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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7462012 | Stack transfer device A transfer device is disclosed for transferring a plurality of stacks of disk-like objects such as frozen hamburger patties, from a plurality of first trays having bottom walls angled with respect to horizontal to a horizontal support platform spaced from the trays.... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7287952 | Feeder load automation system and method of use A feeder load automation system and method of use including a lifting device capable of lifting a pallet of bundled product from a lowered positioned to a raised position and a platform positioned on the lifting device which holds the pallet of bundled product. A he... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7174938 | Apparatus for folding and applying onserts onto consumer goods A machine for folding and applying onserts onto consumer goods such as cigarette packs comprises a continuous roll of preprinted onserts and a transverse cutter assembly for cutting onsert segments from the continuous roll. Each onsert segment includes a pair of sid... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7137502 | Mail tray singulator and method of use A mail tray singulator for controlling the handling, movement and sensing of mail trays or other mail items into a single file arrangement on a conveyor system for downstream processing. The mail tray singulator includes conveyor modules configured at preferably rig... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6827545 | Anti-inertia stacker An anti-inertia stacker for stacking products and especially suited for products which are prone to dislodgment on or from a substrate during processing movement is provided. The anti-inertia stacker comprises a traveling pallet which is mounted for movement. The tr... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6364312 | Method and arrangement for removing air inclusions when forming stacks from sheets A method and arrangement are provided for removing air inclusions between sheets in a stack when forming the stack from sheets fed successively by a sheet feeder to the stack to be formed and deposited thereon in a sheet feeding region. Air out is suction... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6241458 | Stacker for grouping and stacking substantially flat articles A stacker for stacking articles, particularly blister packs, into stacks of goods, including a goods feeder, a primary packing unit and a unit for supplying the stacks for secondary packing or processing. The packing unit has a goods magazine with a goods... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5957653 | Transferring apparatus A transferring apparatus which enables articles interlock-stacked on a pallet for a single-article to be bar-stacked on a shipping pallet includes lifters 4, 6 for shipping pallets (transferring pallets) B, C provided on the respective sides of a lifter 2... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5953234 | Automated storage facility including a storage and retrieval system and a floor inventory management system An automated storage facility includes a storage and retrieval system and a floor inventory management system. The storage and retrieval system uniquely palletizes bossies and stores palletized bossies and palletized stacks of cases together in the same s... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5833232 | Apparatus for accumulating and directionally reorienting sheets An apparatus for accumulating sheets from a secondary source and changing their conveyance direction 90°. The accumulator is a group of vertically stacked bins that discharge batchwise and are loaded from the secondary source alternately by way of a dive... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5772391 | Stacker for counting and stacking signatures delivered by a gripper conveyor Signatures are delivered to a stacker by a gripper conveyor, each gripper delivering a signature thereto. The grippers follow a curved path adjacent to the stacker, substantially aligning the signatures with the stacking platform receiving signatures as t... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5738484 | Palletiser A palletizing system for placing articles from a conveyor onto two pallets. The palletizing system includes first and second substantially horizontally extending tracks each having a longitudinal axis. The first track adapted to move along the second trac... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5562403 | Load forming apparatus and methods This invention is a novel load forming system, including a layer forming station, a load forming station, and a transfer vehicle for transferring to a load forming station, a layer at a time, units of material which have been formed into layers at a layer... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5551686 | Printing and mailbox system for shared users with bins almost full sensing In a networked or other shared users electronic printing system for printing plural print jobs of plural printed sheets of the different users, with a printer mailbox having a sheet distribution system for automatically directing and stacking into differe... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5525029 | Palletizer having vertically movable pallet supports and at least one gripper only in a horizontal plane A palletizing system for placing articles from a conveyor onto two pallets. The palletizing system includes first and second substantially horizontally extending tracks each having a longitudinal axis. The first track adapted to move along the second trac... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5503388 | Buffered stacker A buffered stacking apparatus selectively diverts horizontally disposed documents from a main conveying path, then stacks and transports the documents to replaceable receiving receptacles. The apparatus has a primary horizontal conveyor belt with a lower ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5468118 | Apparatus for stacking wood roof trusses Apparatus for stacking individual wood roof trusses horizontally into bundles suitable for banding, the apparatus including a stacking station, a conveyor adapted to convey wood roof trusses individually and in a predetermined horizontal plane to a positi... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5372472 | Palletizer and palletizing methods Palletizers and methods of palletizing are disclosed. The palletizers are adapted to receive and arrange units of material and to concurrently fabricate first and second layers therefrom; or to place them in layers at either of first and second delivery s... