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7553119 Mail tray unloader with shuttle transfer through system comprising tilting  
An automated flats handling system is provided that includes mail shuttles, a tray unloading section, a quality control area, a shuttle tilter, a shuttle return section and a stacker/loader. The...
7360653 Packaging tray for disk drive head suspension assemblies  
A packaging tray for disk drive head suspension assemblies is comprised of a generally rectangular frame having longitudinal members adapted to support suspension assemblies. A baseplate support...
6866462 Flexible pedestal for inverting soft contact lenses  
A pedestal for inverting a soft contact lens has been invented. The pedestal of the invention has an inner surface, an outer surface, a dome shape capable of supporting the back surface of the...
6764267 Patty loader and method  
An apparatus and method for stacking and loading disc-like objects into receptacles is provided. The apparatus includes a lane combining conveyor which receives multiple lanes of product and...
6729835 Handling assembly for fixturing ophthalmic lenses  
An assembly for orienting and fixturing an array of contact lenses in a lens-fixturing tray to enable automated picking of the lenses includes an array of tubes to which a first support tray having...
6695563 Apparatus for inversion of racked glasses  
A racked glass inverter which may be used alone or in combination with a processing system for preparing and filling beverage containers with ice and liquid. The beverage processing system...
6695562 Device and process for the transfer of objects between two open receptacles  
Two receptacles open at the top ( 15, 16 ), one of which contains objects ( 17 ) are put onto a rotating tray ( 3 ) under a convex cover ( 5 ). They are held in place by an appropriate device ( 11,...
6612800 Article transfer apparatus  
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for transferring ordered articles between carriers. Generally, an empty partitioned carrier is aligned in a generally opposing relationship with partitions in...
6543984 Lens transfer method and devices  
A method, device and trays for transferring ophthalmic lenses from one work station to another. The first tray supports the lenses after release from the mold. The second tray supports the lenses...
6468018 Article transfer apparatuses  
An article transfer apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a fulcrum, a lever arm rotatably attached to the fulcrum, and a clamp coupled to the lever arm having a first carrier retaining...
6406670 Multiple well microtiter plate loading assembly and method  
An apparatus and method for simultaneously loading a plurality of small items such as small items into the wells of a multiple well microtiter plate which includes a small item loading unit and a...
6398008 Aligning and conveying method of packaged article and apparatus thereof  
An apparatus for mechanically taking out packaged articles housed in a large-sized tray onto a conveyer line. A tray housing a multiplicity of packaged articles is conveyed onto a support conveyer...
6375408 Die-level burn-in and test flipping tray  
A die-level test and burn-in flipping tray. A tray having a plurality of pockets adapted to receive die-level carriers formed thereon is provided. The pockets are defined by four risers, one riser...
6238164 Pivoting transfer apparatus for transferring mail between trays and cartridges  
An apparatus for handling and transferring letter mail from and to different sized mail receptacles or containers such as cartridges and mail trays includes a support frame rotatably supporting a...
6217274 Continuous flow transfer system  
The present invention provides for a continuous flow transfer system designed to transfer the contents of a mail tray into a cartridge for subsequent processing and then, after processing, to...
6213707 Automatic system for unpacking boxes  
Cardboard cartons are delivered to a soft-drink-can packaging line in boxes. The boxes are placed on a box-conveyor, from which the boxes are tranferred one by one into a bucket. The bucket holds...
6190111 Tray inverting apparatus and methods  
An apparatus (10) for simultaneously inverting a plurality of semiconductor devices includes a conveyor (12) for conveying an input tray below a frame (32) having a primer tray captured therein by...
6186726 Method and apparatus to convert an open topped container into a top discharging container  
An apparatus and related method are provided for converting an open-topped container into a top-emptying container. The apparatus preferably includes a cover having ground-engaging feet and a...
6139243 Method and system for flipping a tray of parts  
A method and system are provided for flipping a tray of parts such as integrated circuit packages including a pair of flippable storage trays. A first storage tray has an upper surface which forms...
6132159 Process and apparatus for reorienting medicaments to be coated  
Medicaments on a first pallet are transferred onto a second pallet, thereby reorienting the medicaments. The first pallet is received on a first lift plate and the second pallet is received on a...
6077018 Device for sorting of glass blanks  
In a sorting unit for glass blanks, next to a device (1) for righting of glass blanks delivered horizontally, there is buffer storage (20) on the side opposite conveyor (10) by which glass blanks...
6071056 Shipping tray backside location  
A tray used during the processing and handling of HGAs has a set of locating and support features on both its top and bottom surfaces. Each tray has a perimeter which is designed to engage and be...
5993148 Article transfer methods  
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for transferring ordered articles between carriers. Generally, an empty partitioned carrier is aligned in a generally opposing relationship with partitions in...
5755548 Belt drive tube feeder for a surface mount placement system  
A belt drive tube feeder for use in a surface mount placement system (SMPS) reliably advances a sequence of parts fed from a tube at a determinable sequential rate to a pick location on a belt...
5454900 Detaping apparatus  
An apparatus for removing both plastic leaded chip carrier and small outline package electronic components from carrier tapes includes a platform which supports the carrier tape and a drum which...
