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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7478722 | System for transporting coat hangers The invention relates to a system for transporting coat hangers employing a conveyor screw capable of being driven about its longitudinal axis by a driving system. The conveyor screw is adapted to convey, in a direction of transport, hook coat hangers to be transpor... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7270228 | Hanger for conveyor assembly A hanger for an overhead conveyor system has a member including spaced-apart-shaped portions generally along a first axis a distance that is generally equal to a distance between adjacent load pins of a conveyor chain or a whole number multiple of the distance betwe... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7178661 | Overhead conveyer with high friction drive tube An overhead rotatably powered conveyer drive shaft has ridges inter-engaged with skewed driven wheels mounted for free rotation on a load carrying carriage to trace a helical loci of engagement and improve traction. The ridges are preferably extruded to be parallel.... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6698575 | Installation for transporting objects on conveying paths by means of a conveying-comb-driven transporting roller An installation for transporting objects, in particular items of clothing hanging on clothes hangers, on conveying paths of a transporting roller, in particular a roller having two parallel spaced-apart flanges on end sides thereof and a central part loca... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6474463 | Conveying device, especially a suspended conveying device, and components belonging thereto The invention relates to a conveying apparatus, in particular overhead conveying apparatus, for transporting conveyable articles along at least one conveying route (2). The conveying apparatus comprises a carrying-profile arrangement (4) which extends alo... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6269934 | Load-carrying connecting bar assembly for a conveyor A conveyor (12) is provided that includes a power mechanism housing (18), a power mechanism (16), a linkage (27), and a connecting bar (10). The power mechanism housing is formed to include a power slot (26). The power mechanism is positioned to lie in th... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6269944 | Channeled beam extruded of aluminum alloy for crane or conveyor A beam extruded of aluminum alloy for use in cranes and conveyors is formed with a channel having runs that straddle an open bottom and are strengthened by pin receivers formed in C-shapes with material integrally extruded under the runs. An upper region ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 5819906 | Suspension conveyor installation A suspension conveyor installation having rollers (4) which are selectively linked to a drive chain (16) by driver elements (13). The driver elements (13) are arranged as link plates on the pins (15) of the drive chain (16) so as to be pivotable with resp... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5456346 | Continuous conveyor for transporting individual hangers A continuous conveyor for transporting individual clothes hangers, the conveyor being inclined by an angle with respect to a horizontal axis which is perpendicular to the transport direction, and having a driven circulating chain. The chain has triangular... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5411133 | Newsprint conveyor link assembly A newsprint conveyor assembly comprising a carrier for a transverse rod that transports newsprint; a support for the carrier, including two branches including two primary plate portions that are relatively long and extend endwise longitudinally in paralle... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5398598 | Food processing transport system A food product processing transport system (300) includes an overhead transport rail (302) having first and second runs (356 and 358, 390 and 392), a food product carrier (310) suspended from the rail and defining a vertical plane, a drive mechanism (326)... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5320211 | Backstop device of carrier in trolley conveyor A backstop device of a carrier in a trolley conveyor having the carrier riding on a traveling rail in and out of engagement with a travelling chain. The carrier has traveling rollers with backstop rings fixedly and interiorly mounted thereupon. Each of th... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5103718 | Apparatus and method for processing of a food product An apparatus and method for processing a food product. A series of processing cabinets are each provided with an inlet and an outlet in one of the cabinet side walls adjacent an end wall. The product is carried by a series of individual product carriers, ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5000308 | Cable conveyor for light loads, in particular garments A cable conveyor for transporting hanging light loads such as garments suspended on hangers, said conveyor comprising a mainly horizontal active flight and a non-active return flight said active flight being supported by a number of carrying rollers and b... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4706800 | Device for conveyor tracks A device for use with conveyor tracks, comprising a continuous drive element (2), arranges so as to be moved by drive device (30) on a track with steering mechanisms for the drive element and load-carrying elements moving along the track, they being equip... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4294345 | Universal joint-link chain A universal joint-link chain comprising a plurality of chain links, one end of each chain link being provided with a hinge body and the opposite end with a hinge socket, the hinge socket of one chain link receiving the hinge body of the neighboring chain ... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4289064 | Automated cooker An automated cooker for sandwiches and the like. The automated cooker includes a pair of heating elements spaced one from the other so as to provide passage therebetween. A motor drives a conveyor which carries a plurality of individual sandwich holders t... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4266657 | Chain bracket with strengthened chain supports An improved chain bracket, and especially a trolley bracket assembly for use with conveyor chains in overhead conveyor systems. The bracket and assembly parts are economically stamped from sheet metal and include strengthened, reinforced chain link suppor... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4266658 | Chain bracket with strengthened chain supports An improved chain bracket, and especially a trolley bracket, for use with overhead conveyor chains and a method for making same which provides an economical bracket having increased chain support strength. The bracket is stamped from sheet metal and inclu... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4245562 | Power and free conveyor system A power and free conveyor system comprising a power track along which carriers are moved by a power conveyor. Each carrier comprises a plurality of substantially identical trolley bodies which are interconnected to one another. Each trolley body includes ... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4210238 | Chain bracket with strengthened chain supports An improved chain bracket, and especially a trolley bracket assembly for use with conveyor chains in overhead conveyor systems. The bracket and assembly parts are economically stamped from sheet metal and include strengthened, reinforced chain link suppor... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4144817 | Trolley conveyor A trolley conveyor comprising a hollow guide rail within which an endless conveyor chain is centrally supported by guide rollers. A plurality of spaced U-shaped hangers supported by said chain extend through a longitudinal opening in one side of the guide... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4073236 | Power and free conveyor system A power and free conveyor utilizing a drive chain and a load supporting track, both disposed in the same lineal direction with a magnetic pick up on the drive chain with pivotally mounted magnets which cooperate with an angled magnetic ramp on the load ca... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4036356 | Product handling equipment for an imbricated product formation Equipment for the handling and manipulation of articles, especially printed products arriving in a fishscale or imbricated formation, comprising a multiplicity of clamps for engaging said products, each of said clamps comprising clamp jaws forming a clamp... | 07/19/1977 |
