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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7323643 | In-feed control and dispersion apparatus for fresh food This invention relates to an in-feed control and dispersion apparatus, in the field of fresh food product industry. The apparatus receives a product from an in-feed device and delivers it to one or more receiver units. The apparatus includes a first product dispersi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303063 | Sequential stepped movement staging device A sequential stepped movement staging device comprises six legs 70 of equal length extending radially from a central sphere 46 in an X-Y-Z orthogonal relationship. The sphere 46 and legs 70 are held in a horizontally fixed position relati... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303062 | Bulk material pump feeder with reduced disk jamming A bulk materials pump feeder having a housing and a rotating drive rotor for transferring material from an inlet to an outlet of the housing. The drive rotor has a hub. Drive disks extend away from the hub toward a housing inner wall. Three structural features of th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7284652 | Tiered control architecture for material handling A control architecture for material handling includes multiple tiers of controllers, such as three. The lowest-level controllers interact directly with sensors and actuators used in the material handling system, such as photo-eyes and motors used with conveyors. The... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264237 | Sheet stacking-aligning apparatus, sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus The sheet stacking-aligning apparatus or the sheet processing apparatus includes a substantially horizontal stacking tray, a rear end aligning unit for aligning a rear end of a sheet bundle on the stacking tray, and a control unit for controlling an operation of the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7222721 | Transferring apparatus, carrying apparatus, and transferring method A transferring apparatus is provided between a plurality of carrying apparatuses, each carrying apparatus comprising support means for supporting carried products Wf, guide means for controlling the moving direction of the support means, the guide means being provid... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207431 | Conveyor belt drip pan assembly A conveyor belt drip pan assembly having a deck frame with a main surface section for receiving falling particles from a traveling conveyor belt. Elongated upright ramp members are secured to the sides of the deck frame. A scraper blade is reciprocally movable by a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7074030 | Scraping assembly for an extrusion die and method of use therefor An apparatus for scraping a lip of an extrusion die includes a scraping surface pressed against the lip. The scraping surface is movable along the lip of the die to clean debris, such as hardened thermoplastic, from the surface of the lip. The scraping surface may b... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7051863 | Transferring apparatus, carrying apparatus, and transferring method A transferring apparatus is provided between a plurality of carrying apparatuses, each carrying apparatus comprising support means for supporting carried products Wf, guide means for controlling the moving direction of the support means, the guide means being provid... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044288 | Bulk material pump feeder with reduced disk jamming A bulk materials pump feeder having a housing and a rotating drive rotor for transferring material from an inlet to an outlet of the housing. The drive rotor has a hub. Drive disks extend away from the hub toward a housing inner wall. Three structural features of th... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7017733 | Driver, especially for use in collecting and packaging machines A driver for use in collecting and packaging machines has a base member securable on a transport system. A drive lever is arranged pivotably on the base member so as to pivot at least between a swung-out drive position and a folded safety position. A spring element ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6957675 | Wood flooring for use in making trailer and container floors, and method and apparatus for making the same An apparatus and method for simultaneously pressing together longitudinally a plurality of individual strips of wood, each strip being provided with a finger joint at each end. The strips are jointed end to end in a number of rows to form a floorboard. The apparatus... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6945410 | Automatic transfer table for a woodworking machine The invention is an automatic, unmanned, powered, variable speed transfer table for a finger joint machine which receives a controlled supply of blocks from a lineal block feeder. The slat chain is composed of two chain loops, connected at regular, equal intervals b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6746007 | Method and apparatus for controlling enclosure material feeding in a mail inserting system A collating system having a plurality of feeders to release enclosure materials onto a deck and a plurality of pusher finger pairs moving along the deck for collating the released materials. The pusher finger pairs are mounted on a pair of moving belts at pre-determ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6715601 | Method for control of the chain drive mechanisms of underground working machines, especially chain scraper conveyors, and a chain scraper conveyor The invention relates to a method for the control of the chain drive mechanisms of underground working machines and a correspondingly equipped chain scraper conveyor. The invention proposes to filter out a detection signal (Serk), representative of the cu... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6662933 | System for conveying objects A system for conveying objects (1), which comprises at least one endless transporter (2) able to route the objects (3) along a so-called transportation surface (S), the transporter (2) comprising a plurality of pushers (6) regularly spaced apart, fixed to... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6490979 | Inclined shopping cart conveyor system An inclined conveyor for transporting shopping carts between an upper floor and a lower floor. The inclined conveyor includes a continuous conveyor assembly having a conveyor belt including a plurality of spaced drive lugs that engage a shopping cart. The... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6189682 | Position control apparatus and method for controlling the movement of a block in a woodworking machine The present invention provides an automatic lug loader to place blocks on each lug on a lug conveyor in a finger jointing machine. The lug loader includes a support structure with a control station and a feed table. A powered loading conveyor overlies the... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6135269 | Drive roller unit A drive roller unit is provided for use in a roller drive unit for the conveyance of objects on the freight deck of an aircraft. The drive roller unit comprises a drive motor to drive a drive roller which, when in an operating position, can be brought int... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5810154 | Low actuation force article sensor for conveyor An article sensor for use with a conveyor having an article conveying surface includes a sensing member, a pivot which pivotally mounts the sensing member to pivot about a horizontal axis, and a bias which biases the sensing member above the conveying sur... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5641158 | Apparatus and method for receiving a sheet from a first direction and feeding the sheet in a second direction Apparatus and method for receiving a sheet from a first direction and transporting the sheet in a second direction. The apparatus comprising: a device for feeding the sheet in the second direction; a deck having an imput end for receiving the sheet from t... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5552691 | Microprocessor motor control A method for providing motion information for a motor controller is accomplished by defining a determined set of motion parameters for describing a desired motion in terms of encoder position data. The parameters are stored for use in calculating the desi... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5489016 | Pusher bar apparatus to remove containers from a splice plate between conveyors An apparatus for removing containers from a splice plate between two conveyors employs a sensor to indicate when substantially all of the containers have moved from the first conveyor onto the splice plate. A pusher bar assembly is then activated by the s... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5443014 | Floor mounted on demand conveyor An above the floor conveyor is provided for transporting a wheeled vehicle having a plurality of tires across a floor surface with a pair of the vehicle's tires oriented in a guided track. The conveyor includes a drive and idle sprocket which are spaced a... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5437359 | Parts insertion machine An apparatus and method for feeding a printed wiring board automatically sets a feeding stroke with respect to different types of printed wiring boards and sequentially feeds the boards. In the apparatus for sequentially feeding a printed wiring board to ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5413212 | System and method for automatic correction of pusher position after power loss A system and method for correcting position of a pusher member after power loss to a motor controlling the pusher includes a pusher transport having at least one pusher member mounted to belt and a controller for controlling the pusher transport. A motor ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5350055 | Conveyor mechanism having selectively positionable pushing fingers and having finger positioning cam arrangement A conveyor includes two spaced guide rails over an upwardly facing support surface which can slidably support an article to be conveyed, the support surface having a plurality of parallel slots. Two movably-supported chains below the support surface suppo... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5346352 | Freight moving apparatus in carrier vehicle A freight moving apparatus comprising: a conveyor for receiving a freight and conveying the freight between a first predetermined position in a carrier vehicle and a second predetermined position in a freight station; an electric motor for driving the con... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5339615 | Device to move spinning cans The invention relates to a device to convey spinning cans from a first into a second position by a movable traveller. The traveller intersects the projection of housing sections and/or of the can guides on the plane of the movement of the traveller. An ac... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5337885 | Alignment monitor and method A travel monitor for a rectangular sludge conveyor having a plurality of scrapers attached to and driven by a pair of chains, each of which is formed in a closed loop having an upper run. A pair of detector sprockets independently engage and are driven by... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5289912 | Animal confinement building cleaning system An animal confinement building includes an upper animal floor and a lower animal waste pit having a lower floor. Scrappers are mounted on a continuous cable movable back and forth the length of the lower pit floor. Controls for the cleaning system are mou... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5267709 | Variable power conveyance apparatus A variable power conveyance apparatus for propelling loads under environments where the angle of inclination of a conveyance path may change. For these apparatuses, in particular, those located in aircraft cargo bays, drive units are constructed to drive ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5203669 | Garbage truck An improved garbage truck is disclosed having an inlet opening leading into a tipping section, where a press reciprocally moves in the tipping section, guided along the side walls thereof, to propel garbage through an opening into a removable container. T... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5174212 | Method and apparatus for controlling train positioners using motor energy to determine the mass of the train and the mass of the train to determine maximum deceleration A method and apparatus for operating a train positioner for moving one or more railroad cars of a unit train are disclosed. The positioner is engaged with the train while the positioner is stopped at an initial location. The positioner is moved and the tr... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5125501 | Infeed conveyor with multiple flight capability A product feed device includes multiple drivers mounted pivotally between a pair of parallel and opposed endless chains. When pivoted to an active position, each driver engages a product and pushes the product along a path. A set of cams is disposed upstr... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5115907 | Tray accumulator A tray accumulator for storing and moving trays between a load area and an unload area including a tray conveyor extending from load to unload area, a tray operated control switch at the load end of the conveyor for turning on and operating the conveyor t... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5052546 | Conveyor having a circulating article carrier element A conveyor apparatus for advancing articles in a direction of conveyance, including a conveyor track on which the articles are supported; an endless driven conveyor element and an article carrier device including an article carrier element pivotally suppo... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5040664 | Shavings conveyor This invention relates to a shavings conveyor having a reversing contactor for protecting the drive assembly (1) of the shaving conveyor from undue wear caused by the overloading of the shavings conveyor. When the conveyor becomes overloaded, a torque sup... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5036968 | Power conveyor A device for conveying articles along a path defined by a track, said device having a conveyor for moving the articles along the track in a stop arrangement for interrupting the movement of the articles along the track to create an accumulation of the art... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5024317 | Method and apparatus for closing cartons An apparatus for closing lidded cartons has a turning station including a flightless horizontal conveyor, and a chain conveyor which extends along one side of the flightless conveyor and has light restraint members pivotally mounted on its links. The chai... | 06/18/1991 |
