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7404479 Towline cart engagement apparatus  
The apparatus is a coupling device that couples a cart to a continuously moving towline which is recessed into the cart support surface. A vertically movable coupling pin engages the towline and is...
7404478 Distribution device  
A distributor apparatus for products having an infeed belt and an outfeed belt which are aligned with each other in a conveying direction. A distributor belt is arranged in the conveying direction...
7404477 Proximity hand rail monitor for a moving walkway  
The present invention discloses and teaches method and apparatus for the detection of a disengaged, moving, handrail on a people moving walkway particularly an escalator. By the present invention a...
7404476 Escalator and skirt end structure  
An escalator, having a pair of balustrades disposed on both sides of traveling steps, includes a balustrade end, a skirt end portion, and an indicator. The balustrade end is configured to turn back...
7402973 Power drive unit with unit load device sensor  
A cargo power drive unit includes a motor and at least one drive roller element coupled to the motor. The power drive unit further includes a light transmitter for emitting light and a light...
7401709 Container storage and dispensing apparatus with adjustable container position  
An adjustable positioning apparatus for positioning containers on a shelf tray assembly of a vertically accumulating storage and retrieval apparatus has a container abutting portion and engagement...
7401696 Flexible transfer installation and foodstuff transfer system provided with the flexible transfer installation  
The present invention is featured in that a plurality of transfer pieces composing a transfer conveyer are connected to be able to be piled vertically spirally, the transfer pieces having pairs of...
7401695 Component control device, systems, and methods  
The invention relates to apparatus, systems, and related methods for slowing the speed of components in transport systems. The apparatus includes a component track extending between input and...
7401694 Dough ball loading system  
A loading system for loading dough balls onto a moving upper surface of a conveyor belt includes a transport mechanism arranged to receive dough balls in a sequential stream and to deliver the...
7401693 Moving flange fastening for passenger conveyors  
A passenger conveyor including an endless conveyor band having a plurality of tread elements connected to and driven by a drive chain at each lateral edge thereof and a moving flange moving in use...
7401692 Device for restraining the rise of a step roller of an escalator  
A device for restraining the rise of a step roller of an escalator prevents the step roller from colliding with rails of a track in turn around areas at the top and bottom of the escalator. The...
7401691 Conveyer apparatus having footsteps  
A mountainous or valley-shaped curved part 13 is provided in a part of a footstep guide rail 3 for guiding a movement of footstep rollers 5 linked by a footstep chain 7 , the part being...
7400075 Rotating apparatus using a magnet and rotating decoration employing the same  
A rotating apparatus includes a separating member, at least one movable magnet, and at least one passive magnet. The separating member is made of a nonmagnetic material, and interposed between the...
7399383 Vibratory conveyor with non-biased oscillation  
A vibratory conveyor has a bed or trough that carries the workpieces, and supported above a base plate. A vibratory motor employs linear bearing to provide vibratory that is kept in the plane of...
7398885 Apparatus for the diversion of objects of different mass  
An apparatus for selective diversion of objects such as containers, packing and packing units of different mass. The apparatus has a first transport device for the objects and a diversion device...
7398876 Conveying device  
A conveying device ( 1 ) which is particular in that the conveying device comprises a plurality of conveying elements ( 2 ), where each conveying element ( 2 ) comprises a chain box element ( 4 )...
7398875 Tensioning piece of a conveyor chain for a film web  
The invention relates to a tensioning piece, a conveyor chain, and to a means for opening and closing the tensioning piece.
7398874 Belt-driven accumulator for curved roller segment  
An assembly is provided for moving the drive belt of a roller conveyor system between a first position in which the drive belt engages the rollers to rotate the rollers and a second position spaced...
7398873 Releasable connection between members  
A connection for releasable connecting confronting first and second portions of first and second members. The first portion has a first passageway has a second portion has a second passageway. An...
7398872 Device for aligning plate-like workpieces in a machine processing them  
A device for aligning plate-like workpieces traveling in a machine direction in a machine processing them, more particularly in a folder-gluer, comprising an upper aligner and a lower aligner. The...
7398871 Outsert placer  
An adjustable star wheel device for the indexing of items of differing sizes for use in a manufacturing process such as the attaching of outserters to containers.
7398870 Article transfer and placement apparatus  
An apparatus for transferring articles such as absorbent cores or disposable diaper chassis components from a rotary mechanism, such as a pad turner, to a linear mechanism, such as a conveyor, for...
7398869 Wheel for driving a flexible handrail  
A wheel for driving a flexible handrail of an escalator or moving walk. The wheel can be turned about an axis of rotation and has a readily elastically deformable layer. The readily elastically...
7398630 Infeed assembly for a continuous motion wrapping assembly  
An infeed assembly for spacing a continuous line of product into units to be wrapped in a continuous wrapping system is disclosed. At least one set of registration belts is orientated downstream of...
