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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7819238 | Heavy duty slide A heavy duty slide for use in a manufacturing environment. The heavy duty slide includes a base and a rail support secured to the base. The heavy duty slide also has an inverted rail arranged on a bottom surface of the rail support. A removable bearing system is arr... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7448489 | Apparatus for transporting workpieces in presses A transporting apparatus, in particular a 3-way transfer means, for transfer presses, in the case of which, for horizontal movement, linear drives are attached and actuated such that, along with a compact construction, the linear drives allow the gripper rails to be... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7422894 | Apparatus 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 |
| 7410046 | Work transfer device for press machines A transfer feeder 41 for a transfer press 1 comprises a pair of bars 14 provided on a moving bolster 30 in parallel with a work transfer direction, a feed carrier 52 held by the bars 14 and movable in the work transfer direc... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7316149 | Inter-pressing-machine work transfer device The present invention provides a work transfer device for transferring a work between adjoining pressing machines including a work holder (30) for holding a work W, a carrier (23) provided between the adjoining pressing machines (10) and capable... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290430 | Transferring device A transferring device includes at least one gripper rail, which can be brought into engagement with at least one workpiece and which can be driven in a lifting direction, a closing direction and an advancing direction. The transferring device also includes at least ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275410 | Work transfer device in multi-process press machine A work transfer device employed in a multi-process press machine is provided with a drive unit formed of a servo motor, a cam shaft vertically provided so as to be rotatably driven by the drive unit, a cam mechanism formed of three cams including an X-axis feed cam ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7219525 | Work transfer apparatus for transfer press A work transfer apparatus for transferring a work within a press or between presses is provided which includes at least a pair of lift beams and carriers movable along a longitudinal direction of the lift beams. A pair of guides are provided on the carriers, and a p... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210326 | Work transfer apparatus for transfer press A work transfer apparatus for transferring a work within a press or between presses is provided which includes at least one lift beam which is provided in parallel with a work transfer direction and which is movable up and down, and which is provided substantially c... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7159438 | Transfer press with improved use of space A transfer press provided with a transfer device, having transfer units provided with cross members (37) for which the length is shorter than the width of a tool. The transfer units (29 to 32) are arranged completely between the processing stati... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7124616 | Work transfer method for transfer press and work transfer apparatus for transfer press or press A work transfer apparatus for a transfer press or a press, with which an optimal die can be designed for each process, is provided. For this purpose, the work transfer apparatus for a transfer press includes at least a pair of lift beams (13), carriers (15... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7051864 | Roller-guided feeding device for a wood working machine A roller-guided feeding device includes guiding rollers, an arm which is movable relative to the guiding rollers between initial and working position that are remote from and closer to the guiding rollers, respectively, and which has a feed-in roller, a pneumatic cy... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047790 | Workpiece carrier apparatus for transfer press machine There is provided a workpiece carrier apparatus for transfer press machine in which carrier motion for each press station can be individually set. A guide beam can be raised and lowered by a lifting device so that all levels can be adjusted to match the dies. A guid... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036350 | Arrangement for production of cut out and/or unformed workpieces A device for producing cut-out and/or shaped workpieces, especially for producing rotors and stators of a generator or electric motor, with at least one cutting device and/or at least one shaping device, at least one gripping device for picking up and setting down r... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032428 | Feeding unit for transfer press A small-sized feeding unit for a transfer press is provided. To this end, the feeding unit comprises: a feed box body one end of which is attached to side faces of uprights; feed driving means having servo motors disposed within the feed box body and pinions rotativ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028526 | Device for changing tooling To accommodate a press tooling carrier without interference, a control arm straight guide having at least one drive, e.g., having motor angular gears (worm gears), cardan shaft or the like is provided. A control arm straight guide permits a very shallow position of ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017383 | Press transfer system mounting and method A mounting and method for a multistation stamping press part transfer system in which transfer drive modules are mounted to pivotal supports so that rail-gripper assemblies connected to pairs of modules can be oriented to transfer blanks/parts through the press in e... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007538 | Breakaway tooling A mounting plate (16) pivotally supports a finger (14) for pivotal movement about a pivot axis A as a shear pin (34) breaks between a post (30) and the finger (14) in response to a predetermined force urging the finger (14) ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6910362 | Tilt mechanism for a transfer rail in a press transfer system A tilt mechanism for a transfer rail that is used to support a plurality of grippers for engaging and moving workpieces between a series of spaced apart work stations in a linear transfer press. The transfer rail forms part of a press transfer system of the type hav... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6826944 | Transfer device and method for controlling a transfer device The invention relates to a transfer device having a gripper, preferably a gripper rail (13), for gripping and lifting at least one workpiece, a lift drive (26) for lifting the gripper, a close drive (20) for moving the gripper (12) sidewa... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6792787 | Press transfer having a clutch drive disconnect A workpiece transfer assembly (12, 112) moves workpieces through a press (10) and includes a pair of spaced pulleys (42) and an endless belt (43) entrained about the pulleys (42) and a clamp (46) connecting the belt (43 | 09/21/2004 |
