| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 198382000 | By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to uniform facing | 54 |
| 20100012459 | Device For Ordered Arrangement of Articles - The device comprises: a chute, on which tubes arranged in a line and with a random orientation of closed and open heads thereof, fall by gravity towards a rotor activated by a motor with stepped | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100193325 | METHOD OF CONVEYING PREFORMS AND HIGH SPEED DEVICE FOR TIPPING PREFORMS - Method of orienting preforms, wherein in a first step the preforms ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110233030 | BOOKLET HANDLING APPARATUS AND BOOKLET HANDLING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a booklet handling apparatus includes a take in unit to take in a booklet in a closed state, a conveying unit to convey the booklet taken in by the take in unit to a predetermined position in a first direction, a page turning unit to turn, about a stitch of the booklet, a back cover of the booklet conveyed to the predetermined position by the conveying unit, a push up unit to push up a front cover of the booklet pivoting about the stitch thereof by rotating a push up cam arranged in contact with the front cover of the booklet, a support unit to support the front cover pushed up by the push up unit, and a folding unit to fold the front cover by conveying the booklet in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the predetermined position using the conveying unit while the support unit supports the front cover. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120168279 | DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING CONTAINERS - In a device ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120217131 | UNSCRAMBLING MACHINE FOR CONTAINERS AND RELATIVE PROCESS - There is described a machine for handling and unscrambling empty containers (C) provided with a bottom and with an opening, comprising: a carousel ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130105276 | MEDIA DEPOSITORY | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130284560 | ASYMMETRIC ARTICLE HANDLING AND ORIENTATION - An asymmetric article-carrying puck is driven by a linear star conveyor through an angular rotation orienting section to orient the pucks and articles therein irrespective of random initial orientation. In one embodiment, an upper puck plate carries the article while a separated lower puck plate defines a rotational orienting circular gear rack with a rotation-stopping bridge, separating ends of the rack and inclined from a base of one end tooth in the rack to a crest of another end tooth in the rack. The lower puck plate can be a combination of two circular plates with the circular gear rack interposed therebetween and within the periphery of the circular plates. Pucks can be accumulated in mutual engaged positions and separated by the linear star into preselected pitch while transported and turned. Integral pucks can be used. The structural details and methods are disclosed. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130292227 | DOUGH PRODUCT ALIGNING METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention relates to a method and a device for aligning dough pieces on a conveying surface of a conveyor. The device is arranged for performing the following steps: providing at least one dough piece to a supply device arrange above the conveying surface; supplying the dough piece onto the conveying surface which is moving in a conveyance direction, and wherein the dough piece is supplied up-stream of a roller arranged at a distance above said conveying surface; blocking the conveyance of the dough piece by the roller, wherein said roller is driven to rotate in a rotation direction such that a peripheral velocity at a side of said roller facing said conveying surface is substantially opposite to said conveyance direction; temporarily reversing said rotation direction of the roller in order to pass the dough piece underneath said roller; and conveying the dough piece on said conveying surface. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140069773 | DIVERTER ARM AND METHOD - A system for aligning items, such as bottles, includes a rotating plate and a diverter arm that extends outward over a top surface of the plate towards the plate edge. A rotating channel may surround the plate. In operation, bottles are dropped onto the plate and rotated by the plate against the arm. The distance between the top surface of the arm and the plate surface is such that the arm generally diverts the bottles outward and guides them into free gaps within the channel. The distance is also configured such that as bottles back-up, waiting for free channel gaps, the arm allows any buckling bottles to pass over and back onto the plate, rather than into the channel. The distance may also be configured such that the arm acts like a scoop. As bottles back-up behind the arm, the arm presses under the bottles along the arm and passes them over, relieving the pressure. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140131167 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STOPPING AND/OR ALIGNING TRANSPORT GOODS ON A CONVEYING DEVICE, AND CONVEYING DEVICE - A device for stopping and/or aligning transport goods on a conveying device, in particular a roller conveyor, device has a main part and a stopping device that can be moved out of the main part into a conveying path of the conveying device in order to stop and/or align the transport goods that are transported along the conveying path. The stopping device comprises at least two separate stops that can be moved between a working position, which projects into the conveying plane, and a rest position, which is retracted with respect to the conveying plane, by means of a common actuator device. