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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7191892 | Apparatus for transferring products from a first conveying line to a second conveying line, in particular for feeding a boxing machine In an apparatus for transferring products from a first conveying line to a second line conveying line operated stepwise in a feeding direction and particularly for feeding a boxing machine a plurality of compartments are aligned along the feeding direction. Each com... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7100525 | System and method of finishing ruffled gussets/borders A system for forming and attaching pillowtop attachment gussets and borders to panels, with the gusset or border material being fed from a supply into a sewing station. The gusset or border material is passed through a folder assembly that directs the gusset or bord... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7074005 | Printing plate stacking device and method of judging authenticity of sheet member detecting state An intermediate guide member is provided attachable and removable between a head portion and a supporting frame of a stocker for printing plates. A number of intermediate guide members is an element to set a time of starting downward movement of hooks supporting a l... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7014032 | Method and device for aligning articles and means for detecting the position of the articles A method and apparatus is disclosed for aligning rolls in a feed system. The rolls are spaced at regular intervals so as to enable incorrectly positioned rolls to be turned to the correct feed position, when necessary, while they are moving forward in a feed directi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994043 | Method of forming a mattress A method of forming a mattress, with a reduction in the number of sewing operations required, in which a border and gusset or an extended portion of the border will be integrally formed and attached to a mattress panel, with a flanging material also being attached a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976823 | Work inverting system A work reversing system is provided which includes a pair of oscillation drive units, an elevation drive unit, an elevation block, and a pair of oscillation levers. The elevation block is moved up and down by an elevation lever of the elevation drive unit, and has f... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968794 | Presser foot control system A presser foot control system for a sewing station for sewing heavy gauge or thick materials includes an actuator for selectively applying and relieving an additional compression force to the presser foot of the sewing station for compressing and feeding the materia... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6866462 | Flexible pedestal for inverting soft contact lenses A pedestal for inverting a soft contact lens has been invented. The pedestal of the invention has an inner surface, an outer surface, a dome shape capable of supporting the back surface of the contact lens or the front surface of that contact lens which has been inv... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6648585 | Retractable device for flipping a workpiece, Particularly a mattress of other cushion structure A material handling method and apparatus for flipping a workpiece. The method involves raising a retracted arm out of the worksurface to pivot the workpiece up and away from an edge of the worksurface. The workpiece is then slid in the direction of the ed... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6540472 | Work support system and method of inverting a workpiece A work support which assists in the inversion of a large workpiece has a supporting frame and a top frame. The top frame is provided with an intermediate hinge and an end hinge along at least one end, so as to be collapsible, and the leg of the supporting... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6527100 | Turning device for graphic publishing products in a conveyor line and/or packaging machine A turning device for graphic publishing products in a conveyor line and/or packaging machine that can be combined with a push conveyor (14) for the advancement of products (11), spaced out one after the other, including a supporting member (16) bearing in... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6510755 | Slide apparatus and its stage mechanism for use in vacuum The XY stage mechanism comprises a Y slide shaft 2 penetrating through only one side surface of the wall surfaces of a vacuum chamber 1 for holding a stage base plate in a cantilevered manner, a Y air slide bearing 4 for guiding the Y slide shaft 2, an X ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6234742 | Process and apparatus for decorating flat self-supporting articles In a process and apparatus for decorating a flat self-supporting article which is turned for decoration thereof on both sides, the article is firstly removed from a horizontal position in an article holder by being lifted by a first pivoting means and the... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6086317 | Article inverter A method and apparatus for inverting planate articles, such as door and window assemblies, which are supported from below in the horizontal plane, such as at a workstation for carrying out fabrication procedures from above the article. The article is tilt... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5374158 | Probe and inverting apparatus An invertor (10) is disclosed including first and second probes (12, 14) which are pivotably mounted to a U-shaped housing (20) and to a block (18) which is reciprocally mounted to the housing (20) by guide shafts (38). The block (18) is reciprocated by a... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5125495 | Feed device for a corner finishing machine A feed device for a corner finishing machine for finishing frames consists f a framework which supports the frames, a conveyor for longitudinal movement of the frames along the support plane and a pivot device to rotate the frames around a normal pivot axi... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5042287 | Manipulator device for a bending machine and a method for changing the position of the workpiece in a bending process A manipulator device for a bending machine includes a pair of elongate die and punch for bending a workpiece. A first manipulator has a first clamping device for clamping the workpiece to be bent, a first support for supporting the first clamping device i... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5028201 | Transport of materials with controlled lowering before upset Apparatus for the transport of materials by elevating a stack of materials, moving a selected group of the materials and controllably lowering the materials to an upset position, from which the group is moved simultaneously to an output position.... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4890717 | Wheel turnover device Turnover apparatus for the controlled turning of a flat-sided article, such as a vehicle wheel-tire unit, from a horizontal outside-up position to a horizontal outside-down position includes a chain conveyor for conveying the article in a horizontal posit... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4793463 | Turnover device A turnover device for turning over articles as they are conveyed along a production path. The turnover device comprises a frame, two spaced apart and parallel axis, first and second carrier arms mounted respectively on the axes for rotational movement, fi... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793464 | Apparatus for inverting strips of sheet material An inverter apparatus for strips of sheet material which are affected by a magnetic field. The apparatus includes a pair of parallel drums which rotate in opposite directions immediately adjacent each other. Mounted within the drums in prescribed and fixe... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4743154 | Pallet inspection and repair system A pallet repair and inspection system includes pallet destacking apparatus for automatically dispensing pallets from stack of vertical pallets one at a time and discharging the pallets onto an inspection table. The destacking apparatus includes a vertical... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4708583 | Process of recubing boxes A method and apparatus for automatically restacking palletized tiers of adjacent rows of loosely cubed laden produce boxes in a continuous fashion by recubing the boxes while automatically retrieving and stacking the successive pallets during the continui... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4696614 | Apparatus for recubing boxes An apparatus for automatically restacking palletized tiers of adjacent rows of loosely cubed laden produce boxes in a continuous fashion by recubing the boxes while automatically retrieving and stacking the successive pallets during the continuing recubin... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4669968 | Method and apparatus for brick setting A brick setting machine is disclosed which is operable to face set, stack without inverting or flat set. The machine is also operable to laterally space each brick from the next adjacent brick so that the faces and edges of the brick can be separately tex... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4564332 | Apparatus for transferring a blank An apparatus for transferring a blank having a first blank-retaining member for retaining a blank before turnover; a second blank-retaining member for receiving the blank from the first blank-retaining member, the second blank-retaining member having its ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4533291 | Turnover device A novel turnover device adapted to receive a workpiece at its inlet end and deliver the workpiece in a turned over state from its outlet end at a distance from the inlet end is disclosed herein, which comprises a main body frame, first and second carriers... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4498840 | Reversing apparatus This disclosure pertains to an apparatus for turning a workpiece upside down. The apparatus is constructed of first and second arms supported on a base, the first arm comprising a lower section that is pivotably connected to the base, an upper section tha... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4376481 | Device for arranging in order a random supply of articles A device for arranging in order a random supply of articles including a plurality of article orientating members movable relatively to each other. The members are spaced so that the articles, when orientated, can drop between the members. The members may ... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4342531 | Method and apparatus for handling bricks Method and apparatus for stacking or stacking as well as facing, bricks. In stacking, the bricks are conveyed to adjacent horizontal fold plates and then one of the plates is moved under the other plate to place the bricks one above the other. The underly... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4175655 | Panel turner An apparatus for inverting a panel member comprises a conveyor having a plurality of spaced-apart, substantially parallel endless belts; a frame member including first and second pairs of opposed uprights disposed above and enclosing the conveyor; a panel... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4095700 | Turn-over device for slab materials Two pairs of arms are parallel to and spaced apart from one another and lie eneath the path of a conveyor for advancing slab materials to be turned over, one pair of arms moves upwardly while remaining horizontal and engaging the slab whereupon the arms ad... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4056186 | Coil handling apparatus and system An apparatus and system is disclosed for receiving upstanding cylindrical product coils from a coil forming station at the delivery end of a rolling mill, and for transporting the coils along a path along which additional processing operations are perform... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4032019 | Billet conveyor and turner A billet turner which is especially adapted for use between sections of a furnace charging table. The billet turner is designed to turn a billet of square cross-section about its longitudinal axis, in 90° increments, and in either direction, for the purp... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4023685 | Billet manipulator Apparatus for rotating a billet. A frame presents an upwardly facing surface to support a billet, the surface having a slope so that the rectangular billet presents a surface which slopes toward an operator for the purpose of grinding and the like. The fr... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4019639 | Automatic palletizer and method for bundled stacks of sheets An automatic palletizer for bundled stacks of sheets wherein bundles of sheets coming from a stacker are positioned on a receiver which collects and supports the stacks in a generally upstanding position. A tiltable pallet holder is adjacent the receiver ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3967723 | Material handling apparatus A turnover apparatus for inverting a first sheet and placing it horizontally upon a second sheet as said sheets are carried along a horizontal path. The apparatus includes lifting arms for raising the leading edge of the first sheet about its trailing edg... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3955686 | Apparatus for supplying thin, flat articles An apparatus for supplying thin, flat articles has a reversing means for reversing the articles. The reversing means includes a bottom surface supporting part and an edge supporting part which is perpendicular to the bottom surface supporting part. The ap... | 05/11/1976 |
