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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7222550 | Adjusting device with automatic release mechanism An adjusting device has a carriage, at least one guide element, on which the carriage is mounted such that it can be moved, a shifting device for moving the carriage, and a securing mechanism for securing the carriage in a desired position. To provide an improved ad... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219792 | Article carrying apparatus An article carrying apparatus for carrying, in a carrying direction, an article placed on a carry face of a carry section making use of a vibration, includes: the carry section provided with the carry face of which the carrying direction is linearly restricted; and ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207232 | Continuously variable transmission, and a transfer case including a continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission including a drive element rotatable about a drive axis, an output element rotatable about an output axis parallel to the drive axis, and an adjusting mechanism with which the drive axis and the output axis can be laterally offset... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204364 | Lifting device Lift device for lifting or, as the case may be, lowering of a support device (2, 3B, 5) of a transport track segment of a transport device for work pieces or the like, which are deposited upon plates, pallets or framework like work piece carriers (5... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188602 | Concentric internal combustion rotary engine An internal combustion rotary engine includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet and a rotatable rotor centrally mounted within the housing. The rotor includes a plurality of pockets located about its circumference, the rotor further being connected to a rotor ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7013938 | Shiftable rolling feed device for a wood planing machine A drive shiftable rolling feed device includes front and rear feed rollers mounted on a support carriage of a wood planing machine for feeding a workpiece, a reduction gear train disposed to convert a primary drive of a cutter shaft into two reduction drives and cou... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6974407 | Cushioning conversion machine and method A conversion machine and related method for making a dunnage product by converting a sheet-like stock material of at least one ply into a dunnage product is characterized by a manual reversing mechanism that is useful, for example, for clearing paper jams. The conve... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6918328 | Method of and apparatus for counteracting the lack of balance of parts in a cutoff for cigarettes and the like Lack of balance of a crank mechanism, which reciprocates a ledger having one or more guides for one or more cigarette rods or filter rods each issuing from a maker and being subdivided into a row of cigarettes or filter mouthpieces, is at least partially counteracte... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6694564 | Reciprocating linear sweeping wiper mechanism comprising improved means guiding the carriage in its guide rail A reciprocating linear sweeping wiping mechanism includes a guide and drive carriage bearing at least a wiper element slidingly mounted inside at least a rigid longitudinal guide rail produced in the form of a hollow extruded profile. The transverse posit... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6666241 | Wood planing device for a wood planing machine A wood planing device includes a support carriage movably mounted on a wood planing machine, and a rotatable shaft rotatably mounted on the carriage and having a coupling segment. A coupling sleeve surrounds the shaft and is movable between engaging and d... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6655427 | Wood planing machine with an error reducing unit for a workpiece thickness to be removed A wood planing machine includes a carriage having four corners mounted on a base via four hollow posts. Four screw rods are disposed rotatably in the posts. Four tubular threaded members are secured to the corners of the carriage, and are disposed within ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6546975 | Wood planing machine with a carriage height adjusting unit A wood planing machine includes a base, posts extending upright from the base, a cutter carriage mounted slidably on the posts, a pair of screw rods associated with the cutter carriage, a motor with an output shaft, and a carriage height adjusting unit th... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6415829 | Wood planing machine that permits motor-driven height adjustment of a cutter carriage In a wood planing machine having rotatable screw rods and a cutter carriage with threaded members that engage the screw rods, a gear mounting seat is slidable along a drive shaft that is parallel to and that is rotatable with the screw rods. Upper and low... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6102355 | Motion imparting support for CRT monitors and similar devices A support device for imparting repetitive motion to items such as a computer monitor. The device has a support base connected to drive means which impart either a reciprocal, an up-and-down or both motions to the support to induce relief and therapy to th... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6080039 | Table drive for multi-axis machine tool A machine tool comprising a bed, a worktable movable relative to the bed along a linear path and a tool movable to engage a workpiece on the worktable wherein drive means for effecting the movement of the worktable relative to the bed and therefore to the... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5752811 | Linear actuator mechanism for converting rotary to linear movement including one end pulley Line attached to the stationary anchor and other end attached to the take-up drum A linear actuator and pump unit for precision displacement of fluids in which a positive displacement, piston pump is coupled to an actuator mechanism having a carriage on a guide that is displaced by a rotary drive connected to a take-up drum on an ancho... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5713098 | Wiper system A system for cleaning light transmitting elements such as windscreens, window-panes or optical instruments, comprising a wiper arm supported by a carriage performing reciprocating movements, and a intermediate gear means for transforming rotary movements ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5698959 | Robot with two dimensional driving mechanism An object of the present invention is to provide a robot, which is capable of moving a multi-joint arm unit in a broad area with high positioning accuracy and high speed. In the robot of the present invention, first guides are arranged in a first directio... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5553565 | Work moving device in sewing machine In a sewing machine which moves a work to be sewed with respect to a sewing needle which stitches a seam on the work, a work moving device includes: a pair of stationary racks spaced from each other, the stationary racks being set in parallel with each ot... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5175420 | Bar code scanner having a light source/photodetector movable in a raster pattern Apparatus for reading bar codes on integrated circuit wafers during both the integrated circuit manufacturing process and the wafer manufacturing process which include placing a wafer in fixed position over a bar code scanner. The scanner includes a motor... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5113224 | Reciprocating driving device A reciprocating driving device is provided with a reciprocating moving member supported to be movable in a predetermined direction and the reverse direction. A first rack is provided on the reciprocating moving member, and a second rack is provided on the... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5099760 | Apparatus for effecting a rapid adjustment of machine members or the like Apparatus for affecting positional adjustment of a machine member has an adjustment screw nonrotatably connected to the machine member and screwed into a nut formed as a worm wheel. The worm wheel, meshes with a worm, connected by a worm shaft to an actua... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5040427 | Moving apparatus A moving mechanism according to the present invention includes a fixed base, a moving member movably provided with respect to the fixed base, a driving motor mounted on the moving member, a driving shaft rotatably supported by the moving member and rotate... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4854719 | Grain stirring apparatus Grain stirring apparatus includes a stirrer and a stirrer drive motor which are supported on a carrier which is reciprocably movable along a rotatable shaft, the shaft being supported on a carriage for movement in a direction transverse to the movement of... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4726240 | Transfer mechanism and drive with straight line lift and lower A power drive and lift-and-carry mechanism in which a rotary input drives a mechanical system to produce a relatively long dwell stage and, in combination with a crank drive mechanism, produces a transfer motion with a substantially straight lift and lowe... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4702363 | Combination electric and mechanical servo drive clutch A clutch for mechanically and electrically disconnecting the servo drive of a reciprocable transfer mechanism comprises a housing having bores for the acceptance of a reciprocable piston and a transfer bar, respectively, said piston having a roller and sa... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4697466 | Drive device for press A drive device for a press wherein a drive device assembly provided with a quick-return mechanism capable of changing its speed characteristic in different degrees is built in a unitary case, each unit case being freely attachable and detachable at the cr... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4599909 | Linear transfer drive for a pick and place material handling apparatus A compact intermittent, linear motion transfer drive mechanism for a pick and place material handling apparatus incorporating a pair of oscillating crank arms for imparting motion along mutually perpendicular axes to linearly movable shaft members capable... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4580942 | Device for the manipulation of workpieces, assembly parts, or the like A device for the manipulation of workpieces or the like has a stepping transmission with a click-stop setting and located in a gearbox and it regulates two reciprocal motions of the workpiece holding mechanism through cam plates fastened to a drive shaft.... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4577483 | System for the continuous operation of a cold pilger rolling mill A spur gear assembly for axially mounting and supporting an end of a feed screw for each carriage and is driven from the main drive, since these feed screws of each carriage are arranged coaxially along a line parallel to a passline of the pilger mill. Th... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4574941 | Workpiece conveying apparatus A workpiece conveying apparatus for a working machine including provided with a slider rail arranged vertically on the body of the workpiece conveying apparatus, a drive source, a parallel link consisting of the slider link which is fitted crossing at rig... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4542660 | Cam-type hydraulic driving device A cam-type hydraulic driving device for producing hydraulic pressure and distributing the same to a plurality of hydraulic actuator cylinders of a transfer feeder or the like apparatus. The cam-type hydraulic driving mechanism includes a plurality of rota... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4534252 | Ledger for cut-off devices in cigarette machines A ledger mechanism for a rod cutting apparatus comprises a ledger; a coupling rod on which the ledger is fixedly mounted; and a pair of spaced gear arrangements each having a gear ratio of 2:1 to generate a pair of points, one point on each gear arrangeme... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4515025 | Apparatus for driving take-up elements for palletizable load units Apparatus (1) for driving take-up elements (7) for palletizable load units (4), which are intended to effect cycles of movement each including at least a first and a second horizontal movement in opposite directions from each other, with a vertical moveme... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4411299 | Log splitter An apparatus for splitting logs and the like is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an elongated track having an upstanding splitting wedge attached thereto and a ram slidingly mounted thereon. The ram includes an upstanding abutment plate and an upstandin... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4406390 | Continuous motion, constant velocity web feeding apparatus This invention includes apparatus providing for continuous motion and constant velocity to a traveling web usually including at least one film. A pair of grippers are arranged to grasp the film and are alternately actuated to advance the web. Each of the ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4378706 | Reciprocally driving device A copying apparatus includes device for reciprocally driving an original scanning device having a drive source movable in a predetermined direction, a movement converting device for converting the movement of the drive source into a reciprocal movement in... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4347961 | Rapid advance long dwell feed mechanism for multiple slide machines A rotary power transfer component incorporated in the rotary to reciprocating motion conversion drive mechanism which operates the reciprocating feeder of a multiple slide machine increases the time available to the forming operation by correspondingly de... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4315586 | Double-eccentric locking means A strip-feed mechanism employing hold and feed gripper blades has a horizontal drive shaft with an adjustable eccentric assembly on it projecting from one side of a frame for easy access and adjustment. To accommodate extremely thin sheet material, the ho... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4315683 | Cam yoke for electrophotocopier reciprocating carriage An improvement in an electrophotocopying machine having a reciprocating carriage driven by a constant speed chain having a drive pin coupled thereto. The improvement comprises a camming yoke fixedly connected to the reciprocating carriage and disposed in ... | 02/16/1982 |
