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5249832 Magnetized opener/closer for zippers  
This invention is a magnetized opener/closure for zipper-type slide closures and includes an elongated handle with a 90° bend or elbow at one end thereof. A magnetized disk with a hook extending...
5242256 Manipulator for receptacles  
The individual grippers of a gripper head provided for simultaneously introducing a number of bottles into a box or removing them from the box, where the bottles have neck diameters close to the...
5232256 Can pickup apparatus  
An elongate shaft has a support plate cooperative with bifurcated legs to secure a can therebetween, with the legs operative through an actuator handle mounted at an upper end of the shaft...
5222861 Process and apparatus for handling cup-shaped containers  
The handling of cup-shaped containers (cups 10) for holding foods is difficult, as the cups (10) are delivered nested into one another in the form of a cup stack (14) in cartons. Hitherto, the cup...
5207553 Suction lifting device for flat workpieces  
A suction lifting head for use in the lifting and transport of generally flat workpieces is designed to conform to its use with workpieces varying in size and produce activation of such suction...
5206981 Fabric tensioning frame  
Apparatus for attaching and bi-directionally tensioning a porous fabric over a flexible, rectangular form support. A frame comprises a pair of rigid, parallel frame members connected by a pair of...
5205702 Device for introducing rolled-steel sections into a cold shear  
Apparatus for introducing rolled steel into the entrance of a processing machine such as a cold shear or straightening machine including a roller path for carrying the steel sections at a speed of...
5197847 Device for automatic handling of objects  
The device mounted at the end of an operating arm comprises one or more suckers for supporting objects, for example refractory bricks for the brick-lining of a metallurgical converter, means for...
5169193 Magnetic pickup tool  
A magnetic pickup tool including a length of highly flexible tubing with a permanent magnet secured to one end of the tubing. Removably positioned within the interior of the flexible tube is a...
5159739 Sanitary equipment handler having magnetically held, detachable handle  
A device to allow health practitioners' cabinet drawers to be opened and operating lights and other movable operating equipment to be repositioned as he works, without the need to grasp, and...
5152566 Spreader arm mounting device  
Various forms of mounting devices for mounting workpiece gripper carrying spreader bars upon a boom of a transfer device are disclosed. The boom is formed within an undercut T slot which extends...
5152031 Non-contaminating handler  
A device to allow health practitioners' cabinet drawers to be opened and operating lights and other moveable operating equipment to be repositioned as he works, without the need to grasp, and...
5149162 Device for conveying layers comprising a multitude of individual objects  
The invention concerns a device for conveying layers comprising a multitude of individual objects, in particular glasses, cans, etc., preferably for loading and unloading pallets, a suction head...
5145227 Electromagnetic attachment mechanism  
An electromagnetic attachment mechanism for use as an end effector of a remote manipulator system. A pair of electromagnets 15A, 15B, each with a U-shaped magnetic core with a pull-in coil 34 and...
5135276 Transfer boom  
A transfer boom adapted for suspension from a reciprocal shuttle carriage comprises a boom arm having a plurality of interior passages extending the length of the boom arm. These passages define...
5125706 Article holding apparatus  
An article holding apparatus includes a pair of sliding plates selectively movable toward or away from each other while being maintained parallel to each other. A distance between the sliding...
5125601 Payload retention device  
A payload retention device (10) for grappling and retaining a payload (14) in docked position on a supporting structure (18) in the cargo bay of a space vehicle. The device comprises a two-fault...
5112181 Feeding apparatus for transferring eggs  
A feeding apparatus for transferring eggs from a pile of egg trays to an egg depositing position on a supply conveyor of an egg processing machine comprises at least three units which each comprise...
5094495 Mechanism for lifting and orienting an object  
The invention comprises an improved mechanism for lifting and orienting or tilting objects about a definable pivot axis of rotation. The device is comprised of a quadrilateral frame with each frame...
5088878 Apparatus for the lifting of tray packs  
The lifting and transportation of sensitive articles incapable of bearing a mechanical load, without manual involvement, presents special difficulties in packaging technology. This applies, above...
5079903 Gripping head for loading packages into crates  
A gripping head for loading packages into a crate is disclosed having a number of support members attached to a frame. The support members each have a predetermined number of pneumatically operated...
5074742 Parts feeding method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus are described for conveying and supplying a part, such as a projection nut, to a predetermined point in space. The apparatus comprises a telescopic supply rod including an...
5070563 Tool bearing rings  
A device in the form of a ring for wearing on a finger bears a variety of implements including a magnetic pick-up for engaging ferromagnetic objects. It may include other tools such as screwdriver...
5067763 Parts supplying apparatus  
A parts supplying apparatus for carrying and supplying a part such as a projection nut to a predetermined point in space comprises a telescopic supply rod including an outer and inner shaft, and a...
5066321 Device for positioning hot glass sheets  
A positioning device (10) is disclosed for catching a hot glass sheet (12) without relative motion between the glass sheet (12) and positioning device (10) as it arrives at a topside support device...
5065537 Changeable letter sign system  
A changeable letter sign system including a plurality of panels, each bearing a letter, character or other suitable indicia and combinable on an overhead readerboard to display a message thereon,...
