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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057155 | Lifting deck for a palletizer The deck for lifting a layer of products (2) onto a pallet (10) is constituted by a sole plate (26) of reduced thickness carried by a frame defined by crosspieces (22) and (23) also of reduced thickness and by side pieces (21 | 11/15/2011 |
| 7128520 | Method and a device for transferring articles, in particular blister packs, to the feeding line of a packaging machine According to a method for transferring articles, the articles, in particular blister packs, are transferred to a feeding line of a packaging machine, moving continuously and longitudinally with respect to an outlet line of a machine producing the articles, on which ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6984098 | Stacker for plate members, method for stacking plate members, and stacked plate members A stacker (10) for plate members includes a platform (15) on which plate members (20) are to be stacked and at least one pair of guides (11, 13) disposed at both sides of the platform (15) relative to a transferring direction of th... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6971646 | Module for temporarily storing flat printed products and printed product further processing device A module for temporarily storing a succession of flat printed products includes a first carrier element train on a first transport element assigned to a first side wall, and a second carrier element train on a second transport element assigned to a second side wall ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6860709 | Apparatus and method for placing spacer sticks on a board stack An apparatus for placing out spacer sticks on a board stack (1) comprises a feeder device (5) for the individual discharge of spacer sticks (3). The feeder device (5) is placed in association with one short end of the stack (1). Fu... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6647616 | Bump bonding unit with tray storage and transport apparatuses A bump bonding unit is disclosed including a novel storage, transport, and feed system for allocating trays that hold IC chips to various operations of the bump bonding unit. The bump bonding unit includes fist and second tray storage and feed apparatuses... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6283703 | Automatic conveying apparatus for JEDEC carrier members A conveying apparatus for sequentially feeding a plurality of stacked carrier members to an assembly area. The conveying apparatus comprises a first bin for storing a desired quantity of stackable carrier members and the first bin has an outlet for sequen... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6264422 | Apparatus and method for assembling items onto a pallet An item layer assembly apparatus for continuously receiving items from an infeed conveyor, forming an item layer from a plurality of items, and loading the item layer onto a pallet is provided. The item a layer assembly apparatus comprises an item receivi... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6231039 | Sheet post-processing apparatus A sheet post-processing apparatus comprises a conveyer for conveying the sheets discharged from the image forming system; a conveying device for conveying the sheets discharged from the image forming system; a pair of upper trays for accommodating the she... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6149149 | Cross stacker A cross stacker for paper products comprises a first reception element (16) on which the paper products to be stacked are collected and a further reception element (18). A rotation device (12, 14) is arranged beneath the reception elements. At least the f... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6106219 | Stack forming and conveying apparatus An apparatus for forming and conveying stacks of documents includes a stacking machine positioned above a conveying machine. The stacking machine includes a compartment for receiving documents to be stacked. Two rotor assemblies are rotated in opposite di... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5961274 | Installation for stacking plate-like elements In an installation for stacking plate-like elements, in particular fibre plates, supplied on an infeed conveyor, a compact construction and rapid and reliable processing are obtained by a controlled level switch which takes an infed element into one of a ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5803706 | Palleting device for palleting stacks of flat objects A palleting device for palleting stacks of flat objects on a height-adjustable pallet includes a moving support device located above the pallet. The stacks are delivered onto the moving support device by a supply conveyor and into formation on the pallet ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5716190 | Transport process and apparatus for use in bookbinding Continuously accumulating printing works products are transported, over a comparatively long distance in a manner which consumes minimum manufacturing facility floor space, by being serially fed to clock-pulse controlled grippers of a continuously driven ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5676517 | Method and apparatus for stacking thin sheets carrying product Thin sheets on which a product is held by limited adhesion are transferred from a first conveyor onto a speedup conveyor which slides the sheets, one by one, onto a pair of intermittently rotatable paddles. The paddles comprise a lattice of low-friction m... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5615994 | Article conveying, grouping and storing apparatus An apparatus for conveying, grouping and storing flat articles includes a storing device which has a plurality of gondolas each having a plurality of vertically spaced, generally horizontally oriented, superposed storing shelves; a gondola support and con... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5605433 | Method and apparatus for stacking box-shaped articles A method of stacking a plurality of box-shaped articles is disclosed. A plurality of pairs of supporting members are provided such that they can be switched between an article supporting position and an article releasing position. After each box-shaped ar... