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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096406 | System and method for controlling casting shakeout retention A method for controlling the retention time of a casting retained in a mold comprises providing a vibratory shakeout conveyor having a conveying surface, placing the mold on the conveyor; and imparting a vibratory force to the conveyor at a predetermined angle to th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8051974 | Linear vibratory conveyor Linear vibratory conveyor including a utility weight and a counterweight that can be vibratingly moved in opposing directions via a drive unit, the utility weight and the counterweight being connected via a non-rigid connector that represents or includes a vibration... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7571800 | Vibrating alignment conveyor A conveyor having a frame that includes a vibrating frame member connected to a pivot point at one end and a drive member at the opposite end. A conveyor belt is supported by the vibrating frame member and as the drive member vibrates the frame member, the belt is v... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7413073 | Piezo-driven parts feeder A moving table supports a parts conveying member. A fixed table is disposed below the moving table and supports the moving table so as to freely vibrate the moving table through a vibration generator. The vibration generator includes a first elastic member and a pie... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7364103 | Method and device for the alignment and location of a sample such as tablets, pills or tablettes The invention relates to a device for the alignment and location of a sample (7), such as pills or tablets, for carrying out a further method step, such as a hardness test, with the aid of two opposing jaws (2, 3, 21), which may be moved relative to ea... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7322569 | Linear drive for vibratory apparatus A two mass vibratory apparatus for processing work material includes a bed defining a transport surface for receiving the objects, an elastic amplifier having a first end connected to the bed and a second end, and a base connected to the elastic amplifier second end... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7233838 | Transfer and positioning apparatus for automated conveyor system A transfer and positioning apparatus includes a positioning assembly located between the tracks of a dual lane conveyor and upstream of a lane changer. The positioning assembly includes a retractable shaft for stopping a carrier along a first conveyor adjacent the a... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7213700 | Part carriage device Provided is a part carriage device which can smoothly convey a part. A base part, a piezoelectric vibration part, a weight part, a vibration transmission part, a carriage way are arranged from a lowest side of a piezo-driven parts feeder in this order. In addition, ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210598 | Authomated pill-dispensing apparatus An under-counter portable automatic pill-dispensing apparatus includes a double array of storage units for storing pills in bulk, a retriever between the two arrays for retrieving selected storage units, and a pill-dispensing module for unloading pills into a vial. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7185756 | Discharge device for worked material A discharge device for worked material is provided. The worked material produced by the press working is received on a chute arranged just below a lower die. The chute is driven to make a reciprocating motion within a substantially horizontal plane in response to a ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7104394 | Conveying apparatus with piezoelectric driver A conveying apparatus comprises an elongated conveying bed which includes a proximal end and a distal end. A support structure for the conveying bed accommodates vibratory motion of a portion of the conveying bed extending from the proximal end a substantial distanc... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7004306 | Conveying apparatus with piezoelectric driver A conveying apparatus comprises an elongated conveying bed which includes a proximal end and a distal end. A support structure for the conveying bed accommodates vibratory motion of a portion of the conveying bed extending from the proximal end a substantial distanc... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999847 | Specimen carrier transfer apparatus for a conveyor track A transfer apparatus includes a shuttle depending from an overhead support with a pair of arms for receiving and shifting a specimen carrier from one conveyor to a second conveyor of a dual-conveyor track. The shuttle is operable to retain a specimen carrier along e... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994207 | Driving unit for transducer A vibrating transducer is coupled to one end of an elongated vibrating plate and a receiving transducer is coupled to the other end of the vibrating plate. Langevin transducers are used for the vibrating and receiving transducers. Each transducer includes a pair of ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991092 | Belt conveyor for transporting tobacco materials An apparatus for transporting loose tobacco material includes a transporting belt, equipped with a vibratory sub-assembly with independent driving elements and a feeding channel placed over the transporting belt. The vibratory sub-assembly has the form of at least t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6948611 | Vibratory conveying apparatus adapted to be driven by accumulatively phased rotating eccentric weights A circular vibratory conveying apparatus for conveying material. The apparatus includes a bed on which material is conveyed, a counterbalance supported on a plurality of isolation springs, a plurality of inclined drive springs extending between the bed and the count... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6868960 | Conveying apparatus A conveying apparatus is disclosed and which includes a supporting frame; an article transporting bed which is oriented in spaced relation relative to the supporting frame; a plurality of resilient supports mounted on both the supporting frame and the article transp... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6854585 | Multidirectional part transporter and sorter A directional small part transporter and sorter simultaneously imparts upon a part-carrying platen reciprocating movements along one or two horizontal axis perpendicular to each other and a third vertical axis. A stack of slidingly coupled carriages are each indepen... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6719124 | Rotary drive for vibratory conveyors A vibratory conveyor drive is provided that is operatively connected to a vibratory conveyor tray for use in generating reciprocating movement in the tray so that a variety of goods may be transported along the tray. The conveyor drive includes a drive wheel having ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6708815 | Article conveyor device There is provided an article conveyor device which may effectively convey an article by a cam drive. The article conveyor device comprises a reciprocating portion which reciprocates by being driven by a cam, and an article conveyor portion for conveying an article, ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6675955 | Self tuning vibratory control means A product delivery system and method are provided including an electromechanical vibratory conveyor which has a product conveying member, a vibrator for vibrating the product conveyor and a control system for controlling electronically the vibration of th... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6659267 | Two-mass, base-excited conveyor A vibratory conveying device comprise an elongated trough for transporting materials, and a base underlying the trough. A plurality of elongated leaf springs support the trough on the base, with a vibratory drive system operatively connected to the base f... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655523 | Excited frame conveyor and excitation process for same An excited frame conveyor is described with a conveyor bed movably supported on a frame having a structural frequency and a vibratory drive on the frame operable to vibrate the frame at an operational frequency that is greater than the structural frequenc... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6527104 | Differential impulse conveyor with linear motor drive A differential impulse conveyor includes a conveyor base 12 and a tray 16 movable in a forward direction to move goods with the tray and in a backward direction to slide goods along the tray. A pair of tray support members 18, 20, 192, 200, 222 interconne... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6497339 | Systems for feeding, counting and dispensing discrete objects A discrete object counting and dispensing system includes an object counter, a funnel couplable relative to the object counting system such that when discrete objects are provided in the funnel, the discrete objects are counted by the object counting syst... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6457577 | Vibratory conveyor In a vibratory conveyor which includes a trough for transporting objects, an exciting mechanism for vibrating the trough in a horizontal direction and a supporting mechanism for supporting the trough so as to be vibratile in the horizontal direction, the ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6435337 | Rotary drive for vibratory conveyors A vibratory conveyor drive is provided that is operatively connected to a vibratory conveyor tray for use in generating reciprocating movement in the tray so that a variety of goods may be transported along the tray. The conveyor drive includes a drive wh... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6415913 | Excited base conveyor system A base excited vibratory trough conveyor includes a trough mounted on leaf springs to a base which is excited by a linear vibratory drive. The vibratory drive produces a linear force which is oriented to be perpendicular to the springs, and the linear for... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6357579 | Linear motor drive for vibratory feeders and conveyors A differential motion conveyor includes a cylindrical moving magnet linear motor to drive a trough into vibration to convey material. The linear motor utilizes a compact, efficient and powerful design using an annular stator which drives an armature. The ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6298978 | Reversing natural frequency vibratory conveyor system The present invention relates to a mechanical vibrating drive system for supplying a consistent, elliptical driving force to a conveyor trough. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the vibrating conveyor has a set of vertical leaf springs connectin... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6286658 | Vibratory conveyor A vibratory conveyor employing an amplitude compensator to substantially impede the conveyor bed from moving beyond a given range of vibration amplitude is described. The amplitude compensator coacts with the conveyor bed as the vibrational amplitude of t... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6279731 | Vibratory conveyor table A conveyor tray is yieldably mounted on a table base and during table operation conveys articles therealong by vibratory motion. A base supports an electric motor for driving a power output shaft journalled on the base. Eccentrics mounted on the power out... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6250471 | Sorting apparatuses and sorting methods The present invention relates to sorting apparatuses and sorting methods. According to one aspect of the present invention, a sorting apparatus includes an intake section configured to receive plural articles to be sorted; an exhaust section located downs... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6079548 | Differential impulse conveyor and method A differential impulse conveyor 10, 80, 90, 100 includes a tray 12 which is driven in a forward direction at a slow speed and a backward direction at a higher speed to slide goods with respect to the tray and thereby move goods along the tray. The drive m... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6041915 | Vibratory conveyor with side-mounted drivers A vibratory conveyor assembly including a material transporting trough driven by oscillating motion which imparts a force causing materials located in the trough to be advanced. The conveyor includes a continuous, unitary saddle plate attached about the t... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6037549 | Combination scale A combinatorial weighing apparatus comprises weighing receptacles (5), a distributing device (1) for distributing products to be supplied, a feeding device (2) for feeding the products from the distributing device (1) to a respective one of the weighing r... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5871082 | Orientation parts feeder An orientation parts feeder for successively feeding parts wherein each part has an irregular cross section. The feeder includes a rotating drum supported for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis. The drum has on its inner cylindrical surface a ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5836204 | Vibration generator and machine with such a generator A balanced vibration generator (1) for resonance-amplified operation of a machine or equipment (20) comprises at least one set of counter-oscillating masses (4, 16, 20) suspended in a spring system (3) in which the resonance springs are helical springs wh... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5794757 | Differential impulse conveyor and method A differential impulse conveyor 10, 80, 90, 100 includes a tray 12 which is driven in a forward direction at a slow speed and a backward direction at a higher speed to slide goods with respect to the tray and thereby move goods along the tray. The drive m... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5762176 | Belt driven vibratory apparatus A vibratory apparatus for use with associated vibratory conveyance equipment includes a pair of counter-rotating shafts respectively carrying counter-rotating eccentrically mounted weights for generating vibratory forces attendant to counter-rotation of t... | 06/09/1998 |
