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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118155 | Panel sorting method and panel sorting device In sorting workpieces by using a panel sorting device, a lateral movement amount of a cross shuttle is approximately half of a width W of the workpiece, which is remarkably smaller than that in a conventional device. Therefore, the workpieces can be efficiently tran... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7909159 | Adjustable multi-lane conveyor A conveyor including a plurality of individual conveyor units associated with a common conveyor frame and adapted for independent lateral and vertical position adjustment. The conveyor units form independent conveyors capable of conveying an object. The position of ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7338422 | Folding and threading station of a folding box gluing machine and method of moving the threading station A folding box gluing machine contains one upper and lower transport belt disposed on each side of the machine. A lower transport belt is guided in a roller cheek and an upper transport belt is guided in a roller rail. A central roller cheek and a central roller rail... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7267519 | Loading conveyor with folding hopper for agricultural commodity carts An agricultural commodity cart loading conveyor apparatus comprises a conveyor mounted to an agricultural commodity cart. A hopper is pivotally attached to the lower end of the conveyor tube and a hopper conveyor section is mounted along a bottom of the hopper. The ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7077262 | Device and method for conveying and holding plate-like member In a component mounting work area, two electronic circuit boards are placed in a zigzag manner and components are mounted independently on each board. Two sets of working their drive units, board conveying/holding devices recognition cameras and so forth are also ar... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6994140 | Device for constructing a belt for pneumatic vehicle tire Device for conveying and preparing belt construction strip having parallel reinforcing members embedded in belt construction material includes first and second conveying devices, successively positioned in the feed direction without lateral stops for belt constructi... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988612 | Device for transferring/holding sheetlike member and its method In a component mounting work area, two electronic circuit boards are placed in a zigzag manner and components are mounted independently on each board. Two sets of working their drive units, board conveying/holding devices recognition cameras and so forth are also ar... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6976573 | Transport system for articles, in particular containers for baggage pieces, and control method for the transport system A transport system for articles includes an upper conveyor and a lower conveyor, and an elevator having an elevator conveyor and movable in a vertical direction between a lower end position in which the elevator conveyor is in alignment with the lower conveyor, and ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6908380 | Hinged unloading auger for an agricultural combine A hinged unloading auger for an agricultural combine that reduces the portion of the unloading auger that extends beyond the rear end of the combine when the unloading auger is in its storage position. The horizontal section of the unloading auger includes a hinged ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6722027 | Method of positioning of self-adjusting printed circuit board support A printed circuit board support including a first member having a planar upper surface for supporting a printed circuit board. At least one second member is movably coupled to a first side of the first member and movable toward and away from the side of the movable ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6705001 | Apparatus for assembling integrated circuit packages Apparatus for the manufacture of a component such as an integrated circuit chip, including: a plurality of processing stations forming a production line for the manufacture of the component, a conveyor adapted to transport component forming materials from one proces... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6419079 | Machine for gluing folding cartons for producing cartons from blanks A gluing machine has, for transporting the blanks therethrough a roller belt mounted upon a roller cheek and an upper belt mounted upon a roller rail, both the roller cheek and roller rail being shiftable transversely to the direction in which the blanks ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6401908 | Apparatus for processing lumpy material The invention relates to an apparatus for processing lumpy, essentially spherical material such as pellets, so that the lumpy material can be applied on a surface that is set in an essentially continuous motion, as an advantageous layer for the further pr... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6367614 | Multi-direction transfer conveyor A multi-direction transfer conveyor for off-loading a stack of paper from a first work station or conveyor, rotating the stack 90 degrees left or right and aligning the stack with a second conveyor, for example. Guide components which may be ball casters ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6281478 | Food cooking apparatus Food cooking apparatus having a two conveyor belts, one of which is heated by a platen to provide a moving cooking surface. Since both belts are movable, they are operable to grip a bun heel or crown and convey it along a cooking path between the two belt... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6273412 | Lower envelope transport mounting and adjusting apparatus A mounting assembly for mounting a lower envelope transport onto a chassis of an envelope insertion station. The mounting assembly includes mechanisms for a three-plane adjustment in XYZ directions so that the positioning relationship between the lower en... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6201218 | Food cooking apparatus with removable conveyor assembly and serpentine heater providing non-uniform heating Food cooking apparatus comprises two conveyor belts, one of which is heated by a platen to provide a moving cooking surface. Since both belts are movable, they are operable to grip a bun heel or crown and convey it along a cooking path between the two bel... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6196097 | Bacon slicer system A bacon slicing system (10) includes a conveying system (20). The conveying system (20) is mounted for sliding between a first and second lateral position. The conveyor belt (65) of the conveying system (20) is rotatable in a longitudinal direction which ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6088911 | Electronic component transferring apparatus An electronic component transferring apparatus for transferring electronic components, including at least one movable member, a movable-member moving device which moves the movable member, a rotary head which is supported by the movable member such that t... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085890 | Heap leach stacking process A method for forming a plurality of cells of material wherein a relocatable conveyor is located in front of an area in which the plurality cells are to be formed, and a portable conveyor system is disposed to transfer material from the relocatable conveyo... