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7353937 Method of monitoring belt orientation and/or belt travel of a band belt conveyor apparatus and a band belt conveyor  
A method of monitoring belt orientation and/or belt travel of a belt conveyor apparatus includes measurement of compression and/or thrust stress patterns within the belt as it passes over a support...
7353936 Wiper apparatus for clearing shavings  
A wiper apparatus for sweeping or clearing debris from a surface, such as cuttings generated in a machining operation that have collected on a collecting surface, comprises rotatable wiper arms and...
7353935 Conveyor discharge device  
A device for spreading aggregate material from a discharge conveyor onto a work surface includes a tremie attached relative to the discharge conveyor and a flexible hose connected to the tremie. A...
7353934 Method and apparatus for picking up a plastic product  
A method for picking up a plastic product lying on a conveyor belt, especially a tacky plastic product, for transport and for deposit in a mold in a molding press. The plastic product is picked up...
7353933 Product loading system  
A loading system for the high speed loading of product in varying numbers comprising: an infeed conveyor having an infeed conveyor stop, a staging conveyor moving at a speed greater than the infeed...
7353932 Travelator, moving ramp or escalator  
A travelator, moving ramp or escalator comprises a conveyor having a driven end driven by a power machine and a non-driven end. At the driven end, a first drive element, in the form of an endless...
7353931 Comb plate for passenger conveyor with moving flange  
Comb plate ( 18 ) for a passenger conveyor ( 2 ) with a conveyor band and a moving flange a number of teeth ( 24 ) arranged on it essentially parallel to one another across the width of the...
7351025 Aggregate handling system  
An aggregate handling system includes an aggregate delivery station, which includes one or more delivery bays for receiving aggregate from a delivery truck. The system includes storage apparatus...
7351019 Clamping mechanism for an elongated workpiece  
The clamping mechanism is used in an automated tooling machine to secure and hold an elongated workpiece for processing. The machine includes a frame, automated router assembly and a conveyer...
7350640 Vibratory conveyor  
A vibratory conveyor is provided which comprises a machine frame, a twoarmed lever mounted on the frame for pivotal movement about an axis, a reaction base mounted on one arm of the lever, and a...
7350639 Device for the transfer of garment  
This patent application concerns a device for the collection, transfer and automatic unloading, using a single actuator, of garment hangers between two adjacent overhead transport lines (A, B), of...
7350638 Alignment apparatus for packaging elements  
An alignment apparatus for use in packaging. The device generally uses a guide plate, dome shaped member through which a stream of air flows, and guide bar to reject improperly packaging elements....
7350637 Apparatus and method for the transport of articles forming a mass flow as well as apparatus for filling a subsequent apparatus with rod-shaped articles  
Apparatus for transporting articles forming a mass flow from an input device to an output device, including an endless conveying element with a transport run and a return run, the conveying element...
7347418 Method and apparatus for overlapping sheets in a sheet feeder and providing the overlapped sheets to a printing press  
The present invention is directed to a sheet feeding apparatus and method. In particular this invention comprises a sheet feeding apparatus having a first conveyance member, a second conveyance...
7347321 Flexible conveyor rail  
A flexible conveyor rail to be used as a part of a conveyor system such as a trolley conveyor system or a cross bar conveyor system wherein the flexible conveyor rail freely bents downwardly or...
7347320 Top dresser  
A top dresser ( 10 ) includes sheeting ( 70 ) in the form of an endless belt passing around first and second drums ( 148, 160 ) and a bed ( 166 ) including a plurality of rollers ( 106 )....
7347319 Tilting roller  
The subject of the invention is a retention device for a conveyor roller, characterised in that the roller ( 7 ) is mounted on a tilting support ( 13 ).
7347318 Image forming device  
An image forming device includes: a main unit; an image bearing body; a belt unit; and a tension-applying mechanism. The belt unit is detachably mounted in the main unit and has a pair of...
7347317 Method and device for measuring conveyor belt elongation, method and device for measuring conveyor belt wear extent, method and device for measuring conveyor belt temperature, rubber magnet sheet, and method of producing rubber magnet sheet  
Methods and devices for measuring elongation, wear, and internal temperature of a conveyor belt to catch signs of conveyor belt failure such as breakage by detecting a magnetic field from a...
7347316 Spiral conveyor belt drive system  
An improved spiral conveyor self-stacking drive system designed to increase the life of a multiple link conveyor belt by reducing the stresses exerted on the belt when disposed in a spiral...
7347315 Scraper blade for conveyor belts  
A two piece scraper blade is provided that includes a scraper member that is releasably connected to a base member. The scraper member can be of a different material than the base member to provide...
7347314 Movable walkways and escalators  
The invention provides a movable walkway installation ( 10 ), such as an escalator or a travelator, which installation ( 10 ) includes a movable support member ( 18 ) for transporting persons...
7347313 Method of equally spacing items in article handling systems  
To equally space items along a first path, a predetermined number of items is moved towards each other to minimize distances between the items, and a gear mechanism is engaged with each item. The...
7347312 Distribution system and method of operating the same  
An improved distribution system and method of operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the distribution system includes a plate for loading a plurality of substrates thereon, a first...
7347311 Folding mechanism for road machinery foldable conveyors  
A mechanism is for a foldable vehicle conveyor having an axis, inner and outer sections and a joint connecting the sections, the outer section being pivotable between a deployed position and a...
