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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7267522 | Method and device for the introduction of planar substrates into a receiving container One embodiment of the invention is a method for placing circuit boards in a receiving container, comprising the following steps: a) gripping and lifting a circuit board with a first grappling device, b) moving the first grappling device and the receiving container r... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7150383 | Storable transfer conveyor system A storable transfer conveyor system for moving bundles from an upstream conveyor to a downstream conveyor utilizing a storable transfer conveyor which is movable from a first operative position, wherein the bundles are transferred to the downstream conveyor, to a se... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7104388 | Conveyor system for stacked product An apparatus and method for conveying stacked product from an infeed conveyor that conveys the product in multiple rows and at irregular intervals onto a transverse outfeed conveyor, wherein the product is in a single row and spaced at regular intervals, wherein the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6168370 | Vacuum module for tortilla counter-stacker A counter-stacker (10) for tortillas includes a housing (12), a perforated belt (16) within the housing (12), the perforated belt (16) adapted and arranged to receive incoming tortillas (42) and form vacuum-lifted tortillas (42A). At least one stacker bel... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6086063 | Sheet stacking apparatus A sheet stacking apparatus includes laterally spaced, longitudinally arranged conveyors for supporting edge regions of a sheet, the conveyors driven to deliver the sheet horizontally to a stacking area. At the stacking area the conveyors are separated to ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5947470 | Stacker with discharge control This invention relates to a stacking conveyor including slow-down wheels to reduce the exit speed of individual sheets of material. In one preferred embodiment, a non-driven friction drag belt is positioned above the slow-down wheels so as to assist in re... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5931093 | Pneumatic sheet guiding device in a printing machine A device for guiding a sheet as it is conveyed through a deliverer or between printing units of a sheet-fed printing machine is provided. The sheet guiding device includes a guide surface which has a plurality of openings therein and a housing which is ar... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5904465 | Stacker with discharge control A machine for conveying, discharging and stacking sheets such as carton blanks is disclosed in which the velocity of the blanks is substantially reduced as they are discharged from the conveyor into the stacking area.... | 05/18/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5569016 | Multiple conveyor stacking apparatus An apparatus for stacking sheet-like products delivered one after another in a spaced relationship to each other with a transporting device, including a conveyor arranged above a transporting plane of the transporting device for conveying the delivered sh... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5564892 | Veneer stacker A veneer stacker with a controlled overhead conveyor to maintain the leading edge of successive veneer sheets in a common orientation and normal to the travel direction of the conveyor. The overhead conveyor has paired members, e.g., conveyor belts that e... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5556505 | Windshield assembly system A windshield assembly system for assembling windshield assemblies for vehicles includes a conveyor for delivering at least two plys of glass to an assembly station, a first robot for lifting one of the two plays from the conveyor, a second robot for gripp... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5522693 | Process and apparatus for stacking sheets, such as plates, leaves and foils Plates, leaves, foils or similar sheet material is led to a stack by a belt transporter, wherein a negative pressure holds the sheet to the moving belt. The source of negative pressure, such as a vacuum chamber, is continuously applied to the transport be... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5201403 | Interstage wafer block accumulation An interstage wafer block accumulator for a plant for the production and further processing of wafer blocks. In an interstage wafer block accumulator comprising at least one conveyor and a plurality of accumulator units, each of which accommodates one or ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5114307 | Apparatus for stacking slices A stacker is provided for stacking the slices from the forming, sealing and cutting machines into a plurality of stacks. The stacker includes a conveyor belt, which includes a plurality of apertures, onto which the slices of product are disposed. A vacuum... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4958983 | Indexing conveyor for workpiece blanks An indexing conveyor for receiving and conveying workpiece blanks comprising a base mounting a pair of horizontal chain conveyors having a series of conveying hands in laterally opposed pairs at predetermined spacing along the conveyor chains. A pair of v... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4856262 | Apparatus for disposing packing in predetermined relative positions In a conveying system for transporting a sequence of articles to a suspending point in captured relation and then transporting them by vacuum suspension to a plurality of separate discharge stations, comprising the combination of: at least a pair of conve... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4805890 | Sheet stacking machine A machine for handling flat sheets employs a pair of conveyors in series to receive the sheets from a processing machine and to deliver them to a downwardly moving platform to form a stack thereon and to deliver the stack so formed. Both conveyors operate... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4740193 | Downstacker assembly An improved downstacker assembly in which paperboard blanks, received from a die cutter station, are passed sequentially through a trim removal station, a feed station, a stacker assembly partially disposed in a pit, and a stack retrieval assembly. The st... | 04/26/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4632378 | Method and apparatus for stacking serially advancing parallel streams of blanks A method and an apparatus for stacking serially advancing parallel streams of blanks, such as corrugated paperboard blanks, by serially advancing such parallel streams in which there are spaces between pairs of such blanks in each of the streams but no sp... | 12/30/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4530632 | Stacking apparatus for flexible, generally planar food products An apparatus for counting and stacking food products such as tortillas. The tortillas are initially placed on an entry chute containing a large number of air outlets for creating a cushion of air to allow the tortilla to slide down the entry chute onto an... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4500243 | Blank stacking apparatus Apparatus for stacking paperboard blanks including a timed conveyor utilizing vacuum pressure to hold the blanks by their leading edges beneath the conveyor and serially advance them against a backstop whereupon they are released by the vacuum to settle u... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4442657 | Device for transferring from a conveying belt, goods such as but not exclusively, biscuits A device is disclosed which grips and transfers articles from one conveyor to another conveyor or to containers on another conveyor. The incoming conveyed articles are sensed and the drive mechanism of an overhead vacuum conveyor which grips and transfers... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4424963 | Finisher--exit pocket module for copier A compact single bin finisher adaptable to form collated sets of copy sheets outputted from a copier/duplicator. The finisher includes an output tray adapted to support the collated sets and to support copy sheets during accumulation of a set. A set accum... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4381596 | Method and apparatus for battery plate stacking An apparatus for alternately stacking finite numbers of n positive battery plates and n+1 negative battery plates wherein a negative battery plate is provided at both the top and bottom ends of the stack. The apparatus includes a moving conveyor belt on w... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4380332 | Snubbing device for blank conveyor apparatus An improved conveyor system for transporting die-cut blanks from a rotary die cutter to a blank stacking device includes a blank take-up section comprising a spring biased take-up guide which insures that blanks are positively engaged by the conveyor syst... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4304508 | Transfer apparatus for transferring articles in succession Apparatus for transferring articles, e.g. thermoformed plastic cups along a conveyor and then removing them from the conveyor. To overcome problems of interference between closely positioned cups on the conveyor when removing them, a device is provided to... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4275977 | Apparatus and method for individual bag working and stacking The apparatus comprises a vacuum conveyor which periodically receives a polymer film bag from a bag-making machine and intermittently advances the bag to a work station. If work is to be performed at that work station, the vacuum is cut off and the bag is... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4270879 | Sheet stacking apparatus A sheet stacking device includes a plurality of endless belts spaced from one another and rotating at a predetermined speed toward a sheet shipping container mounted at a loading position. A sheet held against the belt by vacuum pulled between the belts m... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4256214 | System for overhead transport of panel members A system for transporting panel members to a plurality of selected sorting locations includes two pair of laterally spaced, elevated, endless conveyor belts defining a path of travel coinciding with the sorting locations. The belts in each pair thereof ar... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4180258 | Apparatus for transporting and depositing panels An improvement in an apparatus for transporting and depositing panels with smooth surfaces, comprising a conveyor having substantially horizontally oriented endless belt. A plurality of suction holders carried by said belt means with a suction cut and a v... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4157177 | Apparatus for converting a stream of partly overlapping sheets into a stack The upper reach of a first belt conveyor delivers a stream of partly overlapping sheets to one end of a perforated second belt conveyor whose lower reach is located above the open top of a magazine and below the perforated bottom wall of a suction chamber... | 06/05/1979 |