5062855 Artifical limb with movement controlled by reversing electromagnet polarity  
A material handling system in the form of a grappling device or of a robotic or prosthetic limb is provided which can function for performing work. The system includes a plurality of magnets...
5062672 Copy machine remover of paper clips and staples  
A copy machine paperclip and staple retrieval device with a rigid longitudinally-extending elongated member having a cross-sectional area extending transversely across its longitudinal axis with...
5059086 Device for handling bottles  
A bottle handling device comprising a tool for grasping the sides of the bottles, the tool being tiltably mounted to one end of a flexible cord and the other end of the cord is coupled to a...
5038128 Magnetic gripper  
A magnetic gripper avoiding the disadvantages of the well-known devices of reduced lifting capacity, increased electric power consumption and small gripping force finds application in mechanical...
5024575 Lightweight gripper for robotic transfer operations  
A product gripper mechanism, particularly for gripping a plurality of products in a product group, such as bakery products, for transfer to and loading into a shipping basket or tray. The gripper...
5020964 Method and apparatus for robotic transfer of workpieces  
A robotic apparatus for positioning a tool or work hand that incorporates a compliant wrist effective to adjust to delicate but misaligned portions of the workpiece, comprising (a) structure for...
5011316 Hand-held soap-holder  
A hand-held soap-holder conveniently attached to a bar of soap to prevent the soap from being dropped when wet and slippery, and to provide significantly greater control and maneverability of the...
5009409 Method and apparatus for manipulation of fabric  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for the manipulation of at least one layer of porous fabric. Fluid flow through a portion of the porous fabric fluid-couples a layer or a plurality of layers of...
4965695 Permanent magnetic retaining device to move, affix or carry ferromagnetic parts or loads with electronic switching of the magnetic flux to release the carried load  
Permanent magnetic retaining device to move, affix or carry ferromagnetic parts or load with electronic switching of the magnetic flux to release the carried load includes a central iron core...
4961606 Device for adaption of a suction pad to the outer shape of products to be lifted  
The present invention relates to a device for permitting adaptation of a suction pad (6) to the outer shape of products (1) to be lifted, whereby at least two brackets (13, 19) via links are...
4946335 Suction lifting device  
A suction lifting device for lifting and laying a layered plurality of individual slabs, bricks, stones and the like in unison to provide an exterior paved surface of a road, walk, roof or the...
4943098 Parts supplying apparatus  
A parts supplying apparatus for carrying and supplying a part such as a projection nut to a predetermined point in space comprises a telescopic supply rod including an outer and inner shaft and, a...
4938516 Retrieving tool  
A retrieving tool is set forth wherein an elongate vertically oriented hollow post includes a control cable directed therethrough terminating proximate an upper position relative to a handle...
4923363 Lehr loader pickup arm  
Apparatus in the form of a vacuum bar for picking up a full row of newly formed glass containers from a moving conveyor on which the containers are sitting and transferring the containers onto a...
4921292 Magnetic attachment mechanism  
A magnetic attachment mechanism adapted for interfacing with the manipulator arm (11) of a remote manipulator system and comprising a pair of permanent magnets (31,32) of rare earth material which...
4911598 Robotic assembly apparatus with robot tool for placing a plurality of component parts on a workpiece  
A robotic assembly apparatus includes a robot (2), a component supply station (6) and at least one placement station (7, 8). Components are correctly orientated by means of feeder bowls (11, 12)...
4905456 Process for the automated placing of fruit in packing cases and the corresponding machinery  
The process includes an initial phase in which pieces of fruit in a line are lifted by suction and the line of fruit is then transferred to the packing case with one piece of fruit situated in the...
4905335 Magnetic rings, bracelets and necklaces  
A device in the form of a ring for wearing on a finger, a bracelet for wearing on a wrist or a necklace for wearing on the neck bears a magnetic pick-up for engaging ferromagnetic objects. It may...
4903635 High speed automated injection system for avian embryos  
The invention comprises a high speed automated injection system for avian embryos which can inject eggs with fluid substances. The device includes suction devices which lift eggs out of engagement...
4893858 Movable yoke-type lifting magnet device  
A movable yoke-type lifting magnet device including a core having first and second ends and at least one yoke provided so as to be movable relative to the core in a vertical direction at each of...
4869489 Suction head with lifting suction devices  
Suction head includes a vertically adjustable lifting suction device having a respective guiding element, and an axially displaceable, telescopically guided suction chamber arranged on the guiding...
4865030 Apparatus for removal of objects from body passages  
An apparatus for insertion into the urethra for attachment to and removal of an in-dwelling urinary continence device comprises generally a tubular body having a longitudinal bore with a slidable...
4863340 System for loading products of sheet glass  
An automatic loading system includes an automatic loading apparatus for automatically loading, onto a pallet, a glass sheet product as it lies substantially horizontally and is delivered along a...
4846517 Apparatus for the transport of tacky prepreg blanks  
To permit gripping of tacky prepreg blanks with stepped surface in an apparatus for the transport of tacky prepreg blanks comprising a suction head, a suction head suspension, a suction pump and a...