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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7194358 | Lift collision avoidance system The present invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for avoiding collisions and detecting objects proximate to a surface. In one embodiment, a system for collision avoidance includes at least one sensor adapted to sense an object above a lift device an... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192486 | Clog-resistant gas delivery system Processing gases reactive with each other are provided in parallel to a processing chamber through separate delivery lines including mass flow controllers devoted to each line. The parallel delivery lines meet in a mixing manifold located proximate to the processing... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7033130 | Depalletizer for a material handling system A depalletizer includes an input assembly for supporting a loaded pallet loaded with at least one product, a lift assembly, and a product take-away assembly. The input assembly presents the loaded pallet to the lift assembly, which moves the loaded pallet to a produ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6974299 | Method and device for packing articles Collection assembly for collecting and stacking articles. The articles are first moved adjacent to one another with the aid of positioning elements. The positioning elements comprise the conveyor belt that extends obliquely with respect to the distribution conveyor ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6964288 | Apparatus and method for automated preparation of an optical fiber An automated fiber preparation system and method for automatically fabricating an optical fiber. One or more fabrication processes associated with fiber preparation may be performed on an optical fiber without requiring active user input. The fiber preparation syste... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6155775 | Destacking feeder An apparatus and method feeding, destacking and orienting books for subsequent operation such as a jacket wrapping operation. This is achieved by feeding stacks of books forwardly on a conveyor into a destacking station. The books are stripped one at a ti... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5746572 | Conveying apparatus and methods of use This invention pertains to removing a row or layer of material from a supporting surface, with the row or layer advancing on a removal conveyor in a line abreast, and converting the row or layer into a line, advancing single file. Apparatus and methods ar... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5607282 | Depalletizing and dispensing apparatus and method The depalletizing and dispensing apparatus and method is provided for unloading items stacked on a pallet. The apparatus includes a frame having a vertically reciprocable lift mounted at least partially within the frame. The lift has at least a pallet inf... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5567102 | Method and apparatus for correcting load appearance A method and apparatus for correcting the appearance of each of a plurality of vertically stacked load stages each stage having a load placed on a pallet. Each of the vertically stacked load stages is separated independently of the other, and each separat... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5269646 | Process and installation for the rearrangement of articles palletised according to sorts to form groups of specific sort composition For the rearrangement of articles of different sorts, which are deposited according to sorts on pallets, to form groups of articles of a plurality of sorts, each deposited on a base, pallets of the different sorts of articles are depalletised continuously... | 12/14/1993 |
| 4411574 | Egg transfer head An apparatus for transferring articles, such as eggs, from one station to another. The eggs are arranged in a predetermined configuration at the first or transfer station, and deposited at a second station in a different array or configuration. The transf... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4358236 | De-palletizing/palletizing apparatus for cans and can-type containerizations Cans are unloaded from pallets, utilizing an overhead first magnet which attracts the can units and holds them against the intercepting underside of a rotationally moving belt so as to be transported thereby to a station where the cans as they pass out of... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4106635 | Elevatable depalletizing system A depalletizing system of depalletizing articles which have been stacked in layers and separating them one by one so that loading work of those articles onto trucks or freight cars can be carried out more easily and in a shorter time than when carried out... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4079845 | Egg transfer machine Improved method and means are disclosed for transferring eggs from transportation trays to a row conveyor which feeds the eggs to washers or breakers or other devices. A single operator transfers loaded trays of eggs from stacks of trays to a transfer pos... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4019620 | Method and apparatus for separating a palletized array of containers into single file line A method and apparatus for separating a generally rectangular array of containers into a single file line of similarly oriented single file containers. The array is comprised of a plurality of rectangular containers, some having transverse orientations an... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3939993 | Apparatus and method for brick blending Apparatus and method for more uniformly blending a layered stack of bricks having a central core section of lesser hardness and lighter color than in a surrounding outer shell section. The bricks are first unloaded from a hack into layers which include a ... | 02/24/1976 |
