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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033779 | Pipe handling apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods for moving a tubular member to and from an elevated drilling rig floor. A support structure has an elongate indentation in its upper surface. A ramp assembly comprises telescoping assemblies having nested tubular elements extendable between ret... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7736119 | Horizontal pipe handling system A pipe handling system comprises a pipe rack moveably coupled to a stationary frame. The pipe rack is configured to support a plurality of pipes between a loading end and a storage end. The pipe rack is moveable between a loading position where the loading end is po... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7364397 | Method and machine for separating profiled elements A method and machine separates profiled elements from a plurality of profiled elements. The machine includes a structure having opposed first and second ends and opposed sides, the structure receiving profiled elements extending between the first and second ends. A ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7234911 | Method and machine for separating profiled elements A method and machine separates profiled elements from a plurality of profiled elements. The machine includes a structure having opposed first and second ends and opposed sides, the structure receiving profiled elements extending between the first and second ends. A ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7163367 | Multi-position height adjustment system for a pipe handling apparatus A system for adjusting the height of a boom on a pipe handling apparatus. A cavity is formed in the base between proximal and distal ends. The boom is nestable in said cavity and has a distal end guided along the base. A pivoting member is pivotally coupled to said ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159450 | Method and apparatus for assembling and testing a fluid conduit A method and apparatus for assembling a fluid conduit assembly and testing the fluid conduit for leaks. Clipping devices support fasteners at a position remote from the conduit. According to the invention the fasteners can be loaded into clip nests provided by the c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6808359 | Method and apparatus for automatically feeding metal profiles in bar form in systems for machining said profiles A method for automatically feeding the metal profiles in bar form entails gripping a set of the metal profiles from a magazine for collecting said profiles and transferring the set of metal profiles into a raised position and arranging the raised metal profiles on a... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6779649 | Rotary log singulator with staging cam surfaces A log singulator and associated method for conveying and controllably discharging logs are provided. The singulator has a plurality of rotatable lifters with outwardly-extending arm members that contact the logs with a leading side to convey the logs to successive p... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6637581 | Vertical log singulator with profiled surface This invention provides log singulators which allow for the vertical singulation of piles of logs fed from typical in-feed log decks, so that these logs may be fed individually to typical out-feed conveyors. Devices provided by this invention may be high-... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6485251 | Pipe lifter A lift system particularly designed for transport of pipes from a first to a second elevated location includes first and second storage locations with a lifter component positioned therebetween. The lifter is positioned such that pipes at a first location... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6409460 | Rack unloader A rack unloader apparatus (10) is used for unloading bars (150) having a plurality of pepperoni sticks (160) from a drying rack (140). The apparatus (10) includes a rail (23) operatively connected to a support frame (20). A motor (62) is operatively conne... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6386823 | Machine for conveying lumber or logs of wood A machine is disclosed for conveying wooden piece such as logs of wood and lumber, in wood transformation industries such as sawmills. The wooden pieces are conveyed in a conveying direction from the front towards the back of the frame of the machine. The... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6357995 | Device for handling rod-like articles, such as rebar and the like A device (20) is adapted to move an elongated object (21), such as rebar, from a first location (22) to a second location (23). The device includes an object-supporting surface (24), such as a conveyor; a plurality of stops (25) extending in a direction a... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6095454 | Cushioning conversion system and method with combination stock roll storage rack A cushioning conversion system (10) and method wherein a stock roll storage rack (14) is used to support at least one and preferably a plurality of stock rolls (21) at the same level as the stock roll holder (19) of a cushioning conversion machine (12). T... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5956928 | Method to form bundles of rolled sections and relative device A method to form bundles (11) of one or more layers (20) of adjacent rolled sections (12). The method comprises discharging the rolled sections (12) from a terminal end (13a) of a transporter to cause the rolled sections (12) to fall from the terminal end... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5865596 | Separating and picking out device The present invention is a device for picking out individual rods from an unordered bundle independent of the position of the rods in the bundle and their positions relative to each other. The device makes it possible to handle the rods and the picking ou... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5641263 | Bundle unscrambler An unscrambler for unscrambling a bundle of elongated tubes comprises a plurality of forward belt-support columns, a plurality of aft support columns, a plurality of flexible belts suspended in parallel between the forward and aft support columns forming ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5551827 | Device for loading and unloading cops in textile winding apparatus Device for loading and unloading cops in textile apparatus for winding yarn of the type comprising a cop-holder arm suitable for picking up a cop, supporting it during the yarn winding operation and transferring it at the end of the operation of yarn wind... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5450943 | Apparatus for handling elongate articles Apparatus for moving axially elongate articles, such as nuclear fuel pins, between work stations and comprising aligned rollers forming at least two substantially parallel paths tranversely spaced apart. Drive devices are provided for axially moving the a... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5257898 | Infeed apparatus for multi-level delivery of convolutely wound logs Infeed apparatus for multi-level delivery of convolutely wound logs which includes a plurality of log supporting wheels rigidly mounted on a cross shaft with each of the wheels having a periphery interrupted by a plurality circumferentially spaced inwardl... