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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7374392 | Method and device for forming a stack of packets A method and device for forming a stack of n packets, whereby the packets, fed successively in a substantially horizontal direction to an input of a substantially vertical conveyor channel, are stacked by being lifted, along the conveyor channel, by an n-start screw... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7342376 | Glass machinery motor control A machine for operating on a glass bottle. A carriage is displaceable by a servo motor having three lead lines. The rotation of the servo motor is stopped when power has been removed by shorting regenerative resistors to the three motor leads. The stopped servo moto... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325672 | Device for stopping a continuous product stream of a rotary press A device for stopping a continuous product stream of the products of a rotary press, with a height conveyor which has a lower loading region to which the products are supplied via a first conveying means, and an upper delivery region, from which the products are con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7284577 | Container control apparatus and manufacture-related plant Damage or deformation of a container in a processing device downstream a convey path is prevented. A filling device includes a filling unit (1), star wheel (2), and timing screw (3). Containers (10) are supplied to the timing screw (3 | 10/23/2007 |
| 6971501 | Screw conveyor for the transport of goods hanging from hanger supports A screw conveyor for the transport of, for example, pieces of clothing hanging on clothes hangers, comprises a screw shaft train (22) which may be rotated about the shaft axis (24) thereof, with a transport groove system (26), machined into the ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6910413 | Workpiece registration station for a decorating machine A reduction to the traveling motion of bottles along a delivery conveyor in an intermittent motion decorating machine is provided by one of a pair of workpiece feed cams rotatably supported in a side-by-side relation to rotate about spaced horizontal axes lying in a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6763926 | Method and apparatus for automatic feeding of bar form metal profiles in profile working machines A method for feeding automatically metal profiles in bar form entails gripping a group of the metal profiles from a magazine for collecting the profiles and transferring the group of metal profiles or their end to a raised position. The raised metal profiles are arr... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6464068 | Screw assembly apparatus and a method of using the same The present invention provides a screw assembly apparatus and a method of using the same. More specifically, a screw assembly apparatus is provided having a carriage attached to a nut assembly and a dog for engaging a workpiece. The carriage runs along th... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6460686 | Glass container inspection machine An infeed mechanism for a glass container inspection machine which will receive bottles on a linear conveyor and which has a support to which the infeed mechanism can be secured. The infeed mechanism has a timing cam and a frame is provided for supporting... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6435334 | Cigar feed unit A unit for feeding cigars from an input hopper to a pocket conveyor for feeding single cigars successively along a given path, wherein the cigars are fed along a downfeed channel, an outlet of which faces a rotary transfer member for feeding the cigars su... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6425476 | Method and a device for the formation of flat articles into groups Flat articles to be formed into groups for packaging are advanced in succession at a set tempo toward a transfer station where each article is made to assume a predetermined position in space, standing on edge. Thereafter, the articles are advanced in a d... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6386353 | Adjustable worm conveyor An helical worm gear conveyor (10, 110) for conveying a succession of articles (C) along a travel path (A), the conveyor having a first worm conveyor (14, 114) surrounded by a second worm conveyor (16, 116). The helixes of the second conveyor are position... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6361263 | Apparatus and method of inventorying packages on a storage device The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for inventorying packages on a storage device which consists of removing packages from the storage device with a variable pitch inventory screw, scanning a surface of the packages to read indicia on ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6149378 | Method and unit for forming group of products A method and unit for forming groups of products, whereby an orderly first succession of products is fed to an input of a conveying path along which a screw conveyor, rotating continuously about a respective axis and having a given number of variable-pitc... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6092641 | Method and device for vertically conveying packets of cigarettes A method and device for vertically conveying packets of cigarettes, whereby packets of cigarettes, fed successively to an input of a guide, are transferred to an output of the guide by means of a screw lifting member rotating about a respective axis; the ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6089820 | Unit for forming and supplying stacks of products to a machine A unit for forming and supplying stacks of products to a machine, wherein a stacking device lifts the products successively off a continuous supply conveyor to form stacks which are fed along a supporting surface by a pocket conveyor for supplying the mac... