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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7107120 | Apparatus and method for controlling inter-process buffer, and program and storage medium realizing the same An object of the invention is to minimize the number of in-process items. To this end, in an inter-process buffer controlling apparatus according to the invention, the size of a buffer to be used for storage of work subjects of predetermined work is increased if a d... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6966743 | Device for pushing a stack of printed products from a table A device for pushing a stack of printed products from a table on which the stack is stacked has a stacking receptacle provided on the table and receiving the printed products for stacking. The stacking receptacle is defined by four lateral edges of the printed produ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6832129 | Method for packing rectangular strips A method packs input rectangles into a target rectangle. The rectangles are permuted into one or more an ordered list according to dimensions of the rectangles, e.g., width, height, perimeter, and area. The rectangles are then marked as unaccepted. A next unaccepted... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6612799 | Cart loading system A cart loading system for loading materials on a cart in a orderly and compact manner even if the materials being loaded have different dimensions. The cart loading system includes a frame for positioning on a floor surface adjacent to a material shaping ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6527501 | Apparatus for accumulating and transporting stacks of paper sheets and the like An apparatus for gathering successive sheets of a scalloped stream in an adjustable receptacle has a pivotable first stop in front of and a longitudinally adjustable second stop behind the receptacle. The second stop is shifted, together with the conveyor... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6520734 | Convertible tortilla counter-stacker A tortilla stacker has stacker and lift subassemblies that may be logically programmed for simultaneous operation in differing configurations of tortilla numbers and sizes.... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6149377 | Conveyor apparatus for conveying stacks of articles A conveyor apparatus for stacked articles, such as stacked plastic or paper bags, includes a frame, and a plurality of sprocket assemblies about which one or more conveyor chains extend. The apparatus includes a plurality of wicket wire holding assemblies... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6086322 | Automated circuit board tester An automated circuit board tester comprises an unstacker (1) arranged upstream of a testing device and which by means of a circuit board picker (40) arranged above a chute (30) picks a top-most circuit board from a stack of circuit boards (55) located in ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5957654 | Lead frame unloading tool having sliding blocks A lead frame unloading apparatus includes a pair of opposing plate members, one of which has a long horizontal slit. The opposing plate members define a central space where one or more sliding blocks are located, each of the sliding blocks having a vertic... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5959868 | Arrangement for distributing articles for dispatch In order to increase the efficiency of an arrangement for distributing articles for dispatch with a distributing conveyor, a transfer device is proposed. The distributing conveyor is used to deliver the articles for dispatch to collecting containers that ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5954473 | Readily adjustable cut sheet stacker A variable cut sheet stacker has an internal stacking volume that is readily adjusted (in length, width and height) for a large variety of form sizes and thicknesses. First and second side members are spaced from each other horizontally and the positions ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5931341 | Adjustable high speed lid dropper An automated, fully adjustable high speed lid dropper (10) including an upright set of guide rods (26) for supporting a stack of lids (12) above a conveyor (16), a set of three feed screws (62) for capturing the lowest lid at the bottom of stack (12) and ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5868548 | Stacking device for printer products and the like The stacking device for printed products includes a rotatable turntable platform for stacking articles, an ejection assembly for ejecting stacks of articles from the platform, and a positioning device for positioning the turntable for two direction ejecti... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5813826 | Bottom sheet dispenser for load forming machinery A bottom sheet storage and feeder apparatus for use with one or more load forming or stacking machines for the purpose of providing one or more bottom sheets for protecting the load. The apparatus chooses a bottom sheet stored in one of a plurality of ver... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5746571 | Process for the initial operation or changeover of a sheet metal processing machine and a modular magazine for carrying out the process For the initial operation or changeover of a can body welding machine, a modular stack magazine to guide and hold a stack of blanks has adjustable stack supports with holding surfaces projecting under the lowermost blank. These stack supports are adjustab... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5733093 | Stack tube feeder A stack tube type feeder is designed to be versatile to dispense a variety of parts. The part dependent components of the feeder can be either selectively interchanged or adjusted to accommodate a wider variety of parts. Specifically, a part feeder includ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5700004 | Apparatus for handling articles The present invention relates to a hold-back device for use with a magazine of an article-handling apparatus. The hold-back device includes a frame defining a feed gap through which articles from the magazine are fed. A plurality of threaded members are t... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5694679 | Device for automatic forming of packs of trimmed metal sheets for the manufacture of armatures of electrical machinery or the like In a device for the automatic forming of packs of trimmed metal sheets for armatures of electrical machinery or the like, the pack (P') is formed by the controlled drop of a sheet stack (P) housed in a tubular magazine (1) open at the bottom. The pack is ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5685589 | Lead frame suction holding device A lead frame suction holding device including a suction holder which is movable horizontally and vertically and is provided with two rows of guide plates. A plurality of suction nozzles are installed on each of the two rows of guide plates so as to suctio... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5676518 | Unstacking feeder An unstacking feeder capable of unstacking sheet materials efficiently from a sheet stack has a sheet stack transfer device (3) for transferring a sheet stack, which consists of a plurality of stacked sheet materials (1a), along a circulating transport co... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5645393 | IC stocker, IC unloading and positioning apparatus, and IC feed system ICs with leadframes can be efficiently transferred, stocked and positioned without the need for preparing jigs for each kind of IC. A cassette 4 accommodating a stack of ICs is inserted into a cassette space 35 and held in the center thereof. A moving table 9 ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5575612 | Apparatus for stacking bundles of sheets An apparatus for stacking bundles of sheets includes an elongate stacking table capable of movement upwardly and downwardly, the stacking table being lowered in accordance with an increase in stacking amount of the bundles of sheets. A single-side-openabl... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5562399 | Automatic mail stacker A stacker for stacking paper documents seriatim is disclosed. The stacker includes: a platform, a helix extending upwardly from the platform; and a device for rotating the helix, whereby a paper document placed at the bottom of the helix can be driven upw... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5537731 | Method for automatic forming of packs of trimmed metal sheets for the manufacture of armatures of electrical machinery or the like In a method for the automatic forming of packs of trimmed metal sheets for armatures of electrical machinery or the like, the pack (P') is formed by the controlled drop of a sheet stack (P) housed in a tubular magazine (1) open at the bottom. The pack is ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5484255 | High capacity, high speed document accumulator A collating machine for stacking sheets of paper fed seriatim thereto from a singulating feeder comprises a deck including a stacking area and a plurality of upper, endless, elastic belts, each of the belts moving around a pair of upstream and downstream ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5441381 | Box stacker This is a box stacker which is related with a box shaping machine. The boxes come out at the bottom of the machine and drop by gravity onto a conveyor belt and are conveyed to one end of this belt where the stacker which is object of this invention is loc... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5435541 | Frame arranged in a machine for temporarily supporting a plate-like workpiece in a horizontal plane A frame is designed for temporarily supporting a horizontal plate-like workpiece until it undergoes a vertical translation between guiding and squaring stops, which frame is located in a machine. The frame comprises lateral retractable supporting surfaces... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5433582 | Device for discharging papers A device for stacking papers having a disk with a top and bottom surface, a means for rotating the disk, a pair of symmetrically opposing movable walls having opposing longitudinal flat wall sections that are kept in a parallel space apart relationship. T... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5397213 | Conveying devices used in a semiconductor assembly line A conveyor system used in semiconductor manufacturing line, etc. including guide rails which guide workpieces in one direction and a pair of magazine stackers for workpieces installed at both ends of the workpiece guide rails and has magazine guide rails,... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5372569 | Method and apparatus for positioning collapsed slotted boxes in a box erector A method and apparatus for accurately positioning a plurality of slotted boxes which are in a flat collapsed state, in a magazine of a box erector. The box erector handles and sets up the boxes into a position having an open top for subsequently receiving... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5292224 | Apparatus for holding stacked workpieces and feeding the same An apparatus for holding a plurality of workpieces (W) in a stack on a pallet (22), supporting the workpieces (W) in place on the pallet (22) by a plurality of workpiece support rods (26), and transporting and transferring the uppermost workpiece by a wor... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5282716 | Method and apparatus for stacking, aligning and compressing signatures A stack of signatures are dropped upon the platform halves of a rotatable platform, the platform halves being raised to reduce the free fall distance from the point where the stack of signatures are dropped and a lower stack ejection position. The platfor... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5197590 | Hopper loader A hopper loader interfaced with a variety of hoppers/feeders having a horizontal infeed conveyor with a hand-feed belt section near the input end movable between an operative position for hand-feed operation and a lowered position to facilitate automatic ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5175692 | Method and apparatus for palletizing randomly arriving mixed size and content parcels A method and apparatus are described for automatically palletizing parcels of various sizes, shapes and contents which arrive in random order at a pickup point to be transferred onto a pallet. A system is disclosed including a digital computer operating u... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5114306 | Dual drive stacker and method for operating same A dual drive signature stacker having side-by-side stacker sections, each of substantially identical design and including a stepper motor for driving a pair of buckets for receiving signatures secured at spaced intervals along a drive chain driven by the ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5104283 | Orbital stacker This invention relates to a container stacker having at least one moving member attached to an endless flexible element. The moving member delivers containers from a delivery device to a container receiving surface and moves the containers across the cont... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5074735 | Wicketing apparatus A wicket post mounting in a bag stacking machine includes a base unit bolted to a conveyor plate. The base unit includes an upstanding wall with a plurality of machined, vertical post receptacles or openings. Each receptacle is identical to receive and ph... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4964782 | Pallet dispensing machine with latch mechanism A palley dispensing machine with latch mechanism for the same machine. A plurality of pallets are positioned in an upright movable frame positioned in a stationary frame. The latch mechanism holds the stack of pallets as the movable frame is lowered and s... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4927321 | Device for stacking batches of flat objects in a vertical file A stacking device includes an infeed table for batches destined to be assembled in a layer to be placed on a pile, and a conveying device for moving the layer over the pile and for supporting the layer above the pile. The conveying device includes an arra... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4887807 | Side-limit stop for a device for separating of paper pieces from a stack The invention relates to the sidestop (20) guides, in the separating device (10), in particular a device for feeding a franking machine, the respective pile (11) of letters to be franked, irrespective of their particular format, by the front part of their... | 12/19/1989 |