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5176299 | Variable volume hopper A hopper with two sets of parallel sides and a bottom, connected at ninety degree angles forms a rectangular shell. An opening in one of the sides, remote from the bottom, forms a dispensing port. An internal liner is connected, at one of its ends to the ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5108245 | Device for the axial transport of elongated objects A handling unit for axially transporting elongated objects from a first location to a second location such as from a feed table into a machining unit where machining operations are to be performed upon the object. A feed table, or corresponding depository... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5002235 | Roll lift and drive assembly A printing press material roll lift and drive assembly (40) has a base (16) and a lift support frame (18). The lift support frame provides support for opposed front and rear vertical rails (50). A U-shaped carriage (54) is mounted for elevation on the rai... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4997079 | Procedure and means for parallelly aligning pieces of timber such as logs or billets A method and apparatus for parallelly aligning pieces of timber, such as logs and billets, for further handling, comprises the serial feeding of pieces of timber into a sorting zone provided with a fast-rotating drum surface which pushes the timber toward... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4982891 | Method and system for forming a three-dimensional frame structure A method and a system for forming a rod-like member into a three-dimensional frame structure, involving a work feed station for individually feeding a rod-like member, a bending station for bending the rod-like member having a prescribed length into a two... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4929138 | Device for feeding rodlike workpieces In order to markedly reduce the necessary installation area for a device for feeding rodlike workpieces to a machine tool with at least one rod feed tube for a rodlike workpiece (15) to be processed, feedable from a magazine (16) into the rod feed tube, i... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4895246 | Device for the random selection of segments of a movable wall on a roller conveyor Device for the random selection of segments of a movable wall (11) on roller conveyors (10) which discharge rolled bars (23) laterally, whereby the movable wall (11) can descend and ascend in relationship with the roller conveyor (10) and a cooling plate ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4852716 | Apparatus for separating logs To feed logs singly to a debarker, for example, an apparatus for separating logs from a bundle includes an input conveyor to receive a bundle of logs and to convey them to a revolving drum. The drum has a plurality of fixed, rigid flights projecting outwa... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4820101 | Automated in-process pipe storage and retrieval system An automated storage and retrieval system for use at a pipe manufacturing facility includes a computer and memory; a storage/retrieval crane operable in a storage yard; a plurality of containers, each being capable of containing material for storage and a... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4790061 | Machining the ends of lengths of wire and bar and similar workpieces In an automatic bar and wire pointing machine, workpiece-feeding means comprises a carrier having two feeding wheels (38,40) mounted on a driving shaft (20). Each wheel comprises a circular pitch plate (42) providing four sets of six notches (N1, N2, N3, ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4777711 | Stacker A stacker for a flexible strand, such as a flimsy wire, comprises: (a) a conveyor having an elongated endwise traveling stretch onto which the strand is fed to be carried endwise on the stretch, (b) a gripper to grip a trailing portion of the strand as forward exte... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4744720 | Reel bar loading device A reel bar loading device is provided with a pair of lowering arms onto which reel bars are rolled one at a time, the lowering arms being pivotally movable from an upper position adapted to receive a reel bar on a supporting surface thereof and a lower tr... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4674940 | Package storage system A package storage system comprises a package conveyor disposed next to the package conveyor of the associated winder, a package stocker beside the former package conveyor, and a package transferring mechanism which includes a package positioning device fo... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4662506 | Apparatus for separating elongated nonstraight elements A separating apparatus for nonstraight rods has a transverse conveyor adapted to support a plurality of elongated elements extending generally parallel to one another and is capable of displacing the plurality of elements in an approximately horizontal tr... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4624361 | Single log feeder An apparatus which is capable of sorting logs of varying diameter and feeding them one at a time to a log processing apparatus. A cylinder handling apparatus comprising: (a) means for receiving and holding a plurality of cylindrical objects of varying dia... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4487545 | Method and apparatus for lowering web rolls in winding machines A method for lowering roll wound with a web on a winding machine wherein the roll is supported eccentrically on the upper portion of the circumference of a support roll, the roll being formed by winding the web onto a core tube carrying end insets, the me... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4462749 | Pipe handling apparatus A pipe handling apparatus comprising a plurality of pipe supports having articulated arms for lifting a joint of pipe and moving it laterally across a recess by means of a temporary support spanning the recess and thereafter moving the pipe back into a tr... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4457153 | Method and apparatus for forming internal threads in tubes A method and apparatus for forming internal threads on tubular components by a non-cutting process is disclosed. Various disclosed features find particular utility when using a thread forming or rolling tap process to form internal threads on sucker rod c... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4446960 | Tubing loader A device for mainpulating and orienting elongate tubular stock receives such stock in a horizontal position, separates and individually spaces such stock, reorients it vertically and transfers it to associated equipment. Elongate stock is manually loaded ... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4422815 | Machine tool support and discharge apparatus Support and discharge apparatus (10) includes a pair of forward legs (20) which are pinned to the forward edge portion of a rectangularly-shaped table (14) and a pair of rear legs (22) pinned to the rear end portion of the table. Legs (20) and (22) are in... | 12/27/1983 |
