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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127916 | Conveyor apparatus for shock-sensitive products A conveyor and associated method for shock-sensitive products and the like, includes a conveyor member having at least one individual compartment for receiving a product therein, as well as upward and downward conveyor sections. An upper conveyor deflector deflects ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7918332 | Cantilever roll-up conveyor arrangement The present invention is a conveyor arrangement for a stamping die employed within a stamping press. The conveyor arrangement has a fixed conveyor with a protruding end, wherein the fixed conveyor is mounted on the die for receiving and shuttling stamped parts from ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7565966 | Transporter/sorter and transport box A transporter/sorter and a transport box therefore are disclosed. The transporter/sorter 1 comprises a guide rail 50 having straight portions and curved portions and forming an endless loop path, a plurality of transport wagons 30 undergoing exc... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7543698 | Article elevator The present invention relates to an article elevator for moving lightweight open ended containers from a first level to a second level vertically spaced from the first level. The article elevator includes an input section at the first level for receiving container b... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7540373 | Surface treating installation comprising a transfer station The invention relates to a surface treating installation, especially for treating plastic parts or automotive bodies, which includes a transfer station for vertically or horizontally transferring an object. The transfer station comprises a stationary support structu... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7438177 | Device for transferring loads between at least two conveyors A device (4) used to transfer loads between at least two upstream (1) and downstream (2) load conveyors which are intended to convey loads (3) between different work stations. The device includes: an intermediate conveyor (5), part... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7258221 | Storage unit for elongated products The storage unit comprises at least two flexible members (55), equipped with supports (57) for the products to be stored, extending and moving along respective parallel paths defined by a plurality of driving wheels (59, 63). The supports (57... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7134542 | Modular accumulating conveyor system A conveyor system having a plurality of conveyor modules which are secured together in an end-to-end relationship. Each conveyor module includes a frame and a plurality of drive rollers rotatably mounted along one side of the frame, and a motor mounted to the frame ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7051870 | Suspension track belt Belt assemblies comprising a flexible belt having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of substantially T-shaped plates, each of the substantially T-shaped plates including a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion, the substantially ver... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6971512 | Storage device for DVD cases A device for storing and displaying a plurality of DVD cases and the like comprising a plurality of parallel rigid L-shaped profiles pivotably connected, characterized in that the convex side of each L-shaped profile includes at least one adhesive layer to fixedly a... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6840368 | Accumulator for elongated products, such as tubes and the like The accumulator (5) comprises at least two continuous flexible members (55) equipped with supports (57) for the products (A). The supports (57) project laterally with respect to the respective flexible member; each flexible member and at ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6675589 | Freeze-crusting process A freeze-crusting process and a vertical freezing apparatus preferred for use in the inventive freeze-crusting process. The freeze-crusting process preferably comprises the steps of (a) continuously delivering food products through the freezing apparatus ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6651461 | Conveyor belt A conveyor belt including a series of predefined sections and elevated support structures at the edges of each section for supporting items on the belt above the belt at each section.... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6622513 | Freeze-crusting process and apparatus A freeze-crusting process and a vertical freezing apparatus preferred for use in the inventive freeze-crusting process. The freeze-crusting process preferably comprises the steps of (a) continuously delivering food products through the freezing apparatus ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6591976 | Automatic building material transfer device A novel and advantageous carrier mechanism, primarily useful for raising roofing shingle bundles, automatically by control by the user to lift and carry one or more of the shingle bundles or other items. A frame carries a plurality of co-operating features, in... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6554129 | Attachments in modular conveyor belts A conveyor belt and an attachment element that firmly interlocks into a row of the conveyor belt. In one version, the attachment element includes a base from which two sets of hook-shaped appendages extend. The appendages each include a shank portion exte... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6290052 | Apparatus and method for transporting and reorienting items between two locations An apparatus and method is disclosed for transporting and reorienting items between two locations. The apparatus includes first and second upstanding members each having a first end and a second end. The first and second upstanding members are joined toge... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6209704 | Apparatus and method for transporting and reorienting items between two locations An apparatus and method is disclosed for transporting and reorienting items between two locations. The apparatus includes first and second upstanding members each having a first end and a second end. The first and second upstanding members are joined toge... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5960935 | Curing press chute A height adjustable chute is provided for transporting finished tires away from a curing press mold. The chute includes a vertical guideway having a height-adjustable carrier movable on the guideway to adjust a height of the chute. The height adjustabilit... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5934670 | Apparatus having a rotary circulating mechanism A sorter includes a plurality of receiver members for receiving a workpiece, and a rotary circulating mechanism driven by a driving unit to circulate along a circulatory path. The circulating mechanism mounts the receiver members to be pivotable about a f... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5863172 | Staging, tracking and retrieval system with a rotatable storage structure A storage system for the storage and retrieval of material goods has a continuous track and a storage carousel movable along the track. The carousel carries a plurality of shelf arrays, each of which includes a plurality of vertically-spaced shelves remov... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5672512 | Chain incubator/conveyor and method of use A chain incubator or conveyor, and method of use in an analyzer, wherein an endless chain is formed of repeating members and each comprising a link, element support, a cover, and means for biasing the cover onto the support with an article such as a test ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5632594 | Machine for ordering textile tubes for a continuous spinning machine The machine for ordering textile tubes for entry into the distributor of a continuous spinning machine includes mechanisms that perform that ordering so that, independently, the textile tubes can be delivered to one side or the other of the spinning machi... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5469956 | Modular conveyor belt and flight members therefor An endless conveyor belt constructed of rows of pivotally interfitted modules and flight members for supporting product conveyed along inclined paths. The conveyor belt is constructed of a sequence of rows of belt modules joined by pivot rods to form a hi... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5441145 | Elevator device A substantially vertical elevator (5) for the transport of round and/or spherical objects, for example golf balls, between different levels, the elevator including a conveyor belt (11) which extends between an upper roller at an upper level and a lower ro... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5415270 | Transporting device for mass articles A transporting device for mass articles, in particular package covers for use in drying surfaces for drying and/or jelling of varnished or coated surface, the transporting device comprises two endless rotating transporting elements extending parallel and ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5396270 | Wet paper handling of ink jet images to allow passive drying An ink jet printer has a sheet conveying and drying device having a plurality of flexible, resilient yet stiff fingers connected in a cantilevered manner to a drive chain which moves the fingers from a printed sheet receiving tray to a sheet stacking tray... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5350050 | Continuous vertical conveyor A chain drive continuous vertical conveyor is provided wherein multiple slats carried by multiple pairs of chain cooperate to form multi-sectional elevator surfaces. The elevator surfaces are capable of lifting wide and heavy loads. A live storage accumul... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5348141 | Material handling system A material handling system particularly adapted for irregular or headed workpieces having easily damaged surfaces. The handling system receives and takes away from a multitude of process machines, by elevating, conveying, storing and distributing in a sin... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5338149 | Signature stacker A signature stream is intercepted by a bucket unlatched from the intercept position. The buckets are moved by drive chains. A spring assembly maintains tension upon the drive chains and spring loads the bucket in the "home" position, providing a detent ac... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5287948 | Food delivery apparatuses A food service facility for drive-up and walk-up patronage, a multi-purpose column, conveyor delivery structures, and menu and order display units. The food service facility comprises base level and second level housings, readily set up and removed from a... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5255773 | Accumulator for conveyor system An accumulator for storing rows of articles thereon includes a frame having upper and lower shafts rotatably supported thereon. A plurality of sprockets are mounted on each of the upper and lower shafts for rotation therewith Each of the sprockets defines... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5201354 | Feed system with improved prepositioning A feed system with improved preposition is shown and describe wherein a prepositioning stage is located vertically above a feed stage such that movement of a wood product from the prepositioning stage to the feed stage corresponds to movement of the wood ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5165514 | Conveyor flight assembly A flight assembly for use in a conveyor wherein the flight assembly includes at least two flight links. The two flight links are removably connected in an end to end relationship for maintaining an alignment between the forward faces and the rearward face... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5141128 | Reconfigurable vertical conveyor dispenser In accordance with this invention there is provided a reconfigurable compartmentized vertical conveyor dispenser for dispensing products in an automated order dispensing system. The size of compartments for holding the products is chosen by adjusting the ... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5109956 | Food preparation and delivery apparatus and method The disclosure is directed to a food service facility for drive-up and walk-up patronage, to a method for food preparation, to a retractable menu, and to a drink dispenser and service module. The food service facility comprises base level and second level... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5088872 | Automatic equipment for collecting and setting up chairs Automatic collection and set up equipment for chairs, characterized by the fact that it performs automatically all the jobs required in collecting and setting up chairs; markedly reduces the man-hours required to prepare a conference room; and it has an a... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5088588 | Bakery utensil storage system In an automated commercial baking system, a bakery utensil storage system is provided for automatically receiving baking utensils from a continuous conveyor of the baking system and immediately directing the utensils over a selectively positionable curved... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5077511 | Stepper motor drive for way flow end station An apparatus is described which controls the movement and positioning of a platen on which wafers may be mounted. The apparatus comprises a stepper motor having a motor sprocket member operatively coupled to a platen by a drive mechanism. The drive mechan... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4877121 | Vertical excursion accommodation apparatus A vertical excursion accommodation apparatus is disclosed, which comprises a plurality of excursion shelf units disposed side by side and a control device for driving the excursion shelf units independently. Each of the excursion shelf units includes an e... | 10/31/1989 |
