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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7221998 | Determining pallet case configurations for placement by a robot A method of determining pallet layers for placement by a material handling system robot can include identifying cases for inclusion in a pallet and identifying case dimension information for the cases. Using the case dimension information, the cases can be classifie... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7080737 | Method and system for automatically sorting and packing products A method is provided for automatically sorting and packing batches of products, such as, for instance, eggs or fruits which are each provided with an origin code. The method includes supplying first batches of coded products to a sorting apparatus and simultaneously... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7004330 | Methods and apparatus for watermelon sizing, counting and sorting Methods and apparatus for sizing watermelons by weight in which a conveyor belt carries watermelons from a loading station to a weigh station and finally to a discharge station where they are directed to one of several bins depending on their weight. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004331 | Methods and apparatus for watermelon sizing, counting and sorting Methods and apparatus for sizing watermelons by weight in which a conveyor belt carries watermelons from a loading station to a weigh station and finally to a discharge station where they are directed to one of several bins depending on their weight. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6871116 | Determining pallet case configurations for placement by a robot A method of determining pallet layers for placement by a material handling system robot can include identifying cases for inclusion in a pallet and identifying case dimension information for the cases. Using the case dimension information, the cases can be classifie... | 03/22/2005 |
| 5423431 | Method and an apparatus for waste handling A method and an apparatus for sorting waste into different waste types. A first division of the waste is effected into at least two waste types in that each waste type is placed in a bag or container (100, 101) which is provided with at least one marking ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5375722 | Carton monitoring system A carton glue monitoring system includes a conveyor moving a plurality of cartons in a first direction. An encoder provides pulses at a rate proportional to conveyor line speed. A glue applicator applies a glue strip having a fluorescent material added th... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5259513 | Method and a device for sorting returnable bottles, cans and other returnable packages The invention relates to a method and device for sorting returnable bottles, cans and other returnable packages. In the method, a returnable package is transferred by means of a transferring device to an identification device having a data processing unit... | 11/09/1993 |
| 4476981 | Rejection system A rejection system for use with an inspection system, which inspects a number of products transferred at high speed on a conveyor at a predetermined inspection position and generates a product reject signal as well as a product inspection position arrival... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4386708 | Container reject system A system for the reject of a single container from a row of multiple closely spaced containers on a moving conveyor. A circuit supplies a signal to a reject mechanism which is a solenoid actuated air blast to remove the container accurately. The circuit c... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4304981 | Method for identifying or marking panels and strips A method for applying identification markings on surfaces of moving panels and strips, preferably steel sheets and steel strips. The method is particularly applicable at high speeds, in which the surface of the moving panel or strip between an inspection ... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4251000 | Front and back stacker for high speed sorter/reader apparatus Demountable, modular, apparatus permitting item/documents, such for example as checks, to be stacked at high speed on opposite sides of a linear main-line item feed-through pathway. Indicators are included for indicating in which direction, forward, right... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4179031 | Document dispensing system A document dispensing system for dispensing documents or bills from a source to a customer access receptacle or a reject bin depending upon certain characteristics of the bills or the manner in which they are fed. Sensors which are positioned along a disp... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4105123 | Fruit sorting circuitry A circuit for detecting the color of fruit on a plurality of conveyor paths by measuring the light reflected from the surface of the fruit at a viewing station at each path. The circuitry operates to develop a pair of signals at each of the conveyor paths... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4055252 | Container liquid level detector apparatus A liquid level detector for electronically examining containers through the use of microwave sensors for determining the presence of liquid in the containers including a mounting member to adjust the position of the detector to accommodate different size ... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4047613 | Means and method for inspecting in-process aerosol container closures An optical and electromagnetic system for checking aerosol container closures for split curls, and for the presence of a continuous bead of sealing compound. The compound is applied to a depression about the periphery of inverted closures, and closures co... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4046259 | Stacking method Stacking apparatus and method for generally flat objects, particularly useful for the stacking of magazines by zip code. According to the invention, a continuous input stream of the objects is alternately diverted in preselected numbers pursuant to a shif... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4042113 | Sorting device for magazine or the like A device for separating, scanning and sorting publications bearing the Universal Product Code. The device comprises a flat bed extending horizontally but inclined to one side, along which move parallel belts at high speed. A loading bit or hopper at one e... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3993193 | Document sorting system A document sorting system employing a plurality of elongated flexible strips which form document transport channels therebetween and which terminate at a plurality of sorting areas. A magnetic apparatus is provided for selectively deflecting the ends of t... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3976197 | Thermal convection counter streaming sedimentation method and apparatus for controlling the sex of mammalian offspring A method and apparatus for controlling the sex of mammalian offspring through separation of X-chromosome female producing sperm and Y-chromosome male producing sperm. The separation is accomplished by producing a thermal convection counter stream within a... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3966049 | Apparatus for sorting eggs as to weight The subject apparatus includes an egg receiver, an egg weighing device having an egg carrier, a conveyor belt for transporting a weighed egg, an ejector for ejecting weighed eggs from the conveyor and a collector of the weighed eggs. The improvement has a... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3948765 | Egg handling apparatus A machine for grading eggs according to their weight and delivering the eggs to a series of packing machines for packaging in cartons, or the like, which is characterized by an elongate main support frame on which there is mounted a pocketed single line t... | 04/06/1976 |
