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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6889818 | Wafer blade contact monitor A method and apparatus are provided for detecting contact between a wafer blade of a wafer-handling robot and a component in a wafer-handling system. The robot moves the wafer blade within the system while the wafer blade is maintained at an electrical potential, wh... | 05/10/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6530467 | Material transport device A plurality of shuttle bars are guided in a feed direction below a guide body. The shuttle bars are spaced to fit between a plurality of conveyor belts which transport a sheet of material suspended below them toward a press. The guide body is lowered to m... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6443291 | Method and apparatus for providing parts to workpieces The method and apparatus (10) for moving and positioning parts (150, 250, 350 or 450) on workpieces (160) is described. The apparatus includes a vibratory bowl (12), a conveyance and feed system and a positioning cylinder (82). The bowl aligns the parts a... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6298977 | Method and apparatus for providing parts to workpieces The method and apparatus (10) for moving and positioning parts (150, 250, 350 or 450) on workpieces (160) is described. The apparatus includes a vibratory bowl (12), a conveyance and feed system and a positioning cylinder (82). The bowl aligns the parts a... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6296104 | Electronic component feeding apparatus An electronic component feeding apparatus for separating a foremost electronic component conveyed to a predetermined takeout position from a succeeding electronic component, wherein, the separating device includes a first component stopper, a second compo... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6102193 | Method and apparatus for providing parts to workpieces The method and apparatus (10) for moving and positioning parts (150, 250, 350 or 450) on workpieces (160) is described. The apparatus includes a vibratory bowl (12), a conveyance and feed system and a positioning cylinder (82). The bowl aligns the parts a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5607281 | Transfer device in a press The grippers (2, 3), which are mounted on the transport bars (1), are provided with permanent magnets (6). In order to seize and transfer a workpiece (4), the two grippers are moved toward the workpiece from the outside, while the front surfaces (5) of th... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5229170 | Method for electrostatically transporting ultrafine particles by use of a needle electrode A method and instrument produce compound semiconductor crystallized ultrafine particles of Groups II-VI or Groups III-V using vapor phase reaction of an element of Group II or III with an element of Group V or VI. Charged ultrafine particles are transport... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5205702 | Device for introducing rolled-steel sections into a cold shear Apparatus for introducing rolled steel into the entrance of a processing machine such as a cold shear or straightening machine including a roller path for carrying the steel sections at a speed of transport in a direction of transport toward one of the sh... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5074742 | Parts feeding method and apparatus A method and apparatus are described for conveying and supplying a part, such as a projection nut, to a predetermined point in space. The apparatus comprises a telescopic supply rod including an outer and inner shaft, two magnets being associated with a p... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5067763 | Parts supplying apparatus A parts supplying apparatus for carrying and supplying a part such as a projection nut to a predetermined point in space comprises a telescopic supply rod including an outer and inner shaft, and a magnet being fixed to a proximal end of one of the two sha... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5042640 | Gripping and conveying apparatus A gripping and conveying apparatus includes at least one gripper having jaws which are supported in an orientation where the jaws are attracted together by gravity. Magnets are mounted in the opposing surfaces of the jaws to hold the jaws together and gri... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5007795 | Supply head of nut feeder In a supply head of a nut feeder, a guide member having both side walls guiding both end surfaces in minor axis direction of a flange portion of a transferred T-nut is fixed to the front end of a rod arranged movable forward and backward within a sleeve a... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4943098 | Parts supplying apparatus A parts supplying apparatus for carrying and supplying a part such as a projection nut to a predetermined point in space comprises a telescopic supply rod including an outer and inner shaft and, a magnet being fixed to a proximal end of one of the two sha... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4820102 | Arrangement for and method of stacking blanks An arrangement in a press feed line for picking up and conveying metal blanks at generally the same rate of speed they exit speed from the press, and automatically stacking them on a stacker car, or the like. The stacker car has a rotatable base supportin... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4784256 | Apparatus for assembling blower wheel blades Automatic apparatus for assembling elongated, transversely curved blades in a fixture for holding the blades in a predetermined spaced relationship corresponding to the blade spacing in a centrifugal blower wheel. A first transfer assembly transfers indiv... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4653635 | Apparatus for assembling blower wheel blades Automatic apparatus for assembling elongated, transversely curved blades in a fixture for holding the blades in a predetermined spaced relationship corresponding to the blade spacing in a centrifugal blower wheel. A first transfer assembly transfers indiv... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4597490 | Device for lifting, transferring and depositing objects A lifting surface, a deposit surface and a transfer assembly is equipped with electromagnets and counter-magnets, which when they are activated permit the grasping of one or more thicknesses of a material supplied upon the surface. The assembly transfers ... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4553662 | Apparatus for feeding pieces of laundry on a conveyor An apparatus for the centered feeding of pieces of laundry to a conveyor comprises a support for hangingly supporting a piece of laundry to be fed to the conveyor, the support is reciprocally movable parallel to the centerline of the conveyor between a fi... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4509892 | Apparatus for manipulating workpieces having plane parallel surfaces Apparatus for supporting, locating and transferring plate-like or disc-shaped workpieces between several stations or between several machines where each of two plane parallel surfaces of each workpiece is subjected to one or more treatments has at least t... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4372538 | Metal cutting machine with cut piece pickup and transport magnets A metal cutting machine has a plurality of tool carrying cutting heads mounted for movement along a bridge which in turn is mounted on rails or the like for movement transverse to the direction of head movement. Controls are provided for selective movemen... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4173426 | Apparatus for the automatic loading of a continuously working machine An apparatus for automatically loading a continuously operating machine with workpieces, the apparatus including a loading arm which is adapted to receive workpieces and a gripper which is adapted to transfer workpieces from the loading arm to a further r... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4161086 | Continuous shot-blasting machine A continuous shot-blasting machine for surface treating arbitrarily arranged batches of workpieces includes at least one blasting chamber for shot-blasting the workpieces and a turn-over device for turning over the workpieces to expose all surfaces for tr... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4120392 | Coil spring feeding apparatus Disclosed herein is a coil spring feeding apparatus comprising a plurality of elongated magazines supported by a frame in parallel relation to each other and each including a bottom and a discharge end, a conveyor assembly extending transversely of and ad... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4050610 | Coil spring feeding apparatus Disclosed herein is a coil spring feeding apparatus comprising a coil spring magazine supported by a frame, having a discharge end, and adapted to contain a plurality of coil springs, a chain conveyor for transporting the coil springs in the magazine towa... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3966039 | Methods and apparatus for continually delivering wire closure elements A depositing mechanism deposits wire bottle closure elements sequentially onto a conveyor. The conveyor transports a continuous supply of closure elements to a bottle wiring station. Closure elements which are not utilized at the wiring station return on ... | 06/29/1976 |
