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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 |
| 7159862 | Sheet delivery mechanism for image forming apparatus A roller turning force generator is connected to a driving gear which is mounted on a shaft. The shaft is connected to offset roller assemblies disposed in an offset mechanism via connecting gears. The offset roller assemblies rotatably supported inside the offset m... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7007946 | Device for depositing sheets on a stack Apparatus for depositing sheets on a stack, which permits essentially free access to the stack and can be implemented with a low outlay of materials and costs. The apparatus includes on the side of the stack (1) that faces a machine, tongues (5, 6) wit... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6827545 | Anti-inertia stacker An anti-inertia stacker for stacking products and especially suited for products which are prone to dislodgment on or from a substrate during processing movement is provided. The anti-inertia stacker comprises a traveling pallet which is mounted for movement. The tr... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6786479 | Banknote store with a rotatable structure having banknote-storing regions A banknote store comprises a rotatable structure such as a drum which has a number of banknote storage regions arranged around its periphery. Each stores a stack of banknotes, the stacks growing inwardly as banknotes are added. The drum can be rotated to bring each ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6699005 | Booklet stacking apparatus and method The present disclosure relates to a booklet stacking apparatus and method. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a booklet stacking mechanism. In one arrangement, the booklet stacking mechanism comprises a gate that is adapted to be placed ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6691874 | Sheet stacking device A sheet stacking device, comprised of a sheet support bed having a plurality of side-by-side rollers that are freely rotatable about an associated roller axis. A drive assembly moves the sheet support bed in a predetermined direction along a closed path. ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6341698 | Sheet stacking device A sheet stacking device comprised of a sheet support bed having a first end and a second end. The sheet support bed is comprised of a plurality of side-by-side rollers, each of the rollers being freely rotatable about an associated roller axis. A drive as... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6105957 | Buckle accumulator having selectively activateable sheet deflector A buckle accumulator including an input feed system, an output feed system located downstream in a path of travel from the input feed system, a receiving space located adjacent the path of travel between the input feed system and the output feed system, a... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6077030 | Arrangement for the gathered collection of sheets of a recording medium An arrangement is described for the gathered collection of sheets of a recording medium, which are output by a recording device. The sheets are collected sequentially on the periphery of a drum. In the periphery of the drum is provided a depression in whi... | 06/20/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5642803 | Article loading apparatus and method therefor Article loading apparatus and method for loading articles such as fiberboard containers onto a loading carrier base such as pallet, with which it is possible to reduce required labor and to enhance working efficiency. An article loading conveyer which mak... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5569015 | Intermediate storage apparatus An intermediate storage apparatus for the storage of sheets has an acceptance cycle and a transportation cycle and includes a feed system and a transportation system. In the acceptance cycle the intermediate storage apparatus waits until a first detector ... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5545001 | Station for piling, separating and ejecting batches of plate-like workpieces at an outlet of a processing machine A station for piling, separating and ejecting batches of workpieces includes rollers for carrying the workpieces against a front stop and placing them on a table movable in a descending fashion, separating arms connected to a horizontal separator-carrying... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5482427 | Horizontal loading apparatus An apparatus for forming stacked article groups in a packaging process, comprising a linear conveyance mechanism having an upstream end and a downstream end; and at least one article input and combining station, the article input and combining station inc... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5460471 | Machine for recovering blister-packaged pharmaceutical product An apparatus for recovering pharmaceutical product from blister packs and a method for doing same is provided. Pharmaceutical product blister pack cards, which are unsuitable for sale, are straightened, if necessary, and stacked in a magazine. Individual ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5363971 | Automatic carrier sequence bar code sorter A machine for sorting documents and, in particular, for carrier sequence bar code sorting of mail has been described. The device uses three passes and 11 vertically disposed top fed stackers. The stackers also have a delivery system from the bottom thereo... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5000436 | Rotary stacker and method A rotary stacker and method wherein a stream of web units such as napkins is advanced along a longitudinally extending path in longitudinally spaced relation toward and over a magazine, each napkin being pressed into the magazine by cams applying pressure... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4977827 | Signature handling apparatus A signature handling system is provided to form and handle stacks of signatures. The signature handling system includes a stacker which receives signatures and forms stacks of signatures. A plurality of containers have side-by-side cells to hold the stack... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4927321 | Device for stacking batches of flat objects in a vertical file A stacking device includes an infeed table for batches destined to be assembled in a layer to be placed on a pile, and a conveying device for moving the layer over the pile and for supporting the layer above the pile. The conveying device includes an arra... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4861213 | Stacking device for the displacement of sheets A stacking device for sheets emerging from an ejection opening (for example, a photocopying machine), whereby the sheets are alternately distributed and stacked in several positions relatively displaced to each other. The relatively displaced stacks are f... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4856263 | System for loading patterns of articles into containers A system for loading groups of articles into containers includes an infeed conveyor which groups the articles into subgroups which are then selectively reoriented by a turntable-type orienting device. The oriented subgroups are then conveyed to a transfer... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4832655 | Coin stacking apparatus A coin stacking apparatus comprises a coin passageway for conveying coins edge-wise, one at a time, and delivering them horizontally. A stacking station is provided for receiving the coins delivered from the forward end of the coin passageway to stack the... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4768914 | Storage system A storage system comprises a building structure having an array of contiguous storage spaces on each of at least one level. A plurality of movable storage platforms, on which such cargo as automobiles, shipping containers and the like may be loaded, is av... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4718807 | Signature stacking apparatus An improved signature stacking apparatus includes an assembly which feeds signatures across a stack of signatures toward a register surface. As the signatures are moving toward the register surface, they are engaged by a precompressor assembly which appli... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4708565 | Device for stacking rectangular bales of stalky material A device for stacking rectangular bales of stalky material connected directly at the compression duct of a baling press consists of a horizontal platform supported to be displaceable in vertical guides and capable of being lowered from an uppermost positi... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4650390 | Stacker-loader for stacking double sided printed circuit boards A stacker-loader is positioned at the end of a conveyor line for receiving printed circuit boards as they follow each other in series or sequence along the conveyor. The stacker-loader converts the series of boards into a stack of boards, one aligned over... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4569514 | Copy sheet decelerator for electrophotographic copier A braking mechanism for decelerating copy sheets being delivered to a stacking tray of an electrophotographic copier includes pairs of opposing feed rollers disposed at closely adjacent longitudinally spaced locations along the sheet path to the tray. The... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4480825 | Sheet set separator for electrophotographic copier Apparatus for separating sets of sheets such as copy sheets from an electrophotographic copier by delivering alternate sets of sheets to a stationary tray along overlapping laterally spaced paths. Sheets are fed first through a first, transversely fixed a... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4239433 | Palletizer with roller-assisted off-feed device A roller-assisted off-feed device for use on a palletizer. The palletizer includes a stacking platform and a carriage mounted for horizontal shifting between an extended position overlying the platform and a retracted position spaced therefrom. The surfac... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4238066 | Apparatus for stacking sheets in corner registration Apparatus for stacking sheets in corner registration comprises a stacking surface inclined downwardly towards a registration corner and a pair of coacting sheet feed rolls of tapered cross-section adjacent the upper end of the stacking surface for directi... | 12/09/1980 |
| 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 |
| 3942784 | Dual sheet piling machine A sheet piling machine for stacking metal sheets of material which respond to magnetic force which machine is characterized by an upright supporting frame defining two in-line stacking areas having suitable lift platforms on which sheets are piled, an elo... | 03/09/1976 |