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140174884 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT COUNTING, GROUPING AND DISCHARGING - An apparatus and method to efficiently and accurately count, group and discharge individual products from a production line. The apparatus and methods are suitable for a variety of products, including products with irregular shapes, and/or products that travel down production lines at irregular intervals. In one embodiment the apparatus can have a delivery conveyor having a product sensor; a grouping conveyor adjacent to the delivery conveyor having a plurality of containment areas to receive a plurality of products; and a controller communicatively connected to the delivery conveyor, the grouping conveyor, and the product sensor, the controller configured to count product traveling on the delivery conveyor during a grouping sequence and to discharge a product group from the grouping conveyor during a discharge sequence at a predetermined product count. The grouping conveyor can be at substantially right angles to the delivery conveyor. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140339048 | System and Method for Singulating and Separating a Plurality of Non-Oriented Items - An aspect of the present invention provides a system for transferring a plurality of non-oriented items. The system includes a feeding area, a conveyor and a rail. The feeding area can accept the plurality of non-oriented items. The conveyor has a first end, a second end, a conveyor length disposed between the first end and the second end, a conveyor first side, a conveyor second side, a conveyor width disposed between the conveyor first side and the conveyor second side, and a conveyor ledge along the second side. The rail is disposed above the conveyor and from the conveyor ledge at a distance equal to one of the item height, the item width and the item length. A first portion of the plurality of non-oriented items will convey along the conveyor path. A second portion of the plurality of non-oriented items will fall off the conveyor ledge. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150314965 | Handling Systems and Methods - One or more systems for handling one or more articles, wherein at least one article has a first orientation that deviates from a desired orientation. One or more systems include an infeed conveyor system including an infeed conveyor belt moving at a first speed and an aligning conveyor system including an aligning conveyor belt moving at a second speed and/or a static surface and having portions that form a trough in which an article may be oriented in a sliding engagement to a second orientation that deviates from the desired orientation less than the first orientation. One or more methods include contacting an aligning conveyor system having an aligning conveyor belt and/or a static surface that forms a trough with an article that has a first orientation that deviates from a desired orientation and allowing the article to move laterally within the trough to a second orientation that deviates from a desired orientation less than the first orientation. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160176652 | Singulating Conveyor System | 06-23-2016 |
| 198383000 | Including significantly shaped portion of conveyor cooperating with significantly shaped item to face item | 22 |
| 20080314716 | Finishing Machines Used to Orient Objects - An improvement to finishing machines that are used to orient objects. The finishing machine includes a hopper for receiving loose objects, such as lids, and an endless belt for extracting the lids from the hopper. The belt moves vertically upwards with the lids and sorts the lids automatically, such that only correctly-oriented lids are retained. The machine is also equipped with a combined system for ejecting and conveying oriented lids, including: a plate which covers the upper part of the belt and which extends laterally beyond the belt, downstream thereof, in order to support the lids as they are ejected from the grooves in the belt; devices for ejecting the lids from the grooves and for subsequently conveying same beyond the grooves downstream, the ejection devices including jets of propellant fluid which pass through the plate by an arrangement of eyes; and a casing which is disposed on the plate and into which the propellant fluid is introduced and maintained under pressure by a turbine, the casing extending over the entire surface of the plate. In addition, the downstream part of the casing includes a routing conveyor with an adjustable height, which transports the oriented lids toward the use stations. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090255779 | Supply unit - A supply unit for positionally correct feeding of component parts, for example connecting elements, from an unordered quantity in a holder to a processing unit, comprising a sword-shaped conveyor element with a drive unit for moving at least one section comprising a transport or conveyor surface of the conveyor element in a back and forth stroke movement along an inner surface of the holder, the component element dips into an area of the holder occupied by the component parts, and transports the component parts to a transport route provided above said area for transporting away the required component parts with the conveyor element to the transport route. