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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380651 | Order handling system An order merging system includes two first case guides with a pair of twisted lanes. The case guides are downwardly sloped and guide a product case along in each case guide. Two raisable guides are connected downstream of the case guides and are in communication wit... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7360758 | Accumulator apparatus non-marring pusher system An accumulator apparatus for accumulating one or more sheets or articles is provided and includes a sheet accumulator portion for accumulating one or more sheets or articles, a ramp disposed upstream of the sheet accumulator portion relative to a flow direction of t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7322173 | Hay bale bundling apparatus and method A hay bale bundler machine to receive individual bales of hay or other forage material from a field and to create a bundle of individual bales wrapped with a wrapping material for discharge back to the ground. Further included may be a fully automatic device that ca... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7153089 | Storage device A storage device for storing trays, the device including a first movable member and a second movable member positioned opposite the first movable member. The first and second movable members are adapted to selectively vertically move and support at least one tray th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7011305 | Device and method for aligning sheets A device for aligning sheets prior to transferring the sheets to a sheet-processing machine includes at least one sheet-gripping device by the aid of which the sheet to be aligned is displaceable, the sheet-gripping device having at least one positioning table displ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6846153 | Tray destacker A tray destacker is operable to separate individual trays from a stack of trays and to discharge the individual trays. The tray destacker includes a tray separating device which engages an edge or handle of the individual tray and moves the tray away from the stack ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6804939 | Sheet sets packaging system A product packaging system for organizing and packing a number of different items into a set. The system may include a number of staging conveyors. Each of the staging conveyors may carry a stack of items from the number of different items. The system further may in... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6599081 | Method of and apparatus for supplying blanks to a packing machine Successive collapsed cardboard blanks which can be erected to accommodate, for example, arrays of cigarette cartons are supplied from a source (such as a magazine for one or more piles of superimposed randomly distributed properly oriented and misoriented... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6422375 | System and method for transporting and reorienting items A system and method for transporting and reorienting one or more items is provided. The system includes a first transport apparatus that can transport and reorient an item from a loading location to a first unloading location. For example, a first carder ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5876180 | Fruit packaging tray denesting apparatus A denesting apparatus for removing a single packing tray from a stack of trays. The tray has a plurality of cups for containing the fruit. The tray has a plurality of pick receiving areas for receiving picks on the denesting apparatus which engage the tra... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5836737 | Stacked-container separating apparatus and method An apparatus and a method for separating and reversing a stack of containers includes a supply conveyer that supplies the stack of containers, a lifting device that lifts the stack of containers upwards into a separating and reversing device that separate... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5820334 | Paper set feeding In a sheet set feeder, a shutter mechanism disposed at least in part beneath a hopper for receiving a stack of offset-jogged sheet sets defines an aperture sized to admit individual sets from the stack. The shutter mechanism is driven so that the aperture... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5807065 | Apparatus for automatically unstacking horizontal lid members from a vertically extending stack thereof An apparatus for providing an automated device for removing horizontal members such as lid members from a vertical stack thereof one at a time for processing such as refurbishing, cleaning or sanitizing thereof. A carriage assembly is movably guided by a ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5782377 | Article dispensing and positioning device An article dispensing and positioning device is disclosed in which a plurality of rectangular articles such as dominos or the like are placed on a flat surface in a plurality of parallel rows and in evenly spaced relationship with each other in each row. ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5619838 | Method anf apparatus for applying edge protectors A strapping system in which edge protectors are disposed between a load and tensioned strapping applied about the load in a strapping station. Edge protector applicator assemblies located on opposite sides of the load position edge protectors adjacent top... | 04/15/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5556254 | Paper set feeding In a sheet set feeder, a shutter mechanism disposed at least in part beneath a hopper for receiving a stack of offset-jogged sheet sets defines an aperture sized to admit individual sets from the stack. The shutter mechanism is driven so that the aperture... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5547335 | Handle orienter for buckets An apparatus and method for denesting and orienting a stack of handled receptacles. Each receptacle comprises a substantially open container having a base, an upper portion through which access to the open container is provided, and a pivotable handle con... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5427252 | Automated 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... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5423657 | Prefeeder for stacked sheets of paperboard products An improved prefeeder assembly for shingling planar sheets in which a sheet stack is positioned on a prefeeder lift conveyor which lowers the sheet stack into a floor pit to incrementally elevate the sheet stack. A block pusher assembly sequentially pushe... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5330317 | Transfer device for transferring foldable container A transfer device for a foldable container which has an approximately cubical shape when unfolded and is provided with a pour spout at one surface is described; a plurality of such containers, which have been folded into an approximately triangular shape ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5205704 | Apparatus for prefeeding sheets of paperboard products An improved prefeeder assembly for shingling sheets of planar material in which a sheet stack is positioned on a prefeeder lift conveyor which lowers the sheet stack into a floor pit to incrementally elevate the sheet stack. A block pusher assembly sequen... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5123808 | Apparatus for loading connectors into connector applicators Connector loading apparatus which can be used with a cable-making machine comprises a support surface having a transfer mechanism thereon which comprises a transfer slide assembly that is reciprocable between a magazine containing a stack of connectors an... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5096369 | Pallet inspection and stacking apparatus A pallet inspection and stacking apparatus having a frame with an upper end. An elevator can index a stack of pallets upwardly in the frame as the uppermost pallet from the stack is subject to an automatic alignment mechanism and then is transferred from ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5033929 | Automatic apparatus for feeding a bottling line Apparatus for an automatic bottle handling machine (2) operating in conjunction with a bottling line (25), with light material bottles (23) initially orderly arranged on trays or several packings (22) stacked on a pallet (21), comprises a device (1) havin... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5028201 | Transport of materials with controlled lowering before upset Apparatus for the transport of materials by elevating a stack of materials, moving a selected group of the materials and controllably lowering the materials to an upset position, from which the group is moved simultaneously to an output position.... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5024577 | Paper arranging system A paper arranging system for re-loading or re-stacking a bundle of paper sheets from a paper feed rack to a paper arranging device has a bridge plate interposed between the paper feed rack and the paper arranging device so as to bridge the space defined b... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4986731 | Sheet handling apparatus The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for receiving a stack of sheets, with each sheet oriented in a standing position on edge, and rotating a predetermined number of sheets from the stack of sheets to a laid position. The apparatus... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4983098 | Separating and feeding a preformed container from a nested stack An improved apparatus for separating and feeding a preformed container fron a nested stack, said apparatus adapted for accepting a nested stack of containers in a vertical array, tilting the nested stack to a horizontal array by means of a tilting carriag... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4955784 | Apparatus for unstacking cross-nested articles An apparatus for unstacking cross-nested articles includes an elevator which raises the stack as articles are removed two-at-a-time from the top thereof by a continuous-chain transfer conveyor. The transfer conveyor carries the removed articles to a disch... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4925361 | Method for handling sheet material Large sheets of float glass or other large sheets of material are transferred from a vertical storage position to a horizontal surface automatically. A carriage is mounted on a support frame near the stack of sheets of material, which rest against an incl... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4899433 | Method and device for lamination pickup from a stack The method and apparatus for pickup of packets with a varying number of stamped laminations, for instance for stators of electrical machines, from a lamination stack (98) compressed under tension between clamping plates (24, 100) is so performed that the ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4886262 | Method of and system for turning over papers in a paper arranging apparatus In a paper arranging apparatus, a method and system for turning over papers while the papers are being transferred to a paper piling table from a paper feeding table by means of a crossing plate located between the two tables. A rotary shaft is disposed a... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4547115 | Apparatus for transporting and aligning panel-like members Panel-like members are aligned as they are transferred sequentially from a pick-up station to a discharge station by a primary carriage mounted for linear movement selectively to the pick-up position and to a position adjacent the discharge station. At le... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4477219 | Dispensing apparatus A dispensing machine for the dispensing and aligning of individual articles on a receiving surface is disclosed. The dispensing machine has clamping arms for holding the articles in a stationary position. Jaws are positioned adjacent the receiving surface... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4361062 | Plate feeding apparatus for a shearing device In a shearing device for cutting plates, such as sheet metal plates, a pl feeding apparatus includes a carriage mounted for movement above and between a plate feeder and the shearing device. A rotatable carrier is mounted on the carriage for lifting and ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4302141 | Bale destacker Disclosed is a mechanism for receiving bales or cartons in small stacks or cubes and delivering single bales or cartons in pre-determined alignment. The bale or carton is placed on an elevator floor and moved up in steps of one tier at a time. A pusher ar... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4252484 | Unstacking machine The disclosure illustrates and describes a machine (10) for handling and unstacking dollies (14) loaded with stacks (16) of cross-nested baskets (18) wherein the front and rear walls of the individual baskets are positioned at random. The machine includes... | 02/24/1981 |
