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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167117 | Method and apparatus for handling rolls A sorting deck for paper, board, or pulp rolls has a plane (1) for transporting the rolls and controllable stops (2) for holding the rolls in place and releasing them. The stops (2) are positioned to form at least one line (3) in placed c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6336547 | High speed log ladder An ending apparatus for a log ladder (2), wherein the log ladder (2) sorts, feeds and sequentially indexes logs (54) along a longitudinal array of laterally extending adjacent log cradles (4, 8, 12), having, in the log cradles (4, 8, 12), exclusive of a d... | 01/08/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5605427 | Level gravity conveyor with gravity return of transfer units A level gravity conveyor provides a plurality of individual load-engaging support pads aligned longitudinally along the conveyor. The pads are movably supported on runway segments which extend longitudinally. Each runway segment defines an upper raceway s... | 02/25/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5201400 | Apparatus for conveying roll-shaped article An apparatus for conveying a roll such as a paper web roll set on the roll stand of a corrugator to a predetermined location at low speed, with a small initial force and without scratches or other damage to the roll. The apparatus includes a plurality of ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4981090 | Arrangement in a movable grate A movable grate comprising a number of grate steps which are arranged adjacent each other, partly overlap one another and are pivotable around an axis extending in the longitudinal direction of said grate step, and which are pivotably mounted outside shie... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4832168 | Fluid operated transport device, and method A cargo handling device is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the device comprises a substrate having at least one motivation mechanism mounted thereon. In other embodiments, the substrate may include more than one motivation mechanism. The motivation m... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4766756 | Continuous processing machine assembly for bending long rods or tubes A continuous processing machine for bending long metal rods includes a rod bundle handling machine for separating a bundle of rods and advancing the rods one after the other, a rod cutting station and a rod bending station provided downstream of the handl... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4766754 | Continuous process for bending long rods or tubes A continuous process for bending long metal rods comprises separating and feeding a bundle of rods and advancing the rods one by one to a rod cutting station downstream, cutting the rods and feeding them to a rod bending station downstream of the cutting ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4716646 | Apparatus for automatized handling of tubular sleeves An apparatus for automatic treatment and machining of tubular sleeves. The apparatus comprises a number of stations in which various kinds of treatments and machining operations are performed. Each station comprises a clamping means in which the tubular s... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4686894 | Continuous cooking grill A cooker for continuous grilling of hamburger patties and the like uses a shiftable grid which intermittently lifts the patties off a stationary grid and effects advancement after each lift-off until a U-shaped path is traversed extending initially throug... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4432449 | Log cutting device having log shifting means A one man operable, mobile, field usable log cutting device is provided for quickly and easily loading, handling and transversely cutting of heavy logs to yield finished log segments or discs. The device includes a rotatable, powered saw blade along with ... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4407407 | Method for rotating and conveying coils Coils of hot strip are conveyed in the eye horizontal position along a path travel of the coil axis normal thereto and defined by successive intersecting arcuate segments. Swinging transfer members which overlap at their free ends transfer each coil from ... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4361223 | Material handling apparatus A conveyor for moving uniformly spaced-apart cylindrical articles transversely of their polar axes comprises a pair of parallel sawtooth rails, paired lifting and lowering levers on common pivots disposed along the rails in correspondence with each toothe... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4271959 | Coil rotating cooling conveyor system Coils of hot strip from a hot strip mill downcoiler are transferred broadside and set down with the coil eye horizontal on a walking beam conveyor. The conveyor comprises elongated transfer members pivoted at their lower end below the path of coil travel ... | 06/09/1981 |
