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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118154 | Sod handler A sod handling method and a sod handling apparatus, in one embodiment the sod handling apparatus uses a pressure differential to hold a sod slab during sod transfer, other embodiments include a sod lift member for lifting sod, a sod transport mechanism for moving so... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8079459 | Transport apparatus A transporter may move a payload along a linear path. The transporter may include a stationary base and a first arm assembly. The first arm assembly may include a first gear coupled to the stationary base, an idler gear that meshes with the first gear, and a second ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7984802 | Inspection system for rolled products of a milling station The aim of the invention is to create an inspection system (1) for rolled products (2) of a milling station, which is to reliably prevent the texture of the substrate from being impressed and/or pressing through during processing of the rolled product ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7641041 | Conveying device A conveying device comprises a body in which a power source and two scroll wheels of the same diameter and rotating synchronously are disposed. Each scroll wheel is wound with an elongated elastic extension plate having rigidity, and one end of each elastic extensio... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7410046 | Work transfer device for press machines A transfer feeder 41 for a transfer press 1 comprises a pair of bars 14 provided on a moving bolster 30 in parallel with a work transfer direction, a feed carrier 52 held by the bars 14 and movable in the work transfer direc... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7331425 | Lift machine A lift machine comprises a base, a support for supporting a load above the base, a lift actuator operatively connected between the base and the support for raising and lowering the support relative to the base, and a support stabilization mechanism operatively conne... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7210280 | System and method for loading a cargo space with piece goods A machining system and unit, especially a welding cell, is provided for use for the machining of workpieces (2), especially body parts of vehicles. The machining system has one or more machining stations (15, 16) with robots (18, 19, 20) and at ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7192236 | Shelf stacking machine The invention relates to a shelf stacking machine for stocking and removing paper reels, especially in the printing industry. The shelf stacking machine can be driven in a lane with storage places at both sides. Said storage places receive paper reels which are stac... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7137593 | Vertical conveyor arrangement for the transport of catering service goods in an aircraft with at least two decks arranged one above another In a vertical conveyor arrangement for the transport of catering service goods in an aircraft with at least two decks arranged one above another, catering service goods are transported from a lower deck embodied as a freight deck into an upper deck. A conveyor arran... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7108122 | Method and machine for transferring packets A method and machine for transferring packets, whereby, as a continuous line of packets is fed in a first direction, the first packet in the line is transferred in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, while the line and the first packet continue ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104388 | Conveyor system for stacked product An apparatus and method for conveying stacked product from an infeed conveyor that conveys the product in multiple rows and at irregular intervals onto a transverse outfeed conveyor, wherein the product is in a single row and spaced at regular intervals, wherein the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077620 | Conveying apparatus with carriers The present invention provides a carrier elevating apparatus suitable for a low floor type conveying apparatus with carriers. A cam rail 36 extends along a horizontal running track, along which a carriage runs. The carriage includes a deck 1, on which ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7007791 | Container storage and delivery system A container directing apparatus for directing containers carried by a conveyor, includes a lifting device for lifting the containers off of the conveyor. A moving apparatus moves the container off of the lifting device. The lifting device can include a lifting surfa... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6968939 | Conveyor for elongate components designed with a head and a shank The invention relates to a conveyor for elongate components (12) designed with a head and a shank. The conveyor comprises a feed arrangement (7). The feed arrangement (7) comprises a transfer arrangement (8) with a transfer region (15 | 11/29/2005 |
| 6948226 | Chassis frame packaging cavity loading method A method of assembling a vehicle chassis includes providing a vehicle frame having a plurality of packaging cavities opening in a plurality of different directions, mounting vehicle hardware components toward openings in the packaging cavities and installing the veh... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6913136 | Apparatus and method for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products A device for positioning separately supplied elongate meat products, comprises two driven endless aligning conveyors running with the transport paths substantially parallel to each other, which transport paths together form a support for the meat products for transp... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6854588 | Tray conveyor/loading system A trap door system for receiving a plurality of articles from a pick and place mechanism, moving those articles to the vicinity of an underlying tray on a conveyor, and dumping those articles on said conveyor in a pre-arranged layout, forming loaded trays, which loa... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6758324 | Reciprocating conveyor for transporting heavy cylindrical objects The present invention discloses a lift-table flatcar conveyor for transferring a roll (3) or, respectively, group of rolls of cardboard, cellulose or paper from a first station to a second station, the lift-table flatcar conveyor comprising a rail (2) ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6739448 | Method and apparatus for shuttling microtitre plates A shuttle apparatus for transferring sample carriers comprising a shuttle table having a mating section, the mating section allowing a sample carrier to be transferred between the shuttle table and a mating support structure. The shuttle table can optionally further... