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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7967128 | Article conveying device An article conveying device 10 in which a floor surface 21 of each of a plurality of fixed floors 20 is arranged so as to form a descending slope towards a downstream side in a conveying direction with respect to each other, each of a plurality ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7784605 | Supporting device, substrate transportation equipment and a related method thereof A supporting device includes a support body for supporting a substrate and an auxiliary wing for supporting the corner of the substrate, so that the substrate is substantially horizontally disposed on the supporting device. Also disclosed is a substrate transportati... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7367445 | Horizontal ratcheting case feeder mechanism A case feeder mechanism, used in quantities of two or more in a horizontal magazine, feeds cases to a removal position at the discharge end of the magazine, for extracting and processing by a case erecting machine. Each mechanism has two U-shaped channels, a sliding... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7290499 | Self-cleaning pet litter box assembly A self-cleaning pet litter box has a conveyor to incrementally transport clumped litter material and solid pet waste to a waste receptacle. The conveyor has one end configured to extend into a pet litter container of the self-cleaning litter box and an opposite exit... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7131527 | Lumber unscrambler and conveyor A lumber unscrambler and conveyor having first and second rigid units mounted at an incline on a support structure. Each unit has a plurality of spaced apart parallel plates in series along the incline and parallel thereto. The plates on the respective first and sec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6769533 | Method and device for conveying bulk material The invention relates to a device (1) for conveying bulk material, particularly, cement clinker (2), in a cement cooler (3). The invention device is essentially comprised of a number of grate bars (5) arranged one behind the other, which ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6761261 | Article transfer device A device for transferring articles from between two spaced locations, the device has at least two groups of inclined platforms, each platform having an upper article-receiving surface and a leading edge region, wherein each article-receiving surface of the first gro... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6457578 | Reciprocating slat floor conveyor A moving slat conveyor in which the slats are reciprocally mounted on cross beams and wherein the slats are provided with depressed areas above the respective beams so that the slats fall and rise during their reciprocal movement. All of the slats are mov... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6450324 | Double acting log singulator Log singulating apparatus comprises two sets of interleaved support surfaces which reciprocate in the feed direction. Successive support surfaces are vertically overlapped and laterally offset and the two sets of support surfaces reciprocate out of phase ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 5938002 | Dry shuffle feed for produce A dry shuffle feed apparatus is provided for use with produce for feeding produce in a predetermined timing pattern to processing equipment. One or more shuffle conveyors, each having multiple flights, are provided having an infeed chute and return chute.... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5887703 | Method for distributing material over the width of a conveying grate and push grate for carrying out this method Method for distributing material over the width of a conveying grate. In order to induce the material to flow off from a width section (6, 11) onto a second width section (7, 8), the first width section is operated at a lower speed of advance than the sec... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5882596 | Method and device for automatic chemical analysis The present invention provides a vessel shuttle which can be used, for example, for moving reaction vessels to or from an assay resource station in an automated chemical analyzer. The vessel shuttle has a plurality of movable plates including first and se... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5766002 | Apparatus for thermally conditioning cylindrical containers Apparatus is disclosed for moving and thermally conditioning generally cylindrical containers in which the structure provides for movement of the containers about their axes and provides for a predetermined heat flow relative to the containers to change t... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5678681 | Stair-like device with moving steps for feeding elongated pieces of wood The present invention relates to an operating system for moving a feed apparatus of elongated pieces of timber, particularly logs, into a transversal feed apparatus, for moving reciprocatingly the feed apparatus, the feed apparatus being arranged to feed ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5647472 | Automatic pellet feeding apparatus for use in forming encapsulated semiconductor chips and method therefor An automatic pellet feeding apparatus and method for delivering plastic pellets to a plastic molding machine for encapsulating semiconductor chips stores a plurality of plastic pellets for ultimate delivery to the plastic molding machine. A stair like str... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5601783 | Vessel transport device for automatic chemical analysis The present invention provides a vessel shuttle which can be used, for example, for moving reaction vessels to or from an assay resource station in an automated chemical analyzer. The vessel shuttle has a plurality of movable plates including first and se... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5538128 | Grate for a furnace For the detachable fastening of the grate bars (4) of a grate for refuse incineration plants, the edge bars of the fixed bar rows (3), which are composed of grate bars arranged side by side and coupled in pairs in each case by a bolt (12) fastened on one ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5385227 | Elevating conveyor for small articles A elevating conveyor for capsules includes two pairs of alternately reciprocating plates driven by respective pitman arms from a centerless pulley. The plates are inclined from the vertical, so that small articles roll onto the top surface of each plate a... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5301795 | Conveyor for fresh boxless sand moulds A step conveyor for fresh boxless sand moulds includes at least two sets of interdigitating parallel bars adapted to support and move the sand moulds. The top of each bar is covered or coated by a layer of a material with a considerably lower thermal cond... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5203256 | Continuous fermenting chamber for dough products A continuous operation apparatus for fermenting dough products disposed on carriers which are conveyed stepwise through a fermenting chamber by vertical and horizontal conveyors. In order to obtain maximum space utilization and product density in the ferm... