Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066113 | Segregating apparatus An apparatus for segregating electronic components that engages and stops each of a plurality of electronic packages passing down a singulation tube is disclosed. In addition, the segregating apparatus is cable of segregating the electronic packages even though some... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7316149 | Inter-pressing-machine work transfer device The present invention provides a work transfer device for transferring a work between adjoining pressing machines including a work holder (30) for holding a work W, a carrier (23) provided between the adjoining pressing machines (10) and capable... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7258224 | Arrangement for conveying a plate-like product from one position to another An arrangement for conveying an anode plate from one location to another, whereby said arrangement comprises gripping elements attached to a conveyor for gripping a plate-like piece. Elements are attached to the gripping element connection for the correction, at lea... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249639 | Automated arm for positioning of drilling tools such as an iron roughneck The invention relates to an apparatus for moving an Iron Roughneck into position to allow making-up or breaking-out of threaded joints in a drill string. The apparatus may also be used to move other drilling equipment into position on the centerline of the well or a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7222416 | Edge bending apparatus A first hemming mold unit (20) and a second hemming mold unit (30), are installed in a single pressing machine. The first hemming mold unit (20) performs partial bending of an edge (95) of a workpiece (93; 96). The workpiece (93... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7189049 | Robot unit The present invention relates to a method for rapid transfer of a work object in both the horizontal and vertical directions using a robot unit (10) having a gripping mechanism (12) preferably from one workstation (3) to another (4), the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178612 | Automated arm for positioning of drilling tools such as an iron roughneck The invention relates to an apparatus for moving an Iron Roughneck into position to allow making-up or breaking-out of threaded joints in a drill string. The apparatus may also be used to move other drilling equipment into position on the centerline of the well or a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175381 | Robotic arm for use with pharmaceutical unit of use transport and storage system A robotic arm (10) for use with a pharmaceutical unit of use transport and storage system (200) comprises a base plate (14) with a first cam track segment (16) and a second cam track segment (18). A first arm segment (20) is... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165669 | Method and device for carrying out working steps on miniaturized modules In order to provide a method of carrying out working steps in at least one work station on miniaturised modules which are held by a module carrier provided with a holding device, whereby the method enables a plurality of processing steps to be carried out on a modul... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155813 | Programmer systems A micro device using assembly system for feeding, programming, and placing micro devices on circuit boards includes a robotic handling system capable of picking up and placing the micro devices on the circuit boards on a conveyor system. A control system controls th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7097023 | Finished product receiving unit of a corrugated metal sheet member making machine A finished product receiving unit used in a corrugated metal sheet member making machine for receiving finished products is disclosed to include a rack, rollers arranged in the rack for receiving finished products, two drag rods longitudinally arranged in parallel, ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7004522 | Suction unit A suction unit includes a rotary driving source which is arranged outside of a casing, a substantially oblong circular crank member which is rotatable and which is connected to a rotary shaft of the rotary driving source, a connecting rod which has one end rotatably... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6993935 | Method for blowing and removing glass containers Vertically aligned first (30) and second (32) combined blowhead and takeout mechanisms are provided to sequentially blow glass parisons (P) into containers (C) in a mold set (22) and to transfer blown containers to a deadplate (40) of a g... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978882 | Device for automated manipulation of articles A device for automated manipulation of articles along a predetermined movement path has a working area having a working surface for articles. The device also has a manipulator with a gripping device for moving the articles. The working surface consists of neighborin... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6889818 | Wafer blade contact monitor A method and apparatus are provided for detecting contact between a wafer blade of a wafer-handling robot and a component in a wafer-handling system. The robot moves the wafer blade within the system while the wafer blade is maintained at an electrical potential, wh... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889813 | Material transport method A controlled material transport method for carrying materials to and from workstations, test equipment, and processing and assembly tools in a common facility. The present invention includes a rigid “robot vehicle” mountable to a passive track system, which can ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6860380 | Workpiece transfer device for machine tools A workpiece transfer device for machine tools that easily achieves positional adjustment of the rack while suppressing increases in cost and therefore preventing occurrences of vibrations and noise is disclosed. The workpiece transfer device includes a frame member ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6832885 | Handling apparatus for structural members There is provided an apparatus for handling a structural member. The apparatus includes a beam that extends from a first end to a second end and a shuttle in translational communication with the beam in a direction extending between the first and second ends. A fork... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6793066 | Conveying apparatus for plate-form members A plate-form member conveying apparatus that includes an upper claw and a lower claw for clamping a plate-form member in between from above and below and conveying the plate-form member, in which each of the upper claw and the lower claw is formed by a clamping plat... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6712198 | Articulated arm transport system An articulated-arm transport system, provided in particular for the automation of press lines and large-component transfer presses, is distinguished by a design which permits components or workpieces to be inserted or removed even when there is a small clearance bet... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6691860 | Gripper mechanism for handling a cylindrical workpiece A material handling apparatus includes a first support member, for supportively carrying a pair of opposed jaw members, and a second support member which is slidably attached to the first support member, for linear movement with respect thereto. The secon... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6655522 | Transfer press and apparatus for loading and unloading workpieces An apparatus loads and unloads workpieces. The apparatus includes at least one essentially horizontally movable element, at least one essentially vertically movable element and at least one element for receiving workpieces. The horizontally movable elemen... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6631898 | Gripping arrangement for the stacker of a printing press A gripping arrangement for a stacker device or delivery tray of a printing press. At least one upper gripper arm and at least one lower gripper arm are provided, which have a first opened position and a second closed position. Sheets are located between t... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6604624 | Work conveying system A work conveying system for conveying works in a clean room includes a work holder for holding works, and a moving unit for moving the work holder.... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6530735 | Gripper assembly A controlled material transport system (MTS) for carrying materials to and from workstations, test equipment, and processing and assembly tools in a common facility. The present invention includes a rigid robot vehicle mountable to a passive track system,... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520319 | Assembly for adjusting the height of a gripping mechanism on a machine for molding glass articles An assembly for adjusting the height of a gripping mechanism on a machine for molding glass articles has an upright supporting a gripping head for gripping the glass articles, and an actuating assembly for activating the gripping head and, in use, moving ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6394258 | Apparatus for loading condoms onto mandrels An apparatus for loading condoms onto mandrels is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a plural number of expansion rods adapted to receive and stretch a condom and a plural number of detaining rods to abut and retain the condom ring, the rods being mounte... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6390160 | Chopping machine The chopping machine includes a crosscutting device for cutting the timber, a feeder for feeding the timber in its longitudinal direction to the crosscutting device and a splitting apparatus operated by a splitting cylinder for splitting a cut block of ti... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6382400 | Transport and positioning system A transport and position system, particularly for the workpiece transfer, has a lever mechanism between its driving motors and its output to carry out a step-up. The lever mechanism takes over the guiding as well as the driving of the carrier device which... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6374994 | Modular transfer systems having swivel drives and linear drives A transfer system, particularly for the transfer of workpieces in multi-station presses (1), consists of several transfer modules (14 to 19), which each have a workpiece holding device (28) which is carried by at least one lever mechanism (23). Each lever... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6374995 | Positioning system having a weight compensation arrangement A positioning system (31, 32, 33, 34 35, 36), particularly for transporting and positioning workpieces, has a drive and force generating transmission device (47) by means of which a carrier device (41) can be moved and positioned. At least one force gener... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6231298 | Article pick and place device A top-picking palletizer and de-palletizer moves pallet layers along a fixed path by use of a single-dimension actuation system and top-picking lift head. The illustrated system includes an actuation assembly operated by a single reversible motor moving d... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6170641 | Apparatus for transporting thin boards, in particular printed circuit boards In an apparatus for transporting thin boards, in particular coated printed circuit boards, comprising rows of spaced-apart grippers (2) which lie opposite one another and are arranged on a rod (3), in order to prevent the thin boards from sagging when tra... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5941680 | Transverse conveying means and continuous furnace equipped therewith A transverse conveying apparatus for a continuous furnace comprises a gripper, which is arranged such that it can be displaced along a transporting rail and is mounted such that it can pivot around an axis of rotation parallel to the transporting rail, th... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5927935 | Part transfer apparatus A part transfer apparatus having a first element with a longitudinal slot extending along one side and a second element having a similar longitudinal slot. The slots are disposed adjacent to each other. An actuator is connected to the first element and ha... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5649804 | Pick and place machine This invention discloses a pick and place machine operable to pick up a part at a loading station and to thereafter place and release the part in a delivery station spaced at least horizontally from the loading station. The pick and place machine comprise... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5636724 | Device for transferring a transport object between two end positions The object of a device for transferring a transport object between two end positions is to exclude negative influences on dependability and clean room conditions, also in lengthy transport paths, while ensuring a highly flexible transfer. To control the o... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5496148 | Workpiece carrier for transfer machines An improved workpiece carrier for transfer machines includes a frame, a plurality of upright support members, and a rack and pinion arrangement for adjusting the vertical position of the support members simultaneously with respect to the frame. A horizont... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5481794 | Device for handling objects and method of using same A device for simultaneously receiving objects arranged in a first positional arrangement and for simultaneously delivering such objects arranged in a second positional arrangement, and a method of using such device. More particularly, the apparatus includ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5419674 | Semi-active compliance device A semi-active compliance device forms part of a robot used to stack packages. The semi-active compliance device has an X-Y motion mechanism and a remote center compliance mechanism. The X-Y motion mechanism provides active open-loop control of the forces ... | 05/30/1995 |