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20130277171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING PELLET-SHAPED ARTICLES - A carrier bar to convey at least one pellet-shaped article along a predetermined conveyer path in a direction of travel, the carrier bar comprises at least one pocket adapted to receive a pellet-shaped article and each pocket having a pocket wall, and a product settling area included in each pocket and having a dimple defined in the product settling area by an edge, said dimple adapted to seat the bottom side of the pellet-shaped article, wherein said dimple is offset from a center of said product settling area and said dimple is shaped to position, hold, or bias a portion of the pellet-shaped article towards and/or against a portion of the pocket wall. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140054132 | VIBRATION FEEDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A vibration feeding apparatus comprises an alignment track that is operative to receive electronic components and to arrange the electronic components in a desired orientation by vibrating and accelerating the electronic components located on the alignment track. An inspection station rejects electronic components that are not in the desired orientation onto a reject track for reintroduction to the alignment track. A spreading unit adjacent to the alignment track then transfers rejected electronic components from the reject track to the alignment track for arranging the electronic components in the desired orientation. | 02-27-2014 |
| 198384000 | Including orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets and means moving item within pocket | 2 |
| 20110108389 | CANS OR BOTTLES ORIENTATOR - Apparatus ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20120138425 | Method and Apparatus for Orienting Articles - A method for sorting and/or orienting caps using an automated capping line can comprise providing a single cap to a cap-receiving cavity defined in a body of a puck. In various embodiments, the body can be vibrated to settle and/or orient the cap to a properly oriented position within the cap-receiving cavity. In at least one embodiment, the vibrating can include applying horizontal vibration and/or vertical vibration to the body. As a result, the properly oriented caps can be conveyed to a capping machine configured to apply each cap to a cap-receiving portion of a container. | 06-07-2012 |
| 198389000 | For shaped item suspended in or by shaped passageway | 1 |
| 20090211878 | Orienting and feeding apparatus for manufacturing line - The present improvement is useful for orienting and feeding blow molded preforms. Cylindrical preforms have larger threaded necks with larger encircling discs below the necks. A pair of belts is provided for conveying objects downstream. The gap between these belts is less than the disc diameter of the preforms. An output means is provided for receiving the oriented objects and directing them downstream. A means is provided at the output of the belts for deflecting any improperly oriented preforms back for recirculation. An increase in the feed rate of the preforms is achieved by an agitation means such as a blower positioned to disperse the interlocked assemblages and help move the preforms down into the belts. | 08-27-2009 |
| 198390000 | For shaped item fitting outline of shaped passageway | 3 |
| 20110180369 | APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING AND ARRANGING BAKERY PRODUCTS - An apparatus for conveying and arranging bakery products such as hot dog buns or breadsticks. The products are delivered with their length dimensions at a variety of angular orientations and some products inverted. An aligning conveyor receives misaligned products on adjacent belts or other drive members which are driven at differential speeds to rotate the products to the proper orientation. Inverted products are conveyed against guide rails which are arranged to interact with the curved edges on the tops of the buns to roll the inverted products over. The products are conveyed in discrete lanes to properly organize them for packaging. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120111696 | APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING AND ARRANGING BAKERY PRODUCTS - An apparatus for conveying and arranging bakery products such as hot dog buns or breadsticks. The products are delivered with their length dimensions at a variety of angular orientations and some products inverted. An aligning conveyor receives misaligned products on adjacent belts or other drive members which are driven at differential speeds to rotate the products to the proper orientation. Inverted products are conveyed against guide rails which are arranged to interact with the curved edges on the tops of the buns to roll the inverted products over. The products are conveyed in discrete lanes to properly organize them for packaging. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20150027851 | DISTRIBUTOR UNIT - A distributor unit, suitable to distribute tablets, comprises an aligner channel cooperating with a transfer channel having an entrance zone. Feed means are associated to said transfer channel in order to work on the tablets. | 01-29-2015 |
| 198391000 | Via vibrating bowl having shaped passageway | 1 |
