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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866936 | System and method for transferring mail between containers A system and method for transferring mail between containers in an orderly and secure manner. The system and method utilize ejection rods to lift mail from an input tray into a transfer box assembly that deposits the mail into an output tray in an orderly, stable an... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7500819 | Stack-forming arrangement An arrangement for an optional forming of stacks of multiple products conveyed successively along a conveying path, and/or for changing the sequence of products conveyed successively along the conveying path. The arrangement includes a conveying device having convey... | 03/10/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7231801 | Panel conveying apparatus for a press line A panel conveying apparatus for a press line comprises a shuttle feeder and at least one panel position regulating device. The shuttle feeder is configured to be movable between presses. The panel position regulating device is mounted on the shuttle feeder and inclu... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7156607 | Carton stacking apparatus and method An apparatus for stacking incoming items includes a receiving mechanism for receiving incoming items, a stacking mechanism for receiving items from the receiving mechanism and stacking the items in a stacking area, a buffering mechanism for receiving incoming items ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7125216 | Device for loading a three-knife trimmer In a device for loading a three-knife trimmer with brochures, periodicals or like bound book blocks (1), comprising a feed conveyor (4), a stacking device (16) operable in magazine mode and counted stack mode and including a magazine (17)... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104747 | Load change safety system A load change safety system in which a sheet stacker having a stacking deck formed with a discharge end discharges sheet material onto and builds a sheet stack on a conveying sheet stack removal system formed with a receiving means. A variable pinch point gap is for... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7083374 | Gripping members gripping and moving packets stacked by a conveyor A stacking conveyor conveys packets so that the conveyed packets become stacked together in a standing up configuration as an array of packets. First and second gripping members are automatically controlled so that the first and second gripping members mechanically ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7033129 | Method for feeding blanks to a boxing machine A method for feeding blanks (2) to a boxing machine (AS), includes picking up, one by one, groups (20) of blanks (2) in flat configuration from a support surface and transporting, one by one, the groups (20) to a line (1) for conti... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7004711 | Transporting apparatus The invention discloses a transporting apparatus having a transport member provided with a air-supplying-type support portion for supplying purified air toward a lower surface of a transported object to contactlessly support the transported object, and a drive force... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6986635 | Load change safety system A load change safety system in which a sheet stacker having a stacking deck formed with a discharge end discharges sheet material onto and builds a sheet stack on a conveying sheet stack removal system formed with a receiving means. A variable pinch point gap is for... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6962334 | Delivery apparatus for flat articles, especially rotary cut sheets A delivery device for stacking cut flat articles such as rotary cross cut sheets has a braking table downstream of a sheet feeder which is provided with two counterrotating disks which are perforated and communicate with suction passages on the table beneath the dis... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6960058 | Device for stacking and unstacking A device for handling stacking or removing articles from a stack, has a stacking wheel located between the lifting elements for stacks and a conveyor. When the stacking wheel turns, depending on the direction of its rotation, an article is moved from the conveyor on... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6925931 | Method and apparatus for marking objects in a pile A method and an apparatus for making e.g. boardlike objects (11) arranged in a pile (12), in which method the objects are marked with a marking printed by a print head (26) and containing e.g. information about the object. To improve the marking... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6851918 | Handling apparatus for thermoformed object stacks constantly held in correct axial trim A handling apparatus for groups of thermoformed object constantly held in a correct axial alignment. The apparatus include at least one picking up and release head having as many receiving seats extending parallel to one another from the head as are the stacks to be... | 02/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6764266 | Robotic parts handler system A robotic parts handler system for removing containers filled with articles from a sorting, feeding and/or stacking apparatus such as a mail or package sorting apparatus, and moving the container to a selected location for insertion into another conveying system, tr... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6695302 | Method and apparatus for separating a stream of spaced documents into discrete groups Documents are fed in a stream through the first station of a machine that senses the last page of each document along alternative paths in order to accumulate the groups in a staggered stack on a vertically adjustable elevator. When this staggered stack r... