the conveyor at a second downstream location. The bottle... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185752 | Apparatus for continuously grouping on a conveyor An apparatus for continuously grouping or marshalling objects together on a conveyor includes the conveyor being divided into a first and a second conveyor section, where the second conveyor section has a higher speed than the first conveyor section. The conveyor se... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178658 | Article store The store arranged between production and packaging having an endless, circulating pair of chains on which the product-carrying gondolas are suspended for swinging action. The pair of chains, which are guided on a vertical section and on a horizontal section, are gu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7073656 | Method and apparatus for removing holes from nested product patterns Holes are removed from nested product patterns by conveying products on a conveyance mechanism (12) through an infeed section (14) in nested pattern streams (a1, a2, b1, b2), into a narrowing section (24) of a width l... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7021450 | Device and method to correct uneven spacing of successive articles A device for correcting uneven spacing of successive articles includes a first conveyor belt having a plurality of articles spaced thereon. At least one article is unevenly spaced. A second conveyor belt is located downstream of the first conveyor belt upon which th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6976572 | Method and system for synchronizing loads before injection on a tilt tray type sorting system A method for synchronizing loads before the injection thereof on a sorting machine, consisting of trays which pass in front of an injection system comprising conveyors for moving the loads towards an injection site, a synchronization conveyor for positioning a load ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971502 | Method of conveying extrusion molded products and device for use in the method A conveyor system having an expansion conveyor interposed between some of a plurality of conveyors of a conveying unit to extend the conveying line when trouble is detected at a receiving unit. Upon detection of trouble the extruder revolution speed and the conveyor... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6843360 | Retractable transfer device metering apparatus and methods Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep co... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6766898 | Surface conveyor with variable delivery rate for bagging bakery products A conveyor 20 comprising a continuous conveyor belt 35, driven at a constant speed, and configured for compression and expansion along the direction of travel of the continuous conveyor belt 35. The continuous conveyor belt 35 passes over... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6669005 | Servo-controlled distribution conveyor A feed conveyor is operable in a first direction to deposit a stream of articles across a width of a downstream conveyor operating along a second direction, the second direction being at an angle to the first direction. The feed conveyor is an extendable ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6640961 | Unit for feeding an ordered succession of products to an unloading station A unit for feeding an ordered succession of products to an unloading station comprises: an arranging device including a first and a second conveyor, each constituting a first and a second conveyor portion on a feed path whose total length is the sum of th... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6607082 | Device for removal of trimmings in the production of rolls of web material A device for removal of trimmings obtained from cutting of logs of web material by means of a log cutting machine which include a cutting blade for log cutting and a supporting surface downstream of the cutting blade to support cut out rolls. The device f... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6554124 | Equipment for feeding product groups to a conveyor for their packaging Equipment for feeding product groups to a conveyor for their packaging, wherein the groups of products (13), are divided and spaced, for transfer onto the conveyor (12). The equipment includes a transport unit (15) that is moveable in the direction of the... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6543767 | Device and method for changing a speed of sheet products A sheet product transfer device includes an elastic belt forming a continuous loop, the elastic belt having an inner surface, a first drive unit contacting the inner surface, a second drive unit spaced apart from the first drive unit and contacting the in... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6467608 | Conveying device In an adjustment zone (B), the spacings between objects, which are conveyed by independently movable holding elements (2) along a rail track (1) are e.g. for a processing operation adjusted to a predefined value larger than the minimum spacing. To achieve... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6341685 | Ordering device for arranging products received in a loose state in an orderly succession An ordering device for arranging products received in the loose state in an orderly succession comprises a first and a second conveyor with belts defining a product feed path divided into active portions with variable lengths equaling complementary fracti... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6305525 | Pressureless infeed conveyor table A pressureless infeed conveyor table for forming a predetermined spacing between articles on a conveyor in order to create a uniform column for a packaging process comprises reciprocating carriages that are driven directly by a reversible servo-motor. By ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5906265 | Method and device for the orderly supply of randomly received products A method and device for supplying an orderly succession of randomly received products to a user machine, whereby a first and second conveyor, traveling at respective speeds, define a path having two portions of variable lengths complementary to each other... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5829574 | Machine for grouping individually-conveyed products, particularly food products, confectionery products and the like, for packaging The machine comprises a conveyor provided with compartments for accommodating individual products and closed in a loop to receive on one portion the products arriving from a conveyor and to transfer them onto the other portion to a pick-up means. A speed ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5547004 | Method and device for arranging a stream of products Method for arranging a series of products (17, 106) which are moving in succession in the downstream direction along a conveyor belt (2, 103, 104), in such a way that they go into phase with a processing unit connected downstream. To control an activation... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5437360 | Conveying system for stacked articles A system for conveying stacks of objects has a pair of elongated arrays of idler rollers extending longitudinally parallel next to each other, defining a central longitudinally extending and upwardly open gap, defining a generally horizontal support plane... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5322154 | Conveyor for forming a column of uniformly spaced articles An apparatus for forming a column of spaced articles has a supply belt and a downstream-adjoining removal belt. The article transfer location between the two belts is formed by belt-supporting end rollers, one defining the downstream end of the supply bel... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5191965 | Buffer storage unit Buffer storage unit for accumulating and releasing, in rows which are equidistant or have a programmed timing, products which arrive from a continuous advancement line and are arranged in non-equidistant rows, including a first conveyor belt (2) and a sec... | 03/09/1993 |
| 4961488 | Device for transferring objects from a supply device to a take up device Device for transferring objects (12) as e.g. lumps of dough--from a supply device--to a take up conveyor (14) provided with take up members (15), the transferring device including an endless conveyor (1) and a sensor (18) near the discharge end (5) of thi... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4881635 | Method of and arrangement, for transporting piece goods and for organized changing their position A method of and an arrangement for transporting piece goods and organized changing their position, include transporting goods in a plurality of substantially parallel tracks by a transporting device from a supply conveyor to a discharge conveyor spaced fr... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4469219 | Method and installation for regularizing the transfer of identical solid products A method of and apparatus for continuously regularizing the transfer of solid products having a maximum input spacing on an input conveyor, onto an output conveyor on which these products have a constant minimum output spacing, with a spillway between the... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4018325 | Automatic package accumulator An automatic article surge accumulator is described which has an inlet for the articles, an outlet spaced from the inlet and a plurality of moveable shelves between the inlet and the outlet. Each shelf can store one or more of the articles. The shelves ar... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4004678 | Conveyor systems A conveyor handling system for transporting articles from a first position to a second position is described. The system includes first and second conveyors extending in series between the two positions and arranged to convey articles at two respectively ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3997048 | Conveyor systems A conveyor handling system is described for separating into discrete batches a stream of articles arriving at regular intervals. The system includes two endless belts extending between first and second locations and arranged to be driven at the same prede... | 12/14/1976 |
