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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079460 | Receptacle assembly for transporting multi-size beverage containers A receptacle assembly for receiving and holding in place flexible containers in the upright position while the flexible containers are being transported on a conveyor. The receptacle assembly includes a guide supporting two supports, an adjustment mechanism, and a p... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7954625 | Quick-change apparatus for transporting containers An apparatus for transporting containers may include a transport body having at least two segments. The transport body is arranged such that it can rotate about a predefined geometric axis of rotation. The transport body has a plurality of openings and, on its outer... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7832546 | Star wheel A star wheel for a bottle-processing machine, such as a filling machine, labeling machine or the like, includes a support fixed to a motor shaft and a wheel that is removably fixed to the support. The wheel has a base and a handling ring for the bottles, the handlin... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7497322 | Star wheel conveyor for empty plastic bottles or conveyors The invention finds application in the field of machines for orienting and aligning empty plastic bottles or containers and particularly relates to a star wheel conveyor for unloading the bottles or containers from such a machine. The conveyor (1) is of the t... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7398871 | Outsert placer An adjustable star wheel device for the indexing of items of differing sizes for use in a manufacturing process such as the attaching of outserters to containers. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7316308 | Supporting device of a transport device of a soldering apparatus The invention relates to a supporting device of the transport device of a soldering apparatus for the conveying of printed-circuit boards with at least two revolving, endless transport chains, said transport chains running in guide rails in the transport zone and ea... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310983 | Quick change over apparatus for machine line A machine arrangement includes a plurality of machines arranged to cooperate with each other in a manner which comprises a machine line. This machine line incorporates apparatus which is associated with and/or comprises part of the machines for: at least one of movi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7273144 | Rotary conveyor A rotary conveyor has a supporting shaft rotating about a respective longitudinal axis and having a top attachment end having a radial projection; a bottom platform fitted to the supporting shaft; and a circular top plate having a central opening for fitment to the ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261197 | Method and apparatus for inspecting articles of glassware Apparatus for indexing glassware through a series of angularly spaced stations includes first and second arrays of glassware gripping fingers mounted on associated carriers that are rotatable about a common axis, both conjointly and with respect to each other. Each ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7220932 | Work unit for conveying bottles between two stations and for rejecting faulty bottles A work unit for conveying bottles between two stations and for rejecting bottles considered faulty, includes a selecting disc, having a vertical axis and featuring radial seats made on its edge, for holding, in cooperation with vacuum ducts, bottles. A first track, ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7066314 | Modular belt carrier for electronic components Replaceable component carriers (40) are adapted to be freely floating in belt apertures (74) and have alignment features (160), such as conical holes (170), mated to features (162), such as tapered pins (184), in processing ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7007793 | Container transfer device having a variable geometry guide wheel A device for transferring containers wherein the containers (12) are transferred on an arc-shaped path about a central axis (A1) of the transfer device (10), which device includes at least a support wheel (20) and a guide wheel (24... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004302 | Turntable A turntable for the treatment of container for fillable goods with receiving places (1) for the container and with at least one treatment unit for the container received in the receiving places (1). In such a generic turntable the arrangement of severa... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998006 | System and method for configuring a heat transfer decorating machine for different package configurations A heat transfer decorating machine is disclosed. In particular, the disclosed heat transfer decorating machine provides mechanisms to allow the machine to be rapidly re-configured from applying labels to a particular article configuration to applying labels to a dif... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6718627 | Back-up plate up/down apparatus The present invention discloses a back-up plate up/down apparatus in which a back-up plate is ascended or descended without rocking, maintaining a parallel state. The back-up plate up/down apparatus includes a base plate; guide blocks installed with a constant dista... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6662933 | System for conveying objects A system for conveying objects (1), which comprises at least one endless transporter (2) able to route the objects (3) along a so-called transportation surface (S), the transporter (2) comprising a plurality of pushers (6) regularly spaced apart, fixed to... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6591886 | Glue wheel for a quick change roll-fed high speed labeling system A quick-change roll-fed labeling machine employs a unique container flow path, resulting in higher labeling speed and precision label placement. The labeling machine comprises a conveyor for moving articles to be labeled, and an infeed screw assembly for ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6557695 | Apparatus and method for inspecting non-round containers An apparatus for inspecting non-round containers includes a pair of carriages coupled to associated motors for rotation independently of each other on a common axis. Each carriage carries a corresponding plurality of semi-circular gripping fingers, which ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6374997 | Conveyor system A conveyor system has a bucket with a pivoting side wall. The pivoting movement of the leading side wall is actuated by a cam follower which engage; a cam rail. As the bucket passes through a carton loading station, the cam rail moves the cam follower to ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6290054 | Star feeder for transferring objects from a first conveying means to second conveying means A star feeder (4) is arranged between a first and a second conveying device (1, 2) for conveying objects in series and it serves for transferring the objects (G) from the first conveying device (1) to the second conveying device (2). In order to make the ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6279725 | Adjustable rotor machine An adjustable rotor machine having a plurality of adjustable spoke assemblies radially spaced apart for holding bottles or other objects therebetween as the machine is rotated in a circular path, wherein the separation distance of the spoke assemblies can... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6276681 | Product delivery apparatus having replaceable elements The present invention relates to a device for replacing elements of a product delivery fan wheel which is rotatably mounted. The fan wheel has a plurality of fan blades which include attaching devices for replaceably mounting fan blade tips on the fan bla... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6062278 | Machine for filling containers provided with automatic devices for rapidly locking/releasing the interchangeable elements guiding and moving the containers themselves Machine for filling containers (2) comprising a base (1a) and interchangeable elements for guiding (3) and moving (4) the said containers (2), which are supported by columns (11) joined to said base (1c), characterized in that it comprises automatic devic... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6024207 | Feed device for a packaging machine A feed device for a packaging machine having two conveying elements that circulate adjacent to one another at least along an operating path between a loading station and an unloading station. The conveying elements are driven by separate drive motors each... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5915524 | Conveyor for a container filling/capping machine A conveyor for a container-handling machine has an endless transport element having a straight upper stretch and a row of equispaced laterally directed coupling formations, a row of substantially identical cell plates each having a coupling element fittin... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5904026 | Adjustable height flight An adjustable height flight comprising a flight assembly and a cam mechanism. The flight assembly includes a flight base operationally connected to a rotational endless conveyance member, an adjustable flight bar slidably connected to the flight base, and... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5810150 | Collator for a food product packaging machine, and method of use thereof A collator for a food product packaging system includes first and second laterally spaced side frame members. Each frame member has an upper portion and a lower portion. A plurality of interconnected flights form a continuous flight chain. At least some o... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5784857 | Self- locating star wheel system for a packaging machine A self-locating star wheel system for spacing bottles on a conveyor in a packaging machine comprising a pair of star wheels with a hub and cam disposed between them and mounted on an arm which moves them into the stream of bottles until the cam engages a ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5762116 | System for filling bottles with pills A system for filling bottles with pills including a drive wheel formed with an upper generally circular plate and a vertically spaced lower generally circular plate with concentric peripheries and axially aligned central apertures extending therethrough s... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5582285 | Transport device for vessels The present invention refers to a transport device for vessels comprising a reception hub connected to a drive shaft, and a star collar releasably secured to the reception hub and centered thereon. To considerably reduce the risk of contaminations and inf... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5562279 | Combination gripper bar and device for fastening the gripper bar on a chain train in a machine for processing plate-like workpieces A combination of a bar and a pair of fastening devices, which are integrated into a chain and replace a link of the chain on each end of the bar, includes an outer vertical plate portion and an inner vertical plate portion interconnected by an inner conne... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5540320 | Adjustable star and guide conveyor system An adjustable star and guide conveyor system having adjustable star wheels that accommodate various size containers and an adjustable centerguide assembly that varies the width of the corridor between the wheels and the guide. The star wheel assemblies ea... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5394975 | Transport mechanism for machines that process bottles or similar containers A transport mechanism for machines that process bottles or similar containers. To exchange the formatting elements, a gripping mechanism having at least one gripper head is provided. The gripping mechanism can be disposed on a machine frame or bedplate an... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5392896 | Method for automatically adjusting a drawer conveyor in accordance with the size of articles to be transported, and conveyor that carries out the method A method allows to automatically adjust a drawer conveyor in accordance with the size of articles to be transported, the conveyor running along a closed loop path and including transporting drawers comprising a pair of walls which define the dimension of ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5360099 | Adjustable flight bar system An adjustable flight bar system (10) for advancing articles along a predetermined path includes a pair of conveyor chains (11) and a series of adjustable flight bars (13). Each flight bar has a support member (23) and an auxiliary member (24) coupled to t... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5351804 | Device for the transportation of objects In a device for the transportation of objects, in particular of hollow bodies such as aerosol cans, through a washing, rinsing and/or drying zone and/or for the delivery of hollow bodies from one transport element to another, bars (18) are designed to be ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5337887 | Quick-disconnect lug for a cartoning machine A quick-disconnect lug for transporting cartons along the conveyor of a cartoning machine. The lug includes a base member for attachment to studs extending from the endless chain of the conveyor. The base member preferably has a pair of slots or recesses ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5322270 | Delivery systems in the folder of a web-fed rotary printing machine A folder delivery apparatus for single or multiple-stream production includes several delivery systems which are operable in parallel and can be driven independently of one another. During operation of the folder as well as during machine standstill, the ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5316425 | Apparatus for applying covers to signatures An apparatus for applying covers to books of signatures transported along a binding line includes cover feeders for feeding at least two covers upon a conveyor line and a fastening arrangement for joining the covers in substantially superimposed registrat... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5282530 | Device for the reception and the transfer to a successive conveyor of substantially parallelepiped products or stacks of products At least one compartment capable of movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to that in which the products are fed to the device. Each compartment has a size defined by opposing vertical wall members capable of relative movement therebetween fo... | 02/01/1994 |
