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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918334 | Versatile enhanced production line for preparing and packaging food products A method and device for manufacturing a viscous or semisolid product. The device includes a versatile product holding tray for manufacturing or forming the product. This tray is a polygonal member that includes a top surface for receiving the liquid or semisolid pro... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7318519 | Tote for conveyor A tote (1) used for conveying articles is transparent to x-rays in a conveyor system. At least a lower part (4) of the tote may be manufactured by injection molding rather than rotational molding. A wear-resistant material may also be employed for the ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7306092 | Transport system for small components A system for transporting small components, generally electrical components, arranged in a row comprising an arbitrary number of chain links. The components are accommodated within a cavity present in the chain links. The cavity is defined by at least two walls, at ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7195114 | Transfer units An apparatus for transferring products, in particular eggs, comprising at at least one height, positioned under an endless sorting conveyor, at least one row of conveying units, wherein the products are discharged in a well-defined manner from the sorting conveyor i... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6926132 | Hold down assembly, with tubular container transport apparatus and methodology incorporating the same A hold down assembly for use in a tubular container transport apparatus comprises upper and lower pieces movably mounted relative to one another. Preferably the lower piece is removably seated on a mounting plate of the transport apparatus and the upper piece is ada... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6491157 | Toothed belts for transporting objects The toothed belt has a band-shaped belt body which carries integrally formed teeth on one side. At least one of the teeth is provided with two openings which extend from the crown surface of the associated tooth through the toothed belt to the other side ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6257806 | Device for conveying necked objects and for loading such objects A device for conveying objects having a neck along a given direction having at least one pressure chamber capable of projecting an air flow on the objects along the conveying direction, and a support rail oriented along the conveying direction. The device... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6244307 | Transportation, feeding and filling apparatus of irregular-formed vessels and transportation and feeding method A filling apparatus of irregular-formed vessels having an intermittent swinging table (111) disposed above a continuous rotation table (5) and having a plurality of filling nozzles (121) at a same pitch as the vessel holding pitch, filling means for pushi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6209708 | Conveyor system for receiving, orienting and conveying pouches A conveyer system for receiving, orienting and conveying pouches is disclosed. The conveyor system includes a plurality of pucks, each puck having a lower extent with a recess extending upwardly from the lower surface thereof and having an upstanding cyli... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6068110 | Holder for cylindrical cell in conveyor system A conveying holder for cylindrical cell is provided which is capable of stably supporting a cylindrical cell irrespective of variation in outer diameter of the cell or impact during transfer. An outer wall member 20 of which inner diameter is greater than... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5996768 | Quick change drum A quick change drum for receiving and orienting pellet-like items in a pellet marking machine is disclosed. The quick change drum comprises a central shaft with two end plates perpendicularly attached to the ends of the shaft in parallel spaced apart rela... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5988364 | Quick connect/disconnect device A quick connect/disconnect device and method for manually demountably attaching carrier bars to an endless train comprising a conveyor adapted for conveying pellet-like items in a pellet marking machine is disclosed. The device comprises an elongated shan... | 11/23/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5147033 | Continuous proofing and baking apparatus having magnetic conveyor system A conveyor system for use in a continuous proofing and baking apparatus. The system has a conveyor chain, having a plurality of links, which moves along a track. Each link supports a product supporting grid, which has four circular rings. Pole pieces are ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5096052 | Ultrasonic sealing method and assembly A container carrier for supporting a container having an outer flange including first regions which have a first predetermined thickness, second regions which have a second predetermined thickness, and a top surface. The container carrier includes a carri... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5007527 | Pallet having a sidewall comprising an arcuate surface A pallet is provided and shaped to facilitate movement of the pallet around a corner portion of a transfer mechanism. The pallet comprises a sidewall having an arcuate surface. The pallet further includes a cavity which imparts vertical and horizontal lif... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4946021 | Multiple position, conveyor mountable workpiece carrier A device is provided for conveying a workpiece along a conveyor path having spaced therealong at least two workstations to present the workpiece in seriatim to the workstations in at least two positional orientations as required for each particular workst... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4936442 | Combination box beam carrier for nonmetallic container pockets The present invention is directed to a box beam carrier composed of essentially two facing channel members with a series of openings in each of the channel members with the openings in aligned pairs to receive a preformed pocket which is snap-fitted in th... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4817785 | Automated microbiological testing apparatus An incubation chamber for incubating a number of microbiological test trays such as susceptibility trays and identification trays holds a number of tray carriers in a pair of stacks. An elevator is provided to move any given carrier to a position at which... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4778045 | Apparatus for transporting receptacles in filling machines An apparatus for transporting receptacles or the like in a filling and/or sealing machine has one or more endless conveyors or a turntable and several sets of locating members for individual receptacles or groups of receptacles. The selected locating memb... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4684012 | Blow molding pallet assembly A pallet assembly is disclosed for use in simultaneous transfer of four preheated plastic preforms from an oven, through a blow mold where they are blown into bottles to a location where the bottles are discharged. The pallet has a base (shuttle) on which... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4220435 | Unloader for ring-shaped pallets A workpiece having an enlarged head and a stem extending therefrom is conveyed in a gravity chute while supported vertically in a ring-shaped pallet with the head supported on the top side of the pallet and the stem extending downwardly through the pallet... | 09/02/1980 |
| 3980182 | Workpiece handling device in an internal broaching machine A workpiece handling device for a machine tool having at least one work station disposed on the frame of the machine tool, wherein workpieces are held in workpiece holders during machining comprises a transfer means and a feeding means. The transfer means... | 09/14/1976 |
