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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370749 | Conveyor belt cleaning apparatus and system Health considerations mandate continuous and thorough cleaning of modular conveyor belts used in the food processing industry. A modular belt cleaning system is provided having a sleeve bearing slidable over a supply pipe, and having apertures for engaging nozzles i... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7326167 | Sheet folding device A sheet folding device includes a folding plate configured to push out a sheet or sheet stack in a direction pre-set against a conveying path; a couple of folding rollers configured to push the sheet being pushed into a nip of the folding roller couple; and a guide ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7162326 | Mask identification database server The physical movement of reticles and solder bump masks within a wafer processing plant are continually tracked and documented in a historical database for the useful life of the reticles or masks. In an example embodiment of the mask tracking method, the method inc... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7033130 | Depalletizer for a material handling system A depalletizer includes an input assembly for supporting a loaded pallet loaded with at least one product, a lift assembly, and a product take-away assembly. The input assembly presents the loaded pallet to the lift assembly, which moves the loaded pallet to a produ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014126 | Sorting machine for diverting an article from an article stream A sorting machine for diverting an article from an article stream generally includes a manifold, a first valve supported on the manifold and a second valve supported on top of the first valve. The manifold has a first blow-off conduit and a second blow-off conduit f... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6674035 | Paper discharge device A paper discharge device has a first conveyance path having an input port through which paper is introduced, a second conveyance path having a discharge port through which the paper is discharged, and a third conveyance path. A paper feeding mechanism fee... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6403905 | Reticle stocking and sorting management system A system and method for stocking and sorting reticles used in a semiconductor fabrication facility, the facility having a material handling system that presents a reticle to a photolithography process area. In an example embodiment of the reticle manageme... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6384421 | Vision system for industrial parts A machine vision inspection system for industrial parts such as plastic molded caps or the like can reliably detect defects at very high inspection rates on the order of 1600 per minute of a variety of cap colors and liners including previously difficult ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5819954 | Coupon sorting system and method of sorting coupons A system for sorting coupons according to information contained within bar codes or similar markings printed thereon. The system includes a storage bin in which the coupons are received and from which they are removed one at a time. A coupon picker remove... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5819953 | Method and apparatus for sorting capsules Disclosed is an apparatus for sorting capsules of hard or soft gelatin, starch or another material, for faultless and faulty capsules. In the apparatus, capsules are first fed from a supply container holders in a control station, then conveyed in the caps... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5367466 | Sorting apparatus and method of control for the same A method for controlling a sorting apparatus of the type including a plurality of mobile carriages for the transport and unloading of objects transported, in which: a predetermined advance time "t" with respect to the moment of unloading, a signal is sent... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5353937 | Automatic variable ejector delay time and dwell type mechanism in a sorting apparatus A method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting and ejecting articles of different weights in a product and article stream, by varying the dwell and delay time in accordance with the color classification of the products and articles being sorted. The e... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5018073 | High density loaded sorting conveyors The disclosed sorting conveyor and method of operating sorting conveyors provide for greater utilization of the apparatus, by using different separations between any leading article and its trailing article, either close separation of the articles when th... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4579228 | Ticket diverter module A ticket diverter for use in conjunction with a ticket processing apparatus. The diverter has an entry passage through which a ticket enters and an exit passage through which the ticket is expelled. A stationary diverter ramp deflects the ticket from the ... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4308959 | Roll sorting apparatus An apparatus for sorting articles based upon the presence of defects on the surface thereof is characterized by a roller conveyor carrying a random array of articles in transverse channels defined between adjacent rollers. As the conveyor is advanced thro... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4002560 | Automatic article sorting apparatus An automatic laundry sorting machine comprising separate sorting stations having individually driven conveyor units for feeding and sorting folded laundry articles according to size. Sorting and sensing means are associated with at least one of the convey... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3933248 | Bird-swing detector An improved "bird-swing" detector which has a downstream rejection system. An optical type bird-swing detector inspects glass containers as they move therethrough on a conveyor. A container exhibiting a bird-swing defect causes generation of a rejection s... | 01/20/1976 |