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6073553 | Workpiece conveyor with barrel cams including a dwell period for a decorating machine The traveling motion imparted to bottles in an intermittent motion decorating machine is provided by a pair of workpiece feed cams rotatably supported in a side-by-side relation to rotate about spaced horizontal axes lying in a common horizontal plane, th... | 06/13/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5967730 | Device for transferring objects A device for transferring objects comprises a feeder group provided with a screw which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof. The screw bears at least one container lodged between two steps of a thread thereof; the container housing an object to ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5864937 | Bolt and washer assembly machine and method of assembly A device for assembling an element, such as a washer, to the end of a fastener, such as a bolt, in a reliable, high-speed fashion wherein the assembling device includes the washers being supplied in a position to be picked up by an end of the shank of the... | 02/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5630311 | Apparatus for forming lots of products for the packing thereof An apparatus for forming, for their packing, lots of products fed by a conveyor and arranged in adjoining rows. The apparatus comprises a transfer chain or belt (1) stretched between two drive wheels (11, 12) having vertical axes (111, 121) and provided with ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5468146 | Billet live roller feed bed upstream of cooling beds A billet live roller bed upstream of cooling beds, where conveyor rollers designed in a worm or screw shaped manner and arranged to be parallel to the roller bed rollers transfer the rolled materials transversely to the conveyance direction onto the cooli... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5392928 | Inspection and sorting of containers A system for inspecting and sorting molded containers, such as glass bottles that includes a finished product inspection station for inspecting containers transported in sequence along a predetermined path, identifying containers to be sorted from the pat... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5355991 | Container toppling system A system for toppling upright containers forward to form a stick or line of spaced, laid down containers. The containers can be cylindrically sidewalled cans filled with product and sealed closed. The upright containers are fed into a pair of horizontally... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5341918 | Article transfer device An article transfer device for transferring articles from a first position to a second position including a transfer screw, a conveying system, a stationary dead plate and a pressure adjustment wall. The screw is constructed from a flexible material and i... | 08/30/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5120189 | Jump indexing pallet and method for heat exchanger assembly A method and apparatus for assembling heat exchanger elements includes a pallet comprising a frame and a plurality of blocks slidably aligned on each side of the frame with opposed pairs of blocks slotted to receive pairs of plates dropped into the pallet... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5107980 | High speed screw feeder device for shaped containers or bottles in glass or plastic material The device, comprising a horizontal feed screw (9) and a conveyor belt (14), is of the type as used for feeding containers or bottles (11) to special machine units, typically labelers, fillers, cappers and rinsers; the screw is of mixed pitch, its exact g... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5050720 | Interchangeable feedscrew system A feedscrew system includes a support structure for rotatably supporting a selected feedscrew assembly adjacent a conveyor in order to control articles moving on the conveyor toward a processing station, mounting components for mounting the selected feeds... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5050725 | Feedscrew system and methodology A feedscrew system includes a conveyor for moving articles, at least one feedscrew for spacing the articles, a first sensing arrangement for sensing the occurrence of a gap between any two adjacent articles as the articles move toward the feedscrew, and c... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5022814 | Jump indexing pallet and method for heat exchanger assembly A method and apparatus for assembling heat exchanger elements includes a pallet comprising a frame and a plurality of blocks slidably aligned on each side of the frame with opposed pairs of blocks slotted to receive pairs of plates dropped into the pallet... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4995531 | Ring dispenser A ring dispenser comprising a rotating rod having an acme thread along one portion thereof and a helical coil spring at a dispensing end thereof feeds individual rings to a ring transfer device located at the dispensing end of the rod. The rod is rotated ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4977996 | Warehousing systems The invention provides a warehousing system wherein garments on hangers are suspended from conveyors in equally spaced arrangement and are conveyed continuously from a delivery station to which they are supplied in a first order until they reach a dispatc... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4947979 | Transfer apparatus Apparatus for transferring articles, such as containers, along a processing path includes a reciprocating slide with opposing, rotating feed screws disposed thereon for engaging the containers wherein reciprocation of the slide and rotation of the feed sc... | 08/14/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4923571 | Apparatus for spacing apart containers that are conveyed close to each other in a single lane A screw conveyor for conveying containers such as bottles and cans is arranged adjacent a guide rail which restrains the containers to stay in the groove of the screw until they are discharged, this being known per se. The angles for the screw conveyor an... | 05/08/1990 |
