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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6595739 | Method and apparatus for stacking slices of food product A method and apparatus for stacking slices of food products such as wrapped cheese slices and the like at high speeds. The apparatus comprises a vacuum conveyor for supporting slices from above, and at least one transfer bridge for mechanically peeling th... | 07/22/2003 |
| 5810346 | Paper handling system A paper handling system including a gathering path and a plurality of paper handling units. The (114 to 138), said gathering path is defined by a plurality of essentially corresponding modules (102, 200), each of said modules (102, 200) being provided wit... | 09/22/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5692877 | Means and method for stacking thin sheets The present invention is for a method of stacking of thin sheets and a device for stacking of thin sheets according to the method. The sheets can be made from paper, plastic film or the like. The invention is primarily intended to be used in connection wi... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5597284 | Method and apparatus for processing container ends An assembly is provided for processing container ends received from at least two sources by loading the container ends into trays and stacking the trays. The assembly has a transport device capable of engaging sticks of container ends in a pick-up area an... | 01/28/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5511935 | Paper stack conveyor At the end of a paper processing machine, a layer stack formed there is gripped by a gripper (16) and is delivered through a shorter linear movement either to a first transverse conveyor (24), or through a longer linear movement to a subsequent second tra... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5458455 | Apparatus for stacking cartridge shell plates of a photographic film cartridge A cartridge shell plate stacking apparatus has a plurality of arms circulating along an annular cam rail. Each arm has a magnet in its distal end. The cam rail lowers the distal end of the arm in a pick-up station to cause the magnet to attract one of the... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5454687 | High speed sorter/stacker An apparatus for sorting and stacking thin rigid plates, such as used in storage batteries, receives the plates horizontally in spaced-apart groups, transports the groups horizontally and deposits them into stacks on a stacking apparatus that orients them... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5427252 | Automated system and method for sorting and stacking reusable cartons A system and method for automatically processing a supply of cartons, in flattened form and of different types, in accordance with a selectable number of plural, different and separately identifiable carton types. Unsorted cartons are removed in successiv... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5387077 | Apparatus for handling signatures The signature handling apparatus of the invention includes a first stacker for accumulating layers of signatures, a second stacker for piling a plurality of small stacks of the signatures accumulated by the first stacker, and a pair of third stackers arra... | 02/07/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5221177 | Arrangement for 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. The stacker car has a rotatable base supporting a pallet, which... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5207331 | Automatic system and method for sorting and stacking reusable cartons A system and method for automatically processing a supply of cartons, in flattened form and of different types, in accordance with a selectable number of plural, different and separately identifiable carton types. Unsorted cartons are removed in successiv... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5141112 | Veneer stacking system In a veneer stacking system, a sensing device for sensing the incoming veneer sheets and computer determining from the information of the sensing device the stack on which the sheets are to be deposited. Knock-off shoes are positioned above the path of in... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5083769 | Dual collating machine A system embodying the present invention includes first structure having a first area for stacking at least one sheet to form a first collation, second structure having a second stacking area adjacent to the first stacking structure for stacking at least ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5074735 | Wicketing apparatus A wicket post mounting in a bag stacking machine includes a base unit bolted to a conveyor plate. The base unit includes an upstanding wall with a plurality of machined, vertical post receptacles or openings. Each receptacle is identical to receive and ph... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5062762 | Battery plate stacker method A method and apparatus for piling in stacks a plurality of successive individual battery plates moving at a high rate of speed. Synchronized plates are transferred to a carrier conveyor which advances them into work stations with the leading edge of each ... | 11/05/1991 |
| 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 |
| 5026249 | Apparatus for stacking corrugated sheet material A corrugated container blank stacker 10 is described for receiving rows of container blanks 12 from a sheet cutter and for stacking the container blanks in rows of stacks on a pallet. In the embodiment shown the stacker is able to receive container blanks... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5024576 | Working method of an automatic service truck for moving sheet packages Automatic service truck with a method for moving sheet packages comprising a base frame (22) surrounded by vertical upright struts (24-30) and housing a plurality of planes or trays (34, 36, 38) for receiving the sheet packages; the truck receives the pac... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4973218 | Battery plate stacker A method and apparatus for piling in stacks a plurality of successive individual battery plates moving at a high rate of speed. Synchronized plates are transferred to a carrier conveyor which advances them into work stations with the leading edge of each ... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4607473 | Apparatus for handling flat, flexible web products Apparatus for handling a stream of flat, flexible web products where first and second gripper means are disposed to intersect said stream for tandem operation, and with means operably associated with the first gripping means for deactivating the same afte... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4566835 | Nuclear fuel pellet sintering boat loading system A system for loading nuclear fuel pellets into a sintering boat from a pellet press which discharges newly-made pellets. The loading system includes apparatus for receiving the pellets from the press and inserting them into an upward vertically positioned... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4520447 | Sorter with automatic discharging unit A sorter with an automatic discharging unit has: a preliminary stacking section having a discharging mechanism for stacking therein paper sheets intended to be stacked in a given stacking section while paper sheets are being discharged from the given stac... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4507109 | Apparatus for reception and transfer of sheet material Within electroaccounting and data processing centers, the sheets of forms processed by the printing machine, in particular by a laser or fast printing machine, are shaped as a continuous strip, which by means of the apparatus in accordance with the invent... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4494655 | Sorter with automatic removal mechanism When the number of pieces of postal matter stacked at a stacking section in a sorter with an automatic push-out apparatus of the invention reaches a number which allows a push-out operation before or after a full-stack operation, the postal matter is tran... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4482059 | Sorter with automatic push-out mechanism The invention provides a sorter with an automatic push-out apparatus. The postal matter is transferred to an empty tray after the corresponding stacking section is full of postal matter. When the number of pieces of postal matter to be stacked at the stac... | 11/13/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4121723 | Installation for stacking sheet metal plates into packets and for supplying the packets to a binding station A device for preparing metal sheets for transport wherein the sheets are delivered on a conveyor belt from a shearing region to a stacking region in which the sheets are engaged from above at the discharge end of the conveyor belt and transported longitud... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4083460 | Method and device for forming groups of rodlike articles Apparatus for stacking rows of rodlike articles in a tray from a continuous orderly flow of such articles comprising a continuous infeed conveyor providing such articles, a plurality of receiving stations each including an elongated continuous belt type c... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4051957 | Container loading system A system for automatically loading mail into a postal tray. A tray support mechanism holds a postal tray at a steep angle at each of two loading stations within the system. A transport system conveys articles of mail to one of the two stations where each ... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4046259 | Stacking method Stacking apparatus and method for generally flat objects, particularly useful for the stacking of magazines by zip code. According to the invention, a continuous input stream of the objects is alternately diverted in preselected numbers pursuant to a shif... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3980183 | Delivery and collecting arrangement for rotary machines for printing books or magazines This invention relates to apparatus for printing books or magazines and may be the most efficiently used in the printing apparatus having the provision for the collection of booklets into stacks with subsequent compression thereof. The arrangement is prov... | 09/14/1976 |
