| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5558200 |
Container transfer system for coating line with rotary loader, plunger chuck and knock-off mecha |
September 24, 1996 |
| An article transfer system and method and various components thereof that provide various benefits and advantages comprises a conveyor carrying a plurality of article holding devices having an eject feature, a rotary loader for loading articles onto the holding devices carried by the |
| 5542526 |
Chuck assembly and method for processing an open-ended article |
August 6, 1996 |
| A finger chuck assembly and method for holding a bottle or other hollow article having a neck opening at one end, characterized by a support member having an axis; a plurality of jaws each including a finger, an actuator arm and an intermediate portion interconnecting the finger and |
| 5419427 |
Finger chuck assembly and method for processing a hollow article |
May 30, 1995 |
| A finger chuck assembly and method for holding a bottle or other hollow article having a neck opening at one end, characterized by a support member having an axis; a plurality of jaws each including a finger, an actuator arm and an intermediate portion interconnecting the finger and |
| 5415274 |
Tandem belt conveyor system |
May 16, 1995 |
| A tandem belt conveyor system comprising an endless primary conveyor belt, an endless support conveyor belt and a synchronous drive for synchronously driving the primary and support conveyor belts. The primary conveyor belt is a flat wire belt having a carrier flight for transport of art |
| 5286459 |
Multiple chamber fume incinerator with heat recovery |
February 15, 1994 |
| An energy efficient fume incinerator and method for eliminating fumes from a process gas stream while avoiding or minimizing the problem of build-up of organic or other constituents of the fume-laden process gas stream on the surfaces of the heat exchanger in which the fume-laden process |
| 5261527 |
Tandem belt conveyor system |
November 16, 1993 |
| A tandem belt conveyor system comprising an endless primary conveyor belt, an endless support conveyor belt and a synchronous drive for synchronously driving the primary and support conveyor belts. The primary conveyor belt is a flat wire belt having a carrier flight for transport of art |
| 5170881 |
Pin oven stripper |
December 15, 1992 |
| A pin oven stripper for removing can bodies having bases from a moving pin conveyor at a vertical inclined flight of the pin conveyor. The stripper comprises a drive sprocket, an idler wheel and a vacuum conveyor chain composed of plastic links. The chain is trained around the drive spro |
| 5108190 |
Rotary mixer and conveyor system |
April 28, 1992 |
| A rotary mixer and conveyor system wherein the containers are automatically processed through a rotary mixer. The rotary mixer is of a simple and reliable design which lends itself to each integration into new or existing conveyor lines. The rotary mixer is operative to engage and ro |
| 4927205 |
Rotational container holding device and method |
May 22, 1990 |
| A container holding device intended for use with a chain conveyor for conveying containers such as bottles. The container holding device for receiving and gripping open-ended containers includes an elongated spindle and a chuck mounted for telescoping movement on the spindle. The chuck |
| 4720192 |
Glass bottle inspection unit |
January 19, 1988 |
| A glass bottle inspection unit includes an endless conveyor having a series of spaced roller members defining therebetween grooves for receiving glass bottles for inspection. The conveyor member carries the bottles through an inspection station and means are provided for rotating the rol |
| 4670935 |
Wet vacuum system for two piece can lines |
June 9, 1987 |
| A method and apparatus are disclosed for transferring can bodies from forming to washing equipment and for collecting the excess oil that drains from the can bodies in transit. In one form the invention includes a horizontal infeed conveyor for receiving can bodies in upright orienta |
| 4662085 |
Pin oven louver design |
May 5, 1987 |
| A pin oven is disclosed for curing coated or decorated can bodies travelling in a serpentine path wtih jets of a curing medium. The pin oven chamber is divided by an interior louver wall into a curing medium supply plenum chamber and a curing chamber. The cans move through the oven on a |
| 4640406 |
Rotational and retractable container holding device and conveyor therefor |
February 3, 1987 |
| A rotational and retractable container holding device and conveyor therefor in which a conveyor member is supported in cantilever fashion by support members extending along the conveying path. A plurality of container holding devices extends in a generally horizontal orientation from one |
| 4625854 |
Container transfer system |
December 2, 1986 |
| A container transfer system in which containers such as plastic bottles having been newly formed are brought to a transfer conveyor in upright condition, reoriented to a horizontal position along a transfer conveyor and are engaged by their necks by carrier members on a carrier conveyor, |
| 4603491 |
Reversible cross flow drying or curing oven |
August 5, 1986 |
| Disclosed is a reversible cross flow drying or curing oven including first and second ducts on opposite sides of the heated oven chamber. A fan forces heated air through a main supply passage into one or the other of the first and second ducts for transmission into the oven chamber. The |
| 4574732 |
Overvarnish unit |
March 11, 1986 |
| Disclosed is an overvarnish unit for applying varnish to a web of printed material as a protective overlay. The overvarnish unit includes a varnish fountain for receiving paste varnish, a form roller, and a plurality of rollers intermediate the fountain and form roller. The form roller e |
