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Pneumatic Shoe Lacing Apparatus

This invention provides a pneumatic shoe lacing apparatus for the pneumatic lacing of shoe.

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Class 198/614 - And a reciprocating section


Subclass of Class 198 - Conveyors: power-driven
Definition: Apparatus including a conveyor that moves to-and-fro with
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 09/09/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7422894Apparatus for use in vermiculture
Apparatus for use in a vermiculture plant, the apparatus including a treatment receptacle having a treatment Apparatus for use in a vermiculture plant which includes a treatment receptacle having a treatment chamber therein and a base upon which material within the ...
09/09/2008
7086522Device for vibratory indexing of portioned pieces
A portioned piece spacing apparatus having at least one contoured chute. The contoured chute having at least one angle of declination, a receiving area and an discharge tip. The at least one vibrating chute being coupled to a vibrating mechanism through an at least ...
08/08/2006
6726002Apparatus for delivering substantially spherical products into a substantially rectangular container
An apparatus for delivering substantially spherical products into a substantially rectangular container having an open top. The apparatus is provided with a delivery element arranged to be movable up and down relative to the container. The container is movable in a ...
04/27/2004
6550604Self-clearing vibrating article-transfer mechanism
A self-clearing article-transfer plate for a conveyor system. The plate is disposed between an upstream article feeder, such as a conveyor belt supplying a stream of conveyed articles, and a downstream article receiver, such as a takeaway belt or an accum...
04/22/2003
6374988Accumulating conveyor for elongated stock
An accumulating conveyor for elongated stock, such as tubes, rods, bars and similar articles. At least three independently operable conveyor banks are arranged for sequentially transferring elongated stock from one bank to the next. Each conveyor bank inc...
04/23/2002
6141943Food article loading head and method
A loading head for loading food articles into packaging includes a transfer conveyor in operable communication with a source of articles to be loaded. The transfer conveyor communicates the articles from an upper receiving position to a lower loading posi...
11/07/2000
5911555Vehicle/dock loading/unloading conveyor system
A power driven, reciprocating slat conveyor (12) is provided on a dock (D). A passive, reciprocating slat conveyor (10) is provided within a trailer (T). The power driven conveyor (12) is coupled to the passive conveyor (10) so that the drive mechanism of...
06/15/1999
5558199Apparatus for forming a layer of tobacco particles
An apparatus for manipulating a multilayer stream of tobacco particles with randomly intermixed foreign particles has a vibratory conveyor which advances the stream toward and discharges successive increments of the stream onto the upper reach of an endle...
09/24/1996
5533861Apparatus for and method of palletizing unit loads
An apparatus for palletizing unit loads including an input roller conveyor, a guide displaceable between the driven rollers of the input roller conveyor and having a plurality of stirrup-shaped elements liftable above and sinkable below the upper surface ...
07/09/1996
5450943Apparatus for handling elongate articles
Apparatus for moving axially elongate articles, such as nuclear fuel pins, between work stations and comprising aligned rollers forming at least two substantially parallel paths tranversely spaced apart. Drive devices are provided for axially moving the a...
09/19/1995
5372239Apparatus for conveying plate-form articles
A conveyor apparatus for a plate form article such as a lead frame including a main conveyor line and a working conveyor line for conveying the lead frame in a direction parallel to the length wise direction of the lead frame, and a sub-conveyor which tra...
12/13/1994
5332079Apparatus for conveying plate-form articles
A conveyor apparatus for a plate form article such as a lead frame including: a main conveyor line and a working conveyor line, which convey the lead frame in a direction parallel to the length-wise direction of the lead frame; a sub-conveyor which transf...
07/26/1994
5238100Method and apparatus for handling glass sheets
A method and apparatus for transferring glass sheets from a first roller conveyor to a perpendicularly oriented second roller conveyor utilize a plurality of parallel, spaced-apart lifting arms to lift the glass sheet from the first roller conveyor and de...
08/24/1993
4796745Continuous conveying apparatus
A cooker for continuous grilling of hamburger patties and the like uses a shiftable grid which intermittently lifts the patties off a stationary grid and effects advancement after each lift-off until a U-shaped path is traversed extending initially throug...
01/10/1989
4753333Transport device for rod-shaped material
Transport device for rod-shaped material (16) for feeding a processing machine, in particular a metal saw, with rake-type supporting rails (2, 10) extending in the feed direction, and with a roller bed (14, 15) located transversely at the front end of the...
06/28/1988
4730720Device for transporting cans
The device for transporting fiber sliver cans employs pairs of rails for supporting a can during travel in a non-linear path. The pairs of rails are moved relative to each other in an endless path so that a can is supported on only one pair of rails durin...
03/15/1988
4714153Device for transporting cans
The can transporting device transports the cans by using rails which are driven synchronously by crank drives. In one embodiment, the cans rest on a floorplate while the rails are moved so as to transport the cans in a forward step-wise manner along the f...