| 20080296126 | PRODUCT TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A product transport apparatus is provided that includes a transport section for transporting a product by oscillating; a driving section for applying oscillations to the transport section; a product supply section for storing products therein, the product supply section having an aperture for supplying the stored products to the transport section; and a supply stop section that can stop the supply of the products from the aperture by being brought close to the aperture, wherein, when the products are supplied from the product supply section to the transport section, the supply stop section moves away from the aperture and the supply stop section causes at least some of the products on the supply stop section to move toward the transport section by oscillating. | 12-04-2008 |
| 198392000 | Via rotating means having shaped passageway or exit | 9 |
| 20080283358 | Apparatus for Longitudinally Aligning Concrete Blocks on a Conveyor - An apparatus provided for orienting concrete blocks into a desired position comprises a pair of upper and lower turntables including respectively upper and lower block supporting surfaces. The lower supporting surface extends outwardly of, and below, the upper supporting surface. A stationary peripheral wall extends outwardly of the lower turntable and defines with the upper turntable and the lower supporting surface a gutter. The gutter is dimensioned to receive blocks therein in a substantially longitudinal orientation thereof. An outlet is provided at a downstream end of the gutter for allowing the substantially oriented blocks to be discharged from the apparatus. Therefore, concrete blocks, or the like, fed to the apparatus are received by the upper turntable, are then positioned in the gutter under the rotation of the upper and lower turntables, which typically rotate at different speeds, and are then discharged from the apparatus via the outlet. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090283384 | MACHINE FOR ORIENTING AND ALIGNING ARTICLES - A rotary structure carries cavities with an upper inlet for receiving articles and an open bottom for dropping articles distributed along a closed circuit, and funnel-shaped conduits, each of which is located below a respective cavity to receive an article therefrom, means for temporarily supporting the articles in the cavities and dropping them into the corresponding conduits in a site of the closed circuit, and support elements in each cavity to cooperate with parts of the article when the latter falls in order to confer to it a predetermined orientation inside the conduit. The cavities have their inlets in a perimetric ring surrounding a receptacle for the accumulation of the articles on a bottom formed by a rotating disk the peripheral edge of which reaches, upon rotating, a level above the perimetric ring. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090308714 | HIGH RATE PREFORM FEEDING DEVICE - Centrifugal feeder device comprising an outer enclosure ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100206693 | LONG AXIS COMPONENT LOADER - A component loader orients a component along its long-axis for transfer from a rotatable load plate. The load plate has an outer peripheral edge and an upper surface inclined from a horizontal plane. Slots on the upper surface terminate at the outer edge of the load plate and are sized to receive at least one elongate chip lying with its long axis perpendicular to the axis of the load plate and in parallel with radius of the load plate. An outer wall conforms to the curvature of the outer edge and is mounted adjacent thereto. A transfer slot extends axially from and into the upper surface of the load plate on outer ends of the slots and terminates at the outer edge of the load plate. Each transfer slot is shaped so that a chip descending therein from a slot has a ninety degree rotation about the long axis. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100314216 | APPARATUS FOR UNSCRAMBLING AND ORIENTING PREFORMS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL - An apparatus ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110073439 | Aligning and Feeding Device - An aligning and feeding device capable of reliably aligning objects having a plane shape with an unequal ratio of length to width longitudinally and feeding them is provided. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110174593 | FEEDER FOR ROBOTS, AUTOMATION MEANS AND THE LIKE - A feeder for robots, automation means and the like, comprising a frame that has a supporting bed for the parts to be fed and vision means for recognizing the parts to be fed, the supporting bed being connected to elements for rotation about a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the plane of arrangement of the parts to be fed. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120234648 | ARTICLE FEED SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING AND SINGULATING ARTICLES - An article feed system for aligning and singulating incoming articles includes a rotatable upper rim surface and an article delivery device that delivers articles received by the article delivery device to the upper rim surface. A drive system is operatively connected to the outer bowl that rotates the outer bowl. A guide wall extends upwardly above the upper rim surface that guides the articles travelling along the upper rim surface toward an exit opening in the guide wall. A vertically oriented article engaging-type conveyor is at the exit opening in the guide wall. The vertically oriented article engaging-type conveyor includes a moving article engaging surface that is exposed to the exit opening in the guide wall for receiving the articles when they exit the exit opening. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20140116843 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ORIENTING ARTICLES - An apparatus for orienting articles includes a bowl having a sidewall and angled relative to horizontal, a disc disposed in the bowl and rotatable relative to the bowl, the disc having a radius proximate its outer periphery defining a groove sized to receive one of the articles in a predetermined orientation, and a diverter for diverting canisters contained in the groove through an outlet in the sidewall of the bowl. | 05-01-2014 |
