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6461085 Sputter pallet loader  
A sputter pallet loading and unloading device includes in one embodiment a spindle that rotates the pallet while an arm is engaged with the spring in the pallet to open and close the spring. In...
6454497 Installation for conveying objects by air flow such as, in particular bottles and/or flasks  
An apparatus for conveying objects by air blowing including at least one transfer line along which the objects can be conveyed, a loader connected to the transfer line for loading the objects onto...
6453644 Method and means for producing, conveying, storing and utilizing air pillows  
Apparatus for producing and conveying air pillows comprises an air pillow production machine which produces a continuous web of air filled pillows, ductwork extending away from the air pillow...
6447217 Substrate transfer device and operating method thereof  
A substrate body transfer apparatus, and an operating method therefor, capable of inserting and extracting substrate body into and from a cassette using air conveyance without employing a transfer...
6409434 Device for manipulation of objects on a pneumatic surface  
This invention provides a pneumatic active surface capable of sensing, locating, and moving an object on the surface by selective activation of individual segments or portions of the surface. The...
6398461 Container handling system  
A container handling system ( 10 ) comprises a first belt conveyor ( 14 ), an air bed conveyor ( 16 ) adjacent the outlet ( 34 ) of the first belt conveyor ( 14 ), a second belt conveyor ( 18 )...
6386799 Air conveyor with an adjustable air flow control mechanism  
An air flow control mechanism for a multi-channel air conveyor enables the flow rate of air ejected from air outlet orifices of inner channels of the multi-channel air conveyor to be adjusted...
6368027 Air conveyor fitted with a bottom longitudinal guide for transporting suspended articles in an inclined position  
The air conveyor enables suspended articles to be transported, e.g. empty plastics bottles B, under drive from air jets. It has a bottom longitudinal guide ( 6 ) which extends along the path of the...
6361041 Air cushion guide for sheet or web-formed material  
An air cushion guide for sheet or web-formed material that includes at least one guide member having a chamber and a surface formed with nozzle openings that may communicate with the chamber,...
6360880 Two axis bottle guide rail change over for an air conveyor  
A two axis bottle guide rail change over apparatus for an air conveyor supports a pair of guide rails and is operable to simultaneously adjust a lateral spacing between the pair of guide rails...
6354789 Article feeding apparatus  
An apparatus for feeding semiconductor chips has a structural body having grooves which serve respectively as parallel feed paths for semiconductor chips, the feed paths corresponding to respective...
RE37532 Damperless controlled speed air conveyor  
A damperless, controlled speed, coverless, isometric air conveyor and method for conveying lightweight containers en masse or individually at a controlled speed includes a first set of louvers...
6338598 Conveying system for rigidly interconnected parts  
This invention relates to a conveying system ( 1 ) for rigidly interconnected parts ( 2 ), particularly on a machine tool for the further processing of semi-product parts, comprising a conveying...
6336775 Gas floating apparatus, gas floating-transporting apparatus, and thermal treatment apparatus  
A gas floating-transporting apparatus transports a material to be treated along a predetermined direction in a thermal space so as to thermally treat the material to be treated. The apparatus...
6332740 Device for conveying objects such as, in particular, bottles, flasks or the like  
A device for conveying objects having a protuberance at their neck including a blowing chamber for blowing an air flux for driving the objects and a support rail cooperating with the objects at the...
6318935 Braking system for air conveyors  
A braking system is provided along one of a pair of guide rails of an air conveyor that transports plastic bottles along a pathway between the pair of guide rails. The braking system is selectively...
6315501 Air stream particulate collecting transfer apparatus  
An air stream transfer apparatus capable of preventing particles in a transfer passage from adhering to an object to be processed and removing the particles. The apparatus includes that of a...
6293736 Plenum and cross block for a pneumatic conveyor  
A plenum for a pneumatic conveyor of the type used for the movement of bottles and the like. The plenum comprises a central housing for receiving pressurized air, a cross block positioned within...
6287055 Air conveyor neck ring change-over with vertical pivot section  
A multichannel pivoting coupling between an upstream multichannel air conveyor and a downstream multichannel air conveyor includes a mechanism that can be selectively controlled to simultaneously...
6241427 System and method for substantially touchless hydrodynamic transport of objects  
A object processing system is disclosed. The object processing system includes processing modules for performing process steps on objects, and hydrodynamic transport chutes coupled between the...
6224298 Object transport apparatus having a floating conveying means  
Grooves for constructing transport passages 12 for transporting semiconductor chips 28 are provided (the grooves are provided in parallel to one another in a number corresponding to quality levels...
6220056 Device for handling thin panes of glass and fragile work pieces  
For handling thin panes of glass or similar work pieces and products in conveyance systems, machining installations, and the like, by means of pneumatic forces, a device is proposed that is...
6220791 Apparatus and method for the aerosolization of powders  
An apparatus and method for the aerosolization of powders is disclosed. The invention includes a chamber in which a cloud of aerosolized powder is formed, the cloud having a relatively even...
6203249 Particulate objects conveying apparatus for conveying particles of a predetermined size  
A particulate object conveying device is provided, and the conveying device includes a stagnating portion. A rotor has an outer circumference having a plurality of grooves formed equidistantly...
6190094 Pneumatic conveying apparatus  
Apparatus includes a pneumatic conveyor for supporting the articles to be conveyed and air under pressure in the conveyor to convey the articles, wherein the conveyor includes a first elongated...
