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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7261197 | Method and apparatus for inspecting articles of glassware Apparatus for indexing glassware through a series of angularly spaced stations includes first and second arrays of glassware gripping fingers mounted on associated carriers that are rotatable about a common axis, both conjointly and with respect to each other. Each ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7220932 | Work unit for conveying bottles between two stations and for rejecting faulty bottles A work unit for conveying bottles between two stations and for rejecting bottles considered faulty, includes a selecting disc, having a vertical axis and featuring radial seats made on its edge, for holding, in cooperation with vacuum ducts, bottles. A first track, ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7124673 | Horizontal cutter of double-bodied bottles attached to each other at the neck A horizontal cutter of double-bodied bottles attached to each other at a neck which comprises means (2) for advancing the bottles (3) and a cutting device (1) of the neck of the bottles. The cutting device (1) comprises a pair of blades (... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6994200 | Currency handling system having multiple output receptacles A method and apparatus for handling bill jams within a currency processing device is provided. The device includes a transport mechanism adapted to transport bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit into a plural... | 02/07/2006 |
| 5414939 | Contact measurement of container dimensional parameters A system and method for contact measurement of dimensional parameters of a container in which rollers coupled to LVDT sensors are placed in contact with a container as the container is rotated about its central axis so that the sensors develop analog sign... | 05/16/1995 |
| 4641437 | Gauge for comparing circumferences A gauge having a substantially circular band capable of being deformed out-of-round from the application of a predetermined force and having a specified inner circumferential length to be compared with the length of a circumference around an object. The g... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4573934 | System for identifying envelopes having excessive panel-funnel offset and dispensing articles A kinescope envelope which rests on a fixture is positioned at a location where the envelope size is determined. The envelope is removed from the fixture and positioned at a preselected position where the panel-funnel offset is determined. The size and of... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4453314 | Apparatus for inspecting the chimbs of cylindrical articles such as kegs Apparatus for inspecting the chimbs of cylindrical articles such as kegs or drums comprises means for rotating a keg about its cylindrical axis and sensing means arranged to engage the chimb of the keg and to sense displacement of the chimb from a predete... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4433785 | Leaner gauge for narrow neck containers In the inspection of generally round glass containers where the containers are indexed into the gauging stations or positions by the movement of a starwheel mechanism, the containers are held in a generally upright attitude with their bottoms engaging a p... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4355724 | Apparatus for sensing depressions in top panels of containers Apparatus for detecting whether the top panel of a container cap is properly depressed as capped containers are conveyed along a travel path. The apparatus is of the type comprising a floating shoe disposed over the travel path and carrying a proximity se... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4063643 | Size control Apparatus is described for checking articles on a conveyor and for removing oversize ones. The articles pass between a fixed feeler and push out a swinging feeler. If the swinging feeler is pushed too far, indicating an oversize article, this is detected ... | 12/20/1977 |
