Item Supported On Orbiting Or Rotating Carrier Patents (Class 209/705)
  • Patent number: 4119206
    Abstract: To enable a high-speed machine to process (for instance interconnect and reel) only acceptable, predeterminedly ordered electronic components after appropriate test, velocity changing mechanism actuatable by a continuously operable conveyor of the machine is provided to shift components to and from a testing unit and relative to their respective successive locations along the conveyor. Only failure of a component to qualify at the test unit automatically stops the conveyor, and that enables an operator to take corrective action by satisfactory completion of a test on a replacement component which then is preferably manually located in its proper sequence on the conveyor prior to re-starting of the machine. Accordingly, except for the usually uncommon short interval when an attendant may need to make substitution for an unsatisfactory component which has been detected, the invention enables rapid processing of assuredly reliable components and their intended sequence is verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: USM Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Wayne Woodman, Jr., Stanley Robert Vancelette
  • Patent number: 4113610
    Abstract: A harvesting combine apparatus comprising a compactly structured unit to be installed on and about a tractor and designed for easy maneuvering mobility among trees in orchards. The unit employs sequentially a slanted input conveyor in line with a horizontally positioned sorting conveyor and output guide ways for disposing agricultural products into containers, to be weighted and closed for shipping. The unit carries motors to drive the conveyors, which are powered by an external electrical or by attached mechanical to electrical current converted power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Inventor: Loren H. Mueller