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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7775756 | Bucket transfer apparatus A bucket carrier for carrying buckets (2) to store them in each storage shelf of a cart (4), the bucket carrier comprising a holding means (20) for holding buckets (2), and carrier means (28) for carrying the buckets (2) hel... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7621710 | Work sheet conveying and housing system and work sheet conveying and housing method The present invention provides a work sheet conveying and housing system which can efficiently convey and house work sheets and which, in a housed condition, prevents formed parts of the work sheets from being crushed. The work sheet conveying and holding system inc... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7311488 | System and method for conveying flat panel display A panel conveying system includes a panel cassette for receiving a plurality of panels, and a conveying vehicle for conveying the panel cassette. The conveying vehicle includes a loading/unloading unit installed on the main body to load and/or unload the panel casse... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308779 | Method and device for packing tubes Tubes (T), coming from a production line, are supplied by means of a grouping unit (1). The grouping unit comprises a conveyor belt (10), with product holders (11) and the tubes are supplied in groups by means of a stepping motor (12). A ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7228954 | Method for conveying tires A conveyor system and associated method for conveying tires received from a multiplicity of tire presses. The conveyor system shown comprises a main, or trench, conveyor flanked on opposite sides by opposing groups of tire presses. Discharge conveyors deliver tires ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 6918732 | Changing station for printing machines A changing station for sleeves of printing machines with a lifting platform, disposed on the side of the printing machine, and with a wagon, in which a vertically adjustable shelf with carrying mandrels for receiving sleeves is received, whereby the shelf can be cou... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6846146 | Load storage equipment Load storage equipment according to the present invention includes rotary racks 21, each of which is supported independently on a story 1 or 2, and which may not extend vertically through the slab 4 between the stories 1 and 2. ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6846147 | Loading and unloading device for a furnace wagon A device for loading firing, sintering or drying material onto and unloading it from the shelving frame of a furnace wagon is disclosed herein as having a first lifting device (3) that includes a shifting cradle (45), and a second lifting device (2 | 01/25/2005 |
| 6826453 | Method and system for emission suppression in detection of data cartridge labels A system and method for minimizing electromagnetic radiation emissions from a data cartridge handling library employs intermittent operation of the video camera to ascertain correct bin locations and verify automated access between bin locations. This intermittent o... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6726429 | Local store for a wafer processing station A buffer apparatus includes a vertically moving mechanism containing a plurality of horizontally moving mechanisms to store carriers and transfer carriers to and from a load port, and one or more buffer load ports adjacent to the buffer apparatus to charge and uncha... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6685419 | Mobile elevator transporter for semi-automatic wafer transfer A portable assembly allows semiconductor wafer boats to be transported safely from one semiconductor processing device to another semiconductor processing device at low cost using a small amount of the fabrication area without the need for complicated aut... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6629812 | Method and apparatus for circulating pallets in an elevator unit of the module IC handler A module IC handler used for testing module Ics is disclosed in which the handler enables loading and unloading operations for module ICs, without further elevating pallet over an installation plate, and provides sequential transferring operations for the... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6616401 | Part-supplying tray feeder and method of picking-up parts in the tray In a tray feeder, in which a drawing section draws a palette from a container and supplies the palette to a pick-up point where a pick-up head of a parts-mounting-apparatus picks up parts, the head starts lowering and halts at a stand-by position before t... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6599077 | Material delivery system for clean room-like environments A material delivery system is disclosed which is particularly useful for filtered environments, such as clean rooms, minienvironments, or the like. In one embodiment, the material delivery system is disposed below a work area in a clean room-like environm... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6524052 | Electronic parts-feeding tray feeder and electronic parts-feeding method A tray feeder sequentially takes pallets, each holding a tray storing electronic parts, out of a magazine and feeds them to a pick-up position where the electronic parts are picked up by a transfer head of an electronic parts-mounting apparatus. The tray ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6379096 | Buffer storage system A storage system is disclosed which utilizes an array of at least three storage columns, each including a plurality of storage spaces. A primary automation system, which includes a robotic end effector for engaging objects to be stored, carrying objects i... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6203262 | Cart loading system and method for library-like materials A cart loading system for placing library-like items onto a library cart is provided for a cart having a plurality of shelves between first and second cart end members. The loading system includes a cart tilting mechanism for receiving and tilting the car... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6074156 | Library cart loading system and method An automatic library cart loading system includes a tilter for elevating a library cart at selected angle relative to a material placer. The placer is positioned in between a pair of library carts, and includes a pair of linear slide actuators for positio... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6042323 | Wire harness handling and storage system A wire harness handling and storage system particularly suitable for use in connection with automated harness making machines includes a harness unloading mechanism that unloads a completed wire harness from the harness-making machine and a storage cart t... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5938047 | Material storage and retrieval assembly An assembly for storage and retrieval of materials consisting of a right gantry carrying track, a left gantry carrying track in parallel alignment with the right gantry carrying track, a right column, a left column, right column mounting means rollably mo... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5622470 | Method and apparatus for adaptive cartridge retrieval and insertion in a storage library subsystem A method and associated apparatus within a storage library subsystem for simply adapting the motion of a robotic mechanism for moving media cartridges to allow for mechanical misalignments. When retracting a cartridge from a slot in the library subsystem,... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5127788 | System for transporting bobbins between spinning machines A system for transferring bobbins between textile machines includes a temporary storage device positionable at a location between two textile machines for temporarily storing bobbins being transported between the machine. A transport rail assembly has eit... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5096357 | Apparatus for removing yarn bobbins and depositing them on a peg trolley The invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing conical yarn bobbins, particularly in relation to withdrawing them from a conveyor belt which receives and moves said conical bobbins after they have been doffed and discharged from the units of... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5092730 | Apparatus for feeding packaging machines with stacks of sheet material The apparatus for feeding packaging machines with stacks of sheet material includes a trolley-like support provided with a vertically arranged rotatable belt having orthogonally connected thereto a plurality of pairs of support walls which define an accom... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5085553 | Device for the transport of carriers from and to a positioning device and selection device for use in such a device A device for the transport of carriers (11,29), in which displaceable containers (27,31) with carriers (29,11) can be coupled with a selection device (33), which is displaceable in vertical direction along a container (27,31) and has two relatively vertic... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5078565 | Conveying system for bobbins The conveying system uses a movable trolley containing vertically spaced support surfaces, each of which has parallel tracks for receiving peg trays. The trolley is movable onto a transferring conveyor, for example, at the end of a ring spinning machine. ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5007785 | Method and apparatus for unloading stacks of trays An apparatus for unloading a container having different shelves, each filled with a plurality of stacks of trays filled with a product, such as eggs. The container is comprised of four vertical support sections and horizontal connecting sections which sup... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4810155 | Device to convey yarn packages Device (10) to convey yarn packages which is suitable to take the yarn packages from a supply machine such as a winding machine, open-end spinning machine, two-for-one twisting machine, take-up frame for manmade filaments, fly frame, finishing machine, et... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4773810 | Automatic transport system for green tires between forming and vulcanizing processes An automatic transport system for green tires between a forming process and a vulcanizing process in a tire manufacturing installing in which different kinds of tires are manufactured through a forming process of making use of a plurality of forming machi... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4723885 | Device for the removal of bobbins from an automatic spinning machine A device for the removal of bobbins from an automatic rotor spinning machine having a conveyor belt placed on the automatic spinning machine for collecting and delivering completed bobbins comprises a transfer device with a frame, a receiving conveyor bel... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4678390 | Automated self-powered material handling truck An automated handling system intended notably for storehouses in which miscellaneous articles are kept, for allowing either the restocking of the storehouse, or the regrouping of articles picked up in the storehouse for constituting lots or articles which... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4669047 | Automated parts supply system An automated parts supply system is disclosed for a manufacturing operation to deliver parts to individual work stations on a "just-in-time" basis. A carrier module with a supply of parts in a set of containers is placed on a computer controlled guided ve... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4661054 | Tile manufacturing apparatus Tile manufacturing apparatus includes means for forming "green state" tiles on pallets. The pallets are then loaded on to racks for curing. The apparatus for loading the pallets on to shelves in the racks comprises pairs of supports which are carried by c... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4555215 | Spool transporting device A spool transporting assembly for the sequential transfer of textile spools wound on tubes, includes a spool preparation station having a support surface for textile spools, a spool receiving device, and a spool transporting device for transporting textil... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4295774 | Apparatus for automatically turning over and for storing sections of elastomeric material A method and apparatus are provided for receiving a length or section of a tire tread or the like and transferring it to a storage truck. The apparatus has a cylindrical member which receives the section from an extruder or other source, inverts the secti... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4277216 | Transport arrangement for trays and the like A tray transport device for transferring trays in one direction or the other between a tray transport trolley and a conveyor for delivering or carrying trays from the transport device. The transport device includes vertical members which supports sets of ... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4229135 | Storage system including movable pallet racks In a storage system, a plurality of storage racks are provided, the racks being movable to enable selection of passageways therebetween. A carriage is conveyable along the ends of the racks by individual conveyors supported at the rack ends, the carriage ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4203696 | Tray unloading device A tray unloading apparatus for transferring trays from a tray transport van to a horizontal in-feed station of a carry-away conveyor for carrying trays to further stations. The unloading apparatus includes vertical pillars which support a set of horizonta... | 05/20/1980 |
| 3977542 | Storage frames with deflection bar to pivot tines on a gantry A storage system includes a plurality of aligned moveable storage frames for accommodating articles for storage and a gantry movable along the storage frames. The gantry supports, for vertical reciprocation, a horizontal cross beam carrying a plurality of... | 08/31/1976 |