7344348 Storage and retrieval unit and method for controlling product storage shelving, especially a commission device  
A storage and retrieval unit ( 1 ) is provided for operating a product storage shelving ( 2 ), which has at least one shelf, on which essentially cubic products ( 4, 5, 6 ) are arranged and held....
7344020 Belt connection for agriculture conveyor  
An endless crop conveying belt loop has a bolted connection including belt material having a top and bottom surface and first and second opposed ends. Each of the two opposed ends having...
7344019 Boron coated stainless steel wire belt assembly  
A conveyor belt for use in the food processing industry includes a stainless steel substrate and nickel-boron coating material. The nickel-boron coating is applied on at least a portion of the...
7344018 Conveyor and method for diverting closely spaced articles  
A conveyor and associated method for diverting closely spaced articles conveyed along the conveyor. The conveyor includes a conveyor belt with belt rollers oriented to rotate on axes oblique to the...
7344017 Three axis drive apparatus  
A pulley drive mechanism 26 for driving a second pulley 23 includes: a spline shaft 27 rotated integrally with the second pulley 23 , for supporting the second pulley so that the second...
7344016 Method and device for orienting flat items of mail towards a narrow edge  
A method and device are disclosed for orienting flat items of mail towards a narrow edge in a U-shaped conveying channel in which they are conveyed in an upright position and without being jammed....
7344015 Conveyor  
The present invention relates to a method of changing the direction of motion of a pallet at an end of a transport conveyor while maintaining the pallet at a substantially constant attitude. The...
7343730 Investment cast, stainless steel chain link and casting process therefor  
An investment cast, stainless steel chain link is provided for chains used in water and wastewater treatment. The chain link comprises a pair of spaced apart, elongated sidebars having forward ends...
7342376 Glass machinery motor control  
A machine for operating on a glass bottle. A carriage is displaceable by a servo motor having three lead lines. The rotation of the servo motor is stopped when power has been removed by shorting...
7341421 Workpiece turning apparatus  
This application relates to a self-contained apparatus for mechanically turning individual workpieces travelling on a conveyor, such as lengths of lumber travelling into or exiting from a sawmill....
7341415 Bale processing apparatus  
A bale processing apparatus and method is provided to lift, hold, transport, and spread one or more round bales of hay or other material. The apparatus includes a belt, rollers, and a means for...
7341141 Method and unit for grouping products  
Groups containing a given number of products are produced using a transfer assembly, wherein a first, pocket-type output, conveyor of a production machine, and a second, pocket-type input, conveyor...
7341140 Off-loading conveyor of produce  
An off-loading conveyor of produce having utility in the discrimination and separation of watermelons includes a support structure defining a conveying path, an endless flexible element mounted on...
7341139 Travelator, moving ramp or escalator  
A travelator, moving ramp or escalator for transporting people, comprises a people mover; a balustrade extending alongside the people mover throughout its length. The balustrade comprises a...
7341138 Conveyor idle roller assembly  
Idle roller assembly suitable for use in trough type belt conveyors is provided having an elongate shaft and spaced apart first and second roller bearing assemblies, each having mounted thereabout...
7340385 Method and program storage device for generating grids representing the architecture of fluvial reservoirs  
A method is disclosed for modeling a point bar associated with a multi-story channel belt, the method including: (a) in response to a plurality of rock classifications, generating a first two...
7338422 Folding and threading station of a folding box gluing machine and method of moving the threading station  
A folding box gluing machine contains one upper and lower transport belt disposed on each side of the machine. A lower transport belt is guided in a roller cheek and an upper transport belt is...
7337895 Mobile gastronomic table for serving out food  
A movable table for serving out food has an operating position for serving out food, and a transportation position for moving of the table. The movable table comprises at least two modules, each...
7337894 Conveyer for high temperature environment  
A chain drive overhead conveyer extends through an oven to move carriages between exit and entrance ends of respective rotary drive shafts that are outside the oven. Driven wheels of the carriages...
7337893 Preform feeder system, particularly of a receptacle blowing machine, comprising means for ejecting badly positioned preforms  
A preform feeder system, particularly for feeding blow machines with receptacles such as bottles, of the type including, from upstream to downstream in the longitudinal direction of travel of the...
7337892 Device for sorting products  
The invention provides a device for sorting products, comprising bogies which are movable in a direction of transport along a conveying path, which bogies are pivotally interconnected, and...
7337891 Clamping apparatus for works  
A clamping apparatus for works includes a base, a rotary table which is rotatable relative to the base and rotatively moved to one station after another for various processes, and a pallet unit...
7334754 Guide rails for conveying band-form members  
Guide rails for guiding a band-form member such as a film carrier tape in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The guide rails include a pair of rail main bodies with a plurality of guide...
7334677 Conveyor chain comprising chain links connected to one another via pivoting bearings, and a method for assembling the chain links  
In a conveyor chain, which includes chain links ( 1 ) being connected to one another via pivoting bearings ( 4 ), each chain link ( 1 ) has two link plates ( 2 and 3 ) and a bolt ( 5 ) which...
7334676 Compensating roller system  
A compensating roller system is adapted to adjust to size variation of product moving through a conveyor system. In one example, the compensating roller system is used to control a force resulting...