| 198393000 | Including orbiting progression of item-fitting elements passing through supply of scrambled items | 2 |
| 20090166153 | Conveyor for a preparation machine used to orient objects - The invention relates to a conveyor which can be used to route oriented objects, such as caps, covers, lids, etc. from a finishing machine of the type comprising a belt, a vibrating bowl or other. The inventive conveyor consists of a module ( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110259714 | METHOD AND CONVEYOR DEVICE FOR RETURNING EMPTIES, IN PARTICULAR BOTTLES AND CANS - The present invention relates to a method for returning empties, in particular bottles and cans, having a bulk input, in which the empties ( | 10-27-2011 |
| 198394000 | By conveying an item that has a position characteristic and rotating the item until it is positioned | 2 |
| 20100012460 | CONTAINER CARRIER TURNING DEVICE FOR A CONTAINER CARRIER CONVEYOR - It is described a container carrier turning device for a specimen container ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100126827 | Apparatus for aligning vouchers - The invention relates to an apparatus for aligning at least one voucher ( | 05-27-2010 |
| 198395000 | With control means actuated in response to sensing of improperly faced item | 7 |
| 20080202894 | MISALIGNED ARTICLE DISENGAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A DISC SINGULATOR - The disengagement system is for use at an output of a centrifugal disc singulator in which elongated articles exit lengthwise following a substantially tangential output path at a periphery of a rotary disc. The rotary disc has a vertical rotation axis and an upper article-receiving area surrounded by a peripheral wall. The disengagement system comprises a lateral conveyor positioned at a radially-outer side of the output, and a vertically-extending fulcrum member positioned at a radially-inner side of the output. In use, a misaligned article is moved out of the output by the disengagement system and back to the article-receiving area. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100200362 | DEVICE FOR LOADING CONTAINERS ON A TRANSPORTING ELEMENT PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR EJECTING INCORRECTLY LOADED CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a device ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20120261232 | WORKPIECE FEEDER AND ADJUSTMENT-AND-SEPARATION APPARATUS - A workpiece feeder includes a forward stage that separates base plates from one another and adjusts the base plates into correct top-bottom orientation and a pickup unit that individually holds the separated and adjusted base plates and horizontally aligns the held base plate into correct planar posture while feeding the held base plate to a destination. The forward stage includes a stage body that has a stage surface on which the base plates are placed and is movably supported so as to shift the stage surface and a drive unit that applies separate impacts to the stage body so that the stage body moves to apply a bouncing force and a shifting force orthogonal to the bouncing force due to the separate impacts to the base plates. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130001044 | Bottle Feed Station - Station for feeding bottles ( | 01-03-2013 |
| 20140131168 | Aligning Apparatus and Method for Glass Substrate - The present invention provides an aligning apparatus for glass substrate to properly align the glass substrate during transfer along a conveyor. The aligning apparatus includes a plurality of rollers, at least a pair of directional beams, at least a pair of positioning devices, a piston, and a detecting device. The detecting device is used to detect whether there is an offset of the glass substrate during the transportation, and the piston will be triggered once an offset is found and determined. The piston will move the positioning device such that a portion of the positioning device which extends to the roller will push the offset glass substrate so as to bring the glass substrate back to the correct position. The present invention also discloses a method to conduct the alignment of the glass substrate. By the disclosure of the present invention, the glass substrate transferred on the rollers can be automatically adjusted and aligned once an offset is found. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140311860 | BILL POSITION CORRECTION METHOD USING THE CHARACTERISTIC OF STEP LOSS OF STEP MOTOR - When a bill is inserted into the bill acceptor, sensor components sense the insertion of bill, bill-pressing roller set of bill transmission mechanism is driven to press bill, bill-transfer roller set is driven to transfer bill the bill-pressing roller set is released from the bill, and step motors of alignment correction unit are controlled to move correction devices toward each other to align the bill with the center line of bill passage subject to a predetermined number of steps. If the resistance force from bill is larger than the thrust force produced during rotation of step motors, utilize the step loss status of step motors and enable transmission devices to move correction devices away from bill when the rotation of step motors reaches the predetermined number of steps, and then enable bill-pressing roller set to press bill again and then enable bill-transfer roller set to transfer bill. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20160176651 | Device and Method for Orienting Noncircular Containers | 06-23-2016 |
