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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316308 | Supporting device of a transport device of a soldering apparatus The invention relates to a supporting device of the transport device of a soldering apparatus for the conveying of printed-circuit boards with at least two revolving, endless transport chains, said transport chains running in guide rails in the transport zone and ea... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7249672 | Device for continuously delivering bags A device for continuously delivering bags includes at least one bag transferring device and at least one linear conveyor. The bag transferring device transfers the bags to the at least one linear conveyor. An objective of the invention is to provide a device for del... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243479 | Apparatus and method for loading a packaging station of an insulation batt packager An apparatus and method for loading insulation batts into a packaging station of a batt-packaging machine includes: an up-stacking station for receiving a plurality of the insulation batts to form a vertical stack of the insulation batts; a staging station from whic... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7156222 | Magazine apparatus for retaining flexible bags A powered magazine apparatus for retaining and transporting flexible bags comprises a base conveyor, and a pair of first and second digitated conveyor belts positioned on respective opposite sides of the base conveyor. Each of the digitated conveyor belts comprises ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7083374 | Gripping members gripping and moving packets stacked by a conveyor A stacking conveyor conveys packets so that the conveyed packets become stacked together in a standing up configuration as an array of packets. First and second gripping members are automatically controlled so that the first and second gripping members mechanically ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7032641 | Transport system for a mould-string casting plant In a transport system for a mould-string casting plant comprising a moulding machine (1) delivering a plurality of uniform mould parts (3) to a string of moulds on the transport system transporting the moulds from the moulding machine (1) to a p... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7007738 | Vertical boxless mould casting machine The molding machine comprises a station (1) with a chamber (2) that is closed between a front plate (5) that can move and swivel and a rear plate (8) associated to an extraction piston (9), forming a shell (3) in said chambe... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994081 | Apparatus for roughing the surfaces of casted concrete block A casted concrete block surface-roughing machine having an in-line conveyor displaceable over a stationary horizontal support surface for slidingly supporting a lower surface of concrete blocks displaced thereon by the conveyor. At least two pairs of spaced-apart ve... | 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 |
| 6789469 | Bundling assembly for strapping machine A bundling assembly for use with a strapping machine that is configured to position a strap material around a load and tension the strap material around the load includes first and second moving belts positioned at the strapping machine entrance in opposing relation... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6659266 | Apparatus and method for feeding elongated elements A wood-edger for cutting away irregularities left on the edges of wood products, such as planks or boards, comprises a succession of different transferring mechanisms cooperating to regulate the flow of wood products to be processed and to properly positi... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6634487 | Conveying apparatus for forming and loading groups of containers The apparatus has two pairs (16, 17) of conveying elements which are arranged laterally spaced from each other. Each pair (16, 17) has two parallel conveying elements (18, 19, 20, 21) arranged one above the other. All of the conveying elements (18 to 21) ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6550605 | Apparatus and method for feeding elongated elements A wood-edger for cutting away irregularities left on the edges of wood products, such as planks or boards, comprises a succession of different transferring mechanisms cooperating to regulate the flow of wood products to be processed and to properly positi... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6179115 | Mechanical device three chains for the continuous spacing and transfer of products A mechanism for continuously transporting a variety of receptacles with predetermined adjacent spacing. The mechanism uses a first and a second chain driven by a common shaft around identical closed circuits, but vertically offset from one other. These cl... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6138815 | Conveyor system for load-carrying carts A cart conveyor system for the transport of load-carrying carts, as frequently used in airports, supermarkets, etc. up and down inclined pathways. The cart is provided with front and back wheels with different spacing, and the conveyor has separate tracks... | 10/31/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5823318 | Slice stacker particularly for cheese slices This innovation describes a slice stacker, designed in particular for cheese slices and other slice-shaped objects, consisting of a brush belt with resting overhead or lower shot belts, which register slices from the top or from the bottom.... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5433582 | Device for discharging papers A device for stacking papers having a disk with a top and bottom surface, a means for rotating the disk, a pair of symmetrically opposing movable walls having opposing longitudinal flat wall sections that are kept in a parallel space apart relationship. T... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5379879 | Positioning device for a piece good The parcel (2) during the conveying with a conveyor (30) is drawn in on the back (7) by angular profiles (16,17) guided in sloping movement paths and which accelerate the parcel (2) accompanied by the alignment of the rotated position and/or its transvers... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5369942 | Conveyor flight longitudinal phase adjustment assembly A package transport mechanism having a plurality of phase adjustable lug-type flights. The mechanism is incorporated in a continuous motion packaging assembly for loading article groups into cartons or other carriers which comprises an article infeed mech... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5368151 | Conveyor system for containers Rows of bottles are conveyed on parallel running belts. Closed loop flexible members such as roller chains, run in vertical planes along the longitudinal edges of the belts in the same direction as the belts. The closed loop chains have stabilizing device... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5143204 | Conveyor chain guide rail system A conveyor chain guide rail system for a conveyor chain having compartments formed therein for carrying square or rectangular cross-section cartons to be filled with still liquid products. The chain guide rail system includes a polymer Z-shaped elongated ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5100125 | Apparatus for adjusting alignment of advancing sheet material Apparatus is disclosed for aligning, i.e., de-skewing, sheet material having squared upstream and downstream edges which is being advanced along a path. The advancing apparatus includes a pair of endless belts having pushers projecting therefrom which eng... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5094585 | Mechanism for stacking flat articles Stacking mechanism includes an accelerating conveyor for launching flat articles edgewise toward a stacking station, a continuously moving conveyor for moving stacks of articles away from the stacking station, two intermittently rotatable rotors and a sta... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4928810 | Conveyor A conveyor comprising at least one endless conveyor element, and a plurality of pushers (7, 8, 9) which are carried by the conveyor element and which are adapted to push objects on the conveyor. The pushers (7, 8, 9) have at least two different cross sect... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4856956 | Container extraction and transfer mechanism for an automated storage and retrieval system An extraction and transfer mechanism for modular containers in an automated storage and retrieval system of the type having a storage matrix of modular containers and a stacker crane with a vertically movable platform. The extraction and transfer mechanis... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4812099 | Signature stacker A stacker having platforms movable along a path by chains. Cam followers on the platforms engage a cam surface which controls the platform path. The chains are driven by a motor in a closed-loop system which monitors the platforms and controls their speed... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4756400 | Product supply system for accumulation packaging machine A product supply system for an accumulation packaging machine which may permit a high speed operation of a product discharge section and smoothly supply a product to the accumulation packaging device with a row arrangement of the product retained. The pro... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4749077 | Pusher assembly for a turntable employing plural stepper motors In a stacker turntable used to form compensated bundles, a drive assembly for moving completed bundles off of the turntable comprises first and second drive motors mounted to the underside of the rotatable turntable at equally distant locations from the c... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4735302 | Spacing device for objects conveyed through an operating machine, in particular for cardboard box closing/and or sealing machines In a machine for handling objects conveyed through the machine, there is a spacing device for the objects which includes at least one lever pivoted on a spreading section of an entrainment unit. The lever is elastically stressed in a position such that a... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4709804 | Self-cleaning trash rack A self-cleaning trash rack for removing debris from a stream of water has an upright frame positioned in the path of trash carried by the stream and a plurality of endless, flexible chains carrying trash supports which engage and carry debris on the upstr... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4708237 | Process and device for supplying an operation station with a succession of guided articles A process and device are provided for supplying an operation station with a uccession of articles guided along a given path from a feeding station, whereby an acceleration is imparted to each article by a pushing lug for example, and then the article is br... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4656949 | Device for gripping and transferring load supports or containers using synchronous endless chains with drive fingers, mounted to transversely adjustable modules Two independent modules, disposed on a mobile handling platform, each comprise an endless chain with a pulling finger and a pushing finger. The operations of the chains are symmetrical with respect to the load drive axis. In operation, the pulling fingers... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4601388 | Apparatus for aligning flat articles There is provided an apparatus for aligning flat articles such as envelop flat bags or the blanks therefor or the like. According to the main feature of the apparatus, an article-supporting slideway is provided and lateral toothed belts run around revers... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4588071 | Chain conveyor with diverging interleaved scrapers A load conveyor for a cutting machine comprises two outer, endless chains, and an endless further chain positioned between the two outer chains. Each of the chains carries scrapers. All of the chains are driven, via a common drive drum, by a drive station... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4571236 | Carton squaring mechanism In a cartoner for filling and sealing tubular cartons wherein the cartons are carried between leading and trailing transport lugs, a mechanism for squaring the cartons consisting of inclining a leading lug in a rearward direction to engage a corner of a c... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4553324 | Coil spring assembly machine A machine for connecting successive rows of coil springs together into a coil spring assembly. The machine, in preferred form, initially picks up a row of coil springs by inserting a pick up finger into the barrel of each coil and moving the springs onto ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4538398 | Carton sealing machine with safety stop of the conveying belts at the end of the operation A carton sealing machine for sealing cartons in which a clutch is provided to connect a pair of oppositely disposed conveyor belts for movement thereof from a driving motor. The clutch transmits motion from a driving motor to a pair of approachable convey... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4398629 | Plate latch and guide system Latch and guide system for gripping steel plate and the like while it is edge-formed. A pulley system is driven to apply tension to cables which actuate gripping clamps. The clamps travel within channel guides along the length of the system and restrain t... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4392911 | Apparatus for sealing cartons An apparatus for sealing the foldable flaps of cartons. The apparatus includes an improved modular frame structure to support the sealing heads and the carton handling assemblies. The apparatus further includes an improved lift assembly to raise and lower... | 07/12/1983 |