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5073081 | Automatic self-contained stacking machine The present invention comprises devices for receiving a plurality of elongated workpieces, devices for automatically raising the workpieces, devices for forming a single layer of a predetermined number of workpieces, devices for controlling the height and... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5069146 | Grate for a fuel boiler A grate for a fuel boiler, consisting of plates arranged stepwise or in a cascading fashion, with at least two fixed plates and a movable plate disposed between the two fixed plates. The movable plate is capable of reciprocating to and fro and is provided... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4901653 | Hearth for a furnace, notably a furnace for urban waste, including a grate made up of alternately fixed and reciprocating bars, with increased flexiblity of adjustment The grate comprises, within its length, two consecutive beds (41, 42) with substantially the same general slope joined together at a point in substantial vertical alignment with the altar wall (7), each bed having its own mobile frame (45d, 46d) with its ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4865509 | Walking beam gripper Apparatus for transporting annular disks is disclosed in which a pair of jaws provide either a radial or an inside grip on the disks. The disks are stored on a cantilever and moved along the beam by an additional walking beam.... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4811480 | Component supply apparatus According to the present invention there is provided apparatus for supplying components for insertion into a printed circuit board, which apparatus comprises a component dispenser, the component dispenser having first and second substantially parallel elo... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4793471 | Furnace grate structure A furnace grate structure for a furnace or incinerator on which solid fuel advances in an advancing direction has at least two parallel grate beams extending substantially transversely to the advancing direction, the beams being mounted on a substructure ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4787519 | Adjustable sliver remover A shuffle feed apparatus for removing slivers and comprising first and second shuffle feed members (26, 27) supported respectively between frame members (31, 32) for oscillatory motion to advance articles in rows. To adjust the size of slivers that are re... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4776287 | Hearth grate with transverse bars of elements which are secured together by their frontal faces A hearth grate comprises a succession of transverse bars which are alternately fixed and movable with a reciprocating movement, said bars being formed by disposing in side-by-side relationship at vertical lateral faces elements which are generally rectang... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4738577 | Furnace for the heat treatment of work pieces A helical conveyor system comprising two groups of bar-shaped support elements are attached to two mounting means in the heat treatment chamber of a furnace. The mounting means and the associated support elements are mobile relative to each other both in ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4709803 | Preform transfer mechanism A preform transfer mechanism for transferring preforms from an oven to a mold station includes a support frame, a slide block mounted on the support frame and an elongated transfer bar fixed to the slide block. At least two sets of jaw assemblies are posi... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4685552 | Machine for orientating and delivering tapered articles A conveyor with reciprocating flights elevates tapered articles to an elevated discharge point. Conveyor flights have powered elements thereon to move articles lengthwise of the flight into endwise abutment with a flight mounted stop. The conveyor has dis... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4658626 | Conveyor in plastic working machine A conveyor in a plastic working machine, wherein lower dies and upper dies for plastic working of a work in collaboration are disposed on a plurality of working stations, respectively, the stations being set at intervals along the direction in which the w... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4638905 | Inclined grate for furnaces A furnace grate structure for a furnace or incinerator on which solid fuel advances in an advancing direction has at least two parallel grate beams extending substantially transversely to the advancing direction, the beams being mounted on a substructure ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4600098 | Plate for oscillating-type transporter A grate plate and a combination of a grate plate and support apparatus for a reciprocating grate type material transport apparatus. The support apparatus includes spaced apart forward posts having an interconnecting transverse bar and spaced apart rearwar... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4574942 | Pipe transporting machine A pipe transporting machine is provided to move discrete lengths of pipe across the machine in incremental steps. A spaced pair of first and second indexing members are simultaneously reciprocal between a lower position and an upper position to alternatel... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4569437 | Inclined furnace grate with at least one movable grate bar An inclined furnace grate for an industrial furnace or incinerator with transverse grate beams supporting a downwardly stepped succession of banks of stationary and reciprocating grate bars, the grate beams having arranged in their supporting surfaces rem... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4555914 | Freezing apparatus A freezing apparatus is disclosed wherein a first and a second endless belt conveyor are disposed substantially horizontally put one upon another with a predetermined gap being left between the confronting runs of the conveyors, the conveyor belts being a... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4520792 | Grate bars for use in the grates of industrial furnaces and the like A grate for use in industrial furnaces wherein rows of elongated grate bars partially overlap each other and the grate bars of each row include neighboring stationary and longitudinally movable grate bars. The undersides of the marginal zones of neighbori... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4461381 | Elevator/lowerator A work transfer device for vertically transferring workpieces by means of a vertically disposed transfer bar. The transfer bar executes a motion which is somewhat in the shape of an hourglass for transferring articles one station at a time between vertica... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4450952 | Fire grate for a combustion furnace A fire grate for a combustion furnace having a pair of parallel spaced apart frame walls and a plurality of alternately arranged stationary and movable grate bars extending between and secured to the frame walls. The grate bars are formed of a plurality o... | 05/29/1984 |