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5580599 | Process and devices for mechanically producing pretzels An improved method and device for mechanically producing pretzels. The method and device produces strings of dough having precisely predetermined cross-sectional and longitudinal dimensions. The invention provides a high throughput rate of pretzels and lo... | 12/03/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5533861 | Apparatus for and method of palletizing unit loads An apparatus for palletizing unit loads including an input roller conveyor, a guide displaceable between the driven rollers of the input roller conveyor and having a plurality of stirrup-shaped elements liftable above and sinkable below the upper surface ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5498122 | Work supply method and apparatus therefor This invention discloses a method for supplying a robot for assembling or working on works or component parts, with the works contained in pallets through a supply apparatus. The pallets in stacked state, containing the works, are delivered to an elevator... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5492444 | Method and apparatus for storing imbricated sheets upon a pallet Imbricated or overlapped copies of printed material are formed within a plurality of rows to form a single layer of a multi-layered and cubic-shaped stack. The stack allows for more efficient use of space for the storage of printed materials, and allows f... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5476361 | Device for piling bundles of sheets A plurality of sheet-bundle piling lanes are disposed in perpendicular relation with respect to a common sheet-bundle feed lane for gradually feeding sheet-bundles. At a communicating portion between the sheet-bundle feed lane and each sheet-bundle piling... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5441380 | Method and apparatus for conveying trays In a tray conveying apparatus, a supply path and a discharge path are situated on the upper and lower sides, respectively, of the apparatus. The stocking, waiting, switching and collecting stations are arranged one under the other in order on the base-end... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5435541 | Frame arranged in a machine for temporarily supporting a plate-like workpiece in a horizontal plane A frame is designed for temporarily supporting a horizontal plate-like workpiece until it undergoes a vertical translation between guiding and squaring stops, which frame is located in a machine. The frame comprises lateral retractable supporting surfaces... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5405240 | Three-dimensional sheet block stacking system At least two sheet-block stack formation units are positioned in vertical alignment, and are parallel to each other. A distribution elevator is disposed on one end of the group of units in order to supply sheet blocks to each of the units. A collection el... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5392700 | Apparatus for use in handling signatures A stacker assembly receives signatures. A jogger assembly engages signatures supported by the stacker assembly to align edge portions of the signatures. A turntable receives the signatures from the stacker assembly and rotates the signatures to offset rel... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5388385 | Food article filling head A filling head for loading food articles such as franks into individual packaging trays is adapted for quick connect to a power system and a loader parent machine. The filling head comprises an open frame, at least two spring loaded flapper doors hingeabl... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5336041 | Storage and retrieval device and method for imbricated planar articles A device for stacking and destacking a stream of imbricated, substantially planar, flexible units to form or destack a layered stack. The device is a stacker, adapted to receive a stream of units from a source thereof, and a plurality of transfer sheets. ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5207727 | Can end handling system A system for storing and transporting can end members comprising multiple tray units having multiple parallel rows of elongated compartments for receiving and supporting stacks of end members. The tray units are nestable and stackable one upon another to ... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5190434 | Article supplier An article supplier is provided with a first elevator for supplying articles contained in a pallet to a robot, a second elevator for discharging an empty pallet, and a driving mechanism for seesaw-moving the first and second elevators with the pallet bein... | 03/02/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5180277 | Can end handling system A system for storing and transporting can end members comprising multiple tray units having multiple parallel rows of elongated compartment for receiving and supporting stacks of end members. The tray units are nestable and stackable one upon another to p... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5123807 | System for stacking veneer sheets conveyed from two different directions A system for stacking veneer sheets conveyed from two different directions includes a lower mechanism for carrying a first veneer sheet to a first position above a stack support and an upper mechanism for carrying a second sheet to a second position above... | 06/23/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5051058 | Apparatus for palletizing stacks of paper sheets and the like A palletizing apparatus for stacks of paper sheets has a set of conveyors which deliver a succession of individual stacks or groups of two or more stacks to a palletizing station and onto an air cushion which is defined by two plenum chambers of a table. ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5046918 | Device for grouping bales of fodder A device for grouping parallelepipedic bales of fodder produced by a bale press, comprising a chassis having a forward and rear end, adapted to be drawn by the bale press, supported on at least two wheels and provided with a drawbar on the forward end the... | 09/10/1991 |
