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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7278814 | Apparatus for emptying containers of fruit and vegetable produce An apparatus for emptying containers of fruit and vegetable produce, wherein a tipping device receives a container, tips the container, and unloads the container onto a conveying device for feeding the container in a given traveling direction and along a path extend... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7201553 | Method and device for feeding reels to a machine A device (2) for feeding reels (3) has a manipulator (14) having a gripping member (19) for picking up one reel (3) at a time off a pallet (16) and transferring the reel (3) to an unwinding pin (4a; 4... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7156145 | Apparatus and method for inserting parts into a mold A dispensing arrangement for inserting a part into a cast iron mold includes a dispenser apparatus configured to dispense a predetermined number of parts, a staging apparatus configured to position the parts in a selective orientation and a jig apparatus configured ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7121542 | Paper feed device and image forming apparatus A paper feed device includes a setting plate, a support unit, a driving unit, a power transmission mechanism, a link mechanism, and an operation lever. The support unit elevatably supports the setting plate, and elevates the setting plate when the support unit recei... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6729837 | Sheet feeder and sheet feeding method A sheet feeder for use with a stack having plates and sheets alternating. Sheets are removed by being reliably suction adhered with a sucker. The sheet feeder includes a suction device, and the sucker and device are mounted at a supporting portion. In order to allow... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6531094 | Biochemical analysis apparatus In a biochemical analysis apparatus a frameless dry chemical analysis film having a reagent layer formed on a support sheet is taken out from a cartridge storing therein a plurality of the frameless chemical analysis films, applied with a sample liquid, i... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6527500 | Automated packaging system for loading compact discs and booklets into compact disc cases An insertion automation apparatus for discs and booklets in disc packages has plural parallel belts for transporting containers through successive stations. A first station is adjacent the belts for unstacking containers. A second station is adjacent the ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6280137 | Apparatus for transporting rows of products An apparatus for transporting rows of products that includes a supply device for supplying rows of products; a first transport device for transporting the rows of products through a certain distance in a first transporting direction, wherein each row of p... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5904464 | Automatic component arranging apparatus An automatic component arranging apparatus is disclosed including a component containing unit for containing at least one type of component that is classified by type in at least one component box; a component supply unit for selectively drawing out the c... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5791038 | Method of separating stator laminations A motor stator delaminator separates individual electrical laminations from a stack thereof. A stack is transferred from an infeed conveyor at a loading station onto an elevator. The elevator raises the stack inside a tower to a holding station. At the ho... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5738485 | Pallet handling apparatus There is provided a pallet dispensing apparatus wherein the carriage assembly is reciprocably movable in a vertical direction and has first and second transversely extending rails with pallet supporting members secured thereto. Each of the rails has a cam... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5297923 | Device for parting and successively feeding stacked elements of sheet material to a user machine A device wherein at least one feedbox housing a stack of sheet elements presents a first and second wall parallel to each other, and an actuating device for moving the two walls in relation to and parallel to each other, so as to define a channel varying ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5224827 | Bale encasing and de-casing system An apparatus for encasing a bale of compressed, expandable material, including a compliant sleeve, surrounding the bale of material; first and second sideframes arranged at opposing sides of the bale; and first and second slats, arranged at opposing sides... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5018939 | Apparatus for separating iron sheets An apparatus for separating piled iron sheets one by one has a plurality of magnets arranged vertically with the same magnetic poles thereof facing each other. Magnetic fluxes generated from the magnets react with each other at a position between the magn... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5006042 | Apparatus for feeding boards or sheets from a stack Apparatus for feeding boards in a single direction sequentially from the bottom (or top) of a stack through a feed gate, comprising three parallel rows of frictional contact conveying wheels (24) each row driven by a separate electric motor (21, 22, 23). ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4992016 | Device for charging and discharging yarn cheeses from cheese frames An apparatus for charging and discharging yarn cheeses from cheese frames. A frame has a locking rod extending downwardly therefrom. The frame also supports a vertically traversing carriage. The carriage mounts a pair of gripping arms which extend downwar... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4822231 | Spacing member placement apparatus Apparatus for placing at spaced intervals spacing members on top of articles being stacked in layers is provided with a loading station having a conveyor for moving elongated spacing members to a plurality of spaced magazine stations; each magazine statio... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4813847 | Method of storing and afterwards collecting orders A method for storing and afterwards collecting orders consisting of products packed in crates and the like, with the aid of a staging with a number of storage conveyors. The crates and the like are stored as partial stacks, after which two or more partial... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4795297 | Apparatus for feeding boards An apparatus for feeding boards, said apparatus being provided with reversing arm means 23 which comprises a table 21 and a conveyance surface 22, said conveyance surface making an obtuse angle with said table, and fork means 33 capable of pivoting edge r... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4781509 | Stack loader A stack loader (30), for picking up a stack (10) of thin metal sheets, moving the stack to a feed hopper (100) and lowering the stack into the feed hopper, is provided, the stack loader (30) having a fork support frame (31) and a stack retainer (32) teles... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4744716 | Method and apparatus for transferring elongated objects A method and apparatus for transferring elongated objects includes a transfer cart comprising a vertically movable table top mounted on a mobile base. The transfer cart is selectively reciprocally transferred between a loading station and an unloading sta... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4693373 | Slide archival storage and retrieval system A computer-controlled slide previewer, sorter, projector tray loader and archiving system. Slides are held in a stack in a hopper in a known sequence. A slide release mechanism is provided to deliver one slide from the stack of slides to a position over o... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4655677 | Method for handling container ends en masse A method is provided for conveying container ends en masse wherein the container ends are first placed in stacks of substantially equal height. These stacks are conveyed by conventional air conveying means through an accumulator which includes air mass co... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4626159 | Machine loader A loader for relatively long, flexible strips of sheet stock has a pair of parallel, generally vertically extending arms having vertically slotted upper ends. The lower ends of the arms are pivotally connected with vertically guided slide blocks. Each arm... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4613268 | Process and apparatus for the automatic supply of a machine for processing products in the form of sheets An apparatus for the automatic supply of the magazine of the feeder on a slotter/printer with a high production rate for making cases consisting of corrugated cardboard, comprising a device (3, 10, 4) intended for separating a bundle from the top of a sta... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4462746 | Pallet handling apparatus and method An apparatus for handling pallets is provided. The apparatus includes a tiltable pallet stack receiver for receiving an upright stack of pallets at a pallet stack station and for tilting the stack downwardly to a generally horizontal position, a mechanism... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4355939 | Palletized poultry coop handling system An apparatus for automatically handling palletized poultry coops containing live birds to empty the birds from the coops for hanging. A pallet loaded with tiers of poultry coops after removal from the livehaul truck by a forklift is placed on a conveyor t... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4265578 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus in which the stack of sheets forming the load are fed onto a pivoting cradle whose pivot axis is at a height permitting substantially horizontal delivery of the sheets to the receiving conveyor. After each loading of the cradle, ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4249847 | Apparatus for transporting boards An apparatus for transporting boards comprising: a first conveyor adapted to transport a large number of boards in an upright position: a tripping device adapted to pivot every several or tens of the boards transported by the first conveyor to the deliver... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4149640 | Means for laying sod An apparatus for laying sod comprising a wheeled frame which is propelled and steered by means of an engine which drives hydraulic motors connected to the drive wheels thereof. A sod platform is pivotally mounted adjacent its forward end to the wheeled fr... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4119220 | Sheet feeding apparatus Disclosed is a sheet feeding apparatus in which the stack of sheets forming the load are fed onto a pivoting cradle whose pivot axis is at a height permitting substantially horizontal delivery of the sheets to the receiving conveyor. After each loading of... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4049259 | Method of and apparatus for feeding sheets Method and apparatus wherein flat corrugated paperboard sheets in stacks are rearranged into a horizontally shingled array of the desired faced orientation and fed toward an exit in the apparatus, each stack being fed onto a conveyor, then tilted to a fir... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4049260 | Apparatus for feeding sheets Apparatus for feeding sheets such as flat, corrugated paperboard sheets used to be formed into packaging cases including an entrance end and an exit end, means for receiving a stack of horizontal sheets at the entrance end, a conveyor for receiving the st... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4049258 | Method of and apparatus for feeding sheets Method and apparatus wherein flat corrugated paperboard sheets in stacks are rearranged into a horizontally shingled array of the desired faced orientation and fed toward an exit in the apparatus, each stack being fed onto a conveyor, then tilted to a fir... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4037734 | Method and apparatus for depalletizing A method and apparatus are disclosed for unloading a pallet stacked with inverted, bottom-open cases of bottles to be filled. The loaded pallet is placed on a pivotable support frame which embraces the top, bottom, and one or three sides of the loaded pal... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4023667 | Apparatus for unstacking flat steel material which is transported stacked on a rake cooling bed The invention covers apparatus for unstacking bar-shaped flat steel material which is transported stacked on a rake cooling bed having stationary and mobile rakes, in which the broad flat sides of the material rest on the rake flanks which are declining o... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4022332 | Apparatus for orienting case blanks An apparatus receives case blanks in a given faced orientation within an upright stack and delivers the blanks in shingled arrangement in reverse faced orientation. Two forks are pivoted about a common pivotal axis and move independent of one another, in ... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4018351 | Apparatus for handling bundles of sheets Apparatus for handling bundles of sheets and having a pivotal pallet holder which receives the pallet and bundles of sheets in a prone position and which tips them to an upstanding position and onto a conveyor adjacent the holder. The upstanding bundles o... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3967739 | Apparatus for supplying thin, flat articles An apparatus for supplying stacked, thin, flat articles comprising a reversing means which reverses the direction toward which the articles face by rotating the articles about one of their side edges and a clearance making means which provides a plurality... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3955667 | Endless conveyor with gripping elements A transport apparatus for printed products arriving in an imbricated formation, said transport apparatus comprising grippers or gripper elements anchored in spaced relationship from one another at a revolving traction element for engaging the leading edge... | 05/11/1976 |
