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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7397010 | Sorting device for flat mail items The invention relates to a sorting device which includes a mail item buffer storage having storage pouches, circulating in a conveying loop and moving past charge station. Below straight handover sections of the conveying loops, circulating mail from containers, dis... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7370765 | Apparatus for sorting laundry pieces A device for sorting of laundry pieces comprises a transport device for transporting different types of laundry pieces, a first collection device for receiving a first type of laundry pieces and disposed in a receiving relationship to the transport device, a second ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7235756 | Mail sorting and sequencing system A mail sorting and sequencing system having a number of DPP units cooperating with one another to sort and sequence mail items of three different types of mail. Each DPP unit having: a conveyor system wherein a number of trucks travel along a path; at least three tr... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222715 | Fruit handling equipment A conveying assembly for fruit handling, comprising a carriage (20) adapted to be attached to a conveying chain arranged to displace the carriage in a conveying direction, a cup (30) adapted to support a single piece of fruit, the cup being secured to ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7166814 | Sorting machine The sorting machine main body of a sorting machine is a slender machine provided with a chain conveyer along an upper and lower two level endless loop route, and includes an IN side turn back portion, a transfer portion, a sorting portion, an OUT side turn back port... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6874614 | Method and apparatus for activating a tipping shell sorter, as well as a tipping conveyor element The invention relates to a method and device for the individual or group activation of tipping conveyor elements of a tipping shell sorter, which are provided with an electric motor tipping drive. The electric motor of the tipping drive, is supplied with electrical ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6762382 | Track-type sortation system A sortation system includes a track arrangement and a series of carriers which are movable on the track arrangement, such as by a roller chain or the like. A series of sort stations are provided at various locations along the track arrangement, and items are placed ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6747231 | Sorting device for flat mail items A sorting arrangement for flat items of mail, has a plurality of containers (1) which circulate in a conveying loop with at least two semicircular conveying sections (2) and are intended for laterally receiving, for transporting and for discharging in ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6677548 | Sorting method, sorting installation and sorting system The invention relates to a sorting method for sorting objects, characterised by at least the following sorting steps: a) first sort run, in which objects are input onto parking sections of a first block of parking sections; b) second sort run, in which ob... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6659287 | Apparatus and method for grading articles An apparatus and method for inspecting and sorting articles such as fruit and vegetables in which the articles are presented, on a conveyor, under a viewing device and classified. A take-off position is determined from the classification and the article i... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6533126 | Produce sizing transport mechanism A produce sizing transport mechanism includes an endless conveyor carrying a plurality of downwardly depending produce retaining members which define an elongated produce retaining zone below at least one portion of the endless conveyor. At least part of ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6520311 | Multi-row type online internal quality inspection device A multi-row type internal quality inspection device is arranged to adjust spacing intervals between the columns of receiving trays arranged in rows on a conveyer to the column spacing intervals of a supply conveyor at the start part on the entrance side o... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6481579 | Article grading apparatus A multi-stream singulator has two continuously laterally adjacent streams of cups, which carry and advance articles to be graded to a discharge zone. Articles from the discharge zone are received onto a single stream grading conveyor. At least one of the ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6460681 | System for sorting articles using a double carrying tray A system for sorting articles, the system having a track which defines a route starting at least one loading point, the route continuing on to a plurality of destination points and arriving back at the loading point. The system also has at least one tray ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459061 | Segmented conveyor sorter A sorter conveyor system according to the invention includes at least one endless conveyor loop including a rail. One or more conveyor segments are mounted on the rail. Each segment is a series of cart units each having wheel structures mounted for rollin... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6455797 | Device and method for sorting piece goods Piece goods are sorted with tilting tray sorters by recognizing when a large good needs two consecutive empty tilting trays in order to be inwardly transferred; locating a first, empty tilting tray; emptying a second tilting tray occupied by a good adjace... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6452118 | Weighing apparatus A weighing apparatus comprising a number of grippers each designed for receiving therein an object to be weighed, each gripper being mounted on a conveyor via a hingeless connection, so that the grippers are arranged for movement along a gripper path, eac... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6374892 | Heat transfer recording sheet producing apparatus and roll shaft supplying apparatus A sheet winding apparatus or a heat transfer recording sheet providing apparatus including the sheet winding apparatus, the sheet winding apparatus formed of a plurality of sheet winding devices arranged in multiple steps in a vertical direction. Each of ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6341699 | Method and apparatus for sorting carpet or similar types of material The invention relates to a method for sorting carpet or similar pieces of material to material type and the like, wherein the method comprises the following steps of: placing pieces of carpet on a transport system; disentangling or separating the pieces o... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6311848 | Actuator device for tilt ejectors of fruit forming part of an arrangement for classification of fruit A device for tiltable ejectors of fruit in conveyor carts integrated into electronic classifiers has a lifting-ejector formed by a bent and supported vertical shaft which turns freely by its upper end section and is operationally connected to the tiltable... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6273268 | Conveyor system for sorting piece goods The sorting system comprises a sorting line with ejection stations successively arranged along the line. There is a conveying system guided along the sorting line and having a sorting device successively arranged as well. Each sorting device has a conveyo... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6234297 | Device for conveying products, in particular fruit The invention relates to a device for conveying products, in particular fruit, which is designed to provide transport of the said products, and comprises a plurality of conveyor carrier arms (9, 10), which are articulated on supports (7) which are support... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6193074 | Conveyor for the sorting of mixed cargo A conveyor for the sorting of mixed cargo, especially of packages, small packets, containers and pieces of luggage, includes Carts (5) coupled to each other and each movable along Running Rails (9) and having an Undercarriage (6). Support Elements (12) ar... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6148989 | Conveying and rotating device and its use There is provided a device for individually conveying and rotating pieces within individual cavities for each piece. The device includes a continuous conveyor equipped with a repetitive series of axially mounted brushes matingly cavitatied so as to receiv... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145668 | Methods and apparatus for removing eggs from a moving egg flat Methods and apparatus are provided for removing clear avian eggs from a moving egg flat without contacting the removed eggs and without contaminating the eggs remaining within the egg flat. Clear eggs are identified by passing an egg flat between respecti... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6092640 | Article grading apparatus A plurality of carriers (1) and spaced apart along an endless conveyor in an article grading apparatus. The articles are supported between a roller (2) and a back plate (7). The rollers (2) can be raised and rotated, at which time, superfluous articles su... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6050421 | Automatic laundry tie-off apparatus and method An automated laundry sorting system is disclosed of the type wherein previously-laundered laundry items on hangers are tagged with electronic identification devices and sorted into predetermined groups. The improvement includes an automatic joining appara... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6003653 | Article grading apparatus A "fruit cup" (1) which is shaped to receive articles, for example single pieces of fruit of produce such as apples. The articles rest in a space on a support between the back plate (7) of a "U" shaped bracket and a rotatable bow-tie roller (2) positioned... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5917926 | Optical inspection apparatus and method for articles such as fruit and the like Apparatus and method for optical inspection of fruit without rotating or otherwise repositioning the article during inspection. Plural mirrors are positioned to view different surface portions of each article moving along a path, and those mirrors consoli... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5901854 | Object sorting and conveying apparatus The invention relates to an object sorting and conveying apparatus used in the work for sorting and conveying objects, wherein multiple rotary support elements for mounting objects are disposed at the side of a conveying belt stretched in a conveying rout... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5878863 | Conveying system for foodstuffs A conveying system (10) for foodstuffs comprising a first conveyor (11) and a second conveyor (12) placed side by side with the end of the first conveyor overlapping the start of the second conveyor. The overlapping portions of the conveyors are in close ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5855270 | Fruit orienting device A fruit or other produce orienting device, particularly suited for orienting apples, orients a piece of fruit with its stem axis horizontal so that it can undergo quality inspections. The device employs a cylindrical drive roller which engages the fruit o... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5844678 | Non-destructive taste characteristics measuring apparatus and tray used in the apparatus A non-destructive taste characteristics measuring apparatus comprising trays and a measuring section provided in the course of a transport path and at which light is made incident on a vegetable or fruit to measure its taste characteristics, wherein the t... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5796051 | Process for in-line capsule check weighing and the apparatus which allows the process to be implemented A process and apparatus for in-line capsule check weighing envisages that the capsules to be weighed be fed to a device which separates them and feeds them over a transfer surface. The capsules are positioned over the transfer surface so that their longit... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5775475 | Device for transporting products, such as fruit and vegetables in a station for sorting them This device includes a conveyor chain on which are fixed support members for supporting products, such members being between positions for transporting the products in the station and for removing the products from the device, under the control of a sorti... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5730273 | Actuating apparatus for tipping a component A tipping arrangement in a sorting system includes a carriage body, a shaft connected to the carriage body, a projection secured to the carriage body, and a component pivotally connected to the shaft to be tippable out of a locked base position into at le... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5687851 | Method of sorting a plurality of individually conveyed articles into groups in at least one sorting step Described is a method of sorting a plurality of individually conveyed articles in groups in at least one sorting step in a suspension-type conveyor, the articles being introduced in substantially unsorted manner into a first conveyor circle and being deli... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5626236 | Method and apparatus for handling objects An apparatus for sorting objects or articles of produce according to preselected visually ascertainable criteria. Each object is singulated and transported between adjacent pairs of plural rollers attached to a conveyor chain so as to be freely rotatable ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5626238 | Device for conveying products, in particular fruit, adapted to sort these products as a function of predetermined selection criteria The invention relates to a device for conveying products, in particular fruit, including two conveyors extending as an extension of one another and having an intermediate transfer zone in which they are disposed side by side and parallel with respect to o... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5611437 | Automatically openable and closable hopper set for a fruit weighing and sorting machine Disclosed is an automatically openable and closable hopper set for a fruit weighing and sorting machine, wherein a hopper having two lower scale plates and a pivotally connected door is used to carry a fruit to be sorted by weight. The door is normally re... | 03/18/1997 |
