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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7811047 | Underlayment stickering stacker actuation In one representative example an underlayment stickering stacker includes a carriage/fork device configured to move a course of material with underlaid sticks from a course forming station to a hoist device, thereby forming the stack of material. The stacker also in... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802959 | Compact palletizer A compact palletizer combines a plate apron and an apron conveyor as a layer build area positionable both vertically and horizontally to implement receipt and organization of items as layers and to stack item layers on a pallet. A puller bar serves to pull item rows... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7547182 | High speed sticker placer having horizontal and vertical positioning A slat positioning and placing machine is preferably configured to place slats on top of or between accumulated material layers. A set of actuating arms preferably includes complementary operating slat holding holders, such as pans or other holding devices. As a fir... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7416379 | Interlacing device for a palletizing machine and palletizing machine equipped with one such device The invention relates to an interlacing device which can be used automatically to interlace long products on a transport pallet in an economical and optimum manner, which can be adapted to tubes of any length and which operates concurrently with the palletizing mach... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7320202 | Stacking of lumber pieces An apparatus for picking, conveying, stacking and bundling lumber pieces from the ground for example for removing stacked support lumber during laying of a pipe line comprises a tracked vehicle to which is attached a frame carrying a transport conveyer along the sid... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7267060 | Stackable cargo bin A heavy-duty cargo bin unit configured for rugged use in hostile environments, such as in the oil drilling and production industry. The cargo bin unit is of a generally rectilinear construction, and preferably fabricated of heavy gauge steel. Supports or skids are p... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267522 | Method and device for the introduction of planar substrates into a receiving container One embodiment of the invention is a method for placing circuit boards in a receiving container, comprising the following steps: a) gripping and lifting a circuit board with a first grappling device, b) moving the first grappling device and the receiving container r... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7246696 | Apparatus for forming groups of battery plates An apparatus for forming groups of battery plates includes at least first and second plate supply lines each including a separation station and a downstream plate supply. The apparatus further includes a first common plate feed line for the envelopers and a second c... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7210280 | System and method for loading a cargo space with piece goods A machining system and unit, especially a welding cell, is provided for use for the machining of workpieces (2), especially body parts of vehicles. The machining system has one or more machining stations (15, 16) with robots (18, 19, 20) and at ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201554 | High-speed stacker A high-speed stacker preferably includes dual stacking arms configured to operate complementary to one another. Most preferably, an electronic control system is provided to enable precise control over the speed and positioning of the stacker arms in both horizontal ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7175382 | Device and method for separating packs of laminar products from one another The device comprises a guide (23) defining a closed for a plurality of separator fingers (15). In the vicinity of the end of the advance stretch of the guide is set a separating member (101) provided with a movement of insertion and extraction (... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168910 | Device for transporting a horizontal stack positioned on a support and formed in a gathering machine with upright, lined-up signatures A device is used for transporting a horizontal stack from a stack support to an intermediate deposit, where the stack is formed in a gathering device with upright, lined-up signatures. The device is comprised of a horizontally and vertically displaceable clamp arran... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7131361 | Workpiece-transfer device The present invention provides a workpiece-transfer device that has functions for both loading and unloading workpieces, without requiring a workpiece-storage device to enable a function for replacing material and product workpieces with each other, and that require... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104748 | Methods for use with tray-based integrated circuit device handling systems A stack processing tray for use with tray-based integrated circuit device handling systems. The stack processing tray has a plurality of cells, each cell being configured to receive at least two integrated circuit devices in a vertically superimposed, stacked relati... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7080969 | Method and apparatus for stacking discrete planar objects A system for forming a plurality of discrete objects into a stack is disclosed which system includes a frame having a top, a bottom and sides; a conveyor associated with the frame and having an end edge for dispensing discrete objects, a first support mounted on the... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7063500 | Method and apparatus of stacking veneer sheets A method of stacking a veneer sheet carried by a conveyer onto a pile of similar veneer sheets is disclosed. Veneer sheet is separated from the conveyer thereby to allow the sheet to drop from the conveyer toward the pile. The veneer sheet being dropped is restraine... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7052006 | Process and apparatus for producing stacks of printed products provided with an additional sheet A method and apparatus for producing stacks of flat objects, such as printed products 28, wherein the printed products are fed to a preliminary stacking compartment 20, into which opens the outlet 32 of an arrangement 12 for feeding addit... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021450 | Device and method to correct uneven spacing of successive articles A device for correcting uneven spacing of successive articles includes a first conveyor belt having a plurality of articles spaced thereon. At least one article is unevenly spaced. A second conveyor belt is located downstream of the first conveyor belt upon which th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6974300 | Sticker handling means for lumber stacking Sticker handling apparatus include an actuating assembly that operatively supports one or more sticker support brackets. The actuating assembly includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The first actuator is configured to impart motion to the sticker support ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971837 | Stack handling and handwork table A part handling and handwork table including a lift assembly, a drive assembly, a stack support assembly, and a part support beam assembly. The lift assembly is raised/lowered to properly position the stack support assembly adjacent a cart containing a series of sta... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969228 | Palletizing system for storing and transporting materials A palletizing system for stacking materials is provided. The system utilizes support members to minimize leaning of stacked materials. These support members are inserted through openings defined by one or more slip sheets. In particular, these openings are spaced ab... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966742 | Work arrangement apparatus A work arrangement apparatus arranges plate-shaped works in such a manner that the works are piled up being interposed between interlayer sheets. The apparatus comprises: a work conveyance belt for intermittently transporting the works, one by one; a first air-sucti... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6923614 | Magazine lumber feeder The present invention provides an efficient, reliable lumber magazine feeder that can supply large numbers of boards of all sizes. Some embodiments of this magazine lumber feeder comprise of one or more modules, each capable of dispensing a particular width of board... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918736 | Method and apparatus for stacking discrete planar objects A system for forming a plurality of discrete objects into a stack is disclosed which system includes a frame having a top, a bottom and sides; a conveyor associated with the frame and having an end edge for dispensing discrete objects, a first support mounted on the... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6899512 | Bottom sheet inserter A bottom sheet inserter is described in which a conveyor is provided on a frame that defines a path for a load. The conveyor is operable to move the load in a forward direction along the path. A bottom sheet insertion station is situated between first and second con... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6860709 | Apparatus and method for placing spacer sticks on a board stack An apparatus for placing out spacer sticks on a board stack (1) comprises a feeder device (5) for the individual discharge of spacer sticks (3). The feeder device (5) is placed in association with one short end of the stack (1). Fu... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6755605 | Stick placer A stick placer includes a stick magazine and a stick receiver. A stop regulates passage of the lowermost stick from a lower opening in the stick magazine. The stick receiver is rotatable and has a stick receiving pocket. The stick receiver is selectively rotatably m... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6722844 | Lumber stacking apparatus with automated sticker feeding feature for placing stickers between board layers A lumber stacking apparatus 10 is described for forming a stack 12 of layers 14 of boards with stickers placed transversely between the layers. The apparatus 10 has a reciprocating arm structure 50 for successively picking up layer... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6715982 | Lath placer A lath placer places pairs of lath segments to overlap in a package of lumber. The lath placer has at least one section which includes a pair of back-to-back lath segment placers. Each lath segment placer has a magazine and lath picker which picks lath segments from... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6695569 | Device for collecting and palletizing bottles A process and a device for collecting and palletizing bottles 3 is provided, especially empty plastic bottles, which are fed from a bottle producer 36 or a bottle conveyor 8 in one or more rows one behind the other to a collecting device 4. They are trans... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6655902 | Apparatus for stacking elongated members An apparatus for transferring rows of side-by-side elongated members from a conveyor to a stacking platform to form bundles. A plurality of parallel stacker arms are displaceable in a direction parallel to the conveying of the elongated members, between a... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6644911 | Lumber stacking apparatus Lumber stacking apparatus which include sticker placing apparatus provide means of automatically placing stickers in a sticker tray and of removing stickers from a sticker tray. Lumber placing apparatus includes an actuating assembly that can be actuated ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6582179 | Contoured palletizer layer pad A contoured layer pad has first and second pockets with the pockets receiving different portions of unstable articles, such as the base and neck portions of containers. The pockets have end portions at opposite sides with side portions extending from the ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6558108 | Apparatus for palletizing substantially cylindrical objects An apparatus for palletizing substantially cylindrical objects. The apparatus comprises at least one position-defining support device for at least one pallet, a supply of the cylindrical objects for palletizing, at least one holder for a roll of material ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6481952 | Method of and apparatus for accumulating successive stacks of superimposed sheets Apparatus for accumulating successive stacks of superimposed sheets on discrete pallets employs a conveyor which delivers a continuous imbricated stream of sheets to a stacking station where a pallet descends with an elevator and gathers a first stack. A ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6439829 | Apparatus for placing spacers in stacked lumber An apparatus for placing spacer sticks between layers of lumber is disclosed. The present invention includes an overheads feed system for distributing spacer sticks to a plurality of stick placement modules. Each stick placement module has a plurality of ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6431817 | Palletizing or depalletizing unstable articles utilizing article group pick-up and transfer Palletizing or depalletizing unstable articles is disclosed. A first conveyor, connected with a first carriage, has a plurality of pick-up units, each with mechanically movable elongated arms, to engage plural articles in different ones of associated rows... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6402455 | Separator sheet handler for a palletizer A palletizer assembly is comprised of a conveyor (14), a pattern-making apparatus (18) for arranging objects received from the conveyor into a pattern, a main hoist (26) for supporting a pallet in position to receive a layer of objects, a sweep apparatus ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6341771 | Method of stacking strips of flexible material A method of converting at least one strip of flexible material 12 into at least one stack of folded members 46. The method includes the step of conveying a number of festoons 20 formed from a strip of flexible material 12. The method is characterized by t... | 01/29/2002 |
