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7182199 Systems, methods and apparatuses for manufacturing dosage forms  
Systems, methods and apparatuses for manufacturing dosage forms, and to dosage forms made using such systems, methods and apparatuses are provided. Novel compression, thermal cycle molding, and...
7178665 Converting a pre-existing conveyor frame into a belt conveyor  
A kit and associated methods for converting a pre-existing conveyor frame into a belt conveyor. The converted conveyor comprises a U-shaped pan mounted to the top of a pre-existing conveyor frame....
7178664 Belt device, image forming apparatus and endless belt  
A belt device that includes an endless belt having a projection on an inner surface of the endless belt, the projection extending parallel to a running direction of the endless belt and a support...
7178663 Conductor loop  
The invention relates to a conductor loop, embedded in a polymer, in particular an elastomeric material, in the form of a flex construction, comprising a single flex, or multiple flexes, whereby...
7178662 Conveyor belt  
An endless conveyor belt for an air conditioning plant, in which the conveyor belt extends helically along part of its length, comprising transverse rods ( 4 ) and lateral elements ( 3 ). The...
7178661 Overhead conveyer with high friction drive tube  
An overhead rotatably powered conveyer drive shaft has ridges inter-engaged with skewed driven wheels mounted for free rotation on a load carrying carriage to trace a helical loci of engagement and...
7178660 Workpiece transport system with independently driven platforms  
A manufacturing operation having a first production area, a second production area, and a plurality of platforms each having independently controllable drive assemblies for moving the platforms...
7178659 Methods and apparatuses for inducting articles onto a conveyor  
An novel apparatus and technique may be used to induct articles onto a conveyor comprising at least one conveyor belt that moves articles along a first path that extends in a first direction. The...
7178658 Article store  
The store arranged between production and packaging having an endless, circulating pair of chains on which the product-carrying gondolas are suspended for swinging action. The pair of chains, which...
7175018 Conveyor assembly  
The conveyor apparatus disclosed herein is generally formed of a first rail and a second rail, each rail having a plurality of rollers. A portion of the rollers are desirably drive rollers,...
7175017 In-line flipper mechanism and conveyor system for achieving the proper orientation of mail tray and mail tub receptacles  
An article or postal mail conveyor or transportation system which has an in-line mechanism integrally incorporated therein that has been specifically constructed and assembled so as to enable mail...
7174660 Snow removing machine  
A snow removing machine has an auger for plowing and collecting snow, a rotatable blower for throwing snow collected by the auger, and a shooter for guiding the snow thrown by the blower so that...
7172064 Device for feeding a wall frame  
The present invention relates to a device for feeding a planar section, e.g. a wall element, in relation to one or more working stations, e.g. nailing and/or hole making stations, the planar...
7170024 Delivery point sequencing mail sorting system with flat mail capability  
A method and apparatus for sorting articles to a delivery point sequence includes at least one article sorter adapted to sort articles and a conveying system operable to arrange and convey...
7168909 Article stacking apparatus and method  
An article stacking apparatus is provided having a barrel, a frame, a motor, and a drive mechanism. The frame is configured to support the barrel for rotation in a recumbent position. The drive...
7168905 Storage and retrieval system  
A storage and retrieval system includes a plurality of individual storage units stacked in multiple columns. Each storage unit includes wheels which engage a track for selective movement along the...
7168557 Side-flexing conveyor chain having members joined by linkages  
A side-flexing conveyor chain module includes a first module member having at least two first link ends, a second module member having at least two second link ends, and linkages linking at least...
7168556 Curved assembly line and/or conveyor belt  
The invention relates to a curved assembly line and/or conveyor belt, especially for assembling and transporting motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts during production, said line or belt being...
7168555 Extendable conveyor  
An extendable conveyor comprises a base conveyor section, at least two extendable conveyor sections selectively positionable relative to each other and the base conveyor section, a conveyor member...
7168554 Grain cart and auger construction  
A folding auger assembly. The auger assembly includes at least one auger housing configured to receive at least one driveshaft. The auger assembly further includes flighting connected to each...
7168553 Dynamically balanced substrate carrier handler  
In a first aspect, a substrate loading station is served by a conveyor which continuously transports substrate carriers. A substrate carrier handler that is part of the substrate loading station...
7168552 Article joining system  
A conveyance path for conveying articles though an accumulation conveyor, then through a carry-out conveyor, and then through a joining station is disclosed. After a flow of articles and at a time...
7168551 Device linking a supply unit and a user unit for the manufacture of tobacco products  
A supply unit and a user unit employed in the manufacture of tobacco products, typically cigarettes and the like, are linked by a duct along which a mass of the cigarettes is advanced from the...
7168550 Method and device for delivering books in the lying-flat condition  
For the purpose of delivering, in the lying-flat condition, book blocks or books which are fed in, standing on their back or on the front cut and at defined timing intervals along their height,...
7168549 Programmable modular pneumatic lift  
A conveyor system incorporating a plurality of lift assemblies, wherein the lift assembly includes a platform for supporting an article during manufacture. A cylinder assembly is used for...
7168548 Flexible production line comprising a plurality of decoupling modules for machining workpieces arranged on pallets.  
