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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360655 | Material handling system having a scoop wheel A material handling system is provided. The material handling system includes a tank defining a reservoir for receiving a solid material, and a wheel including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart scoops for scooping solid material from the tank and subsequ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7004522 | Suction unit A suction unit includes a rotary driving source which is arranged outside of a casing, a substantially oblong circular crank member which is rotatable and which is connected to a rotary shaft of the rotary driving source, a connecting rod which has one end rotatably... | 02/28/2006 |
| 5174709 | Workpiece transfer device A workpiece transfer device includes a mounting frame assembly having an upper fixed frame and an inner subframe slidably mounted to the fixed frame. The inner subframe supports a gear rack on its upper surface and a separate conveying system within its f... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4979862 | Automatic loading mechanism An automatic loading mechanism for use in the manufacture of thin, metallic circuit board panels. The invention includes a lower drum unit which accepts the metallic panels from a conveyor system. The lower drum unit is rotatably mounted within a frame as... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4908092 | Apparatus for mounting chip device on printed circuit board An apparatus for automatically mounting chip devices provided in tape units onto a printed circuit board at given positions thereof, the printed circuit board being placed on an XY table so that it is movable horizontally in X and Y directions. The appara... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4634328 | Mail singulation system A singulation system for receiving unsingulated mail at a singulation station and for passing to an output station singulated mail. The singulation system includes a camera for viewing the unsingulated mail at the output edge of the singulation station fo... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4571145 | Combination handling and conveying apparatus In one exemplar embodiment, an apparatus for handling and conveying materials is disclosed having a movable chassis, a longitudinally extendable conveyor assembly mounted on the chassis, the conveyor having a projecting loading end capable of limited long... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4490090 | Apparatus for transporting frames An apparatus is provided for transferring a wood frame or the like from a first surface to a second surface. The apparatus includes a pivotably mounted frame assembly having a pair of projecting transfer arms. The transfer arms are provided with a clampin... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4462515 | Apparatus for transferring groups of disc-shaped objects In apparatus for transferring a group composed of a selected number of objects from a first conveying device to a second conveying device for supply, in groups, to a packaging machine, there are provided a lowering channel which is pivotal between a first... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4462747 | Material conveyor for use with a backhoe A conveyor assembly for a backhoe is disclosed which enables the operator of the backhoe to convey material from the rear of the backhoe to the front thereof for discharge directly into the bucket of the backhoe on command, eliminating the need for rotati... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4444537 | Device for receiving and transposing of plates, in particular, glass plates In a device for receiving and transposing of plates (2), in particular glass plates from a substantially horizontal position or reversed, a pivot arm (6) is pivotable around a longitudinal axis (7) into two end positions, namely into a receiving position ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4379672 | Combination handling and conveying apparatus In one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus for handling and conveying materials is disclosed having a movable chassis, a longitudinally extendable conveyor assembly mounted on the chassis, the conveyor having a projecting loading end capable of limited lon... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4364467 | Apparatus for handling biscuits Apparatus for transferring batches of biscuits (11) in succession from a magazine (10) to the infeed conveyor (28) of a wrapping machine which includes a transfer unit which includes a platform (15), a support (17) for the batch (12) of biscuits to be tra... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4274792 | Apparatus for the automatic unfastening of glass sheets suspended from pincer-like gripping machines An apparatus for automatically unfastening sheets of glass which are suspended vertically from pincer-like gripping means including a lifting element for lifting a sheet of glass towards the gripping means. A release means for moving the gripping means ou... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4167826 | Self-loading dualistic earth excavator with connecting telescopic conveying and dualistic distribution means An improved reciprocatory self-loading dual-ended earth excavation vehicle pivotally connected to two or more unmanned self-leveling and self-maneuvering telescopic conveyor vehicles, the latter in turn are pivotally connected to a multi-function dual-end... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4143776 | Apparatus for transferring and turning over parts A transfer mechanism places one part in a fixture on a continuously rotating table and substantially simultaneously picks up another part from an adjacent fixture on the table. The transfer mechanism then places the picked-up part on one fixture of an int... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4141457 | Transfer arm assembly for plate making system A transfer arm assembly for transferring an exposed lithographic plate from a film negative drawer to a delivery belt system for delivering the plate to a photoprocessor which develops the plate is provided. The transfer arm assembly includes vacuum arms ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4116327 | Transfer mechanism employing bodily extensible sling structure Load transfer apparatus comprises: (a) load receiving sling means having opposite ends, and (b) support means operatively connected with at least one end of the sling means and bodily movable to endwise elongate the sling into a ramp position for gravity trans... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4103794 | Bale mover A wheel mounted chassis is provided with a pair of spaced and parallel conveyor chains extending longitudinally from the front to the rear of the chassis. A pair of cylindrical bale, pick-up arms are pivoted forwardly of the chassis and are adapted to be ... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4079844 | Automated system for loading wood grinders An automated system is disclosed for continuously feeding a supply a logs to the log holding magazines of one or more wood grinders on demand. A conveyor system conveys logs to a log holder which receives and forms a series of logs into a shaped charge. T... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4078679 | Metering flow device for loading and conveying machines A material loading and conveying machine has an openended scoop for gathering and containing loose material, and a conveyor for receiving material from the scoop. The open rear end of the scoop abuts a curved backstop plate having a center of curvature on... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4077531 | Apparatus for handling and dispersing modules of seed cotton An improved system for removing modules of seed cotton either from a pallet, a transport vehicle, or, with slight modifications, from the ground when incorporated as a part of a transport vehicle. The apparatus comprises a conveyor with a discharge end an... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4036375 | Bin destacker and restacker Means for destacking or restacking sequences of bins wherein the bins are transferred serially from their initial position to their final desired position by clamping assemblies located at the outer end of pivot arms, the pivot arms being capable both of ... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4019361 | Manipulator for rolling mill Manipulator for a rolling mill and particularly for a rolling mill for ingots or billets of steel. The manipulator comprises a pusher for pressing the ingot or billet through the roll-nip of the rolls at the beginning of rolling, and grab means for manipu... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3993200 | Cargo transport system A cargo transport system is provided for a vessel in which a transfer mechanism on the deck of the vessel separately transfers discrete cargo loads from a lateral conveyor on the deck of the vessel to a vertically extending conveyor system. The vertically... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3990587 | Coil transfer apparatus Apparatus for separating coils from groups of coils and orienting them for presentation in-line correspondingly oriented about their longitudinal axes to a coil assembly machine, comprising in parallel relation a plurality of conveyors corresponding in nu... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3968020 | Apparatus for surface treating metal members Surface treating apparatus comprising treating bath means; a carrier bar having devices for vertically suspending workpieces; lifting means provided at the sides of the bath means for vertically conveying the carrier bar and dipping said workpieces into a... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3966038 | Continuous automated plastic molding apparatus Disclosed is a method and apparatus for continuously molding plastic parts. Basically, the apparatus comprises a pair of spaced, rotatable, indexable trunnion transfer units or wheels having a plurality of cradles thereon for receiving and transporting ca... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3941234 | Conveyor loading system A system for loading a continuously moving conveyor belt comprises a slicer for producing bacon strips from a bacon slab, a conveyor for conveying bacon strips from the slicer, and a transfer station for transferring bacon strips from a serial arrangement... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3937333 | Apparatus for laying down structural members Apparatus is described for laying down structural members having cross sections of substantial depth, such as T-beams. Means are provided defining at least one recess into which the member is received in an upright position. An outgoing conveyor is provid... | 02/10/1976 |
