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Class Information
Number: 198/384
Name: Conveyors: power-driven > Conveyor for changing attitude of item relative to conveyed direction > By conveying randomly faced items and turning items to uniform facing > Including significantly shaped portion of conveyor cooperating with significantly shaped item to face item > Including orbiting progression of item-receiving pockets and means moving item within pocket
Description: Apparatus wherein the conveyor comprises a plurality of components that are connected together and moved in a closed-loop path such that each component is followed by and preceded by another component and a part of said closed-loop path coincides with a part of the path an article to be conveyed, one or more components forming a receptacle for an article during its conveyance and each receptacle having means associated therewith for moving the article relative to the receptacle as it is conveyed therein, whereby each article is turned to a uniform facing in each receptacle.
Sub-classes under this class:
Patents under this class:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7407050 |
Tablet filling device and PTP packaging machine |
Aug. 5, 2008 |
| 7395914 |
Carrier for sorting apparatus |
Jul. 8, 2008 |
| 7255224 |
Feed conveyor |
Aug. 14, 2007 |
| 7137501 |
Feeding apparatus for products such as fruits |
Nov. 21, 2006 |
| 7040489 |
Object orienting and sorting apparatus |
May. 9, 2006 |
| 6968941 |
Apparatus and methods for conveying objects |
Nov. 29, 2005 |
| 6752256 |
System for improving wood strand orientation in a wood strand orienter using rotating orienting fingers |
Jun. 22, 2004 |
| 6691854 |
Device for orienting a number of similar objects, such as fruits |
Feb. 17, 2004 |
| 6435333 |
Adjustable unit for the unscrambling and lined up delivery of empty containers |
Aug. 20, 2002 |
| 6415902 |
Orientation mechanism |
Jul. 9, 2002 |
| 6315102 |
High-speed oscillating feeder |
Nov. 13, 2001 |
| 6079542 |
Object sorter and sizer |
Jun. 27, 2000 |
| 5998754 |
Feeding, sorting and grading system for elongate produce |
Dec. 7, 1999 |
| 5836243 |
Carrier bar having contoured pockets and/or scalloped edges for conveying pellet shaped articles |
Nov. 17, 1998 |
| 5655453 |
Method and apparatus for marking pellet shaped articles |
Aug. 12, 1997 |
| 5620081 |
Turnover device for graphic products |
Apr. 15, 1997 |
| 5613593 |
Container handling starwheel |
Mar. 25, 1997 |
| 5577439 |
Apparatus for pitting prunes or dates |
Nov. 26, 1996 |
| 5542523 |
Needle transporting apparatus |
Aug. 6, 1996 |
| 5454464 |
Solid article conveyor |
Oct. 3, 1995 |
| 5433146 |
Apparatus and method for marking pellet-shaped articles |
Jul. 18, 1995 |
| 5415268 |
Method for pre-determinable orientation of label and capsule relative to each other on a bottle during the bottling procedure and apparatus therefor |
May. 16, 1995 |
| 5294004 |
Article-holding cup and scale for apparatus that sorts articles by weight |
Mar. 15, 1994 |
| 5238641 |
Process for producing a rolled tab for a roll of plastic film |
Aug. 24, 1993 |
| 5238124 |
Apparatus for sorting hard gelatine capsules |
Aug. 24, 1993 |
| 5238121 |
Ear corn selection and trimming device |
Aug. 24, 1993 |
| 5197585 |
Object sorting apparatus with object holder facilitating lateral transfer |
Mar. 30, 1993 |
| 5190137 |
Apparatus for orienting spherical products having at least one substantially flattened surface |
Mar. 2, 1993 |
| 5178256 |
Loader machine |
Jan. 12, 1993 |
| 5118929 |
Bar-code reading device with article orienting conveyor belt |
Jun. 2, 1992 |
| 5081360 |
Irradiating conveyance apparatus |
Jan. 14, 1992 |
| 5078258 |
Orienting mechanism for orienting fruit, for example |
Jan. 7, 1992 |
| 4981205 |
Carriage and apparatus for transporting articles |
Jan. 1, 1991 |
| 4969551 |
Method of and apparatus for rolling rod-shaped articles |
Nov. 13, 1990 |
| 4940536 |
Apparatus for inspecting and sorting articles |
Jul. 10, 1990 |
| 4907612 |
Universal material handling apparatus |
Mar. 13, 1990 |
| 4905589 |
Ink-jet system for marking pellet-shaped articles |
Mar. 6, 1990 |
| 4854441 |
Bottle duster |
Aug. 8, 1989 |
| 4831924 |
Apparatus for aligning articles |
May. 23, 1989 |
| 4832174 |
Integrated circuit sleeve handler and method |
May. 23, 1989 |
| 4682683 |
Method and apparatus for removing improperly oriented articles from a moving article |
Jul. 28, 1987 |
| 4632028 |
Apparatus for orienting and printing capsules |
Dec. 30, 1986 |
| 4619196 |
Tablet printing device with orienting brush |
Oct. 28, 1986 |
| 4552262 |
Article feeding apparatus |
Nov. 12, 1985 |
| 4482061 |
Apparatus and process for sorting articles |
Nov. 13, 1984 |
| 4442934 |
Glass container inspection handling system |
Apr. 17, 1984 |
| 4393973 |
Method and apparatus for removing non-rectified capsules from a capsule rectification and transport device |
Jul. 19, 1983 |
| 4382501 |
Egg orientation means |
May. 10, 1983 |
| 4372437 |
Gauging assembly for capsule orienting and turning apparatus |
Feb. 8, 1983 |
| 4366896 |
Device for arranging hen's eggs in erect postures |
Jan. 4, 1983 |
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