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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6729835 | Handling assembly for fixturing ophthalmic lenses An assembly for orienting and fixturing an array of contact lenses in a lens-fixturing tray to enable automated picking of the lenses includes an array of tubes to which a first support tray having an array of lens receptacles each having a respective contact lens t... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6299405 | Material handling device A material handling system, apparatus, and method for transferring and inverting a generally planar panel is disclosed. The system, apparatus, and method is comprised of a panel-engaging member and a panel-engaging member rotator. The panel-engaging membe... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6139243 | Method and system for flipping a tray of parts A method and system are provided for flipping a tray of parts such as integrated circuit packages including a pair of flippable storage trays. A first storage tray has an upper surface which forms a grid of storage compartments wherein each of the storage... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5980191 | Rectangular tube clamping and maneuvering apparatus A mounting apparatus is disclosed for securing and maneuvering an elongate tubing of general cross-section which permits longitudinal movement through the apparatus but inhibits lateral movement or vertical movement. The apparatus includes a channel for t... | 11/09/1999 |
| 4838747 | Device for transporting and forming batches of flat pieces with decreasing thickness The present invention is directed to a device for transporting and forming batches of flat pieces with decreasing thickness. The device has a piling unit having a rotatably mounted double storage device for receiving two batches of flat pieces, one after ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4696617 | Apparatus for feeding bar-like materials A method for feeding cigarettes or filter plugs or the like to a working machine, such as a transporting machine, using a flat feeding passage with a bottom which can store and convey the cigarettes etc. in the horizontal direction, comprising introducing... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4686925 | Rotary boat repair apparatus An apparatus for repairing boat hulls comprising a rack mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis. A beam is cantilevered outwardly from the rack, and a hoist mechanism is mounted for travel on the beam. A boat resting on a trailer is moved partially w... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4642016 | Apparatus for unloading nuclear fuel pellets from a sintering boat A nuclear fuel pellet unloading apparatus includes a boat clamping and inverting mechanism which receives a boat loaded with pellets, clamps the boat and pivots it along an arcuate path adjacent a pellet transfer shroud from an initial upright position to... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4610616 | Brick moulding device A device for moulding brick blanks comprises a plurality of moulding troughs and a casting device for filling the moulding troughs, wherein the casting device comprises a carrier coupled with a casting mechanism and adapted to pivot by means of the castin... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4364702 | Apparatus for stacking objects or groups of objects Apparatus for the head-to-tail stacking of objects or groups of objects, such as folded cardboard packaging boxes, which are substantially identical in terms of their shapes, their dimensions and the orientation with which they are presented to the appara... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4261680 | Apparatus for orienting articles having an enlarged end An apparatus for orienting randomly arranged articles having an enlarged end, such as large caliber ammunition or the like, so that all of the articles are facing in the same direction. The apparatus senses the direction in which the articles are facing a... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4220239 | Transfer and inverter machine A machine is positioned in the line of a gypsum board manufacture to provide lifting arms, which are actuated up through the line to remove board sections, invert and transfer them to an adjacent area for subsequent drying. The lifting arms are reciprocat... | 09/02/1980 |
