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| 8151976 | Device for transporting and shaking blanks A device for transporting and shaking blanks supported on pallets has a shaking station with a shaking table, a feeding conveyor upstream of the shaking station in a transport direction of the blanks, and a discharge conveyor downstream of the shaking station in the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7363856 | Flat bed platesetter system The present invention provides a flat bed platesetter system and a method for its use, particularly for imaging printing plates. For providing a precise, continuous, rapid and format-independent system which is reliable, the present invention suggests to move the pr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7290648 | Device for moving a heavy load Arrangement for moving a heavy load wherein the arrangement includes at least one actuating unit. The at least one actuating unit utilizes a support for supporting the heavy load. A plurality of jacks are coupled to the support. A first movable element is adapted to... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275410 | Work transfer device in multi-process press machine A work transfer device employed in a multi-process press machine is provided with a drive unit formed of a servo motor, a cam shaft vertically provided so as to be rotatably driven by the drive unit, a cam mechanism formed of three cams including an X-axis feed cam ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7219792 | Article carrying apparatus An article carrying apparatus for carrying, in a carrying direction, an article placed on a carry face of a carry section making use of a vibration, includes: the carry section provided with the carry face of which the carrying direction is linearly restricted; and ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204364 | Lifting device Lift device for lifting or, as the case may be, lowering of a support device (2, 3B, 5) of a transport track segment of a transport device for work pieces or the like, which are deposited upon plates, pallets or framework like work piece carriers (5... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7165665 | Transfer line for transporting workpieces A transfer line for transporting workpieces from a first workstation to an adjacent second workstation comprises a frame with a depositing place for at least one workpiece. It further comprises a transporting beam, each end area of which having respective work suppo... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7116503 | Precision continuous surface guided optical module carrier and method of using same An optical module inspection circuit on an optical platform includes an optical module carrier for precisely aligning optical devices with optical interfaces of inspection equipment located at fixed positions in the optical module inspection circuit. The module-incl... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7032738 | Device for returning workpieces The invention relates to a device for returning machined workpieces from the delivery side of a first machining unit to the feeding side of the first or of another machining unit. The inventive device comprises the following: a transfer device (1) for transfe... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6997304 | Accumulating conveyor A preferred embodiment of an accumulating conveyor system has at least one shoe slideably connected to an endless chain. Each shoe includes a pair of opposing rollers, one of which is engageable with the endless chain when the shoe is positioned adjacent an upper su... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6925707 | Assembly machine for the automatic production of structural elements for false ceilings An assembly machine forms structural elements for false ceilings. Structural elements are cut to size and sent to two series of lateral stations. A press forms inserts which are applied to the ends of the structural elements. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6637586 | Accumulating pallet conveyor and storage system A conveyor is disclosed comprising a track having a pair of side rails and a plurality of interconnected carts which are reciprocally moveable along the track by a pneumatic cylinder. Each of the carts includes a pair of air bladders which are selectively... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634489 | Walking beam conveyor for a continuous furnace for heating aluminium bars A walking beam conveyor for a continuous furnace (7) for heating aluminium bars (4) with walking beams and fixed beams (1, 2) is described, which support bar supports (3) which can be restrictively pivoted transversely to the beams (1, 2). In order to cre... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6510940 | Vacuum assisted walking beam apparatus A vacuum assisted multiple position walking beam apparatus (10), which has products (20) placed thereon.... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6298979 | Workpiece transfer apparatus with overhead actuator A workpiece transfer apparatus with a shuttle underlying workpieces received on workstations which is raised and lowered by a lifting mechanism disposed above the workpieces. The shuttle has a support rail and an indexing rail operably connected to a driv... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6145648 | Method and system for continuously processing successive workpieces along a production line A system for continuously processing successive workpieces along a production line having a loader for loading workpieces onto main conveyor for conveying through a workstation and an unloader for unloading a processed workpiece. The loading and unloading... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5906266 | Transport apparatus for textile packages An apparatus for transporting textile packages in a transport direction along an elongate package supporting surface comprises a guide track extending beneath the elongate supporting surface, an elongated thrust element slidable on the guide track, and an... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5653329 | Accumulating lift and carry conveyer system A lift and carry accumulating conveyor is disclosed having a frame and a pair of elongated stationary rails attached to the frame such that the stationary rails are spaced apart and parallel to each other. A transfer rail assembly having a pair of elongat... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5524748 | Lift and carry accumulating conveyor system An accumulating lift and carry conveyor system is disclosed which is particularly suitable tier conveying piston connecting rods. The conveyor includes a frame defining an arcuate conveyor section having a receiving end and a discharging end. A pair of ar... