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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120048679 | Device for Separating Plate-Shaped Elements The invention relates to a device for separating disc shaped elements from a stack (2). The device has a first belt conveyor device (6) and a second belt conveyor device (7). The first belt conveyor device (6) is provided for receiving in eac... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110315516 | Belt For Transferring Plies Containing Metal Reinforcements Device for transferring a reinforcing ply having the overall shape of a parallelogram and containing reinforcing threads with ferromagnetic properties and making a given angle b, smaller than 90°, with the longitudinal direction of the said reinforcing ply, comprising ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110303510 | CLEAN, HIGH DENSITY, SOFT-ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR A conveyor segment for clean manufacturing applications. Each conveyor belt segment includes a pair of side rails parallel to each other; a pair of belt-drives for transporting work pieces from a first end to a second end of the belt segment; a pair of driving wheels fo... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110253778 | Self Checkout Stands This invention discloses a new self-check-out stand capable of handling large orders. The check-out stand has a flat belt on which items that have been scanned can be placed. This belt abuts a declining belt, with both belts preferably each having abutting ends with upp... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110203902 | SHEET FEEDING/SEPARATION APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS A feeding/separation apparatus includes a feeding mechanism configured to feed a recording medium stacked on a sheet feeding unit, and a separation mechanism having a feeding member driven in a sheet feeding direction and a separation member driven in a direction opposi... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110198196 | DEVICE FOR CONVEYING AND/OR ACCUMULATING ARTICLES A device for conveying and/or accumulating articles, particularly packs, along a conveying section, and having at least two conveying elements, the conveying elements being configured as endless conveyors, particularly as belt conveyors, and a drive, the at least two co... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110174596 | SPIRAL BELT CONVEYOR The spiral belt conveyor is a conveyor belt system for trans-porting articles vertically along a helical path. The spiral belt conveyor includes a platform and a central frame structure extending upwardly from the platform. Two idler rollers are mounted on the platform.... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110134201 | CONVEYING MECHANISM AND RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Provided is a recording medium conveying mechanism including an endless center conveying belt and endless side conveying belts, the endless center conveying belt and the endless side conveying belts being looped over a driving roller to be driven by a motor, a driven ro... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110114449 | CONVEYOR-TO-CONVEYOR TRANSFER MECHANISM A conveyor-to-convey transfer mechanism is provided, and in some embodiments comprises a transfer conveyor extending between first and second conveyors for receiving items from the first conveyor and for dispatching the items to the second conveyor. In some embodiments,... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110100783 | Pallet Conveying Apparatus and Pallet Conveyance Method Conveyance pitch is modified without modifying a pallet. A pallet conveying apparatus has: one, two or more pallets onto which a work can be loaded; a first and a second pallet rails on which the pallet can be movably loaded; first and second pallet feeding mechanisms t... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20100147654 | PRODUCTION LINE A production line used to assemble, test and pack some electronic components comprises an assembly line including a first side board and a first conveyor belt adjacent to the first side board, a testing line including a second side board and a second conveyor belt space... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100126831 | SELF CLEANING BELT CONVEYOR Apparatus and methods relating to a self cleaning belt conveyor for transporting a substrate through a chamber are provided. One embodiment of the apparatus provides a belt conveyor apparatus for transporting a substrate through a chamber comprising at least one endless... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100065401 | Article-rotating and centering conveyor A conveyor comprises two endless conveyor belts (1, 2) arranged in parallel. The upper surface of each conveyor belt (1, 2) includes an array of belt rollers (3), each belt roller arranged to rotate with movement of the conveyor belts about an axis ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090266678 | CLEAN, HIGH DENSITY, SOFT-ACCUMULATING CONVEYOR A conveyor for clean manufacturing applications. The conveyor comprises interconnected conveyor modules, each of which includes a conveyor belt segment (s). Each conveyor belt segment includes a pair of side rails that are in parallel or substantially in parallel to eac... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20080220116 | Apparatus for forming hand-formed style patty using a patty-forming machine A system includes a high speed reciprocating mold plate patty-forming machine and a downstream patty presser. The high speed patty forming machine provides patties at a high production speed onto an output conveyor portion. The patty presser includes an upper conveyor h... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20050263376 | Curved belt conveyor A curved belt conveyor includes at least two zones, each of which may be defined by a motorized roller and at least one idler roller which are positioned along and between opposite sidewalls of the conveyor, and a continuous belt reeved around the rollers. The conveyor ... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050115804 | Conveyor belt assembly A conveyor belt assembly includes a conveyor belt to move an item, a drive pulley driven by a motor and a non-drive pulley. The conveyor belt includes a v-belt on the inner surface of the conveyor belt proximate to both of the edges. Each v-belt is received in a groove ... | 06/02/2005 |