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5346358 | Apparatus for automatically stacking differently sized panels or packs of panels Apparatus for automatically stacking differently sized packs of panels (P), or may be differently sized panels, formed by a dividing apparatus, on respective lifting platforms, such that packs of panels (P) of a same size will be stacked on one and the sa... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5328323 | Stack making machine A stack making machine includes an infeed conveyor for moving successive web segments to an orbital stacker which pushes the segments down from the infeed conveyor and onto one of two pairs of stack support members located to either side of the infeed con... | 07/12/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5302080 | Method and apparatus for stacking non-symmetrical flexible articles A method and apparatus for stacking zippered plastic bags maintains the top bag of the stack in a generally horizontal relationship by controlling the position of a stacking table which supports the stack. At least a portion of the stacking table which su... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5290141 | Continuous down stacker apparatus A continuous downstacker apparatus is operable for continuously stacking product in a predetermined stacked pattern. The downstacker apparatus includes a pair of lowerating-pushing heads which continuously move in a vertical elliptical walking beam patter... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5269646 | Process and installation for the rearrangement of articles palletised according to sorts to form groups of specific sort composition For the rearrangement of articles of different sorts, which are deposited according to sorts on pallets, to form groups of articles of a plurality of sorts, each deposited on a base, pallets of the different sorts of articles are depalletised continuously... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5211528 | Industrial robot apparatus An industrial robot apparatus comprises a plurality of storage devices for accommodating workpieces of specified kinds, respectively; a supply device for supplying workpieces from at least two of the storage devices; a supply command device for giving the... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5187919 | Process for filling containers with products in a predetermined distribution A method for automatically filling a plurality of containers with products arranged therein in rows in one layer or a plurality of superposed layers in a pre-programmed geometric pattern. Empty containers are delivered in N rows to a container-filling sta... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5095680 | Filling containers with products in a predetermined distribution Machine for filling containers with products, in a predetermined distribution includes simultaneous feed means, with as many vibratory ducts transporting respective rows of products and with corresponding unit supports thereof; at least one rotating frame... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5040783 | Rotary stacker A stacking device for forming stacks of articles of predetermined count, using a stacking wheel having a multiplicty of uniformly spaced peripheral slots. The slots are adapted to receive articles sequentially at a loading station and carry them to an unl... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4976584 | Apparatus for loading cartons onto pallets To transfer cartons (12) arriving on delivery conveyors (13, 14) onto pallets (10, 11), a pivoting conveyor (15) (robot) is used, and this takes up the cartons (12) by a suction head (17) and, by pivoting and moving up and down, feeds them to the pallet (... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4964781 | Apparatus for sorting, stacking and conveying plate workpieces An arrangement for conveying and stacking final products created by subdivision of a succession of plate blanks into a plurality of such products comprises an input conveyor for supplying the products in a longitudinal transport direction at a predetermin... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4890975 | Loop spring stacking machine Disclosed herein is apparatus for stacking loop springs which include a series of oppositely oriented U-shaped loops, which apparatus comprises a frame, a storage chamber on the frame for temporary and one-at-a-time storage of the springs, guide elements ... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4883161 | Apparatus for the form-stabilizing storage of packs A (drying) turret (27) is used for the form-stablizing storage of cuboid packs with folding tabs connected by means of glue spots, and a plurality of pivotably mounted storage pockets (29), each intended for receiving a multiplicity of packs (20), is arra... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4822232 | Upstacking device for a shell conversion press An upstacking device is shown for use with generally flat metal can ends. The device is used with an endless conveyor such as a transport belt having openings therein, with each opening receiving a shell for locating the shell on the belt. The belt is int... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4820102 | Arrangement for and method of stacking blanks An arrangement in a press feed line for picking up and conveying metal blanks at generally the same rate of speed they exit speed from the press, and automatically stacking them on a stacker car, or the like. The stacker car has a rotatable base supportin... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4807741 | Automatic direct soft cookie loading apparatus An apparatus for handling articles has a rotatable table. A pivotable tray support is attached to the rotatable table. The tray support has a slab-like member for entering rear portions of trays to provide resilient support for the trays. The resilient su... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4805894 | Stacking methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for stacking predetermined sheets of various intermixed sizes in a stacking location by advancement of stacking devices into that location, selectively guide further sheets past the stacking location. That guiding of further sheets p... | 02/21/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4736852 | Arrangement for feeding valuable papers into a storage space An arrangement for feeding banknotes detects sequentially transported banknotes and controls their transport to a plurality of storage locations each having an additional infeed, which together form part of a transport path. The arrangement consists of on... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4717010 | Cigarette pack accumulator assembly A cigarette pack accumulator assembly utilizes a rotating pack accumulating drum having a plurality of cigarette pack accumulating columns equally spaced about its periphery. Each such column guides a pack support pedestal for movement either downwardly d... | 01/05/1988 |
