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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8425176 | Rack for holding x-ray cassettes and the like The rack has an inclined bottom, a slightly angled upstanding back wall, a right endwall and a short front wall defining a media cassette receiving area. Upon activation by a manually operated handle a withdrawal mechanism disposed behind the back wall, containing a... | 04/23/2013 |
| 7713018 | Bottom board separator A bottom board separator can remove the bottom board from a stack of lumber moving at process speed. The bottom board separator carries stacks of lumber on a first set of stack conveyors that are spaced apart along a path. Abutment surfaces push the bottom board tra... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7427003 | Disk feeder and unstacker The disk feeder removes disks from the bottom of a stack of disks by pushing them one at a time with a ram traveling back and forth under a tower holding the stack of disks. The tower has a gap at the base for allowing one disk at a time to be pushed out by the ram.... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7331440 | Automated order mixing system An automated order mixing system includes a mixing sub-system having a plurality of angled vertically stacked product guides feeding a mixing conveyor whereon a client's order of product cases is processed, the vertical stacking enabling the creation of a number of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320573 | Method for packaging articles having varying thicknesses A system for continuously packaging or sorting fragile articles having varying thicknesses in a stack includes a plurality of proportional shifters coupled to each of a plurality of stripping devices in an article infeed assembly. Each proportional shifter has an ar... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7228997 | Nailing chuck An apparatus nails a plurality of cross members to an underlying stringer to produce a pallet. The carriage moves in a continuous motion without stopping over the cross members until the cross members are nailed to the stringer. The carriage includes at least one na... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201823 | High throughput plasma treatment system A method for the plasma treatment of parts. The method includes sending loading signals from an electronic control to a transfer mechanism and loading the parts from a position outside of the treatment chamber to a plurality of treatment positions within the treatme... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7004461 | Device for isolating and feeding the lowest sheet in each case from a stack In a device for isolating and feeding the lowest sheet (1) in each case from a stack (2), with pushing-out elements (9) which grip the rear edge (3a, 3b) of the sheet (1) and transport it through, under a front... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6972071 | High-speed symmetrical plasma treatment system A plasma treatment system (10) and related methods for rapidly treating a workpiece (56) with ions from a plasma having an ion density that is reproducibly uniform and symmetrical. The processing chamber (12) of the plasma treatment system (1... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6789996 | Medicine feed apparatus A support member (7) is positioned at a lower part of a storage container (3). The support member (7) supports a second medicine container (10, 16, 17) placed on the lowermost medicine container so that the lowermost medicine container fa... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6736591 | Automatic pallet fabrication apparatus and methods A hopper loading system for a pallet making apparatus includes a first conveying system for conveying a layer of stringers from a stacked array in adjacent substantially horizontal relation along a first direction, and a second conveying system for conveying stringe... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6640523 | Article gauge and proportional shifter system A system for continuously packaging or sorting fragile articles having varying thicknesses in a stack includes a plurality of proportional shifters coupled to each of a plurality of stripping devices in an article infeed assembly. Each proportional shifte... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6632067 | Pallet dispenser with quick pallet size change over A pallet dispenser can receive a vertical stack of skewed or misaligned pallets in an interior of a frame of the pallet dispenser and align the pallets as they are sequentially dispensed from the pallet dispenser onto a conveyor below the pallet dispenser... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6626633 | Apparatus for feeding a panel from a stack Disclosed are both a method and apparatus for preventing facial defects from occurring to the face of a panel as it is removed from a stack of similar panels. The apparatus includes at least two synchronized cams working together to lift a stack of panels... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6582180 | Separating conveyor for stacked objects An object-sorting system has a conveyor having a horizontally extending stretch, a plurality of pushers fixed on and spaced along the conveyor and extending upward from the stretch thereof, and an upright chute adapted to hold a stack of objects and havin... | 06/24/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6189678 | Apparatus for forming groups of superposed flat items An apparatus for forming groups of superposed, flat items, includes a conveyor having a transporting device traveling in a conveying direction along a generally horizontal working flight; and a plurality of upstanding pusher fingers secured to the transpo... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6146086 | Magnetic fanning accumulator An apparatus for accumulating and separating laminations including a lamination storage area; a magnetic fanner arrangement for accumulating and magnetically separating the laminations; a transport mechanism; and a mechanical agitation mechanism. The tran... