Douglas A. Hess

US Patent 7086559 Business card holder and dispenser

US Patent 7090065 Keyless frictional shaft locking device with integrated frictional drum conveyor pulley end disc

US Patent 7104387 Transport system, in particular an airport luggage transport system, for containers adapted to transport individual items

US Patent 7104747 Load change safety system

US Patent 7108121 Intermediate product transferring apparatus and carrying system having the intermediate product transferring apparatus

US Patent 7108124 Method for multiple lift stacking using mobile conveyor system

US Patent 7108474 Apparatus for transporting plate-shaped work piece

US Patent 7111722 Angled-roller belt conveyor

US Patent 7114613 Article unscrambler with high speed tapered roller

US Patent 7118319 Bulk closure dispensing system

US Patent 7121544 High throughput sheet accumulator

US Patent 7124875 Escalator with high speed inclined section

US Patent 7124878 Bagging machine rotor tooth having a concave face

US Patent 7125216 Device for loading a three-knife trimmer

US Patent 7128519 Auto stacking machine for strip articles

US Patent 11174057 Method for packaging and processing food products

US Patent 7134827 Reduced footprint tool for automated processing of microelectronic substrates

US Patent 7156606 Article aligning apparatus

US Patent 7159706 Self cleaning conveyor with roller scraper and debris reduction skirt

US Patent 7159739 Dispenser for discrete gravity-flowable objects

US Patent 7163099 Storage device with variable storage capacity

US Patent 7175173 Finisher with increased conveyance speed

US Patent 7182202 Conveying device for bulk material

US Patent 7191893 Unit for transferring and spacing articles

US Patent 7191894 Variable angled-roller belt and conveyor

US Patent 7198147 Conveyor unit with accumulation of receptacles such as bottles

US Patent 7201270 Device for the storage and feeding of products

US Patent 7207429 Feeding device of chocolates and similar products

US Patent 7207434 Conveyor with center-actuatable gripper, and related conveyor link

US Patent 7210569 Transfer device for conveyor belt

US Patent 7219792 Article carrying apparatus

US Patent 7220932 Work unit for conveying bottles between two stations and for rejecting faulty bottles

US Patent 7222727 Low cost food processing belts and other conveyances manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials

US Patent 7223063 Method and system for adjusting a position of an object

US Patent 7232028 Cleaning unit for cleaning travel equipment, travel equipment with a cleaning unit and method for carrying out a cleaning sequence for cleaning travel equipment

US Patent 7233840 Conveyor system with distributed article manipulation

US Patent 7241103 Method and system for adjusting a position of an object

US Patent 7243801 System for removing plastic from recycled material

US Patent 7261203 System and method for making prestressed tubular belt

US Patent 7273142 Packaging cushion delivery system

US Patent 7273144 Rotary conveyor

US Patent 7275633 Device for changing the direction of conveyance of flat postal items and the position of the postal items relative to their direction of conveyance

US Patent 7278531 Flexible conveyor and connection elements

US Patent 7278536 Molded plastic conveyor chain member for processing poultry

US Patent 7280889 Networkable zone control modules and method and coveyor system incorporating the same

US Patent 7281626 Radius conveyor belt

US Patent 7281627 Forged chain link assembly

US Patent 7284650 Mobile conveying and stacking system for multilayer dumping and process for operating the system

US Patent 7284655 Method and arrangement as well as apparatus for transverse conveyance of reams

