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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371040 | Bale wagon having improved rolling rack tines A bale wagon is disclosed having rolling rack tines that pivot, by only a few degrees, so as to reduce the angle between said rolling rack tines and the bale wagons loading bed surface at several preset positions, allows improved control over the lean angle of the u... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7143567 | Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of toilet paper and/or kitchen towel Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of paper comprising a bagging and/or forming machine adapted to sort packages of said rolls into batches or to bag said sorted loose packages in a plastic bag, and a palletizing station comprising at lease one manipulator pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7104172 | Method for conveying, guiding, and locating a thermoformable web A method for delivering web-supported articles between dies and punches of a trim press. The method includes providing a treadle having an article detector, while moving the web and the articles, guiding the web and the articles along the web and between a pair of t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7090456 | Apparatus for loading, transporting, stacking and feeding bales An apparatus to load, transport, stack, retrieve and feed bales of hay can be run by a single operator. A vehicle frame supports an operator cab forward of a tiltable bed. A track begins near the ground in front of the cab and proceeds back toward to bed to above th... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080494 | Method for making a large square bale out of a plurality of small bales A method for making a large square bale out of a plurality of small bales, utilizing a square baler. Small bales are fed into a processing chamber resting in side by side relation on a pivoting floor. The floor is pivoted from a horizontal position to a vertical pos... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073998 | Mechanical lock-up for pivoting table A manually operated mechanism for locking the first table of a bale wagon in the raised position. The mechanism uses gravity to both engage and disengage the lock to permit an operator to safely service the components of the wagon below the first table. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052228 | Device for stacking empty transport pallets or removing same from a stack A device for stacking empty transport pallets and removing empty transport pallets from a stack has a pallet receptacle with a first leg and a second leg positioned at a right angle to the first leg. The pallet receptacle is configured to receive a pallet stack of p... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7033130 | Depalletizer for a material handling system A depalletizer includes an input assembly for supporting a loaded pallet loaded with at least one product, a lift assembly, and a product take-away assembly. The input assembly presents the loaded pallet to the lift assembly, which moves the loaded pallet to a produ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6951333 | Method and device for producing stacks from continuously supplied, flat articles For being stacked, flat articles, in particular printed products, are supplied to a feed point in an imbricated stream, in which they overlap one another and are arranged standing substantially upright. In the feed point, their leading edge is pushed against an alig... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6918737 | System and method for stacking a predetermined number of nestable objects A system and method for stacking a predetermined number of nestable objects is disclosed, including several alternative embodiments. The system is preferably designed for use with a plurality of nestable objects each having a measurable thickness. A cavity is config... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6910849 | Method and device for turning over stacks of products on a cartoning machine A method and device for turning over stacks of products on a cartoning machine, whereby a group of products, arranged in at least one stack, is fed into a container, from which the group is expelled by a push device after the container is rotated 90° about an axis ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6896474 | Process and device for conveying products, for instance for automatic packaging installations Associated to the first product of each group or slug of products being formed is a first engagement element which follows the movement of advance of said first product, preventing it from falling forwards in the direction of advance. In such conditions, the product... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6547511 | Process of loading rolls of roofing material onto a pallet An apparatus and process of loading rolls of roofing material onto a stationary pallet, wherein the process performs a series of operations, in accordance with the present invention. Each operation includes the steps of: (a) loading rolls of roofing mater... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6494668 | Method and device for stacking unpacked processed cheese slices A method and a device are disclosed for stacking unpacked processed cheese slices. Single stacks consisting of a plurality of superimposed processed cheese slices are continuously supplied by a transportation device to a first turning station. At the firs... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6312208 | Method and apparatus for business forms processing A system for stacking continuous folded forms or web coming from a folder and separator and moving to a conveyor. A table is positioned adjacent and in line with the conveyor and in a position for receiving a horizontally-extending stack of folded forms d... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6234467 | Apparatus for stacking and sorting printed documents and feeding them to a finishing machine The apparatus comprises a conveyor (2) for feeding paper sheets into a cassette (4) in a stacker (2). The conveyor (2) can be switched between two positions such that successive documents are separated from one another by a lateral shift. The cassette (4)... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6027298 | Method and apparatus for business forms processing A system for stacking continuous folded forms or web coming from a folder and separator and moving to a conveyor. A table is positioned adjacent and in line with the conveyor and in a position for receiving a horizontally-extending stack of folded forms d... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5793637 | Method and apparatus for banding copper cathodes A method is provided for banding copper cathodes which is efficient and cost effective using a system comprising stacking the cathodes, moving the stacked cathodes on a conveyor belt, weighing the stack, identifying the stack by a bar code or other identi... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5692999 | Method and apparatus for business forms processing A system for stacking continuous folded forms or web coming from a folder and separator and moving to a conveyor. A table is positioned adjacent and in line with the conveyor and in a position for receiving a horizontally-extending stack of folded forms d... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5681141 | Tire stacker A tire stacking apparatus includes a base frame with a carriage pivotally mounted on the frame for selective movement between a horizontal loading position and a vertical stacking position. The carriage includes a pair of parallel support members connecte... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5642603 | Method and apparatus for accommodating goods in container A goods accommodation method and apparatus in which a container is set such that its opening is directed horizontally, and box-shaped goods are stacked on a slide such that their surfaces facing the opening of the container are aligned with each other. Th... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5630780 | Method and apparatus for business forms A system for stacking continuous folded forms coming from a folder and moving to a conveyor. A table is position adjacent and in line with the conveyor and in a position for receiving a horizontal stack of folded forms disposed on the table top. The table... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5399143 | Method and apparatus for business forms processing A system for stacking continuous folded forms coming from a folder and moving to a conveyor. A table is position adjacent and in line with the conveyor and in a position for receiving a horizontal stack of folded forms disposed on the table top. The table... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5273516 | Method and apparatus for business forms processing A system for stacking continuous folded forms coming from a folder and moving to a conveyor. A table is position adjacent and in line with the conveyor and in a position for receiving a horizontal stack of folded forms disposed on the table top. The table... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5211345 | Large bale handling apparatus A system for handling bales of feed includes a freight trailer with a tongue that can be offset laterally to cause the trailer to follow a path to one side of the path of a tractor to permit a front-loading device on the trailer to engage bales of feed an... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5122029 | Apparatus and method for automatically counting and stacking trimmed molded articles An apparatus for automatically stacking molded articles successively trimmed by a trim press from a web of thermoplastic material, the trim press having a stationary die member which includes a die plate and a die shoe, the apparatus comprising: (a) a fra... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5088872 | Automatic equipment for collecting and setting up chairs Automatic collection and set up equipment for chairs, characterized by the fact that it performs automatically all the jobs required in collecting and setting up chairs; markedly reduces the man-hours required to prepare a conference room; and it has an a... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4925120 | Method of, and apparatus for, processing printed products arriving in an imbricated formation, especially newspapers, periodicals and the like A pallet loaded with a plurality of adjacently arranged wound product packages is tilted through an angle of approximately 90° about a horizontal axis by means of a tilt or pivot device. Consequently, the wound product packages which are of substantially... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4802808 | Stacking apparatus for deep-drawn articles of plastics of plastics material A stacking apparatus for deep-drawn articles of plastics material, particularly articles manufactured in a thermoforming machine, includes a lower stacking plate and an upper stacking plate which are adapted to receive formed articles from the forming die... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4769973 | Method and apparatus for processing printed products, such as newspapers, magazines and the like, arriving in an imbricated formation and wound packages produced thereby The printed products arriving in an imbricated formation are wound up into wound product packages or coils each having a substantially horizontally disposed longitudinal axis. These wound products packages possess a predetermined size and an inherent stab... | 09/13/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4688373 | Article orienting, feeding and wrapping apparatus In an article orienting, feeding and wrapping apparatus, a conveyor apparatus for orienting a plurality of disoriented wafer-like articles into single rows for wrapping. A conveying mechanism has receptacles for moving the articles in single rows extendin... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4679379 | Automatic bundling machine A fully automatic bundling machine forms a bundle of stacked compressed rows of rolled tissue product and wraps the bundle with thermoweldable material which is taken from a single roll. For larger rolled products such as household paper towels, the indiv... | 07/14/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4664581 | Sheet handling and separator apparatus and method An apparatus and method for separating sheets or plates from a bundle and for placing said sheets or plates spaced-apart on a support rack. The bundle of sheets or plates is inclined to a position causing the sheets or plates to slide relative to each oth... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4640657 | Carton loading method and system A method for loading a stack of filled cartons onto a transport vehicle includes lifting the cartons at the first station on a rotator lift truck and then rotating the cartons through an acute angle to cradle the cartons for carrying purposes. The cartons... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4630986 | Bale handler A bale handler includes a body with ground wheels and a bed for supporting two or more round bales end-to-end rotatably supported for rearward tilting movement about a horizontal axis to unload the bales as a vertical stack. A secondary support is provide... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4625957 | Apparatus for stacking and delivering paper napkins, paper towels, and the like A stacking and delivery apparatus for stacks of products such as paper napkins and paper towels includes a magazine into which the products are delivered to form stacks and which supports the stack along a path of product movement. A plurality of fingers ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4610592 | Robotic downender apparatus An improved downender assembly and method for using the assembly is disclosed. The improved downender apparatus has a load receiving member which is rotatable from a horizontal orientation for receiving unit loads from a conveyor assembly to a vertical or... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4590745 | Carton closing machine A carton closing machine including a longitudinal chain with lugs that carry the carton along a longitudinal path, folding down the carton top and passing the front flap thereof over a glue wheel to a cross-feed which carries the cartons laterally with th... | 05/27/1986 |
