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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7673735 | System for transporting substrate carriers In a semiconductor fabrication facility, a conveyor transports substrate carriers. The substrate carriers are unloaded from the conveyor and loaded onto the conveyor without stopping the conveyor. A load and/or unload mechanism lifts the substrate carriers from the ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7527141 | System for transporting substrate carriers In a semiconductor fabrication facility, a conveyor transports substrate carriers. The substrate carriers are unloaded from the conveyor and loaded onto the conveyor without stopping the conveyor. A load and/or unload mechanism lifts the substrate carriers from the ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7364030 | Apparatus for conveying objects An apparatus for conveying objects such as fruits, comprises a first endless conveyor, with conveying elements such as diabolos connected thereto. A conveying position is defined between at least two conveying elements. A second endless conveyor, with product carrie... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354364 | Apparatus for detecting the speed of an endless torque-transmitting member of a continuously variable transmission A device for detecting the speed of an endless torque-transmitting member that passes around a pair of spaced conical pulley pairs of a continuously variable transmission. The device includes a sensor that is positioned adjacent the endless torque-transmitting membe... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340997 | Press comprising a correction of a press band course A press for pressing a material to form a structural component comprises at least one revolving press band and a control for controlling the course of the press band. The control is preferably carried out via rotating rods that engage the press band and that can be ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325669 | Measuring device for conveyor chain A conveyor system includes a conveyor line, a conveyor chain movable along the conveyor line, and an electronic device located at a movable component that moves with the chain along the conveyor line. The electronic device may comprise a locating device operable to ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7293638 | Orientation unit for a fruit sorting and grading machine The present invention relates to an orientation unit for a fruit sorting and grading machine, for rolling apples around their major axes at a fixed rpm depending upon the imaging and processing speed so as to make it possible for the camera to scan the entire periph... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7246699 | Conveyor chain A section of chain for conveying product along a material handling system includes a pin connecting a center link between two side links. The pin may be dialable or selectably positioned at the side links to control and adjust the wear surface of the pin relative to... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7222414 | Component transfer systems A system for transferring electrical components. The system may comprise a plurality of electrical components. Each of the components may include leads and a physically asymmetric fiducial marker that structurally alters a physical appearance of the components. The ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207429 | Feeding device of chocolates and similar products A feeding device of chocolates and similar products for a wrapping machine includes: a first belt means which has a continuous advance motion, supports and moves a plurality of products, aligned and arranged in a single line at mutual contact; a second belt means al... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198447 | Semiconductor device producing apparatus and producing method of semiconductor device A semiconductor device producing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a carrier-holding stage for placing a carrier; first, second and third stages each for holding first and second boats one at a time, each boat holding one or more substrates; a boat tran... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175068 | Method and apparatus for containing mail articles deposited in a mail drop box A mail box configured to contain and reduce exposure to hazardous particulates, which includes a container having a deposit port at an upper end and a collection chamber at a lower end. There is at least one door at the upper end for mail to be placed into the depos... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6993978 | Pin detection system A pin detection system and/or method for detecting a pin or bolt in a section of chain comprises a chain or section of chain having a plurality of chain links connected together by a plurality of pins or bolts or the like. At least one end of at least one of the pin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6961638 | Reject bottle detection and ejection mechanisms A reject bottle detection and ejection apparatus has a plurality of sensors positioned along the length of a belt conveyor that senses whether a bottle conveyed by the conveyor is positioned in an upright orientation, in an inverted orientation, in a sideways orient... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6895661 | Component alignment apparatuses and methods A component transfer apparatus is provided. The component transfer apparatus comprises a pick and place machine having a component feed source and a movable pick head having access to the component feed source. A component alignment detector is directed toward the c... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6831566 | Device for monitoring a conveyor The invention relates to a device for monitoring a conveyor. The conveyor comprises a conveyor belt in an elastomeric material, with a carrying side for the transported material, a backing side and embedded reinforcements, as well as other components: namely, drive ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6439366 | Article separating method and apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus (10) for separating a jumbled collection of articles, such as clothing or garment hangers (23), into a plurality of separate and discrete hangers. The apparatus includes conveyor means (12, 26, 32) adapted to tr... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6367796 | Sheet-like object feed unit in sheet-fed rotary printing press A sheet-like object feed unit in a sheet-fed rotary printing press includes a feedboard, paper feed belts, connecting plate, improper paper feeding detector, swing arm shaft pregripper, transfer cylinder, non-motion roller, gripper closing cam, and air cy... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6244422 | Apparatus for sensing and controlling tipping movement of a semiconductor boat A guard fence is mounted on a transfer arm used to transport a boat carrying semiconductor wafers. The fence limits tipping movement of the boat and includes a plurality of sensors to sense tipping movement of both the top and bottom of the boat, in oppos... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6176365 | Transfer system for a timed vehicle transport A control device for electric direct drives of a transfer system contains at least one monitoring device which, in the case of the malfunctioning of a direct drive, switches the control device into an emergency operating mode. In the emergency operating m... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6164433 | Device for feeding pieces of dough to dough trays of a pre-proofing cabinet Device for feeding pieces of dough to dough trays of a pre-proofing cabinet, provided with a first and a second conveyor belt (5, 6) for continuously conveying pieces (7) of dough in a conveying direction and PCT conveying velocity, which conveyor belts h... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6135265 | Mail handling tower with extended conveyor A mail-handling tower (10) is associated with a mail container conveyor (12, 312). AC line power is supplied to the tower, which in turn supplies power at low voltage to power the associated conveyor directly by way of two ports (20a, 20b) and indirectly ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6050389 | Carrier apparatus with more than one carrier belts and processing apparatus therewith A carrier apparatus is provided with a first carrier mechanism, a second carrier mechanism, and a sensor. The first carrier mechanism has a holding portion holding a substrate, a driving pulley, an idler pulley, and a first endless belt, the first endless... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5904236 | Optoelectronic object spacing apparatus and method for operating the same 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... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5881860 | Product conveying method A method of conveying products, whereby a product is fed by a conveying device along a path to a pickup station, through which is fed a gripping member for picking up the product; the product is secured to the conveying device, and a position of the produ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5871082 | Orientation parts feeder An orientation parts feeder for successively feeding parts wherein each part has an irregular cross section. The feeder includes a rotating drum supported for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis. The drum has on its inner cylindrical surface a ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5865291 | Optoelectronic object spacing apparatus and method for operating the same 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... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5749454 | Conveyor system with driven roller transfer assembly A conveyor system having an improved conveyor transfer assembly is provided for transferring articles from the end of a first conveyor to the start of a second, in-line conveyor. The conveying surface of the transfer assembly is formed by rollers driven b... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5718322 | Conveyor safety tray The forks of a conveyor tray are hingedly mounted between two end forks rdly interconnected by a cross-bar and through which electrically powered drive chains impart movement to the tray along a vertical conveyor path. The hingedly mounted tray forks are... | 02/17/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5697489 | Label processing machine A machine for labeling or delabeling vessels is disclosed. The machine has a turret with a series of work stations and input and output transfer stations for supplying and removing vessels to and from the turret. Input and output star wheel assemblies are... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5688103 | Vibration reducer for transfer apparatuses This invention aims at reducing the vibration occurring during a motion of a vacuum transfer apparatus in a transfer press, and preventing the misfeeding of a workpiece. To achieve this object, accelerometers (30, 32) are set on one of lift bars (1) and a... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5685411 | Article conveyor system An article conveying system including a conveyor belt having a plurality of slats movable along a slider bed. A nozzle system directs a water and detergent flush along the water bed beneath the conveyor belt to remove debris. A water tank and scrap basket... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5651446 | Optoelectronic object spacing apparatus and method for operating the same 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... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5584373 | Conveyor system with passive roller transfer assembly A conveyor system with an improved roller transfer assembly is provided for transferring articles from the end of a first conveyor to the start of a second, in-line conveyor. A conveying surface is formed by a plurality of rollers that span substantially ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5540317 | Machine to detect and process to correct capacitor chip misalignment in loading for processing In a capacitor chip processing apparatus, including a rotating loading wheel mounted on a spindle and carrying an inventory of chips, passageways formed in the wheel for receipt of chips from the inventory in controlled alignment, a belt containing resili... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5518122 | Modular mail processing method and control system A modular mail processing method and control system for sorting pieces of incoming, internal, and outgoing mail including a plurality of sorting bins which correspond to either mail stops or zip codes depending on which sort plan is selected. The modular ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5516090 | Mounting arrangement for a binding line An improvement in a binding line comprises a mounting device for mounting gathering assist apparatus in a fixed position with respect to a binding chain and independently from a packer box. The packer box can then be moved away from the binding chain with... | 05/14/1996 |
| 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 |
