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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061507 | Sequencing unit for opening devices for gluing to sealed packages of pourable food products A sequencing unit operating along a feed path of a number of opening devices for attachment to respective sealed packages of pourable food products includes a conveyor for conveying the opening devices arranged in at least one line, and a releasable stop mechanism i... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7299912 | Conveyor for bar or pipe A conveyor system for transporting a work piece from a beginning point to an end point in a longitudinal direction with at least one process step applied in between to such work piece is provided according to the invention. The work piece is propelled in the longitu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7264108 | Transfer unit for transferring glass articles A transfer unit for transferring glass articles from a supporting surface to a carry-off conveyor, the transfer unit includes a pickup member for engaging the articles for transfer and is hinged to one end of an actuating arm to rotate with respect to the actuating ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7233838 | Transfer and positioning apparatus for automated conveyor system A transfer and positioning apparatus includes a positioning assembly located between the tracks of a dual lane conveyor and upstream of a lane changer. The positioning assembly includes a retractable shaft for stopping a carrier along a first conveyor adjacent the a... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7150598 | Pallet handling apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for handling pallets, such as for inspection and sorting, are disclosed. In a disclosed embodiment, an up-ender includes a support frame, a pallet-tilting mechanism coupled in a pivotal manner to the frame, and first and second generally uprigh... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7097023 | Finished product receiving unit of a corrugated metal sheet member making machine A finished product receiving unit used in a corrugated metal sheet member making machine for receiving finished products is disclosed to include a rack, rollers arranged in the rack for receiving finished products, two drag rods longitudinally arranged in parallel, ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7017734 | Apparatus and a method for marshalling out individual objects from a row of objects The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for marshalling out individual objects (1) from a row of such objects (1). The apparatus includes two pusher arms (8) placed one on each side of the row of objects (1). The apparatus also... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6999847 | Specimen carrier transfer apparatus for a conveyor track A transfer apparatus includes a shuttle depending from an overhead support with a pair of arms for receiving and shifting a specimen carrier from one conveyor to a second conveyor of a dual-conveyor track. The shuttle is operable to retain a specimen carrier along e... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994205 | Apparatus for controlling the deposition of feed material on a deposition build-up surface An apparatus 40 for controlling the deposition of feed material, such as coal 24, on a deposition build-up surface 64 subjected to deposition loading of feed material is provided for use in a feeder arrangement having an endless conveyor 42 | 02/07/2006 |
| 6983837 | Finished product receiving unit used in a corrugated metal sheet member making machine A finished product receiving unit used in a corrugated metal sheet member making machine for receiving finished products is disclosed to include a rack, two pivot shafts arranged in parallel two sides in the rack, two elongated finished product carrier frames respec... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6915895 | Container group delivery mechanism, and equipment and method for transporting container An air conveyer receives an uppermost container group elevated by a lift device and transporting the container group horizontally. A pushing device is provided for pushing the uppermost container group onto the adjacent airflow conveyer by contacting the container g... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6868957 | Apparatus for the transfer of a product between two angularly spaced conveyor lines The thrust bars (11), which are placed behind the product in the transfer phase from a first transport line (L1) to a downstream line (L2), have an adjustable stop (12) resting against the one side of the product in the direction of trave... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6763750 | Conveyor system for slicer apparatus A conveying surface for a slicing apparatus that can be moved in two orthogonal directions in a coordinated manner to allow a depositing of slices in a pattern on the conveying surface. The conveying surface can be an endless belt conveyor circulated in the longitud... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6415910 | Foward feed device A forward feed device for conveyor tables includes a drive element (38) that can be moved to and fro, which moves out of the table area (36) during the forward movement and back underneath it during the return movement. The drive element comprises a pivot... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6328153 | Device for feeding layers of objects to a palletizing plant A device for feeding layers of products to a palletizing plant, containing an accumulation surface arranged to receive lines of products transferred from a conveyor positioned in front of it by a pusher which acts in a direction perpendicular to the conve... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6296102 | Container rejecting apparatus A container rejecting apparatus is used for rejecting a container filled with a liquid such as beverage from a feed conveyor to a discharge conveyor adjacent thereto. The container rejecting apparatus has a pusher for pushing the container from the feed c... | 10/02/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6179109 | Conveyor device for shelf channels in shelf-storage systems A conveying apparatus (1) for shelf channels of shelf storage facilities comprises two parallely arranged, circulating conveying means (2) for receiving pallets (P). The conveying means (2) are partially designed as support roller chains (3) whose ends ar... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5950801 | Separation device for separating a first component from a row of components A separation device for separating a first component (5a) from a row of components disposed in a supply duct (2) by means of a separation member (6) disposed after an outlet (4) of the supply duct, which separation member (6) has a recess (7) for receivin... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5902092 | Self-clearing transfer arms Self clearing transfer arms for pushing a container in an assembly process to a stage assembly wherein the pushing arms are retractable to a position out of obstruction relationship to the stage assembly. The pushing arms each have a transfer arm, a gate ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5893447 | Product transfer unit A transfer unit for products, wherein a transfer device, moving back and forth in a given direction, connects a first and second conveyor located side by side at a transfer station and presenting respective first and second pockets for conveying the produ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5853667 | Test sample positioning system A positioning system for a sample testing machine incudes a base pan and a set of independent drive systems for sliding a sample tray across the base pan. Each of the drive systems incudes a paddle that engages a side of the sample tray. The paddle is sli... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5798084 | Test sample positioning system A positioning system for a sample testing machine includes a base pan and a set of independent drive systems for sliding a sample tray across the base pan. Each of the drive systems includes a paddle that engages a side of the sample tray. The paddle is s... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5762874 | Drive system for test sample positioning system A positioning system for a sample testing machine includes a base pan and a set of independent drive systems for sliding a sample tray across the base pan. Each of the drive systems includes a paddle that engages a side of the sample tray. The paddle is s... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5736102 | Test sample positioning system A positioning system for a sample testing machine includes a base pan and a set of independent drive systems for sliding a sample tray across the base pan. Each of the drive systems includes a paddle that engages a side of the sample tray. The paddle is s... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5699896 | Transfer device, and in particular, a packaging machine for cigarettes or the like, which is provided with the said transfer devices A transfer device includes a transfer tool which is activated by a rectilinear guide, i.e. by a mechanism made such that a point of attachment of the transfer tool describes a rectilinear trajectory when the guide is activated. A drive element for activat... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5542524 | Separator/feeder for headed fasteners A separator/feeder 16 in which a chute 18 stores a plurality of headed fasteners 4 in line and feeds them one by one to a shuttle 20 having a storage cavity. A piston-cylinder device 24 reciprocates the shuttle between a first position in which the headed... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5489185 | Pallet load unloader and feeder A pallet unloading apparatus for removing stacks from a pallet has a conveyor for conveying a pallet in front of a pusher mechanism and a stop member then stops the pallet. The pusher mechanism is activated to push the stacks one at a time off of the pall... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489016 | Pusher bar apparatus to remove containers from a splice plate between conveyors An apparatus for removing containers from a splice plate between two conveyors employs a sensor to indicate when substantially all of the containers have moved from the first conveyor onto the splice plate. A pusher bar assembly is then activated by the s... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5447221 | Material handling equipment with brush sweep Material handling equipment includes an in-feed conveyor having a sweep arm for traversing across the in-feed conveyor to thus sweep off the conveyor units of material disposed thereon. The sweep arm includes a brush, having bristles extending downwardly ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5417318 | Method and device for moving and positioning a center core The method and device are used to move a center core 2 from a given delivery passage to a given position and position the same at the given position, the center core 2 including in the outer periphery thereof a flange portion 12 for bonding a magnetic dis... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5370212 | Automatic pallet changer method and apparatus An automatic pallet changer comprising a reciprocating device (11) which is moved in a reciprocating motion toward a machine side and arranged between at least two pallet stations (13a) and (13b) on a pallet supporting base (10), pallet engaging device (1... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5370215 | Specimen carrier transfer apparatus for a conveyor system An apparatus for transferring a laboratory specimen carrier onto and off of a conveyor track includes a conveyor track with a moving transport surface and a support frame mounted adjacent the track. A cylinder with an extendable plunger is operably mounte... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5343999 | Feeding apparatus A feeding apparatus including a base frame, a first movable frame which is movably supported on the base frame so as to move in a first direction, a second movable frame which is movably supported on the first movable frame so as to move in a second direc... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5320212 | Bi-directional ratchet conveyor A bi-directional ratchet conveyor is shown including a carrier bar slideably mounted centrally of a frame and operated by a power cylinder. The carrier bar has a first plurality of gravity dogs pivotally secured along a first side thereof, and a second pl... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5277532 | Mechanical acceleration device in can welding machines The device comprises a flat block with a pair of rods carrying two respective teeth, reciprocated as one in the direction followed by cans conveyed from a forming station to the welding station by a pair of chain loops driven at constant operating speed; ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5228551 | Method and apparatus for transferring coiler cans to and from a can transporting carriage A transporting carriage for conveying a coiler can of curved outer circumferential surface in an upright orientation between a can stand of a sliver producing fiber processing machine and a can stand of a sliver comsuming fiber processing machine includes... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5207986 | Automatic analyzer A rack supply part, an analysis unit part and a rack storage part are formed as units which are separable from each other, and a rack carrier part is integrally mounted on the analysis unit part. The respective units are provided with locating members for... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5201892 | Rivet orientating device A rivet orienting and handling device is disclosed that is capable of controllably and accurately handling rivets of different size diameters. The device includes a manifold adapted to receive rivets from a remote hopper, a body adapted to transport rivet... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5178255 | Shuttle assembly for an integrated buffing and grinding system The present invention provides a shuttle assembly for supporting at least one pallet and adapted to cooperate with a moveable working table. The shuttle assembly includes a frame and a structure on the frame for providing at least one loading and unloadin... | 01/12/1993 |
