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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7278531 | Flexible conveyor and connection elements A conveyor is disclosed suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction. The conveyor includes a plurality of links, each link having a length extending across the direction of transport and a width extending along the direction of transport. Each link ha... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275633 | Device for changing the direction of conveyance of flat postal items and the position of the postal items relative to their direction of conveyance A device for changing a direction of conveyance of flat postal items and a position of the postal items relative to their direction of conveyance includes a driven carousel tray to which one or more gripper arms whose lengths are modifiable in a controlled manner ar... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273343 | Rotary pick and place technology A rotary transfer apparatus, comprising a frame structure; a rotatable main shaft supported by the frame structure; a first planetary member connected to the main shaft; at least one first planetary shaft rotatably connected to the first planetary member and rotatin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7192242 | Work attracting apparatus and work attracting method A work attracting apparatus and a work attracting method that uses a Bernoulli chuck or the like as a work attraction section and that can ensure the perfect operation of attracting and receiving. The work attraction section (Bernoulli plate 1 and Bernoulli a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6979793 | Mail sorting and distributing transfer system To provide a mail sorting and distributing transfer system, which extends transformable time of mail fed from a mail charging line so that the mail can be timely, reliably transferred to conveyor baskets on a mail sorting line, there is a mail sorting and distributi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6941723 | Device for filling boxes with a number of rows of objects A cartoning machine to arrange a predetermined number of objects fed on one or more rows by a belt conveyer in boxlike containers, able to operate in unison with production machines running at very high speed and having a simple, reliable construction comprising sev... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6918227 | Method and device for end closing tubular wrappings of products A method and device for end closing tubular wrappings of products, whereby the arms of a scissor-type parting device, once inserted in a closed position inside an end portion of a tubular wrapping, are allowed to part, and are pushed by springs into a fully open pos... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6634846 | Method and device for unloading a postal container that has an open top The invention concerns a process and a device for unloading a mail piece container, open at the top, with sidewalls that slant toward the outside, that is loaded with mail pieces that stand upright next to one another. According to the invention, the mail... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6561743 | Pellet picking method and pellet picking apparatus A pellet picking apparatus for separating a pellet adhered on an adhesive sheet from the sheet and picking the pellet thus separated is provided, which prevents the pellet from being damaged during the pellet picking process without lowering the productiv... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6402452 | Carrier tape feeder with cover tape parting The present invention is a method and apparatus for parting and peeling-back the cover tape on a carrier tape (consisting of a component tape with pockets therein and cover tape thereover) in order to expose the component for retrieval by an automated ass... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6283693 | Method and apparatus for semiconductor chip handling For stripping selected chips from a wafer of diced chips adhered, bottom surface down, to a flexible, elastic membrane, the bottom surface of the membrane is disposed against an apertured plate of a vacuum chuck for firmly holding the membrane in place wi... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5529191 | Machine for sorting articles according to a characteristic thereof A plurality of bottle release stations are arranged proximate to the path of movement of a plurality of bottle gripper heads. The gripper heads have grippers which can be switched from a gripping mode to a release mode. Containers of unsorted bottles are ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5487257 | Packing and unpacking machine A conveyor conveys boxes that are empty and boxes that are filled with articles in a horizontal plane past an article handling machine where articles of a first type are removed from some boxes and articles of a second type are inserted in empty boxes. Th... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5456563 | Packing machine Empty bottle cases that are to have filled and capped bottles inserted in them and cases filled with returned bottles are simultaneously fed to the machine on individual conveyor belts. Filled and capped bottles are fed to the machine on another individua... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5257888 | Apparatus for crating and uncrating containers A apparatus for packing or unpacking containers, particularly bottles, into and from carrying crates, respectively, including a rotation element mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis and having suspended therefrom, in the manner of gondolas and at ... | 11/02/1993 |