| 198396000 | Including separating item from scrambled supply hopper | 6 |
| 20080296127 | Article-Positioning Machine - The invention relates to an article-positioning machine. The inventive machine comprises means for collecting the articles in a plurality of individual housings which move in a closed circuit and for enabling the articles to fall through at least one drop zone, each of the oriented articles being directed into a corresponding alignment conduit which moves together with each housing. The machine also comprises release means for removing the oriented and aligned articles from the alignment conduits and moving same to an outfaced conveyor. Moreover, each alignment conduit comprises an upper portion which is used to collect articles from the corresponding housing, at least one self-guided mobile middle portion which defines at least one and a lower portion which receives the articles and which comprises at least two compartments to which the article can be transferred. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080314717 | Machine for Orienting and Aligning Articles - The invention relates to a machine for orienting and aligning articles, of the type that comprises: orientation cavities which can move along a closed path and which are equipped with an upper inlet for loading articles and an open base through which the articles can pass, a plurality of aligning conduits which are disposed below the orientation cavities, means for temporarily supporting the articles in the orientation cavities and for dropping same into the conduits, and support and/or end stop elements in each of the orientation cavities. In addition, each of the cavities comprises several seats or housings at different positions for receiving a first support and/or end stop element of the aforementioned support and/or end stop elements and retaining means for retaining said first support and/or end stop element in any of the seats or housings. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090026040 | Supply Unit for Feeding or Making Available Components, and Sorting Unit for Such Components - Disclosed is a supply unit for feeding or making available components, e.g., punching nuts or similar joining elements. Said supply unit comprises a bin that forms a storage space and is used for stocking a random number of components, and a unit for removing the components from the storage space and redirecting the components in an oriented manner, among other things. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090078534 | PLASTIC BOTTLE UNSCRAMBLER WITH VACUUM SETTLING TABLES - A plastic bottle unscrambler, wherein the tables ( | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090139837 | Article Alignment Apparatus - There is provided an article alignment apparatus | 06-04-2009 |
| 198397010 | By orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets passing through supply | 1 |
| 20100294620 | MICROPIPETTE SORTING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM - A micropipette sorting and packaging system includes a base, a XY platform, a carrying platform, a vibration tray, an automatic discharge mechanism and a control unit. With the installation of the automatic discharge mechanism, a conventional sorting and packaging design adopting a robotic arm is replaced to reduce occupied space and lower installation costs. | 11-25-2010 |
| 198398000 | By distinguishing between alternatively faced items and conveying uniformly faced items | 3 |
| 20090000911 | CANTILEVER ROLL-UP CONVEYOR ARRANGEMENT - The present invention is a conveyor arrangement for a stamping die employed within a stamping press. The conveyor arrangement has a fixed conveyor with a protruding end, wherein the fixed conveyor is mounted on the die for receiving and shuttling stamped parts from the die. The conveyor arrangement also has a moveable conveyor with a supported first end and a cantilevered second end, wherein the moveable conveyor is arranged for positioning the second end under the fixed conveyor's protruding end for receiving and shuttling stamped parts from the fixed conveyor. | 01-01-2009 |
| 198399000 | By turning only improperly faced items to uniform facing | 1 |
| 20080210517 | ADJUSTABLE NECK GUIDE - A container transport system can have adjustable neck guides coupled along a container transport line and a neck guide positioning system operably coupled thereto. The neck guide positioning system can move the neck guides relative to the container transport line in correspondence with shapes of containers. The neck guides can extend continuously along the container transport line. | 09-04-2008 |
| 198400000 | By partially turning all items to uniform facing and direction | 1 |
| 20100108466 | BOTTLE ORIENTING DEVICE - A bottle orienting device for orienting bottles including a neck with an opening on one end thereof in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes a first belt operable to advance a bottle in a first direction, a stationary kicker extending upward relative to a lower surface of the bottle as it moves in the first direction and positioned in a path of travel of the bottle such that the bottle will rotate around the kicker as it passes the kicker, and a rotation deflector positioned above the kicker and upstream from the kicker, the rotation deflector positioned such that it prevents rotation of the bottle when desired. | 05-06-2010 |
