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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866484 | Sorting device and method The invention relates to a sorting device and method for sorting granulated mass containing varied materials, such as granulated mass containing varied materials, such as granulated electronic scrap. According to the invention, the sorting device comprises a planar,... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7677396 | De-inking screen Multiple shafts are aligned along a frame and configured to rotate in a direction causing paper products to move along a separation screen. The shafts are configured with a shape and spacing so that substantially rigid pieces of the paper products move along the scr... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7434695 | De-inking screen Multiple shafts are aligned along a frame and configured to rotate in a direction causing paper products to move along a separation screen. The shafts are configured with a shape and spacing so that substantially rigid pieces of the paper products move along the scr... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7357275 | Unit for feeding capsules onto a capsule filling machine In a machine for filling capsules, a hopper containing the capsules is mounted to rotate about a respective first axis of rotation, so as to move about the first axis a number of feed channels, each of which receives the capsules successively from the hopper, and ha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355140 | Method of and apparatus for multi-stage sorting of glass cullets A method and system for sorting different colored objects, preferably glass cullets, into separate groups of same colored objects comprising a plurality of sorting devices for receiving an input feed of different colored objects and sorting the different colored obj... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351929 | Method of and apparatus for high speed, high quality, contaminant removal and color sorting of glass cullet A system for sorting a mixed stream of different colored cullet into separate groups of same colored cullet comprises a light emitting source for transmitting light, such as white light, through a cullet, and a camera having a plurality of pixels for receiving light... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7243801 | System for removing plastic from recycled material A system for separating pieces of plastic bag from ground yard debris and the like, e.g., asphalt shingles. A conveyor conveys the debris material along a conveyor path and an agitator bounces the conveyor to cause the lighter plastic to reposition to the top of the... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7128217 | Bun laner A bun laner sorts buns into a predetermined number of lanes, for providing buns to a packaging unit. The bun laner detects when some lanes are filling faster than other and closes those lanes while the other lanes fill. A vacuum may be used to hold buns in a filled ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111740 | Sorting apparatus, sorting method and alignment apparatus This invention provides a seed-sorting apparatus that includes an alignment trough having a plurality of grooves into which the seeds are distributed, a line sensor camera for inspecting the seeds, a nozzle device having a number of nozzles that is the same as the n... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096743 | Device for measuring the bending strength of flat consignments An apparatus for measuring the flexural rigidity in the longitudinal direction of flat items of mail transported one after another on a conveying path includes a control device, a sensor for detecting the edges of the items of mail and signaling the control device w... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7059181 | Test to measure curling tendency of paper in laser printers The invention provides an apparatus and method for testing the tendency of a paper to curl. The paper is cut from a paper making machine and rapidly humidified to standard TAPPI conditions, and is thereafter run through an apparatus having a substantially vertically... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044306 | Automated picking, weighing and sorting system for particulate matter An automated machine is used to handle and manipulate individual pieces of particulate matter. The particulate matter is contained in a bin. The machine operates to pick single individual pieces of the particulate matter from the bin. The picked individual pieces ar... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6915550 | Device and method for eliminating front and end trimmings from series of rolls The device includes at least one continuous flexible suction conveyor which is equipped with openings and which conveys articles along a transfer path from an article feeder to an article received. A discharge point for the trimmings is provided along the transfer p... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6892891 | Manure management system using sloped screen separator A manure management system that removes a large percentage of solids from a manure slurry when the slurry is run across a series of sloped screen separators. The sloped screen on the separator has very small openings. In addition, the separator has a water line with... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6814080 | Apparatus for making a tobacco rod Apparatus for making one or more rod-like fillers of shredded tobacco for use in the making of cigarettes or the like employs one or two pneumatic conveyors having endless foraminous belts trained over pulleys and including elongated stretches below communicating pa... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6739455 | Defective capsule removing mechanism A defective capsule removing mechanism is provided wherein a defective capsule discharging window is provided for a capsule pocket and the capsule pocket, is subject to suction through the discharging window so that a cap or a body of a coupling defective capsule is... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6595370 | Apparatus and method for reducing contamination in a wafer transfer chamber A wafer transfer chamber, such as a load-lock chamber used in a cluster processing tool for semiconductor devices that has reduced particle contamination problem is provided. In the wafer transfer chamber, a particle filter is provided to shield or isolat... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6588476 | Method and apparatus for producing a faultless material web, as well as faultless material web The problem of the invention is to provide a material web, comprising a supporting web and information carriers positioned thereon, in which the supporting web is constructed as a continuous web and on which are only located faultless information carriers... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6571958 | Mail processing double separator and sensing assemblies and methods A double separator assembly used for a mail sorting system. A conveyor system facilitates movement of mail items through the double separator assembly. A substantially nonrotatable component is positioned proximate to the conveyor system. A mail driving a... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6479777 | Electronic parts conveying apparatus and method An electronic parts conveying apparatus reduces damage to electronic parts (e.g., chip-type electronic parts) and stabilizes the positions of the electronic parts during a conveying operation. The conveying apparatus has a conveying table having, on its e... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6439394 | Separator for dry separation of powders A system for dry separation of powders into at least two fractions including a powder to be separated and a separator including a hollow body rotating about an axis and defining a cavity having a powder engaging surface, the surface of the cavity being a ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427845 | Apparatus for separating plastic bags from cans and/or bottles A method and apparatus for separating cans or bottles from plastic bags and plastic bag parts, including a frame and a perforated drum operably rotatably attached to the frame. The drum has a circular cross section. A divider member is disposed in the int... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6375011 | Vibrating conveyor and method for conveying silicon fragments A method for conveying silicon fragments has the silicon fragments being conveyed over a conveyor surface, which is made from hyperpure silicon. There is a vibrating conveyor, and during the conveying, the sharp edges of the silicon fragments are rounded ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6294747 | Inspection machine for surface mount passive component This invention is a visual inspection machine for a surface mount passive component (chip) made up of a rotating circular loader wheel inclined to the horizontal and including an upper exposed wheel surface against which an inventory of chips is placed fo... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6220446 | Particle size classifier A particle size classifier in which feed material composed of product and overs moves downwardly through a separator unit by the action of negative pressures created by a first air blower associated with the collection of product and a second air blower a... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6204464 | Electronic component handler A high-speed handler for receiving a heap of randomly oriented parallel piped-shaped ceramic components, each component of the type having at least one set of metal terminations located on opposite edges thereof, presenting them in individual seats in con... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6202858 | Method for sorting IC-components A method and system for sorting IC-components into pre-definable classes of criteria simultaneously remove a plurality of the IC-components from receiving portions of a tray using a plurality of gripping devices. Each of the gripping devices having an acc... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6201885 | Method for bakery product measurement The computer imaging analysis of bakery products for quality control and other purposes is disclosed. Apparatus and methods useful in such analysis are disclosed. The methods are useful on all types of bakery products. They can be used to analyze for para... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6123201 | Drum elevator system A drum elevator and method of elevating cigarettes, the apparatus having a series of rotatable cigarette transferring drums including a first plurality of horizontally disposed drums at a first elevation and a second plurality of vertically disposed drums... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6050424 | Method of checking cigarettes A method of checking cigarettes, whereby cigarettes are fed in steps along a gravity channel in the outlet of a hopper, and are successively arrested substantially at a checking station where a checking device determines the density of the open ends of th... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6025567 | Binning wheel for testing and sorting capacitor chips A machine for continuously testing and sorting large quantities of miniature capacitor chips, where the chips having electrically conductive surfaces on opposite ends thereof, including a thin, endless belt arranged to pass over a plurality of rotatable p... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6024098 | Method of detecting and rejecting poorly filled cigarettes A method of detecting and rejecting poorly filled cigarettes, whereby cigarettes, arranged along a gravity channel forming part of an outlet of a feedbox, are fed successively past a detecting device facing one end of the cigarettes; the detecting device,... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5994656 | Color sorting machine for cereal grain or the like having dust collecting device A color sorting machine sorts particles of different colors from raw material such as cereal grains or the like. The machine has a down chute descending towards a front side of the machine for letting raw material particles flow down linearly, a photoelec... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5875898 | Compost purification method and apparatus Mature particulate compost containing plastic film fragments resulting from the comminution of green waste and the bags containing them, is freed of the plastic fragments during screening of the compost by drawing air upwards through the compost into at l... | 03/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5782364 | Device for separating a mixture of objects Device for separating a mixture of objects of flat dimension and objects of spatial dimension with a conveying device comprising at least one conveying carrier. The conveying device comprises two boundaries to which tangents proceeding in the conveying di... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5772045 | Selector for badly-filled capsules The selector for badly-filled capsules consists of a constantly rotating ring-shaped capsule transfer plate which has an infeed for the capsules to be selected and an outfeed for the selected capsules, above which a substantially vertical suction mouth is... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5475917 | Trim removing apparatus associated with a cutting-off machine for the formation of small rolls of toilet paper or the like An apparatus is provided for the removal of "trims" and other waste from small rolls of toilet paper, all-purpose wipers and other articles, with arrangement for thrust-operated advancement of rows of said small rolls (R). It includes at least a continuou... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5392928 | Inspection and sorting of containers A system for inspecting and sorting molded containers, such as glass bottles that includes a finished product inspection station for inspecting containers transported in sequence along a predetermined path, identifying containers to be sorted from the pat... | 02/28/1995 |
