Including Magazine Type Pallet Supply Means Patents (Class 425/254)
  • Patent number: 8845314
    Abstract: A lens manufacturing apparatus includes a concave-convex shape forming unit that makes a notch in the surface of a workpiece to form a concave-convex shape portion, a resin supply unit that supplies resin for a lens onto the surface of the workpiece, a resin curing unit that cures the supplied resin for a lens, a moving unit that moves the concave-convex shape forming unit, the resin supply unit, and the resin curing unit relative to the workpiece, and a control unit that controls driving of the concave-convex shape forming unit, the resin supply unit, the resin curing unit, and the moving unit so as to form the concave-convex shape portion extending in a predetermined direction, supply the resin for a lens between adjacent concave-convex shape portions and cure the supplied resin for a lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Yasuda, Keishi Shimizu, Yoshio Nishihara
  • Patent number: 8057212
    Abstract: A forming machine that quickly compacts hollow materials and automatically recycles the materials includes molds, each of which is provided with a feeder having a hollow hole. An opening of the feeder is exactly located at a hollow position of a food product to be formed, and an upper end of the hollow feeder is connected with recycling tubes coming from a feed tank. When a cope and a nowel compact and form the materials into the hollow food products, the feeders will automatically push upward remainders at hollow places of the food products that are stacked constantly, enabling the remainders to enter into the feed tank along the recycling tubes, so as to achieve effects of quickly compacting and processing the materials and automatically recycling the remainders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Inventor: Wen-Di Chiang
  • Patent number: 6817857
    Abstract: A main frames having bottom and top frame parts for concrete molding machines of the kind which are used in making slabs or blocks for covering surfaces and erecting walls are usually made by welding together cut standard steel sections of the types HEM, RHS, UNP, etc. The requirements to materials and welds at the making of bottom frames of this kind are high due to the fact that welded structures subjected to vibration only has 10-15% of the basic material strength in the welding zones. Thus, the main frame has a bottom frame part (40) formed of two flame cut bottom plates (42, 44) arranged in parallel as an upper plate (42) and a lower plate (44) and forming the basic shape of the bottom, the bottom plates (42, 44) being interconnected by at least two longitudinal plates (46, 48) and a number of transverse plates (50, 52, 54). In this way, substantial savings are achieved as the main frame can be made with fewer or no welds in the critical areas, or with welds of a lower class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: KVM Industrimaskiner A/S
    Inventors: Erik Spangenberg, Jesper B. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 6758665
    Abstract: A vibrator device for use in a concrete block maker in which the mold box and the underlying pallet of the device reciprocate in opposite directions relative to each other, providing compaction of the concrete mix within the mold box as supported upon the pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Inventor: Sigmund P. Cichos
  • Patent number: 5368466
    Abstract: A transporting apparatus for moving away injection-molded articles from an injection molding machine includes pallets; a charging station for loading the pallets; transporting pallets each individually supporting at least one pallet and coupled thereto for forming a transporting unit; a pallet tower spaced from the charging station for storing a plurality of pallets; an elevator for receiving empty pallets from the pallet tower and loaded pallets from the charging station and being vertically freely movable during loading of the pallets in the charging station; a conveyor for moving the transporting pallets between the elevator and the charging station for transferring empty pallets from the elevator to the charging station and for transferring loaded pallets from the charging station to the elevator; and a positioning arrangement for placing the elevator into such a position during transfer thereto of empty pallets from the pallet tower and transfer therefrom of loaded pallets into the pallet tower that a tr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Inventor: Karl Hehl
  • Patent number: 5290165
    Abstract: An independent pallet delivery system for transporting pallets through a block forming machine that forms concrete blocks on a pallet. The systems includes a pallet magazine for storing a plurality of pallets therein. A conveyor belt formed with a pulley system for transporting the pallets. A pallet pick-up position which receives a pallet from the pallet magazine and places the pallet in a holding position above the conveyor. A jacking assembly is provided to raise that conveyor to engage with the pallet and deliver the pallet to the block forming machine. The block forming machine lifts the empty pallet and forms a molded block thereon. As the block forming machine lowers the pallet towards the conveyor, the jacking assembly lowers the conveyor to cushion the return of the pallet having the molded cement blocks thereon. The pallet with the molded concrete blocks is placed on the conveyor and a takeaway conveyor which move at essentially the same speed and outputs the pallet to an automated conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Bergen Machine & Tool Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Jay R. Pitha
  • Patent number: 5173311
    Abstract: A brick making device wherein clay is dispensed into moulds having sidewalls and a bottom movable relative to the sidewalls. A releasing material such as sand is dispensed by a rotating roller which intermittently forms a dispensing slit so that the releasing material is only applied to the mould bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Assignee: Machinefabriek De Boer B.V.