5360309 Method and apparatus for transferring glasses from rack to rack  
An apparatus for transferring glasses from rack to rack, which comprises a fixed section; a pair of vertical braces disposed to the fixed section to oppose each other with a predetermined distance...
5268059 Detaping machine for removal of integrated circuit devices from sealed pocket tape  
A detaping machine is provided for removing parts from a reel of sealed pocket tape, with minimum handling of such parts. The machine has a spindle on which the sealed pocket tape is mounted. The...
4944651 Component carrying apparatus and method  
A component carrier includes a matrix of raised platforms on a space that support components with depending leads extending toward the base beside the raised platform and raised portions releasably...
4880101 Piece locating system for painting or the like  
An automated painting system where the parts to be painted are placed on a carrying tray in a first position and moved through a painting and a drying station so that first surface portions of the...
4830564 Method and apparatus for transferring eggs  
A method and apparatus for transferring eggs from an incubator flat to a hatching tray. The apparatus comprises a table, a frame pivotally mounted to the table, a main air cylinder, a rack and...
4818383 Apparatus and method for inspecting and grading samples of grain  
Apparatus and method for inspecting and grading a grain sample involves the use of a first tray having an upwardly-facing grooved surface on which kernels of grain can be arranged in rows for a...
4773816 Apparatus and methods for engaging a workpiece  
Inbound and outbound parallel conveyors carry parts supported on a screen tray engaged by the conveyors. The parts are conveyed to a station on the inbound conveyor line where a substance is...
4743156 Dump transfer wafer carrier  
An improved wafer carrier adapted for use in storing and transferring semiconductor wafers is described. The carrier generally resembles prior art carriers in that it is an open topped basket with...
4704061 Container and method for loading currency notes into a currency cassette  
A container for use in loading notes into a currency cassette in a simple and rapid manner includes a base and wall portions upstanding therefrom. A rectangular removable plate is positioned over...
4696617 Apparatus for feeding bar-like materials  
A method for feeding cigarettes or filter plugs or the like to a working machine, such as a transporting machine, using a flat feeding passage with a bottom which can store and convey the...
4661033 Apparatus for unloading wafers from a hot boat  
Wafers are unloaded from a hot wafer processing boat of the type having a plurality of elongated parallel electrodes defining elongated processing gaps therebetween with the wafers being serially...
4431361 Methods of and apparatus for transferring articles between carrier members  
Articles, such as fragile, delicate semiconductor wafers, in a first carrier member are caused to pass nearly, but not quite wholly, into a second carrier member by being pushed--against...
4344730 Egg transfer apparatus  
Apparatus for transferring eggs from an incubator setter tray having individualized compartments in which the eggs are contained to a hatcher tray in which the eggs are loose and co-mingled. The...
4335989 Miniature slide storage tray and method of using same  
A miniature slide storage tray having a plurality of annularly arranged, radially extending compartments for receiving and storing a plurality of slides in a compactly arranged manner so that the...
4295776 Portable inverter for transferring bulk goods between pallets  
A portable inverter, adapted to be moved to a desired location by a fork lift truck, enables bulk goods packed in sacks, boxes and the like and supported on a first pallet to be transferred to a...
4253789 Miniature slide storage tray  
A miniature slide storage tray having a plurality of annularly arranged, radially extending compartments for receiving and storing a plurality of slides in a compactly arranged manner so that the...
4244673 Consecutive wafer transfer apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for consecutively transferring wafers used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices between carriers having either the same spacing distance or different spacing...
4176751 Container apparatus for handling semiconductor wafers  
A modified etch boat acts as a transfer device for transferring wafers, in bulk. An etch boat has a longitudinal hole through one wall near the top edge, the hole periphery extending into Vee...
4095707 Bulk material transfer mechanism  
A transfer mechanism for dumping the contents of a shipping drum into an open-topped mixing vessel has a rotatable frame spaced above the support surface on which the vessel and drum can be rolled...
3993203 Method and apparatus for unloading a railroad car containing bulk cargo  
A method and apparatus for unloading bulk cargo from a railroad car that is enclosed within a receiver box which is, in turn, movably mounted within a rotating frame. The car is rotated...
3949891 Semiconductor wafer transfer device  
A device for permitting the simultaneous transfer of a plurality of silicon wafers from one wafer carrier to another, and particularly for permitting a mass transfer between carriers having...
3934733 Transfer device  
This patent discloses a transfer system for transferring discs from a furnace boat to a cleaning carrier in which alternate discs are transferred from the boat to a carrier and then the remainder...
3926305 Wafer basket  
A wafer basket having parallel side walls between which may be held axially aligned wafers includes end supports configured to permit end-wise access to wafers axially from one end thereof and...
3863788 DEPANNING MACHINE  
Machine for removing biscuits from baking pans including a platform, belt conveyor serially delivering biscuit-containing pans to platform, pan swinging means having magnetic arms pivoted at one...
3794327 GAME BOARD SUPPORT AND INVERTING TRAY  
A support including a pair of transversly extending members and a pair of longitudinally extending members mounted on and extending from one transverse member to a point beyond the other transverse...
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