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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134542 | Modular accumulating conveyor system A conveyor system having a plurality of conveyor modules which are secured together in an end-to-end relationship. Each conveyor module includes a frame and a plurality of drive rollers rotatably mounted along one side of the frame, and a motor mounted to the frame ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7051866 | Cafeteria tray accumulator A cafeteria tray accumulator includes a plurality of tray holding cages that are suspended from a drive track that moves in a loop with one transverse leg disposed above another transverse leg. Each tray-holding cage includes a plurality of shelves that hold cafeter... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6935490 | Conveying installation for transporting goods A installation for transporting goods has a conveyor belt with supporting bars carried thereon transversely to the direction of movement of the conveyor belt. Two vertically spaced-apart supporting tracks are formed in each case by two supporting cables. Running rol... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6786323 | Suspended conveyer device comprising a re-routing station The invention relates to a suspended conveyer device for conveying supports (7) for goods to be conveyed along conveyer paths (54, 58), comprising a running rail arrangement with running rails (52, 56) which are associated with the conveyer path... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6575289 | Apparatus and method for feeding spout-equipped bags to bag filling and packaging machine A spout-equipped bag feed apparatus allows an increased number of spout-equipped bags to be stored. A plurality of conveyor rails are attached to a conveying device at a predetermined space and carried along an endless track. Each conveyor rail is capable... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6516939 | Device for transporting bottles For transporting bottles with a carrying ring in the neck region, particularly PET bottles, along a specified path of motion through processing stations (2, 3, 4, 5, 6), of a processing installation particularly a bottle-filling installation, in each case... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6279729 | Article conveyance having mechanical drive Apparatus 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 engaging memb... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6227344 | Connecting device for transport chains A connecting device for transport chains for the support and entrainment of plates for moving walkways or of steps for escalators of the type having two parallel chain runs to be joined together at a transverse spacing by connecting tubes serves to fasten... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6131724 | Conveyor chain apparatus A conveyor chain includes chain links connected by connecting pins. Each chain link is provided with a bottle conveyor member attached to a main offset link member having a pin link, a bushing, and a conveyor member attachment plate of a synthetic resin o... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6125991 | Conveyor chain and system for looped sausage products A conveyor chain for linked sausages has a plurality of spaced first hook carriers with second hook carriers pivotally secured thereto between pairs of the first hook carriers. A generally J-shaped hook having an elongated shank is secured to each of the ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5996809 | Flatware sorting machine A flatware sorting machine including a feed bin for holding unsorted flatware, a sorting system for sorting the flatware, and a flatware pick-up and transport system for retrieving the flatware from the feed bin and transporting them to the sorting system... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5937998 | Device for the suspended transport of containers possessing protruding collars The device belongs to the category of transporting devices and refers to a transporter for containers possessing protruding collars and moved by means of suspension from the neck in which pulling elements are connected with driving elements in such a way ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5927481 | Arrangement for transporting wire coils An arrangement for transporting wire coils and similar products in a rolling mill or the like, including conveyor system, along which a load carrier, carrying the wire coil, is intended to be conveyed, and the conveyor system having a large number of modu... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5611422 | Materials carrying apparatus A materials carrying apparatus and method is provided. The apparatus includes a frame. A first carrier is supported within the frame for carrying materials thereon. The first carrier is located in an access position for access to and use of the materials ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5533632 | Motorized accessory holder and method of using same A motorized accessory holder (12) includes a body (4) having a lower region defining a circumferential track (14). A belt assembly (6), including a continuous loop belt (28) and support arms (34) extending outwardly from the belt, is housed within the bod... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5452788 | Device to facilitate the transport of bunches of bananas at the time of their harvest A device for transporting banana bunches includes two substantially horizontal slides supported by a platform. The slides are formed with first and second interconnected levels of moving tracks receiving a purality of pairs of rollers. Each pair of roller... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5088589 | Conveyor system, conveyor or buffer and distribution system, and process for transforming a goods flow A conveyor system for pivotally suspended carrier containers travelling through a closed path composed of interconnected straight portions each lying at a right angle to the previous and to the next portion. The subsequent portions of the path through whi... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4966672 | Electrolytic apparatus with unequal legged basket-carrier An electrolytic apparatus and a material handling apparatus, including a pair of drive chains oriented to rotate in a substantially vertical plane. One or more product carriers, each including a basket portion, are supported by the chains. As the chains r... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4942956 | Part indexing and positioning apparatus A series of rigid I-beams are secured to the underside of a driven endless looped chain and supported by a leading trolley and a trailing fixed connector. The chain is supported in a track by trolleys. End hooks on the beam support a load crossbar. A driv... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4831962 | Device for transporting objects which pass within tanks, a method of conveying objects and an installation for treatment of objects A device for transporting objects to be passed through treatment tanks indes two laterally spaced overhead conveyors between which each object moves along a path of travel at a distance from the vertical planes of the conveyors and pendulums freely suspe... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4767076 | Mechanism for automatically feeding collecting elongated core of fabrics A mechanism for automatically feeding and collecting elongated cores of rolled fabric, which is used with an unrolling machine for unrolling fabric from the cores. The mechanism includes elongated frames on which endless link chains circulate with pairs o... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4691642 | Multicable cable-car or gondola lift The cable-car or gondola lift according to the invention comprises two upper cables (10, 12) which laterally frame the upper part of the vehicle (18). The latter bears two support parts (20, 22) articulated on a single horizontal transverse axis of the ve... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4657464 | Process and apparatus for stacking spent anodes The spent anodes to be stacked are vertically suspended by their lugs to hooks. The anodes are lifted from the hooks and then rotated alternately 90° and -90° around a horizontal axis; the rotated anodes are lowered to a lower position wherein they are ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4633998 | Conveyor system A conveyor system with upper and lower runs carrying racks for articles dispenses with the usual conveyors for moving the racks along the runs. Instead, the racks are stacked along the runs, and vertical conveyors at the ends of the runs transport the rac... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4597864 | Waste materials filtering apparatus An apparatus for continuously removing waste materials from a water stream. The apparatus includes a rotating screen assembly formed by a plurality of articulated "L"-shaped links that form separate, laterally spaced closed loops. The space between the lo... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4541522 | Apparatus for loading and replacing piece goods, capable of being coupled to spreading machines The apparatus comprises a vertically extending magazine, of the carousel type, bearing the piece goods to be supplied which are supported on suitable mandrels, and which piece goods are discharged, according to a programmable sequence, on a provided loadi... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4535552 | Spaghetti dryer Wet and pliable strands of freshly extruded spaghetti are draped over horizontally disposed rods whose respective ends rest in helical grooves in a first pair of mutually parallel, rotating shafts which carry the rods and the spaghetti through a drying ov... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4473011 | Circulating aerial ropeway and car therefor A circulating aerial ropeway for conveying material such as loose or bulk goods has individual cars for conveying the material, each car being pivotally borne between two longitudinal carrying beams for swinging movement about a transverse, substantially ... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4465417 | System for handling vehicles of a revolving cableway in a parking station At least one hanger rail having opposite ends is provided to support a plurality of parked vehicles. Two conveyor lines are associated with the hanger rail and extend transversely thereto to deliver the vehicles to one hanger rail and to receive parked ve... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4395175 | Process for treating scrap anodes and apparatus therefor A process and apparatus for treating or handling scrap anodes are disclosed, which process comprises the steps of transporting scrap anodes suspended vertically from a pair of rails with their shoulder portions mounted on said rails by means of pushing pr... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4382403 | Industrial cooking machines The present invention provides an industrial cooking machine having an endless conveyor passing through both a preheat region and a cooking region with a pair of accesses to the conveyor. These accesses separate the preheat from the cooking region and ena... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4374471 | Plant for transferring yarn hanks along a path passing through a treating unit A plant for automatically supplying hanks carried on sticks to a squeezing unit or squeezer for hank squeezing, for removing squeezed hanks from the squeezer, for transfer of hanks to a movement line or apparatus and for stick removal. The plant has a cha... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4323451 | Array of filter elements An improved array of filter elements for a self-cleaning filter screen apparatus for continuous removal of suspended solids in a fluid. The filter elements are staggeringly interconnected in the form of an endless belt for movement through the fluid. Each... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4220240 | Method and machine for continuously transporting starting sheets A method and a machine for continuously transferring starting sheets for the electrolytic refining of metals, particularly copper, from the horizontal into the vertical position for introduction into a stand in which the starting sheets are stored for sub... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4184235 | Apparatus for shaping anodes An apparatus for shaping anodes for electrolytic refining in the form of flat plates having support ears extending outwardly of a top edge and opposite side edges thereof, the apparatus including a receptacle for holding the plates parallel, vertical and ... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4069925 | Apparatus for stacking hanging plates Apparatus for forming a stack of plates from a series of plates which respectively hang from rods conveyed by a rod-conveyer along a predetermined path. A toothed conveyer receives the rods one after the other from the rod-conveyer and conveys the rods al... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4020944 | Transporting apparatus A method of transporting objects wherein when the presence of one or more object is detected in a first stock apparatus, a transfer apparatus adapted to transport objects picks up one of the objects from said first stock apparatus and transports it toward... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3997048 | Conveyor systems A conveyor handling system is described for separating into discrete batches a stream of articles arriving at regular intervals. The system includes two endless belts extending between first and second locations and arranged to be driven at the same prede... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3944088 | Machine and process for handling cathode plates or the like Cathode plates with suspension bars are advanced in close formation on a pair of spaced parallel rails. At the same time, a multi-tiered bolster is moved on rollers and positioned beneath the rail. When the rails are full, they are lowered until the suspe... | 03/16/1976 |
