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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364103 | Method and device for the alignment and location of a sample such as tablets, pills or tablettes The invention relates to a device for the alignment and location of a sample (7), such as pills or tablets, for carrying out a further method step, such as a hardness test, with the aid of two opposing jaws (2, 3, 21), which may be moved relative to ea... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7267217 | Apparatus and method for detecting removal of conveyed work An apparatus comprising a first detector for detecting if conveyed work that has passed or is passing a specific position is or is not present at a first position; a calculator for calculating a distance traveled by the conveyed work based on the specific position; ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263409 | Method and apparatus for tracking a load on a conveyor system A method and apparatus for tracking a load on a conveyor system using the trailing edge of the load. The method includes the steps of sensing the trailing edge of the load with a first sensor and updating a load record for the load in response to sensing the trailin... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7234525 | Automated chemical stick loader for gas wells and method of loading The automated chemical stick loader includes a ground-based stick storage and dispensing cabinet, an automated valve actuating system atop the wellhead, and a fixed stick transfer tube extending between the storage and dispensing cabinet and the top of the wellhead.... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7204364 | Lifting device Lift device for lifting or, as the case may be, lowering of a support device (2, 3B, 5) of a transport track segment of a transport device for work pieces or the like, which are deposited upon plates, pallets or framework like work piece carriers (5... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192242 | Work attracting apparatus and work attracting method A work attracting apparatus and a work attracting method that uses a Bernoulli chuck or the like as a work attraction section and that can ensure the perfect operation of attracting and receiving. The work attraction section (Bernoulli plate 1 and Bernoulli a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7121428 | Supply apparatus for spouts and bags with spouts A spout supply apparatus including a spout transfer device in which two spout holding devices 43 and 44 are respectively disposed on each end of a reciprocating swing arm 41 that makes a reciprocating swing motion in the horizontal plane through... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7017731 | Electronic component conveying device An electronic-component conveying device includes a conveying plate which moves in one conveying direction and has a plurality of component-holders arranged at a predetermined pitch along the conveying direction. This conveying device further includes component-cont... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016768 | Conveyor system for transporting articles, in particular containers for baggage pieces, and method for controlling such a conveyor system A system and method is described for transporting articles, in particular for transporting container holding baggage pieces. At least two endless conveyor belts are sequentially arranged to define an upstream conveyor belt and a downstream conveyor belt for transpor... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6971217 | Method and device for controlling a wrapping machine for printed products A method for controlling a wrapping machine for printed products that includes determining the size of an incoming gap in a printed product stream and controlling a speed of the wrapping machine as a function of the size of the incoming gap. The controlling step inc... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966425 | Apparatus for zone monitoring An apparatus for detecting the presence of a workpiece carrier in a predetermined track portion of a workpiece carrier transporting path has a housing, a slider which is displaceably guided in the housing and is displaced by the workpiece carrier, at least one proxi... | 11/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6920803 | Electromotive stage for microscope A stationary member is fixed to a microscope. A movable member holds a sample and can move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the microscope. A stepping motor moves the movable member. A rotation of the stepping motor is transmitted to the movable me... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6843361 | Method and device to regulating spacing and speed of objects travelling randomly Method and device to regulate the spacing and speed of objects being conveyed randomly. Objects such as nuclear fuel pellets (P) are stopped by a stop (12) placed in the extension of a conveyor (10). When the presence of at least one pellet is d... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6714836 | Parcel singulation software control logic A method and an apparatus are provided for singulating articles received in a slug and/or manipulating such articles to create a controlled gap between a trailing edge of a leading article and a leading edge of a successive article, while targeting a desired through... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6644461 | Device for transferring flat objects with an injector comprising elastically deformable wheels The device for individually transferring flat objects from an entry conveyor (2) on which the objects travel in series edge-on in a first direction (A), into buckets (6) of an exit conveyor (5), comprises an intermediate conveyor (7) arranged in the conti... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6607070 | Method and device for transferring book blocks into a transport device belonging to a bookbinding machine A method for transferring book blocks or the like into a transport device of a bookbinding machine. The book block is first clamped in a force-locking manner. At least one corner of the back edge or of the front edge of the book block is aligned with a po... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6494308 | Integrated roller transport pod and asynchronous conveyor A system for transporting articles. The transport system includes a conveyor system which includes a transport device for carrying articles between workstations and a drive rail and a support rail for supporting the transport device. The drive rail includ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6378692 | Take-away mechanism for mail or other flat article handling system A take-away mechanism is provided from a singulation mechanism in a system for handling substantially flat articles of varying size, weight and thickness, and in particular for handling mixed mail. The take-away mechanism includes at least one and prefera... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6308756 | Dual alternating transverse feeding mechanism for lumber edgers A lumber feeding mechanism for feeding lumber pieces laterally on a supply conveyor after scanning them with a light scanner to determine a reference axis for the optimum yield of boards. The lumber pieces are fed by dogs from a start position to a feed p... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6237743 | Tablet tester A tablet tester has a screw-like vibratory conveyor and isolating unit, a positioning unit having a transport rake and an orientation unit between the two first-mentioned units, which in particular is in the form of a linear vibratory conveyor. A sensor a... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6189674 | Apparatus and method for transferring printed circuit boards An apparatus and a method for transferring a printed circuit board to an intended position at a high speed accurately and reliably. The apparatus is provided with driving motors (7) for driving conveyor belts (6) to transfer a printed circuit board, a pos... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6105242 | Pallet routing system for a versatile production system A versatile production system produces different kinds of products in small quantities. The system includes production lines for assembling parts into different kinds of products, testing the assembled products, and conveying the products that have passed... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6098978 | Device for changing the moving direction of a flat rectangular sheetlike product A resistance device for use in an exercising apparatus having a plurality of resistance elements, a force transmission device and a resistance adjusting device. Through the force transmission device, a user can apply an exercise force to the resistance el... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6065392 | Apparatus for manufacturing different shaped bakery products Apparatus (10) for manufacturing different shaped bakery products, such as hamburger and hot dog buns, includes a dough packet feeder (18) which advances to an exit station (22) in a step-wise manner rows of dough packets having a first shape. A roller ga... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6065390 | Bakery pan indexing apparatus and method A conveyor indexing mechanism for a bakery production line includes a variable speed motor, a conveyor, a number of baking pans, a dough packet drop mechanism, a sensor, and a timing generator. The conveyor moves the baking pans under the dough packet dro... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5992609 | Apparatus for sorting by directing individual pieces An apparatus for sorting individual pieces includes a plurality of conveying elements which are guided along a closed track and are coupled to each other to form an endless conveying chain. The conveying elements have an at least approximately horizontal ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5967293 | Belt feeder for component delivery system with intermittently moving conveyor A belt feeder for the rapid and successive in-line transportation of small electronic components. The belt feeder has an inclined dispensing portion with at least one dispensing lane, a conveyor portion having an intermittently moving conveyor belt and at... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5927475 | Automatic system for detecting the position of items loaded on a conveyor belt and the conveyor belt for actuation of the process This invention concerns an operating system with relevant actuation plant for automatically detecting the loading position of a clothing item previously identified and loaded at random at any of the loading stations of a conveyor belt.... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5817361 | Dough processing system with bakery pan indexer Bakery pans (10) are moved in edge-to-edge abutment along a dough processing line. The bakery pan indexer (36) (FIG. 5) includes a surface conveyor having an array of magnets mounted thereon. The magnets firmly attach themselves to the lower surfaces of t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5749821 | Cushioning conversion system for converting paper stock into cushioning material with a staging area and a pick and place assembly A cushioning conversion system includes a cushioning conversion machine which converts stock paper into cut pads, a conveyor system positioned to receive a pad produced by the cushioning conversion machine and to move the pad to a staging area, the stagin... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5749383 | Non-linear chain belt type conveyor A compact chain belt-type conveyor for conveying articles along a non-linear path through an industrial washer and drier. The chain belt-type conveyor provides an article sensing means wherein the sensing means is responsive to the presence of an article ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5706930 | Method of and apparatus for transferring circular object When a carrier arm is retracted, a semiconductor wafer carried thereon passes between three light-emitting elements and three light-detecting elements associated therewith. At this time, a controller determines six points on the outer circumferential edge... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5697488 | Apparatus for transporting rod-shaped articles An apparatus for transporting filter rod sections between the outlet of a magazine and the inlet of a pneumatic conveyor has a rotary drum with axially parallel peripheral flutes for the transfer of filter rod sections from the magazine into alignment wit... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5676237 | Tracking device The tracking signal generating device disclosed herein is adapted to be utilized between successive conveying sections in which articles are transported at a nominal height. A resilient suspension supports an elongate roller so that it projects above the ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5660382 | Flexible conveying system Process for operating a piece-goods transporting apparatus such as printed products wherein the products which are fed individually one after the other are received at a receiving position by transporting members circulating in a continuously guide of the... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5641264 | Substrate conveying device and method of controlling the same A method of controlling a conveying device having a gripping hand for gripping an article to be conveyed and a conveying mechanism for conveying the gripping hand, wherein a pressing force applied to the gripping hand through the article being conveyed is... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5523101 | Apparatus for applying material to a receiver Uniform distribution of materials over a predetermined area of a receiver is assured by a multipurpose applicator wherein a gauging or metering device contacts materials on a conveyor to ensure that the materials are uniformly spread along the conveyor so... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5513740 | Optoelectronic object spacing method Fruit or other objects placed on the conveyor and spun by the conveyor are properly oriented on the conveyor by the method and apparatus of the invention by ejecting one or more adjacent touching objects or ejecting objects which form stacked triplets. An... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5501317 | Apparatus for receiving and advancing container lids of ferromagnetic material An apparatus for receiving ferromagnetic container lids from a first processing unit and for advancing the lids to a second processing unit includes a storage track having first and second magnet assemblies extending parallel to the length dimension of th... | 03/26/1996 |
