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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066468 | Apparatus for collecting and conveying stacks of sheets The invention relates to collecting and conveying devices for stacks of sheets (3), comprising a collecting station (1) in which a corresponding number of sheet stacks (3) are formed simultaneously from several imbricated flows (2) of she... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7381026 | Mail traying apparatus A mail traying apparatus which trays or sweeps mail envelopes, which are positioned in a mail stacker bin, into a mail tray and to deliver the same to an outbound conveyor or cart. The apparatus includes a robot having a robot arm mounted thereon with the robot arm ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7364398 | Apparatus and method for stacking sheets discharged from a starwheel assembly An apparatus and method for moving stacks of product discharged from a stacking device. The apparatus includes a first conveyor movable at a first speed and a second conveyor movable at a second speed. The first conveyor includes an upstream end adjacent to the stac... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7191892 | Apparatus for transferring products from a first conveying line to a second conveying line, in particular for feeding a boxing machine In an apparatus for transferring products from a first conveying line to a second line conveying line operated stepwise in a feeding direction and particularly for feeding a boxing machine a plurality of compartments are aligned along the feeding direction. Each com... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6971839 | Machine and method for grouping products in stacks having a pre-set length A machine and a method for carrying out portioning of products in stacks having a pre-set length. One or more portioning stations are provided, in which there are present at least two elements for supporting the stack, the supporting elements being mobile in transla... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6951272 | Signature-stacking apparatus In a signature-stacking apparatus, a conveyor chain holding a row of signatures travels along a conveyance path. A first signature release section and a second signature release section are provided in the conveyance path. During travel from the first signature rele... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6832886 | Apparatus and method for stacking sheets discharged from a starwheel assembly An apparatus and method for discharging sheets from a starwheel assembly and creating stacks of a desired number of sheets without interrupting the rotation of the starwheel assembly. The present invention separates sheets such that one separated sheet completes a s... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6769862 | Apparatus and method for placing horizontally oriented flats into vertically extending stacks thereof An apparatus for stacking horizontally conveyed individual flats into vertically extending stacks including a stacking housing with an upper station for receiving the flats singly and releasing them downwardly into an intermediate station wherein multiple flats are ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6520734 | Convertible tortilla counter-stacker A tortilla stacker has stacker and lift subassemblies that may be logically programmed for simultaneous operation in differing configurations of tortilla numbers and sizes.... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6454518 | Method for tortilla stacking and transferring A method of moving a plurality of tortilla stacks from a counter-stacker machine to a packaging area comprises the steps of receiving a stack of tortillas at a location elevationally above a loading zone, sensing an initial position of a conveyor block in... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6394443 | Drop table attachment for sheet feeding machine A drop table is used for accumulating a desired number of sheets of items in a bundle and then dropping the bundle onto a conveyor belt. The drop table has a plurality of rods acting as a floor in a collection box. When the drop table receives a signal fr... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6332749 | System for tortilla stack transfer A tortilla stack transfer system for moving a plurality of tortilla stacks from a counter-stacker machine to a packaging area comprises a plurality of transfer finger sets, a plurality of transfer stack supports corresponding to the transfer finger sets, ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6179548 | Folded carton stacking and packing apparatus Apparatus is provided for receiving folded cartons of non-uniform thickness from a conventional gluing device, stacking those cartons into stacks of a predefined number, and rotating successive stacks 180° from each other in order to compensate for the u... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6106219 | Stack forming and conveying apparatus An apparatus for forming and conveying stacks of documents includes a stacking machine positioned above a conveying machine. The stacking machine includes a compartment for receiving documents to be stacked. Two rotor assemblies are rotated in opposite di... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6048163 | Mechanism to retrieve and stack container separation sheets by stacking, squaring and positioning such sheets on a floor level pallet Apparatus for receiving, transporting and stacking thin sheets onto a transport pallet includes a vacuum conveyor for transporting the sheets one at a time from a horizontal collection station vertically downward and then horizontally onto a collection pa... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6033932 | Lead frame supplying apparatus In a bonding apparatus such as a wire bonding apparatus, die bonding apparatus and the like in which lead frames are supplied from a lead frame magazine to a bonding section via a frame conveying path, when the absence of a lead frame in the frame storing... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5720593 | Apparatus and method of counting, inspecting and stacking planar food products An apparatus for counting, inspecting, and stacking flexible, generally planar food products such as tortillas, or the like. The apparatus has an inclined infeed conveyor with adjustable alignment guides thereon to adjust the lateral position of each tort... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5419457 | System for sorting mail pieces on multiple levels and a method for performing the same A system and a method for sorting are provided for distributing articles, such as mail pieces or other flats, to predetermined destinations. At the destination, the particular article is raked by a raking assembly from a carrier for placement into a conta... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5308223 | Package handling system Disclosed is an automated system which collates (i.e. counts and assembles packages into stacks) and positions the stacks on a cartoner conveyor. The system includes an abort plate movable between a first position and a second position for supporting a st... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5253762 | Stacking, counting and sorting device for flexible, planar food products A device for counting, inspecting, sorting, and stacking planar food products such as tortillas. The tortillas are sandwiched between a pair of conveyor belts moving at the same speed to a discharge location between a pair of rollers around which the resp... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5249492 | Vertical trim press and stacking apparatus and method of trimming and stacking articles Apparatus and method for severing and stacking articles which have been differentially pressure formed in a sheet of thermoplastic material from the sheet. Apparatus is provided for moving the sheet in a horizontal path and relatively vertically moving op... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249913 | Sheet transporting device A sheet transporting device having a plurality of sheet pay-out mechanisms. A pick-up mechanism is associated with each of the pay-out mechanisms and carries rollers therewith. The pick-up mechanism draws out a sheet from the associated pay-out mechanism ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 4997337 | High-speed mail stacking and separating apparatus A high-speed mail stacking and separating apparatus (29) and method including a stack forming assembly (41) mounted for movement from a stack forming position to a stack releasing position. In the improved stacking apparatus, the stack forming assembly (4... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4938657 | Shingle stacking machine A shingle stacking machine including a shingle stacking station, a shingle bundling station, and a conveyor for removing bundled shingles from the machine. The shingle stacking station includes a pair of parallel and elongated wheel assemblies rotatably m... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4820103 | Apparatus for vertically stacking and storing articles An apparatus for vertically stacking and storing articles. The apparatus includes, in series, a stacking station, at least one storage storage, and an unloading station. A discharge conveyor is disposed beneath the stations. A stacking carriage is mounted... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4815917 | Bin sorter for use in a lumber mill A bin sorter divided by vertical or inclined parallel walls into a plurality of bins, each having a bin floor which can be lowered to a lumber discharge station and a series of rotatable gates extending from the bottom of each bin wall and functioning to ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4760765 | Movable stacker for a food loaf slicing machine The invention concerns a stacker for a food loaf slicing machine of the type which includes first and second stack supports capable of being alternately positioned so as to receive food loaf slices of generally uniform thickness thereon as they are cyclic... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4725180 | Apparatus for handling signatures before binding This invention provides an apparatus for handling signatures before binding comprising a signature stacking unit for piling signatures delivered from a rotary press or the like into stacks of a given number of signatures, a liftable table for receiving th... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4714394 | Method and appartus for depositing a proper number of flexible work pieces in a proper position A proper number of flexible work pieces such as napkins, handkerchiefs and he like are deposited in a proper position or positions for providing packages each of which contains a freely selectable number of pieces. For this purpose the work pieces travel t... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4662504 | Apparatus for arranging articles into groups Apparatus for separating articles supplied by a plurality of supply lines, into a plurality of groups and supplying these to a receiving line comprises a plurality of clamping devices at the outlet of the supply lines arranged to clamp the articles, a plu... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4620826 | Materials handling apparatus This invention relates to apparatus for transporting articles from one location to another by use of vacuum to suspend them from the underside of a perforated conveyor belt as it moves along the apertured underside of a vacuum box. Embodiments include a v... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4610360 | Installation for stacking piles of lumber separated by sticks An installation for stacking piles of stick-separated sawn lumber, which includes a number of sink compartments to receive various kinds of lumber and a lumber conveyor in order to bring lumber from a loading point for unsorted lumber to the sink compartm... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4547113 | Continuous motion spiral stacker Apparatus and method for accumulating generally flat articles of substantially the same size and shape into stacks of specific count. The apparatus comprises at least one vertically oriented spiral member having an exterior leading edge and an interior tr... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4525118 | Book stacker A book stacker for thick or thin books in which an input conveyor for feeding the books in a stream to a transfer conveyor is adjustable for the thick-thin situation, and the transfer conveyor likewise; in which a partial stack of books is dropped to a co... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4384813 | Shingle stacker with shingle inverting feature The present invention concerns stacking of shingles, in particular shingles having one edge portion thicker than the other edge portion. Such shingles require that at least some of the shingles in a stack be oriented to place the thicker edge thereof oppo... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4281953 | Vertical sort bin A sort bin having substantially vertical bin walls and a vertically movable bin floor, the floor being mounted such that it is in a predetermined and fixed inclined attitude throughout its vertical movement.... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4221519 | Conveying and stacking machine The drawings illustrate a conveying and stacking machine for handling basket trays and dollies. This machine includes a dual-speed conveyor adapted to receive basket trays, a chute mounted at a predetermined converging angle above the entrance portion of ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4143870 | Folder delivery arrangement for reel-fed rotary printing for presses The present invention relates to folder delivery arrangements for reel-fed rotary printing presses. The arrangement comprises driven finger-type lay-down devices under each of which a box receptacle is provided for receiving newspaper prints and forming p... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4132321 | Palletizer with controlled stack density Disclosed is a pallet loader in which each tier of a stack of flattened corrugated containers is placed on an extended, but horizontally retractable, stripping plate which when retracted drops the tier on a vertically movable elevator bed positioned below... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4124128 | Shingle stacking Shingles or the like are usually rectangular in shape and of non-uniform thickness being of a greater thickness at one long edge and of lessor thickness at the other. Such shingles are arranged by automatic equipment for stacking in squared bundles by del... | 11/07/1978 |
