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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383943 | Method of repairing a slat conveyor A method of repairing a slat conveyor includes an anchor bar and a ratchet puller. The anchor bar preferably includes an anchor frame and a pair of C-clamps. A first C-clamp is pivotally coupled to a first end of the anchor bar with at least one link and the second ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7048109 | Transport system for containers, in particular an airport baggage handling system, and incline conveyor for a transport system A transport system, in particular an airport baggage handling system, includes a container having an underside formed with a grooved recess which defines a leading edge and a trailing edge, as viewed in a transport direction of the container. The transport system ha... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6446298 | Scraper for animal stalls A scraper for removing debris from the floor of an animal stall includes a central frame member oriented generally parallel to the direction of movement of the scraper assembly and a cross frame member integral with the central frame member, the cross fra... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6415910 | Foward feed device A forward feed device for conveyor tables includes a drive element (38) that can be moved to and fro, which moves out of the table area (36) during the forward movement and back underneath it during the return movement. The drive element comprises a pivot... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6371281 | Conveyor device A conveyor device for position-precisely moving objects on a conveyor surface of the conveyor belt includes a plurality of forward feed elements (42) for taking hold of the objects by their rear bottom edge in relation to the forward direction. Tension me... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6189702 | Overhead mounted sorter for conveyors The present invention reveals a sorting device, positioned above and orientated across a plurality of conveyors, capable of diverting objects between the conveyors or removing objects entirely from the conveyors, based on the object's destination location... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6179109 | Conveyor device for shelf channels in shelf-storage systems A conveying apparatus (1) for shelf channels of shelf storage facilities comprises two parallely arranged, circulating conveying means (2) for receiving pallets (P). The conveying means (2) are partially designed as support roller chains (3) whose ends ar... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5881861 | Circulating conveyor A circulating conveyor with roller and/or sliding guides, as well as with at least one engaging element for transporting articles to be conveyed, such as sliver cans, is described. In order to achieve that the circulating conveyor can convey and store sim... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5853667 | Test sample positioning system A positioning system for a sample testing machine incudes a base pan and a set of independent drive systems for sliding a sample tray across the base pan. Each of the drive systems incudes a paddle that engages a side of the sample tray. The paddle is sli... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5798084 | Test sample positioning system A positioning system for a sample testing machine includes a base pan and a set of independent drive systems for sliding a sample tray across the base pan. Each of the drive systems includes a paddle that engages a side of the sample tray. The paddle is s... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5762874 | Drive system for test sample positioning system A positioning system for a sample testing machine includes a base pan and a set of independent drive systems for sliding a sample tray across the base pan. Each of the drive systems includes a paddle that engages a side of the sample tray. The paddle is s... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5736102 | Test sample positioning system A positioning system for a sample testing machine includes a base pan and a set of independent drive systems for sliding a sample tray across the base pan. Each of the drive systems includes a paddle that engages a side of the sample tray. The paddle is s... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5607046 | Manure removal system and method A scraper assembly and method for clearing manure deposits from a manure collection board associated with an animal cage arrangement is provided. The scraper assembly includes a first scraper blade extending in a generally diagonal direction with respect ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5445282 | Transport means for transporting pieces three-dimensionally A transport means for transporting pieces three-dimensionally, wherein the sections belonging to a section pair (11, 12, 41, 42) are box-like; a traction member (141, 142 ; 161, 16 | 08/29/1995 |
| 5343996 | Device for quick change of piece-supporting pallets in an assembling machine A device for rapidly feeding piece-supporting pallets to a machine includes a motorized belt whose upper run is fixed to a pallet gripping device which is slidably mounted on a guide rail.... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5343999 | Feeding apparatus A feeding apparatus including a base frame, a first movable frame which is movably supported on the base frame so as to move in a first direction, a second movable frame which is movably supported on the first movable frame so as to move in a second direc... | 09/06/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5261777 | Pushing device In a pushing device used for, for example, lead frame bonding machines, a pusher which feeds out plate-form parts stacked in a storage magazine one by one is belt-driven by a motor so that the moving amount of the pusher (that is, a feed out distance of t... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5211279 | Linear conveying unit A linear conveying unit comprises a rail and a saddle movable therealong. The rail includes two pairs of tracks, with the tracks of each pair being convergent. The saddle carries front and rear groups of wheels for engaging the tracks. Each wheel group in... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5186596 | Loading and unloading apparatus A longitudinal extensible platform comprises a plurality of framed sections hingedly joined together. Each framed section comprises a first set of ground engaging rollers and a second set of load engaging rollers extending transversely of the framed secti... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5115745 | Power transmitting assembly for reciprocatably moving a shuttle cart An article transporting wheeled cart is reciprocatably moved along a pair of transversely spaced rails by a power transmitting unit detachably mounted between and below the rails and comprising a pair of trolley tracks secured to the upstanding legs of tr... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5066185 | Bar feeder A bar feeder for machine tools, comprising at least first and second carriages for bearing the bars, the carriages being movable along guide rods which are supported at their ends so as to freely oscillate with the carriages and the bar. The guide rods be... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4996900 | End dogging sawmill carriage with independent drives releasably connected together An end dogging sawmill carriage is described, including a pair of front and rear carriage units having dogs which engage the opposite ends of a log and a pair of independent drives for such carriage units. The pair of drives are temporarily connected toge... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4718810 | High speed transporter for multiple station production line A high-speed, bidirectional transporter for a multiple station production line provides for the programmable pickup, transport and delivery of materials at non-sequential work stations along the production line. The transporter is self-propelled by a rack... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4710352 | Simplified test element advancing mechanism having positive engagement with element There is disclosed a test element advancing mechanism for use in an analyzer to move such test element from station to station, and a method of doing the same. The mechanism features a support surface over which the test elements move in a predetermined d... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4690611 | Automatic transfer apparatus for elevators An automatic transfer apparatus for loading and unloading a push car into and from an elevator is provided. It includes a guide member, a carriage mounted in the guide member, a conveyor for moving the carriage toward the push car, and another conveyor fo... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4669606 | Hydraulic-powered apparatus with motion amplification means for moving conveyor feeder means used in transporting anode rods through rodding room machinery An apparatus for a moving conveyor feeder comprises an hydraulic actuator to alternatively move a shaft in opposite directions. Motion amplification is operationally coupled to the shaft to amplify the amount of motion thereof, and a conveyor feeder is op... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4635428 | Flattened cardboard box supplying apparatus An automatic apparatus for supplying flattened cardboard boxes or work units to an automatic packing machine. The apparatus comprises a first belt conveyor on which the work units are placed groupwise in a standing posture closely in contact with each oth... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4629053 | Closed loop machining system Three machine tools are positioned in spaced apart relationship at the corners of a triangle. Each machine tool has a worktable which is rotatably mounted on a corresponding bed for rotation about a corresponding vertical axis. Each worktable has guide me... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4526505 | Fast retract feed An apparatus and method are provided for feeding elongated products, such as feeding large sausage chubs or loafs to a slicer, which apparatus includes a transport for engaging such elongated products during the feed mode. At the end of the feeding mode, ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4489675 | Scraper assembly A manure scraper assembly for removal of manure from collecting sheets used in association with poultry cage systems. The scraper assembly includes a blade member which is angularly disposed with respect to the manure collecting sheets and which has the l... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4445411 | End dogging log feeder A single narrow track frame having guideways for a push chain and a holdback chain extends between a pair of vertical saws for cutting slabs or boards off opposite sides of a log or cant. The track frame is under the log. The push chain has upstanding pus... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4421221 | Revolving table for book-binding stackers and the like An improved revolving table intended for stackers as utilized in book-binding shops and the like, has a pusher reciprocating arrangement which is accommodated in the table structure, the pusher being, at its travel limit positions, located on the surface ... | 12/20/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4378872 | Article handling apparatus An article handling apparatus including a generally vertical plate is disclosed for contacting and pushing articles along a generally horizontal surface. The plate is connected to a movable endless cable which is carried about the periphery of a pair of s... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4358239 | Warehouse crane including inclinable tote pan puller A warehouse crane comprises an elevationally positionable carriage, a shuttle guidably mounted on the carriage for transverse movement, and apparatus for moving a tote pan out of storage racks alongside either side of the crane and onto the carriage, the ... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4354789 | Method and apparatus for transferring envelopes A method and apparatus is provided for transferring a batch of envelopes that have been arranged in face-to-face relationship. The envelopes are transferred in a substantially horizontal plane from a first location to a second location spaced from the fir... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4354593 | Mechanism for cleaning subfloor of livestock confinement unit A mechanism for cleaning floors of animal waste including a scraper adapted to be pulled across the floor by cables having a drive mechanism with novel safety and reversing controls. The blade also uses novel pivoted legs to raise the scraper off the floo... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4320008 | Apparatus for separating and conveying of animal house waste materials An apparatus for moving solid material and liquid from a floor into a solid material tank and a liquid tank. The floor has longitudinal sections that slope downwardly to a longitudinal slit open to a chamber located below the floor. A scraper pivotally co... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4285187 | Intermittent feed mechanism for stacked containers A container handling and filling system for sequentially selecting, filling, and capping individual containers stored in a nested stack. The system includes first, second, and third sequentially arranged container handling sub-systems for moving individua... | 08/25/1981 |
