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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7699578 | Method and device for forming bundles of stackable objects A method for forming bundles from stackable objects includes supplying the stackable objects with a first conveying apparatus from above to a shaft of a stacking device to form bundles of the stackable objects inside the shaft of the stacking device. The bundles are... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7371151 | Lens stocking apparatus and lens processing system having the same A lens stocking apparatus capable of stocking a plurality of lenses, which has a first stage, on which a plurality of trays respectively accommodating lenses are mountable, for transferring a tray, a vertically movable second stage, on which a plurality of trays res... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7347418 | Method and apparatus for overlapping sheets in a sheet feeder and providing the overlapped sheets to a printing press The present invention is directed to a sheet feeding apparatus and method. In particular this invention comprises a sheet feeding apparatus having a first conveyance member, a second conveyance member, and a sheet bending member. The first conveyance member conveys ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7255226 | Conveyor system load transfer devices Conveyor systems for storage and movement of goods on pallets and slip sheets. The transfer structures enable slip sheet mounted loads to be transferred to a roller conveyor by providing structures that cooperate with wide platen forks of a lift truck. The structure... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7221998 | Determining pallet case configurations for placement by a robot A method of determining pallet layers for placement by a material handling system robot can include identifying cases for inclusion in a pallet and identifying case dimension information for the cases. Using the case dimension information, the cases can be classifie... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201554 | High-speed stacker A high-speed stacker preferably includes dual stacking arms configured to operate complementary to one another. Most preferably, an electronic control system is provided to enable precise control over the speed and positioning of the stacker arms in both horizontal ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7066462 | Method of and apparatus for stacking sheets of paper and the like A stream of successive sheets of paper, foil or the like is converted into a series of piles at a stacking station where successive sheets are caused to descend onto a pallet which is adjacent a monitoring device serving to transmit signals denoting the levels of su... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6974298 | Lens stocking apparatus and lens processing system having the same A lens stocking apparatus for stocking lenses includes: a first stage and a second stage, each of which can stack lens accommodating trays in a vertical direction; vertical movement mechanism portions which move the first and second stages in the vertical direction,... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6871116 | Determining pallet case configurations for placement by a robot A method of determining pallet layers for placement by a material handling system robot can include identifying cases for inclusion in a pallet and identifying case dimension information for the cases. Using the case dimension information, the cases can be classifie... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6688454 | Stacker for tray feeder The present invention discloses a stacker for a tray feeder including: a plurality of frames for forming an outer portion of the stacker; an elevator capable of moving upwardly and downwardly and positioned at a side of an auxiliary frame of the plurality... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6648587 | Material delivery system for clean room-like environments A material delivery system is disclosed which is particularly useful for filtered environments, such as clean rooms, minienvironments, or the like. One aspect of this particular material delivery system is that movement of an elevator is automatically con... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6537017 | Cantilevered, self-adjusting pneumatic pallet positioner A pallet positioner includes a support frame that consists of a main upright structure with a pair of spaced, parallel outriggers extending horizontally at ground level. The distal ends of the outriggers are connected by a flat, low-profile ramp. The upri... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6471461 | Adjustable position slide for transporting articles An adjustable sliding assembly. The sliding assembly includes an article sliding surface, the sliding surface having a proximal end pivotally connectable to a work surface and a free distal end; and a support member pivotally connected to the sliding surf... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6341771 | Method of stacking strips of flexible material A method of converting at least one strip of flexible material 12 into at least one stack of folded members 46. The method includes the step of conveying a number of festoons 20 formed from a strip of flexible material 12. The method is characterized by t... | 01/29/2002 |
| 5964571 | Stacking system and method of stacking a plurality of articles A stacking system for vertically stacking a plurality of articles comprising: a transport table, a stacking area, an arm member, a vertical moving member, and a coordinating device. The transport table includes a first end and a second end, and a member f... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5820539 | Device and method for continuous plaiting of web-shaped material A device (1) for continuous plaiting of web-shaped material with a plaiting table (2) and a plaiting arm (3) possesses auxiliary depositing means (5) insertable between the plaiting arm (3) and the plaiting table (2). The auxiliary depositing means (5) en... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5672045 | System for stacking sheets on pallets An apparatus for stacking sheets on pallets has a conveyor belt having horizontally extending upper and lower reaches extending through a stacking station with the upper reach defining a horizontal support plane and extending in an outfeed direction. Two ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5636967 | Board handling apparatus A board handling apparatus for receiving, collecting, and stacking boards cut to length by a sawing device includes a frame, a plurality of take-away conveyors adjustably secured to the frame for receiving and collecting the boards, a scissor lift mechani... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5551833 | Apparatus for stacking bags of a pallet An apparatus and method for stacking bags of granulated material on a pallet which is fixed in position during the stacking operation is disclosed. A bag supporting plate is mounted on an upper end of an apparatus frame for reciprocal horizontal movement ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5419677 | Apparatus and method for programmable interleaving and stacking of sheet-carried food products An apparatus and method for interleaving a carrier sheet with sliced food products, such as bacon strips, has a supply conveyor for continuously conveying products with spacings that may be random or non-uniform, a delivery section to a drop-off point, a ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5375967 | Method and apparatus for palletizing and depalletizing The palletizing and retrieval from palletized storage of stacks of printing works products, folded sheets of paper for example, is facilitated by associating an upper and a lower interleaf sheet with each layer of stacks of the products. This provides a p... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5360315 | Printed work station for printing press A false pallet top hingedly connected to a printed work receiving station for a printing press is disclosed, the printing press having a printed works outlet, the station including an apparatus for raising an empty pallet to receive printed work from the ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5181820 | Automatic bundle loading apparatus and method In an automatic loading system and method wheeled carts receive five or six layers of newspaper bundles of four to six bundles per layer. A waist-high conveyor and an inclined ramp conveyor move bundles to a roller platform of independently operated rolle... | 01/26/1993 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4902195 | Device for automatically piling up flat elements A device for piling successive layers of batches of blanks such as cardboard box blanks on a support surface characterized by a vertically movable table positioned to receive a layer of batches from a delivery conveyor and being movable from the level of ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4898511 | Apparatus for stacking products that are highly susceptible to damage, particularly books A stacking of fragile articles, particularly printed matter, is achieved in a substantially frictionless manner in order to eliminate damage. The stacking apparatus includes a feed system wherein incoming books are at least in part supported on an air cus... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4759673 | Apparatus for enabling transit of articles between adjacent surfaces An apparatus for transit of articles between a transfer surface and an adjacent separator sheet is disclosed with the apparatus having a selectively positionable and extendable bridge for providing a transitional surface between the transfer surface and t... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4746255 | Machine for automatically loading pallets Machine (10) for automatic transfer of objects, especially packages (22), (62) of books, from a feed or production line (23) or station to load receiving structures generally, especially pallets (20) and for placing them in the best way on such structures... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4712961 | Appratus for stacking shaped materials on a pallet An apparatus is used for stacking elongated shapes on a pallet with the insertion of spacers between the individual adjacent shapes. A plurality of elongated tables are arranged in parallel to each other for supporting a predetermined number of the shapes... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4711612 | Palleting device A device for the palleting of slab-form products, especially of book blocks or books, being provided with a feed arrangement for the products, an arrangement for the formation of a product row, and an arrangement for the reception of a product layer inclu... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4704060 | Palletizer A palletizing apparatus usable for depositing material on an underlying surface, and particularly an underlying layer of compressible material. The apparatus comprises a frame, a plate means mounted on the frame for vertically and horizontally moving the ... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4701091 | Apparatus for piling Portland cement packages in alignment on platform An efficient apparatus for automatically piling paper bag packages of Portland cement in alignment on a platform of a truck comprises a back and forth traveling supply conveyor and a loading device connected at the delivery end thereof. The loading device... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4642013 | Apparatus for stacking flat articles In a stacking apparatus for sheets delivered by a double belt conveyor including spaced parallel conveyor belts, a stacking station beneath the discharge end of the conveyor is supplied with sheets by parallel suction arms which move at the conveying spee... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4614473 | Method and apparatus for the stacking of rectangular products The invention relates to a method of stacking rectangular products, particularly printed matter such as books, book blocks or magazines and the like, whereby the products are stacked against a stop to form a row of packed material on a moving conveyor bel... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4597707 | Automatic operating palletizer An automatically operating palletizer is disclosed which included a vertical support column, a horizontally positioned support beam, and means for movably mounting the horizontal support beam on the support column for vertical movement relative to the sup... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4592692 | Pallet loading apparatus A pallet loading apparatus wherein an article is held by a holding device that can move freely vertically and horizontally at the article line-up position. The article is then moved and lowered onto articles on a pallet at the pallet loading position. The... | 06/03/1986 |
