Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147177 | Apparatus and method for economically forming layers of packing units The invention provides an apparatus and a method for economically forming packing unit layers. The apparatus comprises at least one supply conveyor, at least one further conveyor and an exit conveyor. Furthermore, at least one gripper for positioning and/or turning ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 6425227 | Method and device in particular for packaging flat objects The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the handling of individual flat articles coming out of a production machine (3). The articles may be particularly letter envelopes, which are assembled and, if needed further processed and packaged. The ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 5961273 | Stacker for the stacking of metallic section bars in alternating, upright and reverse layers A stacker for the stacking of metallic section bars in alternating upright and reverse layers in an orderly manner, in particular of section bars originating from rolling mills by a conveying line which includes a plurality of trolleys equipped with lance... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5944478 | Automatic stacker with rotary heads for stacking, in an ordered manner in alternate upright and inverted layers, metal sections originating from a rolling mill An automatic stacker with rotary heads for stacking in an ordered manner in alternate upright and inverted layers rolled metal sections originating from a rolling mill via a transport line is characterised in that each head also undergoes vertical transla... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5570995 | Packing system for rolling mill stock by means of an improved suspended transfer means A process for a packing system for rolling-mill stock in which the packing system includes a continuous conveyor, an overhead transfer with a suspended electromagnet, and a lifter positioned below the conveyor in association with the overhead transfer. Th... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5380146 | Machine with handling assemblies to package layers of bars Machine with handling assemblies to package layers of bars, which cooperates with a feeder conveyor (11) and with a collection and discharge device (35), the feeder conveyor (11) comprising a first coordinated plurality or stationary abutments (14a) to po... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5174089 | Method to package sections and rotary packaging machine that employs the method Method to package sections either in normal layers or in alternate right-side-up/overturned layers, the layers being fed from determined layers, whereby two already butted layers, one having a number N of sections and the other having a number N-1 of sect... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5081818 | Method to package sections and rotary packaging machine that employs the method Method to package sections either in normal layers or in alternate right-side-up/overturned layers, the layers being fed from determined layers, whereby two already butted layers, one having a number N of sections and the other having a number N-1 of sect... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5013212 | Apparatus for packing profiles with the assistance of an electromagnetic transfer hanging mechanism An apparatus for moving rods to a packaging area and packing rods thereat which includes a conveyor for advancing movement of the rods between retractable stop members which are capable of separating the rods into rod layers. An upsetting mechanism is pro... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5001890 | Duplicate-cycle packager Packager for rolled sections with a duplicate cycle comprising a conveyor (2) of rolled sections, means (4-6) designed to form the layers (3', 3") of rolled sections each having a predetermined number of rolled sections, means (10) designed to pick up a l... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4970845 | Method for preparing and filling continuously linked trays The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a tray arrangement for a series of continuously linked trays. The trays are adapted to be stacked by a twisting mechanism and by a series of curved side guards which twist and bend the links c... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4969313 | Packaging machine to package sections in alternate layers with one single set of magnetic heads Packaging machine to package sections in alternate layers with one single set of magnetic heads, which comprises a conveyor bench (11), an oscillatory arm (12) with a magnetic head (13) and an area (15) for the formation of packages (14), the conveyor ben... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4829863 | High-production inverter stacker An inverter/stacker for use in the manufacture of brick is disclosed in which two gripper frames are provided. Each gripper frame operates to grip slugs at a gripping position and to stack slugs at a stacking position in which the slugs are deposited on o... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4784558 | Apparatus for inverting and stacking folded box blanks made of sheet material An apparatus for stacking a plurality of folded box blanks such that alternating groups of a predetermined number of folded blanks are superimposed in opposite orientations. The apparatus includes a lower rail device having a stacking position, a second r... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4669968 | Method and apparatus for brick setting A brick setting machine is disclosed which is operable to face set, stack without inverting or flat set. The machine is also operable to laterally space each brick from the next adjacent brick so that the faces and edges of the brick can be separately tex... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4648770 | Stacking profile elements in nested groups Small bundles of elongated profile elements that arrive generally regularly at an intake station wherein the elements are first displaced in a transport direction generally perpendicular to their elongation direction from the intake station to a pickup st... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4566833 | Device to bundle rolled bars or rolled sections A device to bundle rolled bars which are advantageously flanged and channel sections coming from a delivery line, comprising a conveyor cooperating with retractable separating and sorting stops and a two-armed lever able to take the bars from the conveyor... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4487540 | Stacking machine for rolled bar shapes A feed roller table with rollers (11a) is divided into partial widths (A and B). The rolled shapes to be stacked are passed onto the feed table in layers of different numbers of bars n and n-1 and are braked during bar movement by elevation of braking ski... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4392765 | Angle stacking and inverting device A device for sorting and alternately inverting and stacking lengths of ferromagnetic material such as rolled steel angle sections includes horizontal conveyors moving the angle sections automatically from a final mill roller table to a selected position. ... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4342531 | Method and apparatus for handling bricks Method and apparatus for stacking or stacking as well as facing, bricks. In stacking, the bricks are conveyed to adjacent horizontal fold plates and then one of the plates is moved under the other plate to place the bricks one above the other. The underly... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4326439 | Apparatus and method for stacking and facing uncured brick Each row of uncured brick is arranged with a longitudinal axis extending transversely across the width of a push-off table and is serially pushed by preceding rows past the end of the table. An elevator device registers a first platform with the end of th... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4278377 | Method of and apparatus for stacking channel bars A succession of channel bars having widths that lie within a range below a predetermined maximum bar width is fed to a pickup station with the bars generally coplanar, parallel, and in edge contact. In the station a group of the bars is picked up by a pai... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4211130 | Method and apparatus for handling and stacking brick The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for cutting, grouping and stacking brick wherein after cutting and grouping, selected courses are inverted and stacked on other uninverted courses to form two course high stacks with the respective b... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4184800 | Steel shape stacking apparatus An apparatus for automatically stacking steel shapes, preferably, steel angles, comprises an endless conveyor running obliquely towards the traveling direction, a member provided above the conveyor at a proper distance to form a passage, this member servi... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4165006 | Apparatus for grouping into bundles elongated objects, more particularly sections or flat rolled elements An apparatus for forming bundles of elongated objects comprises a first member which individually drags the objects, and, after having appropriately oriented said objects, if necessary, about the respective axis, delivers them onto a receiving surface pro... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4109801 | Steel shape stacking apparatus An apparatus for automatically stacking steel shapes, preferably, steel angles, comprises an endless conveyor running obliquely towards the traveling direction, a member provided above the conveyor at a proper distance to form a passage, this member servi... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4040525 | Method and apparatus for stacking ingots according to predetermined arrangements A method and apparatus for grouping metal ingots of predetermined shape into ingot groups each consisting of four ingots and stacking these ingot groups in tiers to form a stack. In the method and apparatus, two kinds of ingot groups of different patterns... | 08/09/1977 |
| 3957163 | Method and apparatus for stocking stock in layers In order to simplify the apparatus and increase throughputs, sections are stacked by delivering the sections transversely to their length, separating them from one another, turning them over individually if desired and forming them into groups, all the se... | 05/18/1976 |