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6086061 | Automatic product loader for use with sheet feeders An automatic product loader adapted for loading flat sheet products into a hopper of a friction sheet feeder, upon demand, and includes a frame that adjustably supports a horizontal bed that can readily be elevated and lowered as well as be longitudinally... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6073342 | Circuit-substrate-related-operation performing system A system for performing an operation for a circuit substrate, including a plurality of main conveyors each of which conveys, positions, and supports a circuit substrate, the plurality of main conveyors being arranged in a direction perpendicular to a circ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5873449 | Shift table for use in a product conveyor system having workstations A workstation includes a support assembly with at least one longitudinally extending rail. A longitudinally extending conveyor is slidably mounted to the rail for sliding movement between a home position, where the conveyor is predominately provided for w... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5727674 | Stacker-bundler transfer apparatus with powered roller table An improved bundle transfer apparatus for sheet material in signature form is provided. The apparatus includes a frame having rails on which a bundle transfer vehicle is mounted. The bundle transfer vehicle has a platform which is movable to a position un... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5497985 | Method and apparatus for temporarily storing and transporting successive textile sheets A method is provided for temporarily storing a series of successive textile sheets having a length L in an overlapping relationship in a collecting apparatus, including the successive steps of conveying the textile sheets one after another to an inlet of ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5439096 | Dough slice conveying apparatus Provided is a dough slice conveying apparatus in which a dough slice can peel off from the reversing part in the terminal of a front side conveyer belt without being deformed and without being dropped between the front side conveyer belt and the rear side... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5427228 | Conveyor for sorting generic products to packaging or cartoning machines The conveyor comprises a plurality of main conveyance units with respective conveyor belts that move in a main conveyance direction and at least one sorting unit which is interposed between two main conveyance units and is provided with an auxiliary belt ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5271210 | Packaging machine with reciprocating conveyor In a film packaging machine wherein a pair of sealing bars are caused to move linearly with said film so as to increase the sealing cycle time, a pair of control belts are mounted so as to reciprocate in unison with said sealing bars. The control belts, w... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5269119 | Linearly reciprocating conveyor apparatus In a film packaging machine wherein a pair of sealing bars are caused to move linearly with said film so as to increase the sealing cycle time, a pair of control belts are mounted so as to reciprocate in unison with said sealing bars. The control belts, w... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5209339 | Conveyor system for multiplying slices of product A conveyor system for multiplying one or more input streams of product into two or more output streams of product is constituted by an input conveyor (4) for conveying the one or more input streams of product, a transfer conveyor (5) which is movable bodi... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5197590 | Hopper loader A hopper loader interfaced with a variety of hoppers/feeders having a horizontal infeed conveyor with a hand-feed belt section near the input end movable between an operative position for hand-feed operation and a lowered position to facilitate automatic ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5180157 | Self contained transport apparatus with drawer mount An apparatus for conveying sheets of paper along a paper path comprises an outer frame having an inlet end for connection to an upstream conveying device and an outlet end for connection to a downstream conveying device. The outer frame has a hollow inter... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5149081 | Feed table unit of a sheet-fed printing machine A feed table unit of a sheet-fed printing machine with machine side frames for feeding sheets of paper from a stacker to a printing unit includes a feed table including a table top, two side parts holding the table top, a conveyor having a drive for revol... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5038918 | Root crop harvester A root crop harvester including two endless web sections, with the first section overhanging the second section to form a step portion, and drive mechanism to vibrate the two web sections in their own planes by amounts that are unequal or can be made uneq... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4955464 | Conveyor device for transporting workpieces A conveyor device for transporting workpieces, particularly workpiece carriers (80) has two parallel transport ways (1, 2) and a transverse conveyor (3) arranged between the latter. The support frame of the transverse conveyor (3) has an immovably arrange... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4909699 | Freight discharge of railway wagons A freight discharge assembly particularly for a unit of railway hopper wagons (10) comprising an endless conveyor (30) arranged to run under the hoppers to receive material falling from the hoppers under gravity, a drive drum (36) at each end of the unit ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4909697 | Automated work station An automated work station which may be used when needed in conjunction with two vertical temporary holding conveyors makes use of a tiltable table and associated transition table for each conveyor. One tiltable table is shifted to a first upper horizontal... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4907938 | Loading apparatus for a platen press used in making particle board The loading apparatus for a platen press with at least one press stage used in making particleboard, especially chipboard and/or fiberboard, from a mat comprises a loading frame which has at least one loading stage and a belt tray insertable into the pane... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4852721 | Ball-type conveyor A ball-type conveyor has a stationary support frame and a plate on the support frame formed with a plurality of generally parallel rows of holes extending transversely of a longitudinal transport direction. Underneath each row of balls is a respective sha... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4776445 | Device for transferring the cup heap of debris onto a drift conveying means A device for transferring the debris cut by a cutting machine during mining operations onto a drift conveyer comprises a pair of bridge conveyers connected to each other. The first bridge conveyer has its receiving end pivotally connected to the cutting m... | 10/11/1988 |
