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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7350668 | Disc dispensing apparatus A disc dispensing apparatus operatively mounts to a disc passageway and includes a moveable guide hole member having a guide hole of an elongated shape and a guiding unit operatively mounted in the guide hole. A resilient unit biases the guiding unit against the mov... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7318304 | Device for introducing pharmaceutical products into blister packs Pairs of first and second rolls are supported for rotation in a roll frame located below a pan for receiving pharmaceutical products loaded as bulk material, each first roll having a plurality of axially successive non-cylindrical sections separated from respective ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7156256 | Item taking-out container An item taking-out container making it possible to take out small items, such as candies or chocolates, one by one is composed of a container main body equipped with an accommodating portion capable of accommodating a plurality of items of a predetermined configurat... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134460 | Method and apparatus for placing tablets into pockets of thermoformed bottom foil A method and an apparatus (1) serve to place tablets (2) into pockets (3) of thermoformed bottom foil (4). The tablets (2) are accumulated as they are located in their flat position. The tablets (2) are rotated in an erectin... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7048183 | RFID rag and method of user verification An identification tag (100) facilitates use of a secure computer system (300). The tag (100) is adapted to be worn on a user's wrist and includes an identification and registration circuit (102) that includes an identification component (... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7013797 | Capsule magazine unit with a capsule retaining member A capsule magazine unit having a holding device for capsule magazine unit, into which the capsule magazine unit can be releasably inserted, such as of an espresso machine. The capsule magazine unit can comprise at least one essentially vertical capsule magazine tube... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6739476 | Ampoule storage container An ampoule storage container 1 stores a plurality of ampoules 2 in a laterally orientated state with respect to a discharge direction. A belt conveyor 5 is disposed at the bottom of the ampoule storage container 1 so that the ampoule 2... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6685052 | Feeding apparatus for chip component A feed lever is lowered, correspondingly to the load input of a chip mounter. A rotary drum is intermittently moved through a conversion mechanism, intermittently in one direction. Chip components placed in a component accommodation chamber are aligned an... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6286715 | Transparent front vending machine A vending machine for increasing consumer interest in the vending process and vended product includes a tipping mechanism. The tipping mechanism is positioned at a first end of a shelf, and modifies the orientation of an article being delivered from the s... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6035519 | System and method for orienting a threaded insert A system for ensuring correct orientation of a threaded insert being inserted into a threaded bore of an aluminum workpiece such as an engine block. The system comprises a threaded insert supply, a feeder for transporting inserts dispensed from the insert... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5860563 | Medicine vial dispenser A medicine vial dispensing apparatus includes a housing for storing medicine vials in a substantially axially horizontal storage orientation and a dispensing assembly for dispensing the vials in an upright orientation. The preferred embodiment includes a ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5845810 | Feeder track assembly A conveying apparatus for conveying objects under the influence of gravity from a first location where the orientations of said objects are random to a second location where the objects assume a predetermined orientation. The apparatus includes a main bod... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5579951 | Apparatus for orienting and loading solid compact medicaments An apparatus (10) for orienting and loading solid compact medicaments, such as solid compact medicaments (A), into a carrier device (C) comprises a feeder (12) having a plurality of elongated first channels (20) through which the solid compact medicaments... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5568881 | Pipette tip dispenser The invention is an apparatus for organizing and dispensing pipette tips. A hopper receives bulk pipette tips which pass through a diamond shaped apertures in a sieve and drop into the troughs of a separator which moves the aligned and oriented tips to an... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5458260 | Cartridge tube display unit The invention pertains to a modular display for merchandising tubular cartridges containing adhesives, caulks, sealants or similar flowable elastomeric materials, where each cartridge contains a narrow dispensing nozzle at one end of the cartridge. The mo... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5392954 | Rivet setting machine A device for delivery of fasteners having heads with tenons disposed beneath the heads to an insertion tool. The device includes a sloped track with two spaced-apart rails each having a fastener receiving surface to receive the undersides of the heads of ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5379915 | Apparatus for storing and dispensing chalk Apparatus for storing and dispensing pieces of chalk, the apparatus comprising a container including an outside surface having an input port and an output port formed therein such that the output port is positioned other than directly beneath the input po... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5234127 | Pneumatic automatic fastener feeder An automatic fastener feeder is disclosed utilizing a rotating drum in combination with a pivoting track arrangement. Racheting apparatus is utilized to rotate the drum at intervals of time, which is initiated by an operator-generated demand for a single ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5160066 | Apparatus for aligning electronic component chips An apparatus for aligning electronic component chips, which is made of a resin material as a whole, comprises a chamber for storing a plurality of electronic component chips in random orientation, and an aligning passage for guiding the electronic compone... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5102009 | Small-article feed machine An apparatus of this invention has a parts feeder unit, and this parts feeder unit has a plurality of parts feed countries. Guide pipe paths are respectively connected to these parts feed ports. Aligning units are arranged midway along these guide pipe pa... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5080257 | Apparatus for automatically dispensing cones and the like, destined to contain ice cream An apparatus for automatically dispensing cones and the like, contained in piled-up condition and in upside-down position inside a plurality of container tubes. A carrousel revolves stepwise over a plane above which the cones rest and slide. A pair of sta... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5065898 | Apparatus for orienting and injecting fasteners Apparatus for initially orienting and then injecting fasteners (F) into fastener grasping fingers (46), the fasteners being received by the apparatus (10) from a non-dedicated feed tube (18). The apparatus includes, as its principle components, a mounting... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4998911 | Lid alignment and fixing apparatus An apparatus 10 controls the orientation of a lid section 16 prior to mating the lid section 16 with a pail section 14 to form a complete container 17. The lid section 16 has bunghole 18 of a preselected diameter positioned at a preselected radial distanc... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4993588 | Apparatus for separating objects of the same kind, in particular electronic components such as integrated circuits An apparatus for separating objects of the same kind, in particular electronic components such as integrated circuits (IC's), that are delivered in succession in a sloping delivery passage, the apparatus having a stop member arranged in the region of the ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4983098 | Separating and feeding a preformed container from a nested stack An improved apparatus for separating and feeding a preformed container fron a nested stack, said apparatus adapted for accepting a nested stack of containers in a vertical array, tilting the nested stack to a horizontal array by means of a tilting carriag... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4979640 | Apparatus for aligning/supplying electronic component chips An apparatus for aligning/supplying electronic component chips comprises an aligning passage for guiding and moving a plurality of electronic component chips in a state aligned with each other along a prescribed direction, and a chamber which communicates... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4744491 | Device for the distribution of cartridges in a cartridge carrier for a coffee machine A device for the distribution of cartridges containing ingredients for the preparation of a beverage has a housing, a cavity, a distribution tube and a delivery tube. The device also has a pivoting spring lever, and a retaining system which has a triangul... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4744455 | Dispenser and component feeder A dispenser and component feeder for integration with automated assembly equipment is adapted for the high speed placement of self-orienting components of varying sizes and includes, a linear vibratory chute for transferring the self-orienting components ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4732296 | Track feed arrangement for an automatic screw feeding machine A gravity fed, track arrangement for assemblying orienting, and aligning a plurality of fasteners for use with an automatic screw feeding machine is disclosed. Inclined tracks having a space therebetween are provided with a pivotable stabilizing bar which... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4718319 | Arrangement for the orienting of the open ends of hollow bodies The casings are guided through a supply duct to a sorting roller which possesses an arresting duct with a pin extending axially and, in the same cross-sectional plane, a transit duct. Those casings which arrive with the casing base directed upwardly penet... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4708071 | Ring positioning apparatus for sewing machine A sewing machine for securing annular rings to a curtain along a line is provided with feed chute means for receiving the annular rings and feeding them sequentially to a sewing position. The feed chute means comprises a chute body having a track defined ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4609094 | Apparatus for sorting cylindrical work pieces having a longitudinal flat according to their rotational orientation A device for sorting cylindrical work pieces having an axial flat comprising a vibrating track for transporting the pieces and a gate mounted over and across the track. The gate has an inverted V-shaped cut-out on its lower edge. The height of the cut-out... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4514959 | Apparatus and method for aligning and packaging elongated articles A plurality of elongated articles such as french fried potato strips are aligned with their longitudinal axes substantially parallel and packaged in such aligned condition by the apparatus and method of the invention. The articles are prealigned by a vibr... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4511058 | Spoke dispenser for spoked wheels in a spoke-fitting machine A dispenser is provided having a reservoir, a knife driven with a vertical reciprocal translational movement, and an inclinded ramp feeding the spokes into abutment against a drum provided with peripheral grooves. The rotation of the drum feeds the spokes... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4458801 | Method and apparatus for changing the orientation of cans A can twist is provided for changing the orientation of cans in a conveying system with each can having a leading side and a trailing side as it passes through the can twist. The guide rails for the open and closed ends of the cans are located so that onl... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4343388 | Apparatus for sorting articles Diode chips (44) are cut from a p-n sheet-diffused semiconductor wafer (41). Instead of having conventional rectangular shapes, the chips have a rhomboidal shape. This makes the shape of the chips asymmetric in that one surface (46) of each chip becomes a... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4265072 | Apparatus for charging receptacles with items of like size and shape An apparatus for charging tall, narrow receptacles with small, plate-like items of like size and shape. The apparatus has at least one counting and charging unit having a plurality of axially aligned counting wheels having a plurality of pockets along the... | 05/05/1981 |
| 3940014 | Feeding method and apparatus for containers The flow of containers along a first conveyor providing a supply of unfilled containers to a filling machine is interrupted, with containers from the first conveyor being transferred to a second conveyor which, in turn, supplies containers to a filling ma... | 02/24/1976 |
