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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074788 | Tracking apparatus A tracking apparatus which can ensure good-accuracy coincidence between a conveyed material and a tracked position thereof, even when slip occurs in the conveyed material moving across conveyance tables. A sensor is located at a boundary position of a conveyance tab... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074787 | Container track for container transport The invention relates to a method for the transport of containers, wherein at least one container is driven along on rotating drive units (12) on a transport system, the transport system being built over a long distance such that remote delivery of containers... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7905345 | Conveyor system and method for accumulating packages of varying lengths A drive controller for controlling movement of a plurality of packages by an accumulation conveyor. The drive controller is configured to determine a length of each of the packages and to coordinate driving of a number of zones needed to accommodate the package. For... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7823719 | Roller for a roller conveyor The invention relates to a roller (10′) for a roller conveyor, having an outer cylinder (12′) that is rotatably mounted on a stationary shaft (14′) and which may be driven by a motor (16), the roller (10′) having an optoele... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7360638 | Integrated control card for conveying systems A material handling system, and method of controlling the material handling system, includes a conveying surface with a plurality of individually controlled zones and a plurality of motors. At least one of the motors propelling the conveying surface at each zone. A ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7299916 | Transfer mechanism and method of use A transporting device includes a power roller mounted to a chassis for transporting a tray between positions. A belt transfers power from the power roller to a shaft. The belt may be used to rotate the shaft. A pulley is mounted to the shaft and rotates in substanti... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290649 | Roller arrangement for an accumulating roller conveyor The invention relates to a roller arrangement (7) for a stowing roller conveyor, comprising a stationary roller axle (20) arranged in a support frame (4) of the stowing roller conveyor, with a driving roller (9) and a conveying roller ( | 11/06/2007 |
| 7243781 | Conveyor loading zone system and method A conveyor system that includes a zoned conveyor surface and a loading sensor. The loading sensor is configured to detect placement of a load into the zone. A loading timer is activated by loading detection by the sensor and while activated, a controller system halt... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7232027 | Pallet/skid power roll system An apparatus moves a plurality of transport media along a path of travel. The plurality of transport media define at least two groups of transport media, where each group of transport media has substantially identical transverse dimensions with respect to one anothe... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7175018 | Conveyor assembly The conveyor apparatus disclosed herein is generally formed of a first rail and a second rail, each rail having a plurality of rollers. A portion of the rollers are desirably drive rollers, receiving power from an integral motor assembly. The motor generally compris... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7140827 | Transporting apparatus It is an object of the invention to provide an apparatus for transporting a transported object in a transporting direction as the transported object is supported by air, the apparatus having a plurality of transporting units. A specific transporting unit of the plur... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128197 | High volume conveyor sortation system A sortation system and method includes providing a sorter assembly and a slug-building assembly. Product is received by the sorter assembly and sorted to a series of sortation lanes. The slug-building assembly includes a plurality of supply lines supplying product f... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7104395 | Control and power distribution system for a conveyor A conveyor conveys objects. The conveyor includes a plurality of sections, a first control panel, and a second control panel. The plurality of sections define the structure of the conveyor. Each of the plurality of sections has components for controlling the mechani... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106989 | Method and apparatus for controlling high-voltage output in image forming system A method and an apparatus to control a high voltage output in an image forming system. The method includes setting a master processor to control an engine, and setting a slave processor to control a high voltage output; transmitting a command, which includes a timin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7063206 | Accumulating conveyor system An accumulation conveyor system and method of accumulating articles includes providing an accumulation assembly that is adapted to accumulating a plurality of articles into a slug of articles. Slugs of articles are discharged to a transport line which transports the... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7035714 | Integrated conveyor bed A conveyor system, and method of controlling the conveyor system, includes providing a conveying surface, at least one motor propelling the conveying surface and a plurality of lower-level controllers. At least one of the lower-level controllers adapted to control t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014037 | Conveying device for conveying workpieces A conveying device for conveying workpieces, for example in a production line, the conveying device including at least one driving line divided into several sections, and each section being able to convey workpieces independently from other sections. At least one ce... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008164 | Automated guided vehicle An automated guided vehicle has plural conveyors for transferring materials to be transferred mounted on a self-propelling dolly and juxtaposed in a transverse direction. Each of the conveyors includes plural part conveyors whose operation can be controlled individu... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996454 | Method and control system for controlling a conveyor system and a plant for baling paper pulp Methods are disclosed for controlling conveyor systems including providing status information for each of a plurality of conveyors, providing control information for each of the conveyors based solely upon the status information from that conveyor and from adjacent ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966427 | Pallet/skid power roll system An apparatus moves a plurality of transport media along a path of travel. The plurality of transport media define at least two groups of transport media, where each group of transport media has substantially identical transverse dimensions with respect to one anothe... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6959804 | Conveyor assembly The conveyor apparatus disclosed herein is generally formed of a first rail and a second rail, each rail having a plurality of rollers. A portion of the rollers are desirably drive rollers, receiving power from an integral motor assembly. The motor generally compris... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6935219 | Accumulation conveyor There is provided an apparatus that is composed of a first plurality of zones. The zones are capable of being separately driven in order to accumulate or transport cartons. A sensor is disposed within each zone for sensing the presence of a carton within the zone, a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923307 | High volume conveyor sortation system A sortation system and method includes providing a sorter assembly and a slug-building assembly. Product is received by the sorter assembly and sorted to a series of sortation lanes. The slug-building assembly includes a plurality of supply lines supplying product f... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6860381 | Decentralized drive system for a conveyor An accumulation conveyor system for supporting and moving a plurality of objects. The conveyor system is divided into a plurality of zones wherein each zone includes a top and bottom conveying surface and wherein a space is defined between the top and bottom surface... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6843362 | Zone controller A zone controller enabling flexible conveyance according to the use by simple change of setting. An aspect of the invention is a zone controller 10 for a particular zone picked from a plurality of zones for control into which a roller conveyor line 1 is divided and ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6827202 | Methods and apparatus for controlling conveyor zones One aspect of the present invention relates to a module for controlling two or more zones of an accumulating conveyor system. In one embodiment, the single module includes outputs to provide independent actuation signals to cause movement of two zones of the conveyo... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6820736 | Conveying apparatus A conveying apparatus (1) is composed of several conveying modules (2) each having a controller (40) for control of a motorized roller (6) having a motor (16) incorporated in it. A motor-controlling section (45) installed in... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6729463 | Conveyor with flexible zone parameter control A conveyor with flexible zone parameter control. A flexible zone conveyor includes a zone address interface coupled to a plurality of motors to configure at least one zone control unit or control zone to control a designated series of motors along a conveyor path to... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6460683 | Conveyor with flexible zone parameter control A conveyor with flexible zone parameter control. A flexible zone conveyor includes a zone address interface coupled to at least one zone control unit to configure the at least one zone control unit to control a designated series of motors along a conveyor... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6370447 | Conveyance system A communication master unit of a conveyance controller and communication slave units for a main conveyor, loading conveyors and unloading conveyors are connected by a serial transmission line to transmit and receive different kinds of data signals to and ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6021888 | Conveyer system and its control method A conveyer system including a plurality of conveyer units connected to each other in series. Each conveyer unit includes a plurality of rollers for conveying articles, a plurality of drive units for causing the rollers to be driven and brought to a halt, ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5906267 | Zero pressure accumulation conveyor A zero-pressure accumulating conveyor including a bed defined by rotatable rollers mounted in parallel sidewalls and powered by an endless drive chain. Pneumatic actuators lift the drive chain into engagement with the rollers to empower same. Sensor rolle... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5862907 | Control system and module for an accumulation conveyor An accumulating conveyor is divided into a plurality of accumulating zones from an infeed end to a discharge end. An accumulation module is associated with each accumulating zone and includes a photo electric sensor, a microprocessor, and input/output con... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5806661 | Sensor for detecting lightweight objects on a conveyor A sensor for detecting the presence of lightweight objects being conveyed on a conveyor of the type having conveyor rollers. Each conveyor roller is rotatively mounted on a shaft fixed between the conveyor side frames. A selected conveyor shaft has non-ro... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5582287 | Drive chain for accumulation conveyor A zero-pressure accumulating conveyor including a bed defined by rotatable rollers mounted in parallel sidewalls and powered by an endless drive chain. Pneumatic actuators lift the drive chain into engagement with the rollers to empower same. Sensor rolle... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5507616 | Method and equipment to palletize packs of sheets, books or the like The palletization of packs (8) of sheets, books or the like is carried out through the conveyance of the packs (8), by a roller assembly (7) formed by powered rollers, in a programmed way stopping certain rollers beneath those packs (8) which are to be st... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5348139 | Counter-balanced pressure sensor for conveyor accumulation zone A counter-balanced pressure sensor for sensing a package carried by a belt-driven carrying roller conveyor includes a pivot support with a sensing roller attached. The sensing roller is deflected downward by the passage of the package on the conveyor, cau... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5230418 | Photo-optic attachment for conveyor rollers A photo-optic attachment for a conveyor roller comprises an end cap mountable on the conveyor roller and a photo-optic disc mountable on the end cap. The end cap includes an outwardly facing surface having a raised boss. The photo-optic disc includes an o... | 07/27/1993 |
| 4951808 | Accumulating conveyor An accumulating conveyor is driven by a single, long drive shaft and a plurality of clutch shafts driven off of the drive shaft.... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4605120 | Shaft driven accumulation conveyor arrangement A line shaft driven conveyor includes a right angle drive unit in each of a plurality of accumulation zones. A clutch in each zone couples between the right angle unit and a belt and pulley arrangement which transfers drive from the clutch to the rollers ... | 08/12/1986 |