7396007 Positioning device for a rotationally displaceable positioning element  
A positioning device for a positioning element, which is rotationally displaceable about a first axis, including a positioning member engaged with the positioning element. The positioning member is...
7395920 Method and apparatus for a conveyed product directing system  
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for directing a conveyed product on a conveyor. The apparatus includes a filing channel that includes the ability to adjust the location of at least...
7395919 Conveyor  
An enclosed belt conveyor having a high strength take-up section that maintains proper belt alignment with the use of just two take-up screws, while still allowing for the take up section housing...
7395918 Extendible conveyor  
An extendible conveyor apparatus includes a first end, a second end, and an adjustable-length bed of rollers extending in between them. A sliding frame (or extension) mounted moveably on a support...
7395917 Method and apparatus for treating a layer of bulk material  
The invention includes a method and an apparatus for treating, in particular cooling, a layer of bulk material by means of a stream of gas passed through it on a grate. The grate includes a...
7395916 Apparatus and method for manufacturing panels from wood pieces  
An apparatus having several stations that receive, apply adhesive to, crowd, press and cure the wood pieces into a continuous wood panel. A singulation station engages an individual one of the wood...
7395915 Article transport, meterer and loader  
An article transport, meterer and loader has a plurality of parallel lanes disposed above and in angular relation to a direction of transport of a plurality of article conveyors.
7395914 Carrier for sorting apparatus  
An apparatus is provided for sorting products such as fruits. The apparatus comprises an endless conveyor and conveying units for conveying products behind each other in a substantially horizontal...
7395913 Conveyor with belt to roller synchronization mechanism  
A conveying device comprising a conveyor belt, a conveyor belt speed sensor, at least one extending roller selectively extendable from the device, an extending roller speed sensor, a hydraulic...
7392897 Vibrational linear conveyor  
Vibrational linear conveyor for conveying workpieces and powdery or granular materials with a useful mass and a counter mass, which are equal in magnitude, are mounted separately at a vibrating...
7392896 Trough pan for a face conveyor with a loading ramp  
A conveyor pan 10 for face conveyors in underground coal mining systems has outward race 1 and return race 2 , between which a conveyor bottom 9 is formed, with toggle sockets 21 , with...
7392895 Agitating element for discharging poorly pourable bulk materials  
In a method and a device for discharging poorly pourable bulk materials from a receptacle, the material is first rendered free-flowing via a helically shaped agitating element (worm conveyer) and...
7392894 Adjustable lane assembly  
A packaging machine ( 10 ) includes a lane assembly ( 12 ) that includes one or more lanes (L) which guide cylindrical articles (B), such as cans or bottles, across a series of substantially...
7392646 Reversible feed roller with radially extendible fingers  
A feed roller primarily for feeding crop into a feeder house of a combine harvester is located above and behind a feed draper and includes an outer flight and retractable fingers for feeding the...
7392632 Beverage bottling plant with beverage bottle handling machines having beverage bottle transfer stations and a method of operation thereof  
A transfer station in a container filling plant comprising an input, an output, a conveyor for feeding containers, a plurality of spaced apart webs disposed upstream of the input of the transfer...
7392630 Packaging system having loading carousel  
A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational...
7390991 Horizontal carousel conveyor  
A horizontal carousel conveyor moves in a horizontal plane by using vertically-oriented conveyor links. When used with an oven, it continuously moves foods and other items in a closed, horizontal...
7390158 Handling device for electronic chip components and handling method for electronic chip components  
A handling device for electronic chip components includes an indexing table having a plurality of cavities for holding electronic chip components therein and a circulatory feeder for supplying the...
7390040 End effector with multiple pick-up members  
An end effector for use with a moving device has a frame and a plurality of operational members mounted for movement on the frame. The effector also has an actuation mechanism directly connected to...
7389867 Systems and methods for orienting and conveying articles  
Systems and methods for article conveyance and orientation are provided. The system includes first and second conveyors, which convey articles in a conveying direction. The system also includes...
7389866 Device and method for repairing moving handrail of passenger conveyor  
A moving handrail is provided on a railing of a passenger conveyor. A surface portion of the moving handrail is made of a thermoplastic material. A moving handrail repairing device has heating...
7389865 Chute for transporting sludge in a wastewater treatment system  
An abrasion resistant and chemical resistant damper is provided for installation in the sludge transport section of a wastewater treatment system of the type having a damper inlet chute and a...
7389725 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...
7389622 System for use in an assembly line  
A transfer system comprised of an air conveyor, a servo conveyor, and a fan feeder. In a typical configuration, the air conveyor is located at a first location where it receives packaged articles...
7387199 Device of handling roller for passbook  
A passbook conveyance roller device comprises a conveyance roller and a pinch roller, which are arranged to be opposed to each other, to convey a passbook. The conveyance roller comprises an inner...
7387198 Balanced flat stroke bi-directional conveyor  
A balanced flat stroke bi-directional conveyor for conveying object, granular and powder material. The unit utilizes the skewed sine wave trough stroke principle using primary eccentric...