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6123020 | Printer and disk dispenser combination A system uses a disk dispenser to dispense memory storage disks including CD's and the like to the printer. The system includes a housing, a disk dispenser and a printer. The disk dispenser can be affixed to the housing, or mounted on a turntable. The dis... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6106221 | Robot-based dispensing station A dispensing apparatus is disclosed which includes a support assembly for defining at least one dispensing location. A storage container is secured to the support assembly for holding a plurality of stackable objects. These stackable objects may include s... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6071067 | Tube pusher plate including rotary disk and cylindrical guide rod An apparatus for unloading tubes containing IC devices is disclosed, providing a quiet, low-wear device for separating and ejecting empty tubes from the bottom of a stack. The apparatus consists of a conventional input tube unloading system with novel tub... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6059508 | Commissioning installation In the commissioning installation described for automatically supplying items (18), such as cigarette cartons, computer-controlled from a storage region (1) comprising item stack throughput storage devices (2) to a transfer station (35) in accordance with... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6030172 | Tube Guide An improved input tube unloader assembly is provided for use with an IC handler structure so as to eliminate damage to IC packages and/or jamming of tubes. The input tube unloader assembly is comprised of a frame member and a pair of opposed main side pla... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5979458 | Apparatus for transferring layers of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry Discrete cigarettes or layers of parallel cigarettes which are being propelled by a reciprocable pusher from the magazine into successive receptacles of an indexible conveyor in a cigarette packing machine are prevented from moving away from a stationary ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5971698 | Automatic conveying apparatus for waffle pack carrier member A conveying apparatus for sequentially feeding a plurality of stacked carrier members, each carrying a plurality of components to be assembled, to an automatic assembly retrieval area where the plurality of components can be retrieved to manufacture a des... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5931629 | Automatic input and output tube handlers for use with an electronic component processing equipment A fully automatic device is provided for handling components-containing tubes and for feeding the components contained in these tubes into the input rail or "accumulator" of the loading area of a component processing equipment. Another fully automatic dev... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5904467 | Automatic parts feeding system An automatic parts feeding system specifically adapted to feed parts having a step difference in shape over any one direction or any one side includes a loading device for receiving parts of this shape. The loading device is located above a base plate hav... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5863176 | Vacuum stick and lath placer A vacuum assisted stick and lath placer has a magazine for holding a stack of elongate members for transverse placement onto an upper surface of a tiered lumber package of longitudinally aligned tiers of lumber. A selectively actuable shear positioned ben... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5829954 | Rotary motion feeder A rotary motion feeder for use in placing work products into one of the flights of a feed conveyor of a packaging machine is disclosed. The rotary motion feeder includes a planetary feeder assembly supported on a framework, the planetary feeder assembly b... | 11/03/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5772392 | Object picking system An object picking system includes a plurality of object storage and discharge devices. Each object storage and discharge device includes an object storage section housing a stack of objects and an object discharge mechanism for discharging the bottommost ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5755551 | Object discharge mechanism An object discharge mechanism for discharging a bottommost object from a stack of objects includes a bottom platform on which the bottommost object of the stack of objects rests. The platform has a longitudinal slot running along the object discharge dire... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755552 | Object selecting system An assortment of objects is dispensed from a plurality of object holders onto a conveyor for loading into a container at an end of the conveyor. The objects are dispensed onto discrete sections of the conveyor with like objects occupying like sections. Si... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5741115 | Handling system for flat hollow bodies A system is described for handling flat, hollow bodies, particularly frames destined to feed automatic packaging machines, according to which use is foreseen of hollow tubular cores (2) on which the frames (1) are inserted and retained by liftable tongues... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5713718 | Object picking device An object discharge mechanism of an object picking device for discharging a bottommost object from a stack of objects includes a bottom platform on which the bottommost object of the stack of objects rests. The platform has a longitudinal slot running alo... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5707175 | Excavating and pipe laying machines A pipe laying machine comprises a vehicle carrying a trench excavator followed by a pipe laying box running in the trench. Pipe lengths are stored in the pipe laying box one above another and the lowermost pipe length is periodically released by movement ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5704758 | Article placing assembly and process An article placing assembly having a pushing mechanism constructed and arranged to engage and move articles from an article stack. The assembly has opposing pivoting gate members which cooperate to hold and release successive articles. Movable clamps furt... | 01/06/1998 |
