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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337893 | Preform feeder system, particularly of a receptacle blowing machine, comprising means for ejecting badly positioned preforms A preform feeder system, particularly for feeding blow machines with receptacles such as bottles, of the type including, from upstream to downstream in the longitudinal direction of travel of the preforms, at least one sorting and alignment device whose top end is p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 6968936 | System for supplying preforms in particular for a container blowing machine A system for supplying preforms, of the type including a hopper inclined relative to the horizontal and at the bottom of which are arranged two substantially parallel rollers driven in rotation about their respective axis, and wherein the preforms are delivered in b... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966108 | Wrap-around notebook technique A system for assembling a wrap-around type binder includes a riveting apparatus including a riveting station, for assembling a ring/shield/frame/hinge plate assembly to binder covers. The ring assemblies are moved to the riveting station along one path, and the bind... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6772508 | Fastener delivery and installation system A fastener delivery and installation system is provided that comprises an end effector mounted on an automated machine and operable to drill a hole through a workpiece and insert a fastener through the hole, and a fastener feed unit operable with the automated machi... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6379997 | Semiconductor device and method of producing the same and semiconductor device unit and method of producing the same A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a holding substrate holding the semiconductor element, a frame body provided on the holding substrate so as to surround the semiconductor element and having a hole which communicates to a space form... | 04/30/2002 |
| 5795107 | Rod handling method The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the handling of rods such as drilling rods, roof bolts, or rib bolts, so that they can be removed directly from a storage cradle near a drilling rig or other mining operation machinery. The inven... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5661899 | Clip clamping machine The clip clamping machine comprises a clip dispensing and clamping mechanism, a pneumatic piston and cylinder mechanism mounted to one end of the clip dispensing and clamping mechanism, a magazine track mounted to the other end of the clip dispensing and ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5619788 | Punch head mountable in a press for fastening bolts to sheet material In order to achieve a disturbance-free and accurate supply of elements to be conveyed to a metal sheet and/or panel, with a minimum mounting height, a device is disclosed for a tool mounted in a press for fastening bolt-shaped elements, in particular scre... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5291645 | Method and apparatus for feeding and tightening threaded parts The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for feeding and tightening threaded parts, such as bolts or nuts. The apparatus incorporates a holding member longitudinally movable while holding a threaded part at the front end thereof, and a ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5291652 | Apparatus for the production of a device for detaching portions of plate-like workpieces An apparatus for the production of a device for detaching portions of a planer workpiece of cardboard used in the folding box industry. The workpiece contains at least one blank for a folding box and adjoining waste pieces which are removed from the plane... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5230141 | Device for feeding apertured parts A device for feeding apertured parts by inserting a guide rod for a feed rod into the aperture of a part in the temporarily secured state. This device is characterized in that the feed rod has a flat cross-section and the amount of removal of its material... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5222290 | Apparatus for attaching hinges to doors and jambs A machine for attaching hinges to a door and jamb member in an automatic or semi-automatic manner with the door edge and jamb face positioned in a generally vertical plane. The machine comprises a framework with a movable and longitudinally positionable c... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5208972 | Apparatus for assembling ring-shaped articles Apparatus for assembling a grommet and a wire ring for forming a peripheral reinforcement of an engine head gasket opening. Grommets and wire rings are supplied one by one on different supply devices and retained at first and second article retaining posi... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5195239 | Method for assembling shafts A method for assembling an assembled shaft from a tubular or bar-shaped base member (R) and individual slid-on elements (N), especially a camshaft, with the elements being for example cams, gears or bearing bushes. In the method, the elements (N) are slid... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5152053 | Apparatus for the production of a device for detaching portions of plate-like workpieces In an apparatus for producing a device for detaching portions of workpieces in plate, sheet or leaf form, in particular sheets of cardboard which are used in the folding box industry and which each include at least one blank for a folding box or the like,... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5142774 | Apparatus and method for loading fastener collars onto a mandrel A magnetic means for centering a flexible elongated mandrel within a vertical passage (chute) without any physical connection between the mandrel and the passage surface. The mandrel carries a tapered nose piece that includes an elongated magnetized rod. ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4936497 | Apparatus for automatically removing and supplying needles in needle boards The invention relates to an apparatus for the automatic removal and supply of needles in needle boards intended for the densification of fiber webs or non-woven fabrics into needle felts in which, in conformance with a prior art method intended only to su... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4837916 | Method of applying a door hinge A machine that takes screws out of a hopper and delivers them to a screw driving station where they are driven by motor operated screw driver members to secure a hinge to a door and a jamb. Inside the hopper, a screw lifting member engages, lifts, aligns ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4835848 | Apparatus for feeding rigid spacers into travellers for a vertical blind Apparatus for feeding a plurality of rigid steel elongate spacers into each of a plurality of travellers 22, the apparatus including the holding station 16, a retractable holding member 24, 25 which can be used to feed a single traveller into the holding ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4815206 | Door hinge applicator A machine that takes screws out of a hopper and delivers them to a screw driving station where they are driven by motor operated screw driver members to secure a hinge to a door and a jamb. Inside the hopper, a screw lifting member engages, lifts, aligns ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4785511 | Method for manufacturing pre-assembled, two-part merchandise display hooks and the like An improved method of forming and assembling two-part merchandise display hooks, including new design features of the hook itself, enable two-part hooks to be manufactured and assembled at extremely low cost. Wire from a continuous length is gripped and b... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4782588 | Door hinge applicator A machine that takes screws out of a hopper and delivers them to a screw driving station where they are driven by motor operated screw driver members to secure a hinge to a door and a jamb. Inside the hopper, a screw lifting member engages, lifts, aligns ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4602417 | Interconnector attachment machine An integrated and automated multistation machine is provided for placement and attachment of electrically conductive interconnectors onto solar cells and the like. The machine comprises a rotatable turntable for supporting a plurality of solar cells in re... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4568010 | Apparatus for automatically setting needles in needle boards The invention refers to a method and apparatus for substantially automatically setting needles of needle boards of machines for the production of textile needle-felt webs, with needles of which the rear shaft end is bent by 90° to form an L-shaped head, ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4387508 | Apparatus for magnetically assembling fragile parts Two spaced stacks of magnetically soft E-cores, (17 and 18) are supported in spaced relation by pairs of magnets (38 and 39) on opposite sides of each stack. A pair of shuttles (41 and 47) move alternately toward and away from each other and under the sta... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4201255 | Machine for threading fasteners into workpieces Hanger bolts are delivered one-by-one from a hopper and each is picked up by a reciprocating holder which shifts the bolt laterally and broadwise into alinement with a power-rotated chuck. The bolt then is pushed endwise into the chuck by a furniture leg ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4020515 | Apparatus for assembling washer-shaped and elongated components and the like An apparatus for placing at least one washer-shaped component, e.g., washer and the like, on an elongated object, e.g., nail, screw, rivet and the like comprises: Moveable carrier having at least one receptacle aligned with the groove therein; elongated o... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4017956 | Apparatus for making incandescent lamps and the like Apparatus for manufacturing lamp envelopes for axial-geometry incandescent lamps comprises a plurality of magazines for receiving stacks of lamp envelope components and a transport moveable with respect to the magazines and having component-receiving plat... | 04/19/1977 |
