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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341140 | Off-loading conveyor of produce An off-loading conveyor of produce having utility in the discrimination and separation of watermelons includes a support structure defining a conveying path, an endless flexible element mounted on the support structure to extend and to move along the conveying path ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7284778 | Device for carrying preforms comprising improved gripping means A device for carrying a preform in a temperature condition oven, including a gripping device provided with gripping claws, which enclose an outer surface of the neck of the preform. An inner core is provided that penetrates axially inside the neck over a distance su... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7237451 | Gear-changing device for a motor-vehicle gearbox A gear-changing device for a motor-vehicle gearbox, including a gear-changing lever which is pivotable arranged with respect to a support part about a bolt. The bolt is held in an axially nondisplaceable manner with respect to the support part. In order to provide a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7077375 | Frame for supporting telecommunications equipment Disclosed is a frame for telecommunications equipment having a number of plates made slidable so as to be adjustable along the frame's length. The frame also has removable feet which suspend the frame above the floor and a number of strap receiving pins (or rings) t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066314 | Modular belt carrier for electronic components Replaceable component carriers (40) are adapted to be freely floating in belt apertures (74) and have alignment features (160), such as conical holes (170), mated to features (162), such as tapered pins (184), in processing ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055679 | Reconfigurable magnetic fixturing pallets for an assembly line A reconfigurable pallet that supports a structure includes a base and a modular stanchion. The modular stanchion is magnetically attachable to the base along x and y axes relative to a top surface of the base. The modular stanchion includes a support element that ha... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6966421 | Apparatus for vehicle-body transport carriage A jig switching apparatus includes a locator jig slidably arranged on a transport carriage and having at a front end a locate pin with clamp function. The locator jig has two switching positions selectively switched in accordance with the type of a vehicle body to b... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6926134 | Plastic conveyor belt module with embedded fasteners A plastic conveyor belt module having an embedded high-strength fastener for securely fastening an assortment of attachment elements. A fastener, such as a nut, or threaded insert, is press-fit into a countersunk hole that extends through the thickness of the module... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6811024 | Conveyor apparatus for items in packaging machines A conveyor apparatus for folding boxes in a boxing machine has conveyor chains which are respectively supported in pairs in a guide rail and have pusher lugs attached to them, between which the folding boxes are contained in a positively engaging fashion. To permit ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6772875 | Conveyor apparatus Conveyor apparatus for transporting objects, having a continuous circulating guided conveyor line with drivers arranged at intervals from each other, wherein the conveyor line is constructed of continuous circulating guided individual lines, each of which has driver... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6739821 | Vertical conveyor device for various sized payloads A vertical conveyor device for accommodating motor vehicles of varying heights. Short and tall containers for motor vehicles alternate around a vertical carousel. When a container is placed in an accessible position, movable walkways and ramps change positions allow... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6557695 | Apparatus and method for inspecting non-round containers An apparatus for inspecting non-round containers includes a pair of carriages coupled to associated motors for rotation independently of each other on a common axis. Each carriage carries a corresponding plurality of semi-circular gripping fingers, which ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6464067 | Method and device for storing transport elements The invention relates to a method and device for buffering with the use of a closed gripper. The invention comprises transport means (20) which are provided with grippers (22), can move along a conveying section (10), and are located in the area of a buff... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6290054 | Star feeder for transferring objects from a first conveying means to second conveying means A star feeder (4) is arranged between a first and a second conveying device (1, 2) for conveying objects in series and it serves for transferring the objects (G) from the first conveying device (1) to the second conveying device (2). In order to make the ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6286661 | Adjustable pallet methods and apparatus A pallet for carrying dynamo-electric machine component workpieces of different dimensions is provided with first and second support members, at least one of which is movably mounted on the pallet so that the distance between the support members can be ad... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6216844 | Mounting system for assembling components A mounting system includes a conveyor system and a workpiece carrier. The workpiece carrier has a base plate resting on the conveyor system, at least one column extending vertically away from the base plate, and a supporting element separably connected to... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6182819 | Article carrier with adjustable support elements and a reflow soldering system provided with such an article carrier An article carrier is disclosed having adjustable support elements for receiving articles of different sizes, in particular for supporting printed circuit boards of different sizes during transport through a reflow soldering system. The article carrier fu... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6089365 | Adjustable pallet methods and apparatus A pallet for carrying dynamo-electric machine component workpieces of different dimensions is provided with first and second support members, at least one of which is movably mounted on the pallet so that the distance between the support members can be ad... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6024207 | Feed device for a packaging machine A feed device for a packaging machine having two conveying elements that circulate adjacent to one another at least along an operating path between a loading station and an unloading station. The conveying elements are driven by separate drive motors each... | 02/15/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5911301 | Apparatus for fixing boots of a constant velocity joint assembly and apparatus for positioning the joint assembly for use therein In a constant-velocity-joint-assembly positioning system, a first boot positioning apparatus includes a clamping mechanism for clamping a central drive shaft of a constant velocity joint assembly, a right boot positioning mechanism for positioning a right... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5562198 | Hollow bolt link chain In a hollow bolt link chain of a conveyor device, in which at least one adapter is provided for affixing a carrier of the chain, which is detachably secured in a hollow bolt with an adapter foot, the adapter foot comprises at its insertion end at least on... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5535876 | Chicken processing conveyor An apparatus for conveying poultry along a processing line for deboning. The apparatus includes a number of poultry mounts connected to each other using a chain of cooperative links to form a continuous conveyor. The pivotal junctures between each of the ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5477955 | Conveying system for foodstuffs A conveying system (10) for the classification and sorting of foodstuffs comprising a conveyor (11) comprising at least one endless chain (15) driven by spaced apart drive sprockets (12 and 13), a plurality of chain clips (40) moulded in plastics and clip... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5474166 | Automatic adjustment of pallet workpiece support members An apparatus for automatically adjusting the distance between two support members for carrying workpieces of different dimensions. The support members are mounted on guides that are fitted to pallets that travel on conveyor transport systems for automatic... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5427222 | Article delivery box, and method of supplying articles using same An article delivery box for accommodating long articles includes an outer box having a bottom portion, which is formed to include through-holes, and upper side which is open, and a bottom-rest member laid upon a bottom surface of the outer box and formed ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5348142 | Adjustable pallet A method and apparatus is provided for adjusting a pallet for supporting workpieces, the pallet having a pair of spaced workpiece support blocks, one of which is rotatable and presents a plurality of support surfaces. Each of the support surfaces having a... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5346058 | Automatic adjustment of pallet workpiece support members A pallet for carrying workpieces having different dimensions is provided having first and second support members that are movably located on the pallet and which may be repositioned throughout a range of adjustment to accommodate differently dimensioned w... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5303810 | Magazine rack and positional adjustment system therefor A magazine rack and adjustment/transport system therefore includes a conveyer line for introducing magazine racks into a production process. As a new magazine rack is introduced to the line, a positional adjustment means is active to position the magazine... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5244082 | Apparatus for remodelling multi-purpose container holder A container holder which may be used in a container processing step as performed with a filling machine, a capping machine or the like to hold a container when positioning the latter is disclosed. A remodelling apparatus enables an efficient and reliable ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5244079 | Take-up tube transporting apparatus A bobbin conveyor for transporting bobbins between an automatic winder and a spinning frame. The bobbin conveyor may include a center frame, and length and height adjustable side frames rotatably supported by the center frame, each side frame defining a c... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5238351 | Organizer system and method for a rotatable storage structure A storage system for storage and retrieval of material goods, including a lift having a vertically traveling endless lop and inserter assemblies for inserting containers onto a storage carousel while the carousel remains in continuous motion.... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5209626 | Organizer system for a rotatable storage structure A control system for a storage system wherein containers may be extracted from and inserted on the carousel while the carousel remains in continuous motion.... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5197844 | Organizer system for a rotatable storage structure A storage system for storage and retrieval of material goods, including an extractor assembly for extracting containers from the storage carousel while the carousel remains in continuous motion.... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5188216 | Magnetic grid A conveyor system for use in a continuous proofing and baking apparatus to convey ferromagnetic dough receptacles comprising an elongate track with a conveyor chain mounted in the track and a plurality of product supporting grid assemblies on the chain wh... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5127514 | Variable width conveyor bucket There is shown a conveyor bucket having a base member which is mounted on a structure connecting it to a pair of conveyor chains, the base member has an upstanding fixed wall and a second wall movable on the base relative to the first wall to vary the dis... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5115901 | Automatic adjustment of pallet workpiece support members An apparatus for automatically adjusting the distance between two support members for carrying workpieces of different dimensions. The support members are mounted on guides that are fitted to pallets that travel on conveyor transport systems for automatic... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5115905 | Magnetically secured conveyor system for printed circuit assemblies An improvement to a conveyor system is disclosed which comprises a system of magnets and removable ferromagnetic strips which may be easily attached to Printed Circuit Assemblies (PCA's). In one preferred embodiment, the magnets are mounted to brackets wh... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5099978 | Automatic adjustment of pallet workpiece support members An apparatus for automatically adjusting the distance between two support members for carrying workpieces of different dimensions. The support members are mounted on guides that are fitted to pallets that travel on conveyor transport systems for automatic... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5094340 | Gripper blocks for reeled tubing injectors An improved gripper unit for use in an injector for handling coil tubing, pipe, rod, cable, or similar elongate objects, this gripper unit being provided with gripping surfaces which contact the coil tubing in V-block fashion and thus will grip such tubin... | 03/10/1992 |
