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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7654385 | Machine for front joining and sticking of oblong wood workpieces by toothed front joints and referential procedure Machine for front joining and sticking of oblong wood workpieces by toothed front joints and referential procedure consists of the flow press and entrance conveying line, and solves the problem of simple and quality front joining and sticking of workpieces, which tr... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7464808 | Gripping intake system for dual belt conveyor A gripping intake system for a dual belt conveyor includes a hopper for storing granular material adjacent the return sections of the upper and lower loop belts of the dual belt conveyor, at least one hold down roller engaging the lower loop belt such that the upper... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7334676 | Compensating roller system A compensating roller system is adapted to adjust to size variation of product moving through a conveyor system. In one example, the compensating roller system is used to control a force resulting in deflection of a conveyor belt. In a specific implementation of suc... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331444 | Conveyor transfer system A transfer system that laterally grips an open container at a position along a first belt upstream of a conveyor transfer and then transfers the container across the interface between belts before depositing the container on a second belt downstream of the conveyor ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7293682 | Arrangement for belt drive device The invention relates to an arrangement for a belt drive device, which comprises two continuous drive belts, which arc arranged to be operated by means of drive rollers (2), and which are arranged to travel around stretching rollers as continuous loops spaced... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275635 | Free flow conveyance system A free flow conveyance system includes a plurality of linear conveyance apparatuses each having a plurality of unit conveyors linearly arranged, and a pivot conveyance apparatus having a unit conveyor which is arranged between the linear conveyance apparatuses being... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7222724 | Apparatus for transporting flat work pieces An apparatus for transporting flat work pieces has a first conveyor and a second conveyor. An inlet mouth is formed from the first conveyor and the second conveyor. The apparatus is distinguished by a geometry of the inlet mouth which can be optimized with regard to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210570 | Device for the dynamic weighing of postal items The device for dynamically weighing postal items (P) comprises a plate (1) floatingly mounted on a weight sensor, and a conveyor belt mounted on the plate to move the postal items in a longitudinal direction (D) of the conveyor. The conveyor has two parallel ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7172064 | Device for feeding a wall frame The present invention relates to a device for feeding a planar section, e.g. a wall element, in relation to one or more working stations, e.g. nailing and/or hole making stations, the planar section having an upper portion (2) and a lower portion (1) a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7124879 | Endless belt A flexible endless belt mountable on rotating elements has an outer and inner surface between first and second lateral edges and a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart laterally oriented upraised flights on the outer surface. Each flight has a single medial port... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104391 | Vertical conveyor A conveyor system having an inlet, an outlet, and a first endless conveying element having a contact surface and configured to transport at least one object along a transportation path from proximate the inlet to proximate the outlet. Securing means are also provide... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7055676 | Conveyor with movable gripper and related conveyor link A conveyor suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction, and a related link are disclosed. The link may include a link body having a length extending across the direction of transport and a width extending along the direction of transport, each link bo... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036658 | Gripper conveyor with clear conveying path and related conveyor link Various conveyor designs suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction and various related link designs are disclosed. The conveyor may include a plurality of the connected links. Each link may have a length extending across the direction of transport a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032737 | Conveying apparatus for open containers A conveying apparatus for transporting open containers is provided with at least two conveying elements located opposite to each other that are adapted frictionally or positively engage the containers. Each conveying element comprises a plurality of gripping element... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029002 | Drop pocket system for reorienting flat articles A drop pocket system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by horizontally receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles, sensing reception of each flat article, engaging each sensed flat art... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021185 | Registration apparatus for a sheet material article handler A registration device for a sheet material article handler includes a movable backstop which sequentially engages a leading edge portion of a sheet material article as the article moves in a direction of movement along a path of movement in the sheet material articl... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004400 | Device for and method of processing integrated circuits A device for processing integrated circuits by communication between them and at least one control unit has at least one circumferentially driven rotation-symmetrical carrier, at least one communication device provided on the carrier for communication with integrate... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994387 | Torus-shaped conveyer and gripper A device for gripping, holding, releasing, and conveying objects of varying sizes and shapes, comprising an elongated torus (120) enclosing a fluid material (121), an outer roller assembly (136), and an inner roller assembly (134). Torus ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6945530 | Device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper In a device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper, each stack is caused to advance along a pre-set path inside a pocket, which has a resting surface for supporting the stack and is provided with at least one pressure member designed to grip the stack on the restin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6626283 | Pulley plunger assembly A conveyor system for conveying pieces or units of mail, or similar articles, comprises a fixed side and a movable side. The fixed side comprises a first conveyor belt which has a first inner run section partially defining an article flow path and which i... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6598731 | Feed mechanism for a conveyor belt A feeder conveyor belt system applies force to the upper surface of objects and assists in moving the objects over a planar surface. The feeder conveyor belt is mounted on a suspension system which allows the feeder conveyor belt to adjust to the contour ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6557696 | Inclined conveyor A conveyor apparatus transports materials along an incline. The apparatus includes an endless base conveyor belt that is tensioned between lower and upper end rollers and is aligned with the incline. A drive means drives the base belt at a selected speed ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6427827 | Transport apparatus for an information-bearing article, especially a card The transport apparatus for magnetic cards includes a belt drive with an endless belt having a portion bearing on the information-bearing card conveyed by it and an opposing retaining member opposite the belt drive, on which the portion bearing on the inf... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6382399 | Article conveyance having mechanical drive Apparatus and method for conveying articles, particularly articles such as containers, or bottles, having a neck portion with a neck ring thereon, along an article conveying path with the articles being urged along the article conveying path by article en... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6354430 | Printed-wiring-board conveying method and printed-wiring-board conveyor A method of causing a wound-on member to contact a printed wiring board and conveying the printed wiring board by utilizing a frictional force produced between the wound-on member and the printed wiring board, the method including the steps of providing t... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6296107 | Individual caterpillar, in particular for take-off devices, and take-off device for elongate components The invention relates to an individual track (1), in particular for off-take conveyor devices (2), having a base frame (4) and conveyor means (28) arranged thereon for displacing an elongated component (3) relative to the base frame (4). The conveyor mean... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6282864 | Overhead boom arrangement for a packaging machine There is provided for a packaging machine an overhead boom arrangement 20 having a number of endless belts 22, 23 driven around sets of rollers 25. The belts 22, 23 contact the tops of articles/bottles 11 or carton blanks 50 and are driven at the same spe... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6220330 | Conveyor system incorporating article guide and positioning arrangement for a labeling station An apparatus for applying labels to articles being moved in a single-file along a conveyor assembly by a primary conveyor belt. Articles such as video cassette containers or CD containers are conveyed in an upright singulated fashion along a conveyor asse... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6216756 | Log processing apparatus A log processing apparatus is disclosed for processing a log with tapered sides, the log processing apparatus including a frame assembly, and infeed guide assembly including upstream and downstream pairs of guides configured to grip and center the tapered... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6189758 | Driving device using a flexible element to adjust the nip gap A driving device for an elongated element such as a cable includes a device for simultaneously and symmetrically moving two driving track belts apart or closer together in relation to the elongated element. With this driving device, the two track belts ca... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6170733 | Breakaway mounting device for use with printed circuit board flow solder machines A mounting device for use with a printed circuit board solder machine having a pair of conveyors, where the printed circuit board is disposed between the conveyors for transport through the solder machine includes a body having a top and bottom portion. T... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6161678 | Apparatus for automatic adjustment of the length of the compartments of the conveyors of packaging or wrapping machines At least one driving sprocket (H1) and the neighbouring driven sprocket (H2) carrying the two pairs of chains of the compartment conveyor (T) are connected to each other by means of a dog clutch (2, 4) operated by an actuator (15) controlled by the contro... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6152292 | Device for automatic elimination of scraps in the manufacture of rolls of paper A device for eliminating the head and tail scraps (S) that are left after rolls of paper (2), such as toilet paper, kitchen paper, paper for industrial use and the like, have been cut from a log, said device comprising two belts (4, 5) arranged in a verti... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6109426 | Oriented bottle conveyor A bottle conveyor to maintain positive control over the orientation of bottles includes guides above and below a collar around the neck of the bottles on either side of the neck. The guides may be endless belts and/or fixed guides. Endless belts may also ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5967398 | Breakaway mounting device for use with printed circuit board flow solder machines A mounting device for use with a printed circuit board solder machine having a pair of conveyors, where the printed circuit board is disposed between the conveyors for transport through the solder machine includes a body having a top and bottom portion. T... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5950804 | Conveyor propulsion system A propulsion system for a conveyor for the transportation in single file of uniform items such as fillable containers which have a neck portion. In one embodiment, the containers are supported by suitable neck-support means such as an integral ring on sta... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5875697 | Apparatus for conveying food products of varying sizes A conveying apparatus is disclosed for conveying a food product having a wide variety of sizes and propelling the food product through a stationary knife assembly to cut the food product into discrete pieces. During the conveying of the food product, and ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5847382 | Bone detector A device for detecting bone fragments in deboned poultry carried on a conveyor belt of flexible clear plastic material. Fluorescent lights are positioned under the conveyor. A second conveyor positioned above the first conveyor is made up of a linked seri... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845763 | Transporting device provided with a device for detecting situations leading to damage A transporting device for transporting substantially flat components between a pair of opposed carrier belts guided along two parallel guide rails which extend in the direction of transport. The flat components are held by clamping elements mounted elasti... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5791453 | Transporting device with fixation finger The invention relates to a transporting device for flat objects, for instance printed circuit boards, comprising two endless carriers which are guided by two parallel extending guides, wherein the carriers are each provided with supports extending substan... | 08/11/1998 |
