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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7424798 | Inserter for inserting postal items into envelopes Inserter for inserting postal items into envelopes, wherein an envelope catcher separates the envelopes and transports the envelopes away from the stack of empty envelopes and the envelopes are subsequently transported further with the initially leading flap end tra... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7322923 | Dunnage sheet removal apparatus A dunnage removal apparatus is situated adjacent a load conveyor and more particularly at a transfer device that moves a unitized load from the load conveyor to a pre-feeder. The dunnage removal apparatus includes a guide chute that funnels a loose flap of the dunna... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7201555 | Pallet loader and separator A system for loading pallets onto an assembly line wherein the system has at least one arm capable of lifting a stack of pallets and then depositing the bottom-most pallet of the stack of pallets onto an assembly line surface for subsequent delivery to the assembly ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6923614 | Magazine lumber feeder The present invention provides an efficient, reliable lumber magazine feeder that can supply large numbers of boards of all sizes. Some embodiments of this magazine lumber feeder comprise of one or more modules, each capable of dispensing a particular width of board... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915895 | Container group delivery mechanism, and equipment and method for transporting container An air conveyer receives an uppermost container group elevated by a lift device and transporting the container group horizontally. A pushing device is provided for pushing the uppermost container group onto the adjacent airflow conveyer by contacting the container g... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6799938 | Commissioning device with vertical product storage units and lower conveyor belt or similar A commissioning device (1) has essentially vertical product storage units (2) in which products (3) of the same type are stacked, respectively, and at least one conveying means (4), especially a conveyor belt, which is located underneath ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6494019 | High speed envelope inserter A system for the automated insertion of documents into envelopes. The system includes a plurality of individual document feeding devices that feed individual documents from an assembled stack onto a moving document conveyor. Each of the document feeding d... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6419441 | Lamination dispenser and method of dispensing laminations A lamination dispenser is provided for dispensing a predetermined stack of laminations from a string of laminations. Each lamination has an outer edge with a first area of the outer edge opposing a second area of the outer edge. A third area of the outer ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6379105 | Automatic lumber unloading and feeding apparatus The present invention provides a lumber unloading and feeding method and apparatus that can reliably separate individual boards from a stacked unit and feed the individual boards into other automatic machinery. One embodiment comprises a first load suppor... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6254332 | Nut feeder for feeding nuts for resistance welding The present invention discloses a nut feeder for the feeding of nuts for resistance welding. A stopper 12 is provided which is so energized as to enter into the inside of a chute 7 from a lower-end lateral side of the chute 7. A lowermost nut 5 in the chu... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6247890 | Automatic goods picking device An automatic goods picking device has a frame provided at least in one side thereof with a placing platform and a support rod which is provided with a plurality of goods placing areas each being fastened by two fastening members to form a stacking space a... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6139254 | Pallet unstacker/stacker A pallet unstacker/stacker can receive a stack of skewed or misaligned pallets on a conveyor of the unstacker/stacker, raise all but the bottom most pallet in the stack, square or straighten the bottom pallet and then dispense the straightened pallet from... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6099239 | Fruit tray denesting apparatus and method An apparatus and method are described for delivering fruit trays such as molded pulp apple trays from a nested stack to a conveyer. A carriage arrangement which is moveable relative to the tray stack and the conveyer is provided with support arms and gras... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5902092 | Self-clearing transfer arms Self clearing transfer arms for pushing a container in an assembly process to a stage assembly wherein the pushing arms are retractable to a position out of obstruction relationship to the stage assembly. The pushing arms each have a transfer arm, a gate ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5888047 | Separating and feeding machine for bound booklets A separating and feeding machine is disclosed for removing a succession of bound booklets or the like from a supply hopper adapted to hold a stack of the booklets for feeding them to a subsequent apparatus for further processing. The separating and feedin... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5860269 | Device for feeding stock sheets A device for feeding stock sheets is provided with a hopper for storing carton blanks as stock sheets in an upright posture, a delivery roller for delivering the carton blanks in the hopper toward a hopper outlet, an auxiliary roller located between the d... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5674047 | Loading mechanism for probe tip tray In a system for installing, from a supply of disposable probe tips, one such probe tip on a probe for each sample by an automated fluid analyzer system and for removing the tip after each use to allow a fresh tip to be installed, a mechanism for making a ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5575613 | Pallet dispenser A sensing arrangement is disclosed for use in a pallet dispenser or the like, to determine whether a pallet is present or not. A body, having a shaped engagement surface, displaces in the plane of the pallets upon sliding engagement by a pallet, and suita... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5246328 | Apparatus for feeding articles from tube magazines Apparatus for feeding electronic components from a tube magazine to a pick up station comprises first and second column assemblies which support the tube magazines in a horizontal attitude. One tube is supported in a feeding position and the components ar... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5165837 | Apparatus for feeding articles from tube magazines Component feeder for feeding comonents (8) from a tube magazine (2) comprises a pusher (44) on the end of a flexible steel tape (48) which extends from a tape housing (52). A filled tube (2) is supported on retractable pins (30, 30') in alignment with the... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5128817 | Tape drive autoloader apparatus for 8 mm magnetic tape cartridges An autoloading apparatus for alternately, sequentially loading magnetic tape cartridges into and unloading them from an adjacent magnetic tape drive includes a vertically oriented tape cartridge chute for containing a manually stacked plurality of tape ca... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5120191 | Stack unloader for molded carrier ring components Molded carrier ring-type electrical components are unloaded from a shipping tube by providing the bottom of an escapement mechanism with a substantially flat surface to which the "coin stack" arrangement of components falls during loading of the stack int... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5026250 | Apparatus for singularizing stacked portions of books and the like Apparatus for singularizing successive stacks of a series of stacks consisting of superimposed groups of sheets has a transporting unit which advances successive stacks of the series in a horizontal plane against a barrier which intercepts each but the lo... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4960362 | Pallet dispenser A pallet dispenser to dispense pallets one at a time for the bottom front of a support frame for a stack of pallets. A vertically movable support outside the frame and an element biassing the support to an elevated work position where front and rear linea... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4952109 | Modular feeding tray for vibrating conveyors An apparatus for advancing a plurality of components comprising a vibrating feed tray, having a plurality of interchangeable modular troughs, each sized to receive a component of a particular size. The troughs are removably and slidably secured to the tra... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4907942 | Arrangement for separating paper sheet pads from a stack A method and an arrangement of the present invention are intended for individualizing non-glued paper pads having cardboard backs from a stack which includes a plurality of cut paper layers and intermediate cardboard sheet layers. One end of the stack whi... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4856725 | Web winding machine and method A surface winder is provided for developing rolls of web material wound on a core including a magazine for dispensing cores sequentially and a nip for receiving cores sequentially, the core transport means between said source and nip arranged to follow a ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4772171 | Process and device to feed conical tubes to the pirn heads of a textile machine The tubes to be conveyed to the pirn heads are stacked up within each other in columnar fashion, are held in readiness at a supply location and are separated to be taken away. The separated tube is brought into a conveying position and, while maintaining ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4772168 | Device for rearranging a pile of sheets The invention relates to a device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square pictures, with a first and a second frame part (12, 14) which can be moved back and forth relative to one another and parallel to the principal plane of the ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4770588 | Universal feed container for automatic distribution of foods A feeder for containers comprising a magazine having counter-positioned controls for positioning a pile of containers, and a trolley movable horizontally, relative to the pile, and with two sheets for engaging the lowermost container of the pile, and with... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4770591 | Apparatus for unloading a container having a matrix of storage positions Disclosed is a method and apparatus for discharging serial arrays of solid components contained in a three dimensional matrix of feeding positions, into a delivery track, one serial array at a time. The matrix of feeding positions is comprised of trays ea... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4761106 | Part feeder A part feeder capable of moving individual parts to a receiver from a storage tube having an internal track therein generally conforming to at least a portion of the vertical cross-section of parts stored within the tube to permit the parts to freely slid... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4718809 | Device for unstacking flat objects The unstacking device comprises an object magazine (2), an object transport conveyor (7) for removing objects from the magazine, an object separator assembly (20) mounted in front of the object outlet from the magazine above the transport conveyor and com... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4715113 | Machine component installation device A machine component installer for installing bearings, pins, bushings, and the like into a machine casting or similar component includes a reloadable carousel for accepting plural component stacks, a pivotally mounted claw-arm for grasping a bearing prese... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4701092 | Pallet dispenser Methods of and apparatus for first establishing an elongate vertical stack of pallets within a surrounding vertical frame on special supporting and dispensing apparatus and thereafter sequentially dispensing individual pallets from the low end of said sta... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4699371 | Sheet feeder A sheet feeder includes a supply tray from which the paper sheets are individually withdrawn from the bottom of the stack. The stack supporting bottom of the tray is inclined relative to a horizontal plane, its angle of inclination being adjustable. The i... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4644427 | Diskette loading apparatus An improved diskette loading apparatus comprising a rack assembly; a guide assembly which guides a diskette into a dropping path defining a drop chute; and a disk drive apparatus which sequentially receives the falling diskettes. A pick assembly sequentia... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4588342 | IC magazine supply system An IC magazine supply system including a plurality of rows of side by side magazine stackers each holding a vertical stack of IC magazines each holding an array of IC packages therein, guide bars located beneath the magazine stackers for receiving the IC ... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4570061 | Follower finger sheet separating apparatus A sheet stacking duplex tray includes a movable finger which separates a first group of sheets under the finger from a second group of sheets above the finger. Sheets which have been copied on only one side are fed to a copy station from the bottom of the... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4557472 | Multi-purpose feeder for successively delivering single sheet or multi-leaved articles from a stack thereof Friction members, working together as an integral unit, rise up into engagement with the lowermost article in a stack to slightly raise it along the engaged portions thereof above the rest of the device as a forward stroke is commenced, thereby warping th... | 12/10/1985 |
