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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7775373 | Method and a system for batching of objects Method and system for batching of supplied objects in batches using one or more robots and a plurality of conveyors in such a manner that a batch fulfils predefined criteria as regards the number of objects, weight, orientation and/or type(s) of objects. ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7353954 | Tray flipper and method for parts inspection Manufacturing lines include inspection systems for monitoring the quality of parts produced. Manufacturing lines for making semiconductor devices generally inspect each fabricated part. The information obtained is used to fix manufacturing problems in the semiconduc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340543 | Device and method for discrete signal conditioning A circuit card assembly provides signal conditioning for signal discretes in control systems integrating a legacy, distributed processing architecture and a distributed I/O control system. Signal conditioning functions are determined, and the necessary physical circ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7282658 | Delivery point sequencer and method of use A device and method for device for sequencing disparate products includes at least a first feeder mechanism feeding a stream of a first product type in a pre-sequenced order. At least a second feeder mechanism feeds a stream of second product type though a sequencin... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7221996 | System and method for combined mailing of a plurality of diverse publications A system for combined mailing of a plurality of diverse publications to a plurality of recipients at an optimized mail rate. The system includes a bindery for binding a plurality of the signatures where the bindery binding the plurality of signatures creates a plura... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217077 | Storage system for glass offcuts The storage system is for use next to a glass processing line having a loading table, a glass cutting table and a breakout table. The storage system comprises a first tilt table and a second tilt table. A storage rack is positioned between the first and the second t... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210893 | Flats mail autotrayer system A method and apparatus is disclosed for combining multiple small stacks of flats mailpieces into a single large stack of mailpieces and then transferring the large stack to a standard flats mail tray, all while maintaining the sequence order of the mail in the accum... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7155938 | Method and device for loading a glass processing installation In the method for loading a glass processing installation (5) with loading portions (10a), glass plates (10, 10b) are extracted repeatedly from a storage unit (20) in a predetermined sequence and divided into a residual port... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7039497 | Method for obtaining a random sampling Methods and systems for obtaining a random sample from a batch of delivery items include determining what type of items are to be sampled, how many items are in the batch, and where the items in the batch are located. The items are typically located in several place... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7012211 | Single pass sequencing assembly A method and apparatus for sequencing articles via a single sort pass or process includes a plurality of article receivers or collators positioned along a conveying or transport path and a plurality of carriages movable along the path. The carriages receive articles... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6732012 | Flats bundle collator A method and an apparatus for collating a plurality of groups of mail items, such as flats mail, each group being pre-sequenced according to prioritized delivery addresses, into a final sequenced set of the mail items from the groups, utilizing the prioritized deliv... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6685030 | Expanded flats bundle collator A method and system for collating groups of flats mail items for a plurality of carrier routes into carrier walk order sequence (CWS) using a Flats Bundle Collator (FBC) system which is capable of pre-staging carrier route subsets in one or more staging t... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6598748 | Line of travel sequence transformation in mail processing applications A method and system for re-sequencing mail prepared in enhanced carrier route line of travel (ECR-LOT) format into carrier walk sequence (CWS) format within a flat bundle collator (FBC) system. The mail items in LOT are separated into subsets, one subset ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6536599 | Method and system for portioning and orientating whole fish or other elongate, non-symetrical articles A method and system for packaging batches of elongate, non-symmetrical products that are soft and/or flexible in nature, such as fish, in which the products are arranged in mutually reversed orientations for maximized utilization of package space. The pro... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6460705 | Method of creating identifiable smaller stacks of currency bills within a larger stack of currency bills A method and device for identifying small stacks of currency bills within a large stack of currency bills using a currency evaluation device. A stack of currency bills to be processed is received in an input receptacle and the bills are transported from t... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6443311 | Flats bundle collator A method and an apparatus for collating a plurality of groups of mail items, such as flats mail, each group being pre-sequenced according to prioritized delivery addresses, into a final sequenced set of the mail items from the groups, utilizing the priori... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6248968 | Method and apparatus for assaying seeds used in medical applications A method and apparatus for assaying and sorting automatically a batch of radioactive seeds used in medical applications. The method and apparatus consist in feeding seeds from a vibratory feeder through a first gate to an EA measuring station where the eq... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6241099 | Flats bundle collator A method and an apparatus for collating a plurality of groups of mail items, such as flats mail, each group being pre-sequenced according to prioritized delivery addresses, into a final sequenced set of the mail items from the groups, utilizing the priori... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6236008 | Automated shuttle sorter for conveyors A conveyor sorter includes a shuttle moving transversely to the conveyor direction to place in the path of articles either a pass-through conveyor or a diverting conveyor. The shuttle is mounted on a reversible belt drive and preferably has two diverting ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5748324 | Bichromatic method and apparatus for detecting peach pit fragments A method and apparatus are provided for detecting the presence of pit fragments as small as 2 mm2 in pitted peach halves. Pitted peach halves are agitated into a cup-up position, are conveyed to a position adjacent an inspection zone and are la... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5727668 | Needle sorting device A needle sorting device includes an infeed device which singulates and randomly deposits surgical needles upon a first conveyor for transmission to a processing station. Upon transit, one or more cameras to obtain an image of the deposited needles. The im... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5511671 | Installation for the sorting of plate material Plates, especially glass sheets, are fed for sorting to a putting-up machine wherein a glass sheet is set upright against a wall in front of which the glass sheet is held in a determined position by an air flow provided by a blower. One glass sheet at a t... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5427252 | Automated system and method for sorting and stacking reusable cartons A system and method for automatically processing a supply of cartons, in flattened form and of different types, in accordance with a selectable number of plural, different and separately identifiable carton types. Unsorted cartons are removed in successiv... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5236092 | Method of an apparatus for X-radiation sorting of raw materials In a method of X-radiation sorting of raw materials, after the stock lumps have been spread in monolayer on the transporting surface and stabilized, they are brought into the mode of unsupported movement along the stabilized paths without rotation. The ex... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5207331 | Automatic system and method for sorting and stacking reusable cartons A system and method for automatically processing a supply of cartons, in flattened form and of different types, in accordance with a selectable number of plural, different and separately identifiable carton types. Unsorted cartons are removed in successiv... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5122331 | Pellet stacking machine A device for aligning nuclear fuel pellets, for insertion into fuel rods, comprises a vibrating table and a conveyor assembly adapted to receive pellets poured from a container and to deposit them in a single layer on the table. The upper surface of the t... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4946587 | Automated gauging apparatus To qualify the heights of inwardly projecting nuclear fuel rod-positioning stops formed in the sidewall of tubular ferrules 12 utilized in fuel bundle spacers, an automated gauging apparatus, seen in FIG. 6, is provided to handle successive ferrules on an... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4933074 | Article singulating system and method Elongated articles (16) to be singulated are conveyed in bulk into a conveyor (30) which by a shaking motion conveys the articles (16). The bed (80) of the conveyor (30) includes longitudinal channels (100) causing the articles (16) to be aligned lengthwi... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4923067 | Automated drill sorting system and method Drill bits (16) are delivered in a mixed, bulk form, in a random orientation, into an alignment unit (30). Aligned drill bits (16) move from the alignment conveyor (30) into the upper end of a singulator (36). Singulated drill bits (16) are delivered by t... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4703679 | Apparatus and method for selectively determining orientation of dough pieces In an apparatus and method for selectively determining the orientation of dough pieces, dough pieces are made to fall from an upper conveyor passing around a curved end portion formed at the downstream end thereof. The falling dough pieces hit a bar posit... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4660282 | Method and apparatus for unloading electronic circuit packages from zero insertion force sockets Disclosed are methods and apparatus for rapidly and automatically unloading electronic circuit packages from zero insertion force sockets on a burn-in board or the like by inverting the burn-in board and placing sequential rows of the sockets in compressi... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4520931 | Apparatus for reorienting electrically asymmetrical axial lead devices in a sorter/tester An inverting apparatus for reorienting electrically asymmetrical axial lead electronic devices in a testing and sorting machine has a wheel rotatably mounted in a magnetic output bin of the tester/sorter. The bin has sets of permanent magnets mounted in i... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4234418 | Dip-handling apparatus A DIP-handling apparatus comprising a support chassis, an input tray attached to the support chassis and including a plurality of DIP-receiving input trays arrayed in parallel, a reorienting and metering device for receiving a DIP from one of the tracks o... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4171051 | Apparatus for serially transporting, testing and orienting cylindrical components A multi-section feeder-serializer subsystem uses blocking gates controlled by sensors responsive to the quantity of components in the various sections to produce a single-file progression of components from a bulk supply of components. A slotted track con... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4144970 | Inspection apparatus for filled capsule A rotary capsule receiving platform is provided having a plurality of vertical hollow receiving tubes, with means for positioning each tube beneath a filled capsule supply hopper for receiving a capsule in an upright position. A plurality of retaining sle... | 03/20/1979 |
