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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6669430 | Library service port A data storage library and method of operation are disclosed wherein access at least to part of at least one robotic mechanism from the data storage library's exterior is permitted. Access is accomplished through a service port in the library's housing. A... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6652199 | Vessel conveying system A vessel conveying system includes a dryer disposed within a first sterile chamber. If a vessel stays within the dryer for a prolonged length of time, it will be deformed under heat. Accordingly, the vessel is removed by a reject wheel and dropped onto a ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6484869 | Conveyor personnel gate A freestanding conveyor personnel gate includes a support or base portion and a conveyor portion, which is pivotable and movable relative to the support between a closed position and an open position. The gate includes a latch mechanism which is operable ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6431344 | Checking device A device for checking objects carried by persons entering an enclosed area, has a checking area, a first transport device transporting objects from a first location outside the checking area into the checking area, and a second transport device transporti... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6304629 | Compact scanner apparatus and method A scanner comprises a conveyor device, a tunnel housing, a bed assembly housing, an isolating device, and one or two analysis devices. The tunnel housing, together with a top portion of the bed assembly housing, forms a substantially enclosed area for ana... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6058159 | Compact scanner apparatus and method A scanner apparatus comprises a tunnel housing having a top, two sides and entrance and exit openings; a bed assembly having a top and side portions wherein the side portions of the bed assembly are substantially fixed to the side portions of the tunnel h... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5669751 | Transport system for workpieces A machine guard has an opening with a detachable door; i.e., sliding tracks and hinges are not used for door support. When an outside loader arm and its part grippers move to the door, the door is unlatched from the guard and attached to the arm. The arm ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5405231 | Conveyor with rotary airlock apparatus An apparatus for transferring objects from a first region to a second reg, the first and second regions having differing atmospheric environments. The apparatus includes a shell having an entrance and an exit, a conveyor belt running through the shell fr... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5392900 | Bulkhead door arrangement The invention relates to a bulkhead door arrangement for sealingly closing an opening which is located between two mutually adjacent spaces and through which a conveyor belt extends. The arrangement includes a vertically moveable door part provided with a... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5373932 | Fire barrier A fire barrier apparatus includes a wall separating two adjacent spaces, extending in a predetermined plane and formed from a fire resistant material. The wall has an opening. The apparatus further includes a conveyor defining a conveyor path which extend... | 12/20/1994 |
| 4995801 | Injection molding machine provided with a conveyor for delivering molding from the machine A conveyor having an endless conveying belt, which includes a series of slats, which in the upper course of the belt constitute a conveying surface. The slats include sheet metal blanks and are supported on link chains. The slats are adapted to be manuall... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4789293 | Automatic rental safe-deposit box system A system wherein a contractor of a rental safe-deposit box can privately obtain, handle and restore his own box in the fire-proof safe room. The system includes an automatic article retrieval and storage unit located within the safe room and having contra... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4753337 | Apparatus for actuating a breakaway conveyor section An apparatus for actuating a breakaway conveyor section includes an actuating means positioned below a lower edge of a fire door adapted to move vertically downward along an outside wall of a building to close an opening. A breakaway conveyor section is p... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4682927 | Conveyor system Apparatus for automatically transferring a cassette of semiconductor wafers from one "clean" room to a second "clean" room across an area that may be less clean. The system includes an elevator in each room where a load is manually positioned in a load st... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4673076 | Rotary shuttle for machine tools A rotary shuttle (10) for a machine tool (11) in which no power mechanism is required for moving the pallet (14, 15) with the workpiece off of the shuttle (10) and on to the machine tool worktable (13A) or for withdrawing a pallet (14, 15) with the comple... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4618055 | Collator section of lasagna packer In a commercial lasagna making and packaging machine, a collator comprises a vertically movable conveyor having shelves positioned to receive strips of lasagna delivered thereto by a horizontally moving main conveyor which carries the strips of lasagna fr... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4564348 | Machine base for injection molding machine A machine base for an injection molding machine welded together of die-cut and die-formed sections of steel sheet, including a U-shaped base member, front and rear end walls, and an intermediate partition wall. The folded-over upper edges of the base memb... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4497254 | Isolating device for an opening traversed by conveyor cars An isolating device for an opening in a wall traversed by a track for vehicles of a conveyor system. A door can swing up or down to close this opening and a removable track section can be drawn in the direction of the track to clear a path for the door.... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4375855 | Transportable produce processing house A produce processing house such as a cabbage packing house is mounted on wheels and towable from location to location. Centrally of the house are superposed main conveyors which extend from a produce receiving section exterior of the house substantially t... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4270899 | Roller grate material bed transporting and heat exchange apparatus Roller grate apparatus for simultaneously transporting and transferring heat to or from a bed of material particles has elongated cylindrical parallel horizontal rollers rotatably driven in the same direction; filler bars disposed in the nip between adjac... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4205216 | Laser welding system and method A laser welding system is disclosed having a housing formed with an opening through which workpieces may be passed, and a laser for generating and directing a laser beam into a welding station within the housing. The system further includes a light trap f... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4157753 | Conveyor plant In a conveyor plant for equipping both sides of a wall or partition in which two spaced apertures are formed to permit the free passage of the movable component elements of the conveyor plant, a pair of casings are each adapted to be clamped by means of j... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4122003 | Metering surge bin airlock A metering surge bin airlock feed device having a conveyor which extends from a surge bin to the interior of a pneumatic materials separator is disclosed. Airlock inlet and outlet means are provided at the points where the conveyor passes through a wall o... | 10/24/1978 |
