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Class Information
Number: 414/788
Name: Material or article handling > Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within, or from freestanding, orderly layered, or mutually stabilizing orderly group
Description: Apparatus for (a) placing an article in, (b) shifting an article relative to others within, or (c) removing an article from a particular location in an assemblage of contacting articles formed or taken apart at a site, wherein (A) each article of the assemblage must at least partially sustain, or must be at least partially sustained by, an adjacent article of the assemblage for a portion of the time the articles are in contact with each other and (B) the complete assemblage is either (i) capable of maintaining its shape without support in the horizontal direction on the articles from external confining structure (e.g., receptacle walls, inclined shelf), (ii) transportable as a unit from the site and composed of plural articles located within each of at least two layers* forming it, or (iii) entirely composed of articles which would each be unsteady, or relatively unsteady (i.e., they have a more stable attitude), if placed by themselves in the particular predetermined location in which they are at least partially held by the sustaining force exerted thereon by adjacent articles.
Sub-classes under this class:
Patents under this class:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7476960 |
System and method for improved auto-boating |
Jan. 13, 2009 |
| 7210280 |
System and method for loading a cargo space with piece goods |
May. 1, 2007 |
| 7192237 |
Accessible cart for use with beverage distribution system |
Mar. 20, 2007 |
| 7124687 |
Positioning device, especially for offset plates |
Oct. 24, 2006 |
| 6945530 |
Device for conveying stacks of sheets of paper |
Sep. 20, 2005 |
| 6872044 |
Apparatus for and method of manufacturing sheets |
Mar. 29, 2005 |
| 6854582 |
Stack stop for conveyor system |
Feb. 15, 2005 |
| 6748855 |
Device and method for blocking a stack of stacked objects |
Jun. 15, 2004 |
| 6748858 |
Printing system |
Jun. 15, 2004 |
| 6710436 |
Method and apparatus for electrostatically aligning integrated circuits |
Mar. 23, 2004 |
| 6702278 |
Paper hold mechanism for stacked paper handlers |
Mar. 9, 2004 |
| 6663340 |
Wafer carrier transport system for tool bays |
Dec. 16, 2003 |
| 6638002 |
Pallet pin sheet fanner |
Oct. 28, 2003 |
| 6632067 |
Pallet dispenser with quick pallet size change over |
Oct. 14, 2003 |
| 6585255 |
Vibratory sheet joggers |
Jul. 1, 2003 |
| 6527499 |
Automated tire loading/unloading and compression system and tire transport frame |
Mar. 4, 2003 |
| 6523247 |
Motor stator with loose laminations |
Feb. 25, 2003 |
| 6508352 |
Device and method for producing, portioning and reloading a stack |
Jan. 21, 2003 |
| 6470655 |
Packaging line for periodicals, magazines and similar printed products |
Oct. 29, 2002 |
| 6374728 |
Bundling apparatus for home recycling of newspapers |
Apr. 23, 2002 |
| 6354793 |
Stack grasper for sheet-like products and method of palletizing using a stack grasper |
Mar. 12, 2002 |
| 6148991 |
Stack transporting roller conveyor |
Nov. 21, 2000 |
| 6102650 |
Apparatus for shifting rows of tiles into a skew position |
Aug. 15, 2000 |
| 6102651 |
Stacking device for a conveyor tray |
Aug. 15, 2000 |
| 6092978 |
Alignment device used to manufacture a plurality of structural insulated panels |
Jul. 25, 2000 |
| 6086319 |
Multiple well plate stack expander |
Jul. 11, 2000 |
| 6045322 |
Method and device for straightening and turning a deformed stack of sheet material on a roller conveyor |
Apr. 4, 2000 |
| 6015257 |
Device for forming a stack on a transport table |
Jan. 18, 2000 |
| 6006417 |
Method of aligning a lamination assembly of an electromechanical machine |
Dec. 28, 1999 |
| 5959427 |
Method and apparatus for compensating for reaction forces in a stage assembly |
Sep. 28, 1999 |
| 5944477 |
Bundle squaring machine |
Aug. 31, 1999 |
| 5927936 |
Bill handling machine |
Jul. 27, 1999 |
| 5896648 |
Quick setup expanding arbor for lamination assembly of an electrochemical machine |
Apr. 27, 1999 |
| 5882173 |
Golf ball stacking and dispensing apparatus and method |
Mar. 16, 1999 |
| 5868546 |
Device for forming a stack on a transport table |
Feb. 9, 1999 |
| 5834915 |
Sustrate housing and docking system |
Nov. 10, 1998 |
| 5812409 |
Semiconductor device transport system with deformed tray compensation |
Sep. 22, 1998 |
| 5785482 |
Apparatus for correcting load appearance |
Jul. 28, 1998 |
| 5769600 |
Bulk handling apparatus |
Jun. 23, 1998 |
| 5733099 |
Process and apparatus for stacking sheet-like products, in particular printed products |
Mar. 31, 1998 |
| 5695312 |
Method and apparatus for stacking golf balls |
Dec. 9, 1997 |
| 5669754 |
Method and apparatus for collecting plates |
Sep. 23, 1997 |
| 5640900 |
Cargo compacting apparatus and method |
Jun. 24, 1997 |
| 5584374 |
Method and apparatus for row-wise separation of rectilinear, plastic porous concrete bodies |
Dec. 17, 1996 |
| 5551832 |
Method and apparatus for stacking golf balls |
Sep. 3, 1996 |
| 5429475 |
Jogger for straightening sheets in tiers |
Jul. 4, 1995 |
| 5423656 |
Device for jogging a pile |
Jun. 13, 1995 |
| 5421699 |
Method and apparatus for merging vertical documents with horizontal documents |
Jun. 6, 1995 |
| 5415087 |
Mobile tie banding apparatus |
May. 16, 1995 |
| 5391046 |
Automated apparatus for loading and unloading motor vehicles |
Feb. 21, 1995 |
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