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5454466 | Accumulating conveyor An accumulating conveyor of the walking beam type is presented in which a walking shuttle mechanism selectively lifts articles from a stationary portion of a conveyor only when downstream positions of the stationary portion of the conveyor are free to rec... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5449062 | Lift and carry conveyor An improved conveyor system and for a lift and carry type conveyor includes a pair of extruded stationary rails and a pair of extruded movable rails. The extruded stationary and movable rails are provided with T slots for modular installation. The improve... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5423417 | Log ladder A log ladder for sorting, feeding and indexing in a downstream direction a stack of logs into a stream of logs has a first notched step and a first set of collectively actuable lift arms pivotable about a first axis, and a second set of collectively actua... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5409102 | Walking beam conveyor A walking beam conveyor is described, comprising a static support for the objects to be conveyed, a back and forth drivable conveyor beam which may cooperate with a lifting and lowering device consisting of a plurality of separate mechanisms, and a suppor... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5391034 | Furnace with refractory longitudianl members and with central charging for heating and storing hot products Furnace with refractory longitudinal members and with central charging for heating and storing hot products, whereby the central charge arrives from a continuous casting plant or from previous hot processes, the furnace (10) comprising a first furnace por... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5351729 | Apparatus for log unscrambling and for feeding individual logs to processing systems The disclosure describes an apparatus to move, individually and at a controlled rate, sawlogs and tree stems from a first multiple feeding station to a second station situated at a higher level than that of the first station; it comprises a frame, a set o... | 10/04/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5257688 | Device for dividing a collection of elongated wood pieces and piecemeal cross feeding thereof in a direction away from the collection place A device for dividing a collection of wood pieces and piecemeal cross feeding thereof in a direction away from the collection place comprises a feeding arrangement (2), which is moveable reciprocatingly in a substantially rectilinear, sloping movement pat... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5242046 | Clean surface conveyor with flexible sheath A mechanical conveyor system is provided with an exposed flexible membrane surface for use in clean room environments. The conveyor system may be one of varied subassemblies which transfer articles on the conveyor by small orbital motions. The exposed fle... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5211708 | Fiber bale opening apparatus A fiber bale opening machine having an inclined opening roller (1) is provided with conveying apparatus (100) for stepwise displacement of fiber bales in the direction of the opening roller. The roller is movable transversely with respect to the direction... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5193662 | Guide structure for lift and carry conveyors An improvement in lift and carry conveyor systems includes the use of fixed guide rails which guide lower portions of a part as the part moves between sequential conveyor sections. The guide rails ensure that the part continues to be properly guided as it... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5174351 | Ending apparatus and method An ending apparatus for positioning elongate objects comprising, in combination, object singulating equipment for separating a plurality of elongate objects in an inlet area into single objects while moving the objects in a first direction to an outlet ar... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5139418 | Device for discharging and transferring steelworks products Independent installation for discharging, storing and transferring products, such as steelworks products, which comprises fixed beams on which rest the products to be handled, and moveable beams placed between the fixed beams and driven in a rectangular c... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5125497 | Lifting system for lifting goods over a limited distance while maintaining an aligned orientation of the goods with respect to a reference To provide for precise vertical movement without guide elements of a lifting frame, a main shaft (21) has a plurality of cam disks, such as eccenters (26) located thereon, which are coupled to the lifting frame, directly, or by means of double-arm levers.... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5098561 | Machine for intercepting solid constituents in liquid streams A machine for intercepting solid constitutents in a liquid stream, such as sewage, has a frame which carries a downwardly sloping screen positionable in and across the stream so that the liquid flows through but the outer side of the upwardly and forwardl... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5082419 | Process for the input and carrying away of smoking or cooking rods for automatic suspension of a plurality of sausages A process for the input and carrying away of smoking rods or cooking rods to and from a station for the automatic suspension of sausages provided with loops on a rod which in turn is tightly chucked at one end works as follows: the rods are first brought ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5076419 | Conveyor, in particular for heavy objects A conveyor consisting of a U-shaped stationary track (1) with the opening upwards. A rod-shaped support (2) may be reciprocated in said stationary track, the upper edge of said rod-shaped support (2) being lifted above the opening of the stationary track ... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5054987 | Load transfer device A load transfer device for loading or unloading an entire storage compartment, such as the interior of a freight hauling trailer, in one cycle includes a long vertically flexible load support and transfer member that is as long and as wide as the storage ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5027869 | Dispensing method and apparatus, and container transporting apparatus A method and apparatus for pouring a plurality of materials into a plurality of containers while sequentially weighting the materials. A predetermined number of containers are arranged in a row on a pallet so that the containers are transported by a palle... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5025912 | Shuttle type conveyor A shuttle-type conveyor having a plurality of carriages connected to one another, arranged at a predetermined uniform pitch, and reciprocable along a path through the pitch distance, and a stationary rest extending along the conveyor path, each carriage h... | 06/25/1991 |