| 6793066 | Conveying apparatus for plate-form members A plate-form member conveying apparatus that includes an upper claw and a lower claw for clamping a plate-form member in between from above and below and conveying the plate-form member, in which each of the upper claw and the lower claw is formed by a clamping plat... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6742375 | System for transporting workpieces in a forming press with damage-preventing cross traverse interruption apparatus A system for the transport of workpieces in a forming press, particularly a multistation press, has at least one cross traverse for holding the workpieces, which on at least one of its ends is connected with a lifting and lowering device and can be oriented in a spa... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6729617 | Device for conveying flat objects with a synchronization system A device for conveying flat objects in series and edge-on, in which the flat objects (12) are moved in a conveying direction (D), while at the same time being separated each from the next by a spacing which is normally constant, has a synchronization system (... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6701769 | Transfer feeder Short lift beam is employed for each transfer area, the lift beam is driven by a compact servomotor for transferring the workpieces, and the carrier is driven by the linear motor being integral therewith. Therefore, consumption of electric power can be re... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6672448 | Transfer device A transfer device having high productivity and is compact. The present invention uses cross bars that have a blank attachment member that are suitable for transferring large blank materials that, prior to processing, do not have rigidity. These large blan... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6662934 | Transfer apparatus A rodless cylinder comprises a cylinder tube, and a slide table which is movable back and forth along the cylinder tube. A cover member is fixed to the cylinder tube in a state in which an attachment base is secured to the slide table. A dust-preventive m... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6622850 | Method for changing fingers in preparatory work conducted externally of a transfer feeder, and device therefor With an advancing motion, finger plates together with stationary transfer bars are moved to positions where uprights are not in the way, and finally the finger plates disengaged from the stationary transfer bars are held by plate holding members to be dis... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6607070 | Method and device for transferring book blocks into a transport device belonging to a bookbinding machine A method for transferring book blocks or the like into a transport device of a bookbinding machine. The book block is first clamped in a force-locking manner. At least one corner of the back edge or of the front edge of the book block is aligned with a po... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6604402 | Transfer device for a press A transfer device combines an advance-return drive mechanism and a clamp-unclamp drive mechanism. The transfer device operates from only one side of a press to position both drive mechanisms above a pair of feed bars thereby greatly reducing spatial const... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6461101 | Product feed system for a compensating stacking machine and method of using same A machine and method is disclosed for stacking product, including but not limited to, cardboard, magazines, newspapers, newspaper supplements, flyers, press signatures, and softcover books. The stacking machine includes an infeed assembly for receiving a ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6327888 | Transfer apparatus A transfer apparatus is proposed for transferring workpieces between die stations comprising a striker cam driver by a press ram, a rotary gear urged to rotate by the striker cam, a shaft extending from the rotary gear and characterized by a distal end, a... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6314786 | Transfer system A transfer system, particularly for a press facility, has a guiding device on which workpiece holding devices are longitudinally displaceably disposed which belong to two different groups. The longitudinal displacement takes place by way of a driving devi... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6234302 | Transfer system having a failure protection device A transfer system has at least one transfer device which is driven by several mutually independent drives in the direction of at least a closing/opening axis. In the event of a failure of a drive, an immediate stoppage of parts of the transfer device is p... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6223582 | Transfer system having a combined drive A transfer system, particularly for the transfer of workpieces in multi-station presses, includes several transfer modules, each of which has a workpiece holding device carried by at least one lever mechanism. Each lever mechanism transmits the adjusting ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6216523 | Servo-drive for press transfer A workpiece transfer assembly (10) for a press of the type including a reciprocating member and a series of in-line stations wherein each station is a further progression of the workpiece W forming process includes a workpiece engaging jaw (12) having cla... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6185979 | Traverse-type three-axis transfer system A transfer system is provided for press facilities with several successive press stations. The transfer system has divided cross traverses which, with respect to the transport direction, can be moved from the front and the rear into the tool. Each tool in... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6176365 | Transfer system for a timed vehicle transport A control device for electric direct drives of a transfer system contains at least one monitoring device which, in the case of the malfunctioning of a direct drive, switches the control device into an emergency operating mode. In the emergency operating m... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6170641 | Apparatus for transporting thin boards, in particular printed circuit boards In an apparatus for transporting thin boards, in particular coated printed circuit boards, comprising rows of spaced-apart grippers (2) which lie opposite one another and are arranged on a rod (3), in order to prevent the thin boards from sagging when tra... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6134939 | Toolless quick release of transfer bar A workpiece transfer assembly (10) for a press includes a reciprocating member and a series of longitudinally spaced in-line stations wherein each station is a further progression of the workpiece (W) forming process. The assembly (10) includes a shaft (1... | 10/24/2000 |