6170819 Non-contact sheet handling system and method of using same  
A non-contact sheet handling system includes a first valve controlling air flow to a manifold and a second valve controlling air flow from the manifold to an air pan. A non-contact plate having...
6155558 Feeding table for sheets in a feeder of a sheet-fed printing press  
A feeder for a sheet-fed printing press includes a feeding table having a surface which, at least in subregions thereof, is formed with through openings, over which sheets separable or singlable by...
6074085 Cyclonic mixer  
A pair of concentric tubes having an inlet and an outlet with the outer tube being closed at either end and the inner tube having a plurality of holes with compound angles designed to impart a...
6062773 Infeed assembly for use with an air conveyor system  
An infeed assembly for use with an air conveyor system. The infeed assembly has a guide mechanism configured for engaging an article, such as a lightweight plastic bottle, and guiding it as it is...
6053668 Water slide for transferring semiconductor wafers  
A water slide for semiconductor wafer processing minimizes water usage by confining water to flow within spaced-apart grooves in the absence of a wafer. When a wafer passes down the water slide, a...
6042107 Device for contact-free sheet guidance in a sheet-fed printing press  
A device for contact-free sheet guidance in a sheet-fed printing press, having a sheet guiding surface and an air guiding surface directed obliquely away from the sheet guiding surface, includes at...
6042307 Controlled speed air conveyor for unstable articles  
The method and apparatus of this invention include first and second sets of louvers which extend through the conveying surface for creating downstream and upstream force vectors of air which serve...
6040553 Method of manufacturing air conveyor panels by laser ablation drilling  
An automated method of manufacturing an air conveyor panel. The panel includes an array of holes used as air nozzles. The method generally includes the steps of mapping with a computer the desired...
6033156 Device for conveying empty bottles in a hanging arrangement  
A device for conveying empty bottles in a hanging arrangement applicable to the conveyance of bottles made of plastics material, the bottles including a flange in the region of their neck, the...
6024518 Air conveyor with conveyed object hold down guide rail  
A guide is employed on air conveyors of the type that suspend conveyed objects from an intermediate enlargement, for example, conveying plastic bottles by suspending the bottles from their neck...
5984591 Thrust slot air conveyor having a varying slot angle  
An air conveyor includes guides for stabilizing articles during conveyance and a plenum with apertures for providing pressurized air. In the preferred embodiment, the air conveyor also includes...
5951006 Modular air jet array with coanda exhausting for module decoupling  
A decoupling mechanism is provided for passively or actively decoupling an exhaust from a modular air transport system by diverting an amount of air exiting a channel in a first module in a...
5951211 Air conveyor having transitional section  
An air conveyor transitional section connects an upstream air conveyor section to a downstream air conveyor section that is not collinear with the upstream air conveyor section. The air conveyor...
5947647 Conveyor coupling  
An air conveyor apparatus is adapted for conveying bottle containers having a neck ring with an outer diameter dimension. The conveyor apparatus includes a first air conveyor section and a second...
5941520 Contact-free sheet guiding device in a sheet-fed printing press  
In a sheet-fed printing press, a contact-free sheet guiding device having a sheet guiding surface is provided including at least one blast air nozzle disposed in the sheet guiding surface and...
5931093 Pneumatic sheet guiding device in a printing machine  
A device for guiding a sheet as it is conveyed through a deliverer or between printing units of a sheet-fed printing machine is provided. The sheet guiding device includes a guide surface which has...
5882372 Apparatus for use in confining a gaseous stream containing wet or sticky particles or fibers  
In a process of making gas laid products by entraining particles at least partially coated with a binder in a gaseous stream, passing the stream through a forming chamber and through a permeable...
5842818 Single-to-multiple line conveying system for unstable articles having a neck ring  
A single-to-multiple line conveying system for conveying unstable articles, such as plastic bottles, having a neck ring. The unstable articles are neck ring supported and are conveyed in single...
5839721 Movable workbench and an assembly line device using the workbench  
A movable workbench 6 has a work board 7, second casters 8 attached on one side of the back of the work board, and first casters 9 attached on the other side thereof. The first casters 9 can rotate...
5820306 Thrust slot air conveyor  
An air conveyor which includes guides for stabilizing articles during conveyance and a plenum with apertures for providing pressurized air is provided. In the preferred embodiment, the air conveyor...
5810516 Apparatus and method for stabilizing an article conveyed in a conveyor system  
A conveyor system for conveying an article has an upper portion and a lower portion below the upper portion. The conveyor system comprises a guide mechanism configured for engaging the upper...
5788425 Flexible system for handling articles  
The apparatus for handling and operating on an article includes a flexible member having a working surface and at least one fluid orifice which pass through the flexible member and terminates in...
5738467 Apparatus for the feeding of articles at variable speeds  
An air-conveying apparatus for moving articles along a path of travel at varying speeds comprises in combination a pneumatic conveyor for supporting the articles, a fan operatively coupled to the...
5718176 Method and device for pneumatically braking sheets in a delivery of a sheet-fed rotary printing press  
Method for pneumatically braking sheets in a delivery of a sheet-fed rotary printing press by means of blast air directed opposite to a sheet-transport direction for forming an air flow for braking...
5695302 Thrust slot neck-guided air conveyor  
A neck guide air conveyor having passageways formed above the support structure for the neck guides to direct pressurized air over the collars of articles to propel the articles. The passageways...
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