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6729462 | Edge grip aligner with buffering capabilities The present invention is an edge grip aligner with buffering capabilities and a method for increasing the throughput of wafers through the device. According to one embodiment, the present invention has first and second buffer arms, and a chuck arm. A workpiece can b... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6715518 | Apparatus and method for depositing cookie dough into a tray An apparatus utilizes an object holding technique for holding a tray or discrete object while supplying a dough product onto the tray or discrete object. Preferably, a conveyor transports the tray or discrete object for receiving dough products. A subframe preferabl... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6561235 | Apparatus and method for depositing cookie dough into a tray An apparatus utilizes an object holding technique for holding a tray or discrete object while depositing an extruded dough product onto the tray or discrete object. Preferably, a conveyor transports the tray or discrete object for receiving extruded dough... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6505726 | Soft touch lifter A "soft touch" lifter for an automotive "Body in White" geometry station like a framing system is disclosed having a unique lifting assembly for elevating both the automotive body and the underbody tooling to a geometry position. The system includes a lif... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6427305 | Part elevator having a transfer bar with CAM follower and slot An apparatus for elevating a workpiece includes a transfer bar movable between a first position and a second position, and a support member having a cam surface with a first end and a second end. The cam follower is engageable with the cam surface for sup... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6401902 | System and method for feeding of returnable containers Collecting system for packagings (18), preferably returnable packagings, comprising a feeding-in device (10) for the packagings, which feeding-in device is arranged at a first location, an automatic transport device being arranged to automatically transpo... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6332530 | Apparatus for manipulating block-shaped commodities An apparatus for transporting successive at least partially wrapped blocks of cigarettes or the like, e.g., in a packing machine, employs a mobile block supplying member which advances successive blocks of a series of blocks on top of an opening in a bott... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6283273 | Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus comprises a substrate processing chamber, a transfer chamber, a substrate mounting body having a through hole formed in a vertical direction and being provided in the substrate processing chamber, a substrate lifting membe... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6250851 | Bottle neck alignment mechanism for an air conveyor A bottle neck alignment mechanism precisely horizontally and vertically positions the necks of plastic bottles conveyed by the alignment mechanism from an input conveyor to an output air conveyor where the neck rings of the conveyed plastic bottles are re... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6220424 | Method and apparatus for transferring items from a conveyor A transporting apparatus includes a conveyor for advancing items and a transfer apparatus for lifting the items off the conveyor and for depositing the items at a location externally of the conveyor. The transfer apparatus has hoisting devices spaced from... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6209709 | Dunnage infeed station A dunnage infeed station is designed to receive generally planar dunnage objects such as tier sheets and tier sheet picture frames from a forklift and to deposit a stack of the dunnage objects onto a conveyor which transports the stack out from the infeed... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6179547 | Work loading/unloading apparatus A material pallet (5) is disposed on a lower portion on a front side of a main body frame (3), a product pallet (7) which is capable of moving up and down is disposed on a lower portion on a rear side of the main body frame, a workpiece carrier (19) which... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6164432 | Apparatus for feeding articles An apparatus for feeding articles, comprising: a surface; a plurality of conveyor belts spanning the surface; a motor driving the conveyor belts for transporting the articles along the surface; a barrier bar positioned above the surface for preventing fur... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6112882 | Ampule delivery device An ampule delivery device which can efficiently deliver ampules from an ampule collecting device or a conveyor into a bucket in a short period of time without breaking ampules. The ampule delivery device includes a container having a bottom plate that is ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6112881 | Product conveying assembly A conveying assembly for conveying products, and having a conveying wheel for feeding a number of pockets in steps along a path extending through a loading and an unloading station having, respectively, a loading device and an unloading device, which in t... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6109424 | Chassis/body marriage lift machine A machine for supporting and lifting an automotive chassis module into position for assembly with a vehicle body being conveyed overhead along an assembly line includes a mobile vehicle having at least one fixture arranged above the vehicle for receiving ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105749 | Enhanced matrix tray feeder A matrix tray feeder includes a matrix tray platform, which includes a pan for receiving a component, and an adjustment mechanism connected to the pan. The adjustment mechanism is activatable to move the pan from a first position to a second position whil... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5951776 | Self aligning lift mechanism A particular configuration of a compact self-aligning lift mechanism is provided for lifting the stem of a pedestal in a processing chamber while minimizing process anomalies due to geometric misalignment and binding of moving pieces. The force associated... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5896978 | Product transfer unit A unit for transferring products, wherein a conveyor belt successively feeds the products along a deformable conveying surface defined by the belt itself and extending through a product pickup station; and a deforming assembly is located beneath the conve... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5873453 | Apparatus for transferring packets of rod-shaped smokers' products Apparatus for transferring at least partially finished packets containing cigarettes or other rod-shaped smokers' products from a lower level, where the packets are advanced along a horizontal path toward a stationary transfer station, into the receptacle... | 02/23/1999 |