| 4793762 | Packing and unpacking machine A packing or unpacking machine having conveyor tracks for articles and containers, with transfer units that are guided in a circular path above these conveyer tracks. Each of the transfer units has a pick-up and carrier head on a support element that can ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4363204 | Apparatus for simultaneous operation of uncasing and cap removing At a first position, bottles are stored in a box, and the bottles are taken out of the box at the first position and transferred to a second position. If the bottles are capped, all the caps are removed during the above-mentioned uncasing operation so tha... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4293272 | Method and apparatus for denesting a plurality of containers filled with articles Stacks of nested containers containing articles and traveling on a conveyor belt are removed from the belt by means of at least two denesters which deposit the articles on one discharge belt and the containers on another discharge belt. One denester opera... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4273496 | Device for depanning freshly baked pizza or other baked goods A device for depanning freshly baked goods, and in particular pizza, soon after they leave an oven comprising, a pan conveyor adapted to extend from the oven with at least one baking pan disposed thereon, with the conveyor then moveable in a feed path fro... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4262795 | Gripper apparatus and method of gripping containers Gripper apparatus and method of gripping containers for use in uncasers and the like for controllably gripping containers for transport and release as desired. Each individual gripper utilizes an over center toggle mechanism held to the open position by t... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4257727 | Full depth uncaser A full depth uncaser for automatically removing bottles from a case having a depth substantially equal to the bottle height, and delivering the bottles to a delivery conveyor. The uncaser utilizes a system of individual grippers arranged in the general pa... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4215967 | Adjustable apparatus for case loading and unloading Apparatus for article deposit and/or removal from carrier cases and comprising a pair of endless carrier conveyors operatively positioned on an upper portion of a frame in adjacent parallel relationship for movement through a fixed course extending longit... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4199183 | Internal gripper apparatus having positive container alignment An improved internal gripper apparatus for use in uncasers and the like for controllably gripping bottles or other containers from within for transport and release as desired. The internal grippers are spring-loaded to an outer position though automatical... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4199291 | Velocity compensator assembly in a horizontal article conveyor system Article packing or unpacking apparatus, including two correlated driven conveyors one for articles and one for moving cases through a fixed course having a horizontal section and with both conveyors having fixed orbits, the article conveyor being in a ver... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4147265 | Adjustable apparatus for case loading and unloading Apparatus for article deposit and/or removal from carrier cases and comprising a pair of endless carrier conveyors operatively positioned on an upper portion of a frame in adjacent parallel relationship for movement through a fixed course extending longit... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4142643 | Bottle case unloader A case unloader for removing empty beverage bottles from cases and delivering them to a conveyor conducting the bottles to a bottle washer prior to recycling. Each longitudinal row of bottles has its own individual arm or plate on which opposed V-belts ar... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4119438 | Process and apparatus for removing straws from bottles A process and apparatus for removing straws from bottles employing a plurality of resilient blades which are mounted to rotate such that the ends thereof engage the straws within the bottles removing same.... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4106612 | Gripper for case unloader Apparatus for automatically lifting containers, such as bottles, especially bottles from moving cases. A series of closely adjacent, self-operating grippers are carried along an endless path above a moving case or cases to be emptied. The grippers are lat... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4061236 | Apparatus for removing drinking straws from bottles An apparatus is described for removing drinking straws from empty bottles having drinking straws projecting from their mouths, said apparatus comprising a pair of endless straw gripping belts adapted to move in substantially parallel relationship to each ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 3997933 | Device for clearing trays of collectivity restaurants before washing them A device for cleaning the trays of collectivity restaurants and the like before washing them comprises a two-section endless conveyor forming a gap therebetween, and, disposed in this gap, an endless chain conveyor comprising lugs for driving the trays de... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3951285 | Bottle uncaser Apparatus for automatically lifting containers, especially bottles, from moving cases. A series of closely adjacent, self-operating, grippers are carried along an endless path above a moving case or cases to be emptied. The grippers are laterally aligned ... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3938847 | Gripper means A Full Depth Uncaser for automatically removing bottles from a case having a depth substantially equal to the bottle height, and delivering the bottles to a delivery conveyor. The Uncaser utilizes a system of individual grippers arranged in the general pa... | 02/17/1976 |