12/22/1987
4669939Workpiece charger for heating furnace
A workpiece charging unit for a walking beam furnace has an entry table and a charging conveyor positioned exteriorly and interiorly of the entry end opening of the furnace. The charging conveyor can undergo a movement along a generally rectangular path f...
06/02/1987
4648837Walking beam furnace
A walking beam furnace comprises a hearth formed by fixed and walking beams disposed with their axes in the feed direction. Both the walking beams and the fixed beams are divided at positions spaced apart in the feed direction into sections, and each sect...
03/10/1987
4585114Apparatus for the lateral transfer of mandrels in a tube rolling mill
Apparatus for the transfer of mandrels from a lube conveyor to a parallel mandrel pre-insertion line comprises a plurality of transfer devices each of which has an arm for the direct transfer of the mandrels which is disappearingly movable transversely be...
04/29/1986
4585411Method and walking beam furnace for the intermediate heating of pipes in hot rolling mills
This invention relates to a method of and a walking beam furnace for the intermediate heating of pipes, or the like, in hot rolling mills, by means of a furnace located between the plug-mill and the sizing mill. According to the invention, in a forehearth...
04/29/1986
4505374Approach roller feed bed for cooling beds for the retardation and transverse conveyance of product lengths
Rolled stock running out of a rolling mill is parted into lengths suitable for the cooling bed. Rolled stock cross sections of various sizes are retarded both at approach speeds of more than approximately 20 m/sec and slower, alongside the cooling bed in ...
03/19/1985
4465592Vibrating conveyor for delivering a stream of green pellets of even thickness
A vibrating conveyor for delivering a stream of green pellets having a predetermined average diameter to a conveying surface of a wide belt conveyor. The vibrating conveyor has a vibrating deck having a discharge edge and conveys the green pellets along a...
08/14/1984
4457840Apparatus for delivering a stream of green pellets
An apparatus for delivering a stream of green pellets has a wide belt conveyor and a vibrating conveyor having a deck for supporting the green pellets and conveying the green pellets to the wide belt conveyor in a direction of conveyance over a discharge ...
07/03/1984
4394900Central system elevator
A conveyor apparatus for moving materials unidirectionally has an elongated, upwardly facing trough with at least one longitudinally extending semicylindrical recess in the bottom thereof. A helical flight is positioned in each such recess and is rotated ...
07/26/1983
4364468Apparatus for co-ordinating indexing movement of a conveyor with pivoting of a kickout arm adjacent the delivery end thereof
This invention relates to apparatus for coordinating the indexing movement of a conveyor with pivotal movement of a kickout arm for removing workpieces from its delivery end. A double acting fluid powered cylinder alternately indexes the loop and pivots t...
12/21/1982
4265360Article transfer arrangement
An article transfer arrangement includes a loading station and a discharge station spaced therefrom and level therewith, upper and lower pairs of parallel track rails extending between the stations, a rigid article carrier having an upper article engaging...
05/05/1981
4255074Palletizing machine
A palletizing machine for stacking rows of articles in layers on a pallet, includes an entry station for accummulating a row of articles, an intermediate support for receiving from the entry station a sufficient number of rows of articles to constitute a ...
03/10/1981
4245733Feeder
A vibration or shaking feeder combined with a drum which is rotated at high speed is disclosed. The vibration feeder includes a container having a helical ledge around the inner wall of the container for making articles in the container travel to rise up ...
01/20/1981
4174029Device for supplying linear materials
Linear objects are removed from a processing drum, one at a time and are deposited to form groups or bundles of said objects in the slots of a transfer drum. Then the groups or bundles of said objects are pushed out of the slots in the transfer drum for f...
11/13/1979
4112999Conveyor control system
A cooling conveyor control system which selectively controls a mold cooling conveyor assembly adapted to receive poured molds from the pouring rails of an automatic molding machine and transport them to a collecting conveyor or shakeout mechanism in a con...
09/12/1978
4058202Apparatus for processing products especially printed products
An apparatus for processing printed products wherein the product copies are introduced at an infeed location into individual compartments of a revolving cell wheel, processed during the time they are present in the compartments and removed from the compar...
11/15/1977
4055246Ferris wheel type parts washer
A ferris wheel type parts washer has its ferris wheel driven by a rotary fluid pressure motor under the control of a variable rate fluid flow control mechanism with means provided for sensing approaching registry of a parts supporting station on the ferri...
10/25/1977
4054047Device for receiving and discharging rolled bars and the like
A discharge device for the reception in the axial direction of advancing rolled bars or the like and the discharge of same, this discharge device comprising essentially two rotating drums, opposed to another in a way so as to be rotated on parallel axles ...
10/18/1977
4010843Device for transferring a load from one conveyor to a second conveyor
A device for transferring a load from one roller conveyor to another comprises a support adapted for shifting transversely and parallel to the axes of the rollers of one of the conveyors and lifting elements such as thin blades on said support which are d...
03/08/1977
 
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