The invention relates to a flexible production line for machining undulated workpieces arranged individually or in groups on a pallet, in a plurality of successive operations (OP- 20 , OP- 40 )...
7168547 Passenger conveyor drive machine  
Passenger conveyor ( 2 ) including an endless conveyor band ( 6 ) connected to a drive chain ( 8 ) at each lateral edge thereof and driven by a conveyor band drive ( 40 ) including an electric...
7168366 Apparatus and method for imprinting a vial  
An apparatus and method for printing onto vials. The vials may be connected in a series, the vials having an open end and a closed end. The apparatus comprises a conveyor for moving the vials, the...
7166814 Sorting machine  
The sorting machine main body of a sorting machine is a slender machine provided with a chain conveyer along an upper and lower two level endless loop route, and includes an IN side turn back...
7165670 Food transport routing systems, devices, and guides for food processing systems and related methods  
Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food transport. The system can direct food to travel serially over side-by-side...
7165669 Method and device for carrying out working steps on miniaturized modules  
In order to provide a method of carrying out working steps in at least one work station on miniaturised modules which are held by a module carrier provided with a holding device, whereby the method...
7165668 Apparatus and method for the delivery of rod-shaped articles  
An apparatus for transferring rod-like articles from a longitudinal conveyor that longitudinal-axially conveys the articles onto a transverse conveyor that transverse-axially conveys the articles....
7165667 Beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles or other beverage containers with a liquid beverage filling material and an arrangement for dividing and separating of a stream of beverage bottles or other beverage containers  
There is now provided a beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles or other beverage containers with a liquid beverage filling material and an arrangement for dividing and separating of a...
7165666 Buffer storage unit for tubes, especially cardboard tubes for the production of logs  
Store for stocking tubes therein, comprising means ( 4 ) for feeding tubes ( 1 ) into the store, and means ( 7 ) for unloading the tubes ( 1 ) therefrom, the store being located between said supply...
7165665 Transfer line for transporting workpieces  
A transfer line for transporting workpieces from a first workstation to an adjacent second workstation comprises a frame with a depositing place for at least one workpiece. It further comprises a...
7165293 Conveyor belt fasteners  
A rubberized conveyor belt fastener is provided including a plate portion and elastomeric material that extends beyond lateral sides of the plate so that gaps between adjacent plate portions in a...
7163100 Reciprocating floor structure  
Slats and a supporting structure for a reciprocating floor located on a surface of a base are provided. The slats may be constructed of ultra high molecular weight materials. The slats may be...
7163099 Storage device with variable storage capacity  
Storage device with variable storage capacity. The storage device includes an input area, an output area, a continuous conveying element connecting the input area to the output area. The continuous...
7163098 Variable-capacity FIFO store with an expulsion station  
A variable-capacity FIFO store having a powered endless conveyor belt defining a conveying branch for transferring a mass of articles from an input station to an output station, and a return branch...
7163038 Systems and methods for end squaring and dividing elongated materials  
The present invention provides systems and methods for end squaring and/or dividing elongated materials by determining an actual orientation of the elongated material, or an actual position of an...
7162320 Assembly line quality control  
Disclosed herein is a method of controlling an assembly line, comprising the steps of providing an article assembly line; designating, on the assembly line, an upstream processing station and a...
7161346 Method of holding an electronic component in a controlled orientation during parametric testing  
A component handler includes an improved test seat having a shape that ensures that an electronic component seated in the test seat is in an appropriate orientation for parametric testing. The test...
7160172 Multi-station disk finishing apparatus and method  
Multi-disk processing system and method of continuous finishing of memory media disks for digital data storage systems in preparation for magnetic memory coating, comprising four main sub-systems:...
7159709 Conveyor belt  
The planar conveyor belt is designed to move along curved trajectories and has a plurality of chain-links including, staggered at the fronts and at the rear of a central core, a succession of...
7159708 Magnetic conveyor support  
Apparatuses designed to provide support to a conveyor belt in a new manner. In a first illustrative embodiment, a conveyor belt is supported by a number of magnets. A first set of magnets are...
7159707 Pusher for scraper chain conveyors, especially for underground mining  
A pusher for scraper chain conveyors comprising an upper and lower member, the two members being connectable by bolted connections. Each member of the pusher featuring one part of one or more chain...
7159706 Self cleaning conveyor with roller scraper and debris reduction skirt  
Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for a street sweeper having a conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly has a pair of rollers and a conveyor belt connected therebetween. The conveyor...
7159705 Passenger conveyor device  
A plurality of steps 33 are connected to a pair of step chains 32 wound around step chain sprockets 30 . The step chain sprockets 30 drives the step chains 32 to turn the step chains 32 ...
7159438 Transfer press with improved use of space  
A transfer press provided with a transfer device, having transfer units provided with cross members ( 37 ) for which the length is shorter than the width of a tool. The transfer units ( 29 to 32...
7157873 Systems and methods for reducing torque disturbance in devices having an endless belt  
A system for reducing torque disturbance includes a motor mechanically coupled to an endless belt. The motor is operable to drive the belt, and the belt has a seam that causes a torque disturbance...