    Inventor: Henricus G. R. Rensen
  • Patent number: 5039299
    Abstract: An injection molding machine having a clamping unit and beams, which are disposed above the clamping unit and extend parallel and symmetrically to the vertical longitudinal plane of symmetry of the machine as far as to the rear end of the drive for the clamping unit. A pallet is provided, which is disposed over the drive and extends between the beams and has a supporting surface on which the moldings can be retained at predetermined locations, in which the moldings can be placed on the supporting surface by means of two carriages, which are horizontally movable in directions which are at right angles to each other. The carriages can be driven by flexible elements. Owing to such an arrangement, even delicate moldings can be removed from the injection molding machine, deposited and carried off quickly and in a gentle manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Inventor: Karl Hehl
  • Patent number: 4959003
    Abstract: A system for die casting of concrete goods such as block stones comprises a cellular casting mould having a plurality of cells and a device for supplying concrete for filling the cells. A dolly including a common base member with protruding pistion portions having load plates of a shape corresponding to that of the cells, is used for compressing the concrete in the cells. Each of the piston portions includes a resilient compressible material arranged between the load plates and the common base member for obtaining uniform density and strength in the goods in the respective cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Assignee: KVM Industrimaskiner A/S
    Inventor: Agner R. Gregersen
  • Patent number: 4880372
    Abstract: A material feed system provided with a plurality of injection molding machines. A filling station is provided and has a resin tank in which resin material is stored, a container to which the resin material is fed from the resin tank, and a coupling device for coupling the resin tank and the container on demand. A carrier having a clamping mechanism runs along a track which is laid so as to pass over the injection molding machines and the filling station. The coupling device is controlled by a control unit. The control unit also controls the movement of the carrier to thereby transport the container by the use of the clamping mechanism and to feed the resin material from the container to the injection molding machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutaka Keida
  • Patent number: 4832587
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing bricks with smooth side surfaces includes a conveyor carrying a plurality of mould containers past a releasing material applying mechanism, a container filling and trimming member, and a brick ejection station. Each mould container has a bottom which is displaceable out of the mould to both receive releasing material at the releasing material applying mechanism and to eject a formed brick at the ejection station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Machinefabrick De Boer B.V.
    Inventor: Henricus G. R. Rensen
  • Patent number: 4758148
    Abstract: In manufacturing concrete tiles a stiff concrete mass is molded and heavily compacted by means of a rapidly rotating pressing roller on sheet metal molding trays, which during the molding operation are supported by carriers having relief-like supporting surfaces which are generally complementary to the bottom sides of the tiles. The tray carriers form parts of an endless conveyor passing a concrete extruding station, in which the pressing roller is included, the tray carriers being formed as platforms placed freely between a pair of driving chains, to which each platform is connected by one pair of coaxial pivots only. Each platform is composed of two segments, which are hingedly interconnected independently of the chains. When passing the concrete extruding station the tray carrying platforms rest on an endless intermediate belt moving over a stationary supporting bed, through the top side of which pressurized air is supplied in order to reduce the friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: ABECE Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Karl B. Jidell
  • Patent number: 4680000
    Abstract: Apparatus for applying labels in the molds of a plastic blow molding machine of the type wherein a plurality of sets of molds are mounted on a wheel rotatable about a horizontal axis and the molds are moved toward and away from one another to enclose a parison and the parison is then blown to the confines of the cavity between the mold sections which comprises removing labels successively from one or more magazines, depositing the labels on an endless conveyor which transports the labels to a position adjacent an open mold and laterally transferring the labels from the conveyor to a position within the molds such that when a mold closes about a plastic parison and the parison is blown, the labels become adhered to the blown plastic bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Casimir W. Nowicki, Thomas A. Lucius, Ronald S. Kaminski, Robert P. Snyder
  • Patent number: 4019848
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming concrete building blocks which is constructed and arranged (1) to minimize sound emissions to the environment of a magnitude which might cause injury to the hearing of the operators, (2) to provide shielding around the major movable components of the machine so as to substantially eliminate potential causes of bodily injury to the operators, and (3) to improve the performance and cooperation of the major components for making concrete blocks. To provide shielding against noise and bodily injury, the frame of the apparatus is constructed in conjunction with sound insulation panels to provide an enclosure around the major movable components of the apparatus, and the frame also supports these components on internal surfaces thereof so as to minimize sound transmission openings to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Assignee: Old Fort International, Inc.
    Inventor: Milo G. Balhorn
  • Patent number: 4005973
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming concrete building blocks which is constructed and arranged (1) to minimize sound emissions to the environment of a magnitude which might cause injury to the hearing of the operators, (2) to provide shielding around the major movable components of the machine so as to substantially eliminate potential causes of bodily injury to the operators, and (3) to improve the performance and cooperation of the major components for making concrete blocks. To provide shielding against noise and bodily injury, the frame of the apparatus is constructed in conjunction with sound insulation panels to provide an enclosure around the major movable components of the apparatus, and the frame also supports these components on internal surfaces thereof so as to minimize sound transmission openings to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Assignee: Old Fort International, Inc.
    Inventor: Milo G. Balhorn
  • Patent number: 3961874
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming concrete building blocks which is constructed and arranged (1) to minimize sound emissions to the environment of a magnitude which might cause injury to the hearing of the operators, (2) to provide shielding around the major movable components of the machine so as to substantially eliminate potential causes of bodily injury to the operators, and (3) to improve the performance and cooperation of the major components for making concrete blocks. To provide shielding against noise and bodily injury, the frame of the apparatus is constructed in conjunction with sound insulation panels to provide an enclosure around the major movable components of the apparatus, and the frame also supports these components on internal surfaces thereof so as to minimize sound transmission openings to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: Old Fort International, Inc.
    Inventor: Milo G. Balhorn