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6585477 | Counter-stacker for flat food products A counter-stacker includes an infeed conveyor having a plurality of lanes for containing planar food articles. A vacuum conveyor system is located adjacent to the infeed conveyor and includes a plurality of vacuum conveyors. Each vacuum conveyor includes ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6543989 | Lowering arms stacking apparatus Groups of individual shingled items such as graham crackers or cookies are stacked in vertical stacks of predetermined heights and/or number of items using a stacking apparatus having at least one set of lowering arms. A stacking conveyor belt continuousl... | 04/08/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6435352 | Sorting machine for stacks of sheet metal panels A sorting machine at the end of a sheet metal slitting and shearing line receives side-by-side stacks of sheet metal panels and separates and rearranges those stacks so that they are more easily wrapped, banded, or otherwise processed. The machine include... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6280137 | Apparatus for transporting rows of products An apparatus for transporting rows of products that includes a supply device for supplying rows of products; a first transport device for transporting the rows of products through a certain distance in a first transporting direction, wherein each row of p... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6257821 | Robotic container handler system A robotic parts handler system for removing containers filled with articles from a sorting, feeding and/or stacking apparatus such as a mail or package sorting apparatus, and moving the container to a selected location for insertion into another conveying... | 07/10/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6146084 | Automated bundling and stacking of folded corrugated boxes A method and apparatus are disclosed for making and stacking bundles of corrugated folded boxes into accurate loads. The method comprises advancing a squared bundle of flattened folded glued corrugated boxes along a conveyor while applying a compressing f... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5931634 | Device and a method for the formation of sheets or groups of sheets, particularly banknotes, into ordered stacks In a machine equipped with a plurality of stacking stations for the assembly of single banknotes or bundles of banknotes into ordered stacks, notes checked and passed as good by an upline station are accumulated on a companion element associated with each... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5899138 | Sheet-bundle conveying device with low disturbance conveyance and stacking features A sheet-bundle conveying device receives a plurality of sheets and conveys a bundle of the sheets. The device includes a first tray having a contact portion where the leading edges of the sheets contact, and being swingable between a first position, incli... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5882175 | Stacker for flexible sheets A machine for stacking sheets is disclosed which includes an overhead conveyor for conveying sheets to a stacking area, and first and second sets of support fingers which support the sheets as they are stacked in bundles as the support fingers are moved h... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5807064 | Apparatus for continuously varying the position of an article carrying platform An apparatus for continuously varying the position of an article carrying platform in response to an inflowing stream of articles placed on the platform. The platform positioning apparatus finds use as part of a vertical stacking machine which stacks an i... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5727924 | Pallet construction for automated stack processing A pallet construction for use in conjunction with transport apparatus in a sheet-processing system includes spaced grooves adapted to receive automated insertion apparatus. The pallet construction includes webs separated by spaced grooves disposed to rece... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5707204 | Stacking apparatus Stacking apparatus includes an article feeder which feeds articles, such as cut boards, to support fingers on which a stack of boards is formed. The support fingers transfer a single stack containing a predetermined number of boards down to a stack convey... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5687641 | Handling sheet material This invention relates to a method and apparatus for handling stretchable sheet material, to form a stack of leaves of such material. In particular, although not exclusively, the invention concerns the handling of dough sheets in the manufacture of biscui... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5669755 | Device for producing individual stacks of sheets The invention relates to a device for the non-stop operation of a delivery unit of a rotary printing machine in which sheets in a flow of sheets are collated into individual stacks supported on a stack base with a surface interrupted by grooves and in whi... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5494400 | Battery plate stacker Apparatus for transporting and stacking battery plates in which pasted battery plates are delivered from a drying oven to a stacking station by an entry conveyor. In the stacking station, a stack of battery plates builds up on a stacking elevator which th... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5456573 | Stacker slide An improved stacker for an automatic document sorter is described. The stacker is vertical and receives documents at the top thereof and expels them at the bottom. The stacker includes a paddle normally disposed at the top for receiving the first document... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5437534 | Lift index table In order to maintain the quality of lifts in a binding line, particularly while they are being conveyed and/or accumulated between the stacker and palletizing robot, a binding line lift index system is provided. The system includes a rotary index table ha... | 08/01/1995 |
