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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7871236 | Automated paper turner for work and turn printing operation A powered paper turner is an automated load turning device specifically designed to turn a paper stack sandwiched between a pair of pallets in a work and turn printing process. The paper turner is mounted on wheels, with a rotating module rotating about an axle moun... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7261512 | Machine for orienting aligning vessels or bottles made of plastics The invention falls within the field of machines for orienting and aligning vessels or bottles made of plastics randomly inserted into a load vessel and in particular to a type of orienting and aligning machine that provides a plurality of elevators (6) that ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257934 | Banding machine A banding machine is useful for applying rubber bands on lobster claws, grocery bunches or other plural articles in need of bunching together. The machine has a pivotable sub-frame with two pairs of side-by-side fingers. The fingers in each pair are operable to move... | 08/21/2007 |
| 6997671 | Separating arrangement for a cartoning machine A separating arrangement for the individual removal of carton blanks (Z) from a magazine (M) and for shifting the removed carton blank (Z) from a removal position into a transfer position has a motor-driven pivoting arm (5) and means (6) arranged there... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6918733 | Hold down clamp for holding down sheet material A hold down clamp for holding down a stack of sheet material, preferably on a transportation trolley selectively in operative association with a printing machine. The hold down clamp has a vertically adjustable holding arm selectively lockable along a substantially ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6626631 | Paper turner for work and turn printing operation A load turning device specifically designed to turn paper in a work and turn printing process includes a pair of slides mounted on a pair of parallel tracks. To turn the paper stack, the paper turner is positioned so that a first slide is under the pallet... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6595740 | Prefeeder assembly An improved prefeeder assembly (10) for receiving a stack (28) of blanks and for inverting and passing the inverted blanks to processing equipment, the prefeeder assembly (10) having a rotator frame (12) which is positonable in an upright load entry posit... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6593045 | Substrate processing apparatus and method A cassette station, a processing station having a coating unit and a developing unit, and an inspecting station having a film thickness inspecting apparatus and a defect inspecting apparatus are disposed in the direction approximately perpendicular to the... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6557692 | Board turner apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for turning the top side of planar objects (1, 2) such as plywood or particle boards into the underside, the apparatus comprising an importing conveyor and an exporting conveyor, and a board turner assembly mo... | 05/06/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6510787 | Printing machine for printing both sides of flat objects A printing machine includes a circular contour printing table which has a plurality of object-stations regularly distributed around its periphery each adapted to receive an object to be printed and which, rotatable stepwise about an axis, moves the object... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6468023 | Apparatus and method for inverting an IC device An IC handler inverts an IC in a single motion by first gripping the IC with two fingers attached to an arm and then flipping the IC over by rotating the arm in a one-hundred eighty degree arc. The fingers maintain contact with the IC during the entire on... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6468018 | Article transfer apparatuses An article transfer apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a fulcrum, a lever arm rotatably attached to the fulcrum, and a clamp coupled to the lever arm having a first carrier retaining portion and a second carrier retaining portion.... | 10/22/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6273667 | Apparatus for inverting containers A container turn-over apparatus (1) including a base (2) and a container cradled (3) with openable latchable ends (8,9) and an open side (6) to allow a container to be placed in the cradle (3). Two selectively engagable spaced apart pivotal connections (1... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6050771 | Pallet workstation accumulator An accumulator for handling pallets in a pallet workstation provides a continuous through-put of panels through the pallet workstation. The accumulator includes a base, which is positioned between a pallet stack holder and a conveyor, and an articulating ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5975825 | Transfer apparatus for wafers A transfer device for wafers stacked in magazines has a vertically displaceable frame of a platform, with which the cover of the box surrounding the magazine in the closed condition. The magazine remains in the original position on the base of the box and... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5915910 | Semiconductor wafer transfer method and apparatus A wafer transfer mechanism and method involves inserting a wafer carrying arm into position within a wafer cassette so that a wafer may be detachably coupled to the arm. The arm is moved linearly to position the arm for coupling to the wafer, with the mot... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5791867 | Apparatus for automatically unstacking of trays from a vertically extending interlocking stack thereof An apparatus for separating stacks of detachably interlocking totes or trays one at a time by removal at the uppermost tray for processing thereof such as cleaning, sanitizing or otherwise refurbishing. The apparatus includes an elevating platform for mai... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5772383 | Pivotal mail tray unloader A pivotal mail tray unloader for unloading a tray having mail pieces horizontally stacked therein includes a frame having an elongated, inclined support surface, a carriage slidably mounted to the frame, and a retaining member slidably mounted to the fram... | 06/30/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5549190 | Adiabatic transfer device for an dry diamond milling system A transfer device for a very high speed adiabatic face milling machine whose configuration and operation provide a highly efficient machining process suitable for production manufacturing conditions. The milling machine preferably operates at speeds of ap... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5540534 | Bale transfer system and method of transfer A bale transfer system for transferring bales from a baler mechanism to a support vehicle including a baler mechanism a bale tipper mechanism and a bale receiving station for receiving bales ejected from the baler mechanism. Each bale when ejected has a h... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5524535 | Method and apparatus for high speed decoration of bottles Bottles are decorated while advanced by intermittent motion to each of a plurality of decorating stations where a squeegee presses a decorating screen into line contact with a surface of the bottle which has a speed the same as the speed of which the deco... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5435688 | Bar-like article supplying apparatus A bar-like article supplying apparatus is constructed such that a tray is carried in while remaining in an erected condition on a dolly, which moves intermittently. The tray is open at an upper face thereof and is turned over and fed to drop and supply ba... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5395205 | Part loading apparatus having harmonically driven shuttle and pivotal part supporting frame A part loading apparatus is disclosed for transporting a workpiece from a first position generally in a first plane to a second position generally in a second plane for transfer to another work station. The part loading apparatus includes a rail for trans... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5358372 | Sheet block inverter A sheet block inverter is described in which successive blocks of sheets received along an infeed plane are successively inverted prior to being received on a discharge conveyor. A sheet block receiving magazine receives a sheet block along the infeed pla... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5293179 | Work convey method and apparatus In a work convey apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of workpieces are conveyed from a tray for storing a large number of non-processed workpieces, which are aligned at a first pitch with surface to be processed facing down, to a pro... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5244330 | Bottler loader and method A bottle loader and method for loading bottles onto shelves on a rack. The bottle loader has a carrier car rotatably supported on a frame. The bottles are placed in a vertical position and urged onto the carrier car. The bottles are then rotated on the ca... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5141388 | Apparatus for turning a package An apparatus for turning over a package (9) through 180° out of a first position (I) on a supply conveyor (6) into a second position (II) on a removal conveyor (12), a frame (2) mounted on the floor (1) being provided to support a propulsion unit provide... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5085557 | Large part rollover device A roll-over device includes a roll-over frame which pivots about a horizontal axis and includes a counterweight mounted at the end of a counterweight beam, a support plate and a plurality of roller sections, each with a plurality of standard conveyer roll... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5060358 | Apparatus and method of installing a gasket in a channel member Apparatus and method for installing a stretchable rectangular shaped gasket in a rectangular shaped channel member secured to a refrigerator door. A rectangular shaped frame is formed with side rails, the side rails as viewed in lateral cross-section havi... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5046916 | Handling apparatus Apparatus for transporting and handling piece goods (4), containing a stand; a transport rail (10) carried by the stand; a trolley (17) which can be moved along the rail (10) by a separate drive (19); and a gripping device (22) which is pivotally mounted ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4995779 | Method and device for aligning and storing in a given order moldings having a tubular perforation "Method and device for aligning and storing in a given order moldings having a tubular perforation."Individual moldings (6) are introduced successively from above into a turbulence space above a receiving mandrel (5) profiled for reception in the perforat... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4881868 | Apparatus and method for rapid transport of an elastic band An apparatus (21) and method for rapid transport of elastic bands (34) from a band loading station (22) to a band unloading station (23). The apparatus (21) includes a movable arm assembly (24) having a finger (26) thereon dimensioned to loosely receive a... | 11/21/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4829749 | Tire handling system A tire handling system capable of automatically performing a series of tire handling operations including sorting of the tires from a production/inspection line according to types and sizes, stacking the sorted tires, and shelving the stacks of tires in f... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4798278 | Conveyor for turning packages upside down A conveyor for turning packages upside down in a very gentle manner in a device which is interposed in line with the feed conveyor and discharge conveyor and conveys the package to the discharge conveyor after the package has been turned over. The conveyo... | 01/17/1989 |
