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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7784603 | Gripping device for containers A gripper for containers, in particular for bottles, with at least first and second gripper arms (1, 2) which are mounted such that they can pivot and are acted on in the gripping pivoting direction by magnetically interacting permanent magnets such as, perma... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7281710 | Conveyor system and method of setting operation thereof A conveyor system has a monitor for entering information about sheets, an input/output control console for setting operating conditions of a first conveyor and a second conveyor based on the information about the sheets, and a power control console for operating the... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7156224 | Circulating mechanism, and method of operating such a circulating mechanism A circulating mechanism includes a moving member, e.g. a chain or a belt, which travels along a circulating path and is looped about at least one deflecting member for reversing a travel direction of the moving member. Disposed in a section of the circulating path i... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7121400 | Systems and methods for guiding conveyance elements Systems and methods for controlling the planarity of a conveyance element with respect to a guide while the conveyance element is in motion. This control is achieved by coupling a guide to a conveyance element where the conveyance element is held in a level position... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6957734 | Work fixing device A work fixing device in which the load of the conveyor is not increased even when using a fixed magnet. The work fixing device comprises: plurality of plates, on each plate of the plurality of plates a work with a ferromagnetic portion being mounted; a transporter f... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6945384 | Parts aligner A parts aligner is provided with an attraction means 8 orbitally movable in a specific orbit R, and also provided with a posture shift guide 11, a regulating piece 12 and a thickness sorting guide 13 along a specific circumference P corre... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6814217 | Method and apparatus utilizing servo motors for placing parts onto a moving web Method and apparatus for receiving parts traveling at a first speed through a receiving zone and applying the parts onto a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone. Transferring devices transport the parts between the zones. The transferring d... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6811019 | Method and apparatus utilizing servo motors for placing parts onto a moving web An apparatus and method for receiving a material web traveling at a first speed in a receiving zone, forming discrete parts from the material web, and applying the discrete parts onto a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone. The apparatus h... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6705453 | Method and apparatus utilizing servo motors for placing parts onto a moving web A method and apparatus for receiving parts traveling at a first speed through a receiving zone and applying the parts to a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone. The method and apparatus utilizes transferring devices for transporting the pa... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6561341 | Apparatus for separating and supplying cylindrical cans and method therefore An apparatus whereby cylindrical cans formed of a ferromagnetic material and transported at high speed along a carrying conveyor in such a contiguous way as having no gaps between adjoining cylindrical cans are separated so as to provide a spacing therebe... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6450321 | Method and apparatus utilizing servo motors for placing parts onto a moving web A method and apparatus for receiving parts traveling at a first speed through a receiving zone and applying the parts to a carrier traveling at a second speed through an application zone. The method and apparatus utilizes transferring devices for transpor... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6375184 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet conveying apparatus comprising a conveyance belt, on which stripe shaped electrodes each fed to a voltage different from that fed to one another are alternatively arranged, for conveying a sheet in attracting the s... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6332612 | Electrostatic sheet conveyor control based on detection of particular aspects of electrode groups and recording apparatus having same A sheet conveying apparatus and an image recording apparatus in which an electrode at a particular position on a conveying belt is formed in a particular aspect, whereby the position can be recognized without a marker or the like being discretely required... | 12/25/2001 |
| 5727369 | Methods for conveying objects through apparatus, packing apparatus and methods for packing materials in cartons Objects such as cartons (16) supported in transport holders (110), are carried on a first conveyor wheel (140) and transferred to a second conveyor wheel in respective transfer operation. Each conveyor wheel has circumferential spaced recesses for carryin... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5476689 | Method for electrostatic powder coating of fasteners magnetically suspended from a conveyor A continuous, automated method and apparatus for transporting and electrostatically powder coating articles such as fasteners. Articles in an unoriented state are oriented one behind another, transferred in succession to and magnetically retained on a fac... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5299681 | Conveyor equipment Retainer grooves are formed widthwise at a constant pitch on the external surface of a timing belt to retain the lead terminals of an electronic component therein. A magnet is mounted to a rail for guiding the timing belt to attract the lead terminals of ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5167751 | Apparatus for end correction of an automotive tire cord strip An apparatus for end correction of an automotive tire strip member comprises a conveyor belt for conveyance of a tire strip member consisting of rubberized steel cords to a tire building drum, which conveyor belt is narrower than the strip member, a suppo... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5158169 | Magnetic drum assembly and method for orienting side-by-side steel can bodies A drum assembly and method for conveying magnetically susceptible can bodies from a first location where the can bodies are generally vertical to a second location where the can bodies are generally horizontal. The drum assembly includes a hollow, non-mag... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5115905 | Magnetically secured conveyor system for printed circuit assemblies An improvement to a conveyor system is disclosed which comprises a system of magnets and removable ferromagnetic strips which may be easily attached to Printed Circuit Assemblies (PCA's). In one preferred embodiment, the magnets are mounted to brackets wh... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4731171 | Process for making a lid having a tear-away opening The process and apparatus of the invention provide a coat of lacquer or varnish covering a tear-off cover, which is formed from a thin ferromagnetic metal, has a circumferential supporting lip and is equipped with a tear-off opening made by scoring and/or... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4453347 | 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... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4347928 | Magnetic conveyor A magnetic conveyor for transferring units, capable of being magnetized, from a first moving conveyor along a path to a second moving conveyor wherein the first and second conveyors are positioned at different elevations. The magnetic conveyor includes a ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4313534 | Device for unloading bottle-shaped containers A device for unloading a product or a light bottle-shaped container of synthetic resin from a predetermined jig for engaging the container throughout the production line from an injection molding machine. This device incorporates a turntable for holding a... | 02/02/1982 |
| 3941242 | Axial lead component feeder with anti-bunching mechanism A device for feeding axial lead electrical components is disclosed. The device consists of a magnetic feed bin which is constructed to produce a magnetic field that suspends the components in the bin and moves them towards a pick-up wheel. The pick-up whe... | 03/02/1976 |
