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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404549 | Transporting mechanism having a link chain and clamps A transporting mechanism includes a link chain and clamps which are attached to a chain link of the link chain and which are capable of gripping at least one printed product. At least two clamps are attached to each chain link of the link chain, wherein the clamps i... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7331156 | System for securely conveying articles and related components A system is disclosed for conveying articles for processing, the system including a conveyor configured to convey articles to the processing station. The conveyor includes a plurality of links, each link including at least one movable gripper for gripping an article... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303064 | Feeder belt for strip-shaped parts A feeder belt for strip-shaped parts used to feed the strip-shaped parts in various processes such as plating, deflashing, or other processes for manufacturing semiconductors or other articles at industrial scale. By improving the structure of a finger for a feeder ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7182024 | Flexible rail section A flexible rail section on which a carriage can be transported may include a longitudinal slot that is essentially parallel to a direction of carriage travel, wherein the flexible rail section can connect two misaligned rails. The flexible rail section may include t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6834581 | Method and apparatus for transporting a plurality of articles, and shaped article having serially registered component images An apparatus for transporting and processing a plurality of articles includes a transport loop including a plurality of carrier bars and a plurality of pockets formed between adjacent ones of the carrier bars. The articles are laterally, longitudinally and rotationa... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6718627 | Back-up plate up/down apparatus The present invention discloses a back-up plate up/down apparatus in which a back-up plate is ascended or descended without rocking, maintaining a parallel state. The back-up plate up/down apparatus includes a base plate; guide blocks installed with a constant dista... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6668517 | Spout transfer method, spout transfer apparatus and spout positioning and supplying apparatus With a use of a transfer rotor that has gripping claws on its circumference, spouts are received by the gripping claws and conveyed and transferred to spout holding members of a continuously rotating rotor. The transfer rotor rotates intermittently 60° i... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6578843 | Method and apparatus for conveying printed products A method and apparatus for conveying printed products in an imbricated formation with different spacings between the products, from a feed conveyor to the grippers on a removal conveyor. The printed products are introduced into the grippers in groups with... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6457708 | Method and apparatus for conveying printed products A method and apparatus for conveying printed products in an imbricated formation with different spacings between the products, from a feed conveyor to the grippers on a removal conveyor. The printed products are introduced into the grippers in groups with... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6357741 | Velocity adjustable grippers on sliding carriage A movable gripper unit including a housing and a first gripper arm and a second gripper arm for gripping a printed product. The first and second gripper arms are slidingly supported with respect to the housing. The housing is movable along a track. Also d... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6354427 | Device for introducing containers into a treatment space and/or removing them therefrom A device for introducing containers into a treatment space and for removing the containers from said treatment space having at least one rotatable sluice wheel provided on the periphery with sluice chambers that are open toward the outside, the sluice whe... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6314876 | Method and apparatus for transporting and processing a plurality of articles, and shaped article having serially registered component images An apparatus for transporting and processing a plurality of articles includes a transport loop including a plurality of carrier bars and a plurality of pockets formed between adjacent ones of the carrier bars. The articles are laterally, longitudinally an... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6286657 | Transporting apparatus Apparatus for transporting cartons of cigarette packets or analogous block-shaped commodities employs an indexible turret which advances a series of successive equidistant commodities along an arcuate horizontal path into the inlet of a straight horizonta... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6196538 | Apparatus for processing flexible, sheet-like products The apparatus has an intermediate conveyor (18) with conveying elements (26) distributed in the circumferential direction on bearing plates (36). Each conveying element (26) has a roller segment (54), which is driven counter to the direction of circulatio... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6155405 | Power transmission device for transmitting thrusting forces A transmission system for transmitting pushing forces along straight and curved paths includes a guide channel (1) and a line of transmission members (10) arranged in the guide channel. The transmission members are acted on by a drive. The transmission me... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6129350 | Timing belt with product handling mechanism A timing belt is formed with a tensile member and a plurality of teeth which mesh with a sprocket wheel. One or more of the teeth are formed with an opening and a product processing device is mounted on the timing belt and attached via the opening in the ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6116592 | Sheet conveyor for a delivery of a sheet-fed printing press A sheet conveyor for a delivery of a sheet-fed printing press, having at least one operatively revolving gripper bar guidable in a sheet conveying direction along a sheet guiding surface. The gripper bar including grippers having gripper fingers pivotable... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5984085 | Apparatus and method for the adjustment of workpiece carriers in automatic production lines An apparatus and a method for the automatic adjustment of the distance between the holding members (2) of a pallet (3) connected to a fastening bar (12) and which allow a movement in a transverse plane with respect to the fastening bar between a first aut... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5947262 | Conveyor with integrated self-actuating clamp A conveyor assembly includes an endless belt comprised of links which are driven by spaced sprockets. The conveyor carries a plurality of longitudinally spaced pairs of clamping members. The clamping members in each pair are relatively laterally displacea... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5711216 | Apparatus for decorating articles An apparatus for decorating articles comprises a transport path with at least one decorating station, and at least one article carrier displaced by a circulating transport system along the transport path. The transport system circulates in a horizontal pl... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5649618 | Motorcycle clamping fixture Apparatus utilizing a special clamping fixture supports a motorcycle or similar vehicle as it is conveyed along an assembly line. The fixture is secured to an overhead conveyor by a stabilized suspension means that positions the fixture beneath the motorc... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5555969 | Device for fastening a gripper bar on a chain train in a machine that processes plate-like workpieces A device for fastening a gripper bar to a driving chain includes a first part which is an integral part of the chain of which it is to replace one of the links, this first part consisting of vertical outer plate portions and vertical inner plate portions ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5477901 | Apparatus for the manufacture of high pressure laminates For the manufacture of high pressure laminates, the pressed laminate (4) consisting of a stack of artificial resin impregnated paper sheets is fed into a single daylight hot press. The pressed laminate is held and guided along both longitudinal edges (6) ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5339949 | Device for conveying items of household linen The device for conveying items of household linen comprises two belt-shaped mechanisms, spaced apart from each other transversely to the conveying direction, each rotating along a guideway running essentially in the conveying direction. Attached to each o... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5217107 | Apparatus for feeding plate-form parts An apparatus for feeding plate-form parts such as lead frames used in, for example, semiconductor assembling machines including a plurality of frame feeder which have upper and lower claws for feeding the plate-form parts, a slider to which the frame feed... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5129163 | Multistage tenter In a multistage tenter with the right and left clip chains for conveying a belt-shaped film in a drying unit, a tensing mechanism operates to slide the supports of a pair of right and left sprockets engaged with the clip chains to tension the latter simul... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4830174 | Device for securing objects The present invention relates to a device for securing objects. The device comprises a frame and a locking arm, having a pivot end, by which the locking arm is pivotally mounted in the frame and an opposite free locking end. The frame includes a member fo... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4727979 | Conveyor hanger with a plurality of movable grip elements A hanger for use with a conveyor in a garment making plant or the like for holding limp sheet material includes a hanger rod for attachment to a conveyor trolley and a hanger body carrying, and forming in part, a plurality of grippers, each capable of hol... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4617074 | Apparatus and method for feeding strip material for application to a drum An apparatus and method wherein strip material is clamped to a shuttle finger slidably mounted in a shuttle casing which in turn is slidably mounted on a strip applier frame. The shuttle casing and shuttle finger are movable simultaneously from a retracte... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4572357 | Sheet material conveyor with unloading apparatus A material unloading conveyor is arranged in overlapping relation to the discharge end of a bristle conveyor and includes an endless belt which has a plurality of U-shaped staples secured to its surface to pivot relative thereto. The staples move in combi... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4570431 | Device for gripping and holding a tube A gripper device for retaining and holding the tube of a roving bobbin comprises a pair of juxtaposed gripper elements and a piston-and-cylinder unit for moving them toward and away from one another. The gripper elements are each provided with a cylindric... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4557371 | Work-clamp pallet for machine tool The present invention relates to a work-clamp pallet used to clamp workpieces on a table of a machine tool to improve the working efficiency of the machine tool. This is achieved by shortening the time for exchanging workpieces on the table and for positi... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4199291 | Velocity compensator assembly in a horizontal article conveyor system Article packing or unpacking apparatus, including two correlated driven conveyors one for articles and one for moving cases through a fixed course having a horizontal section and with both conveyors having fixed orbits, the article conveyor being in a ver... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4167996 | Suspension type clamping transport hook A transport hook for suspending and supporting a sheet metal article from an elevated conveyor chain that includes a base member having a pair of jaw members connected thereto. A spring extends between the jaw members for normally maintaining the latter i... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4117921 | Tray loading device in continuous conveying and processing system A continuous processing system for loading trays containing materials to be processed on carriages carried by a conveyor for processing said materials, the carriages have a removable cover or lid with at least one side open and the tray feeding device is ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4106612 | Gripper for case unloader Apparatus for automatically lifting containers, such as bottles, especially bottles from moving cases. A series of closely adjacent, self-operating grippers are carried along an endless path above a moving case or cases to be emptied. The grippers are lat... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4015702 | Method and apparatus for conveying metal plates Method and apparatus for successively conveying large metal plates of different sizes to a particular position where an operation such as welding a reinforcing element thereto can be performed. The plates of different sizes may be gripped at points on the... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3972413 | Chain conveyor for printing presses A conveyor for a printing press of the type employing a pair of spaced-apart roller chains guided for movement about an endless path having straight and curved portions. Carried by the chains in spaced positions are gripper frames each including first and... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3951285 | Bottle uncaser Apparatus for automatically lifting containers, especially bottles, from moving cases. A series of closely adjacent, self-operating, grippers are carried along an endless path above a moving case or cases to be emptied. The grippers are laterally aligned ... | 04/20/1976 |
