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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7985044 | Heavy article inversion device A heavy article inversion device is provided, in which the inverting operations may be performed in a short time by reducing the size of the heavy article inversion device comprising a pair of inversion boards that may be revolved about a common rotary shaft support... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7322787 | Devices and methods for reversing, transporting, and processing substrates A substrate is supported on a plurality of substrate supporting pins mounted to a second movable member. Next, so as to bring the plurality of substrate supporting pins close to a plurality of substrate supporting pins mounted to a first movable member, the first mo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7290978 | Photomask flipper and single direction inspection device for dual side photomask inspection A flipper for rotating and positioning a photomask in two flip orientations includes a flip unit rotatably held in a base. The flip unit includes a flip frame in which clamps are preferably spring loaded guided such that the clamps are oppositely and laterally displ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5743374 | Stack turner and replenisher and method A stack turner and replenisher 10 is provided for keeping a hopper of a carton prefeeder P filled with carton blanks, traditionally a job that requires a human worker and causes carpal tunnel syndrome due to the inverting motion required. Stack turner 10 ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5419675 | Device for tilting rolled stock A simple, robust and rationally operable device for tilting rolled stock comprises a tilting head comprising a gripping device for the rolled stock, which defines a tilting axis, and a first drive for rotating the tilting head about a tilting head axis ex... | 05/30/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5040940 | Device for the alignment of the desheathed ends of round cables The apparatus described measures the angle of rotation necessary to rotate a cable end from a first angular position, wherein the cores of the cable end have a certain position independent of their color, to a desired angular position, at a measuring stat... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5006037 | Apparatus for turning over cartons An apparatus for turning bodies such as cardboard boxes or cartons or the ke, especially for use in a machine for packing envelopes into cartons, includes at least one bottom carrier which is tiltably driven about a horizontal axis, and at least one top c... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4773816 | Apparatus and methods for engaging a workpiece Inbound and outbound parallel conveyors carry parts supported on a screen tray engaged by the conveyors. The parts are conveyed to a station on the inbound conveyor line where a substance is applied to a first portion of the parts. The parts are then conv... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4577401 | Process and apparatus for separating a suspension bar from an electrode Process and apparatus for separating a suspension bar (14) from an electrode (11) that is vertically suspended by this bar and that comprises, besides this bar, an electrolytic plate (12) and one or several suspension loops (13) fastened to the plate, the... | 03/25/1986 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4295776 | Portable inverter for transferring bulk goods between pallets A portable inverter, adapted to be moved to a desired location by a fork lift truck, enables bulk goods packed in sacks, boxes and the like and supported on a first pallet to be transferred to a second pallet. The inverter comprises a unitary three-sided,... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4214655 | Article handling apparatus especially useful for handling concrete blocks This disclosure relates to an apparatus or machine which is especially useful in performing an important article handling function in a semi-automatic production arrangement for inverting and moving interlocking, epoxy bonded blocks. These blocks, commonl... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4022332 | Apparatus for orienting case blanks An apparatus receives case blanks in a given faced orientation within an upright stack and delivers the blanks in shingled arrangement in reverse faced orientation. Two forks are pivoted about a common pivotal axis and move independent of one another, in ... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4006829 | Transfer unit in a transfer machine A transfer machine for transporting a work piece from one work station to another. The transfer machine comprises in combination a mounting table reciprocally movable in the transfer direction, a plurality of mounting blocks on the mounting table at the s... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4002247 | Machine for picking up, transferring, turning and placing parts A pick and place machine having jaws which pick up a part at a loading ston and shift first horizontally and then vertically to place the part at a delivery station prior to releasing the part. By making a simple modification, the machine may be adapted ... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3948385 | Apparatus for inverting a sheet member An apparatus for inverting a sheet member comprising a pair of spaced conveyors cooperatively defining a conveyor passage along which a sheet member can be advanced, and a rotatable arm assembly mounted between the conveyors and including upper and lower ... | 04/06/1976 |