US Patent 7287642 Trippable idler roller assembly for belt conveyors

US Patent 7290647 Guide apparatus

US Patent 7290649 Roller arrangement for an accumulating roller conveyor

US Patent 7293638 Orientation unit for a fruit sorting and grading machine

US Patent 7299909 Taper sleeve for conveyor roller

US Patent 7299912 Conveyor for bar or pipe

US Patent 7303064 Feeder belt for strip-shaped parts

US Patent 7303094 Vacuum pill dispensing cassette and counting machine

US Patent 7306087 Arrangement and a method for controlling units within a flow

US Patent 7306092 Transport system for small components

US Patent 7306219 Device for reversal of direction of planar letters

US Patent 7308980 Method for distributing a conveyor belt cleaner

US Patent 7314129 Image forming apparatus

US Patent 7314131 Elevating conveyor

US Patent 7314132 Rodless conveyor belt or chain

US Patent 7316305 Flow through article storage device

US Patent 7316308 Supporting device of a transport device of a soldering apparatus

US Patent 7320393 Conveyor

US Patent 7322462 Conveyor belt tensioner

US Patent 7325667 Systems and methods for feeding articles to and removing articles from an automatic washer

US Patent 7325672 Device for stopping a continuous product stream of a rotary press

US Patent 7325799 Method and apparatus for booklet production

US Patent 7331447 Rod retaining snap rod with enlarged retaining ring

US Patent 7334672 Method for detecting faults in a combplate and sensor combplate

US Patent 7337893 Preform feeder system, particularly of a receptacle blowing machine, comprising means for ejecting badly positioned preforms

US Patent 7341138 Conveyor idle roller assembly

US Patent 7341139 Travelator, moving ramp or escalator

US Patent 7341421 Workpiece turning apparatus

US Patent 7344016 Method and device for orienting flat items of mail towards a narrow edge

US Patent 7344020 Belt connection for agriculture conveyor

US Patent 7347312 Distribution system and method of operating the same

US Patent 7353931 Comb plate for passenger conveyor with moving flange

US Patent 7353937 Method of monitoring belt orientation and/or belt travel of a band belt conveyor apparatus and a band belt conveyor

US Patent 7357238 Expandable and collapsible modular structure

US Patent 7357243 Packaging machine and method

US Patent 7357389 Transport device comprising a branch for transporting sheets

US Patent 7360643 Electroconductive modular belt

US Patent 7360644 Modular belt with rodless hinge

US Patent 7360645 Modular-conveyor-belt-based apparatus and method for the distribution of components which are disposed in strips

US Patent 11180324 Unloading apparatus for horticultural products such as blueberries and the like

US Patent 11180325 Lifting device and operating method thereof

US Patent 7364030 Apparatus for conveying objects

US Patent 7364034 Adjustable aperture apparatus that retains dust from bulk material directed through the apparatus

US Patent 7364036 Module for a perforated flat top belt with hinge gap for better fluid flow

US Patent 7364038 Conveyor belt link incorporating one or more rollers

US Patent 7367442 Device for transferring continuously transported printing products from a flat lying position into an upright position or vice versa

US Patent 7377380 Modular conveyor mat

US Patent 7377728 Vibratory conveyor

US Patent 7392895 Agitating element for discharging poorly pourable bulk materials

US Patent 7393159 Inline transfer system and method

US Patent 7395916 Apparatus and method for manufacturing panels from wood pieces

US Patent 7395919 Conveyor

US Patent 7401692 Device for restraining the rise of a step roller of an escalator

US Patent 7404476 Escalator and skirt end structure

US Patent 7404478 Distribution device

US Patent 7404482 Lateral guiding device for a handling system, and handling system using one such device

US Patent 7407049 Pallet arrangement for a people mover

US Patent 7407051 Nozzleless conveyor belt and sprocket cleaning shaft

US Patent 7407345 Method and a system of distribution of fluidizable materials

US Patent 7407346 Methods and apparatus for air conveyor dust emission control

US Patent 7410043 Arrangement for coupling pallets of a travelator

US Patent 7410047 Link for the connection of rods of a conveyor belt spirally wound around a driven drum, conveyor belt and conveying system with such connective links

US Patent 7410329 Device for conveying powders through pipelines

US Patent 7413070 Positioning system

US Patent 7413072 Apparatus for diverting a stream of articles

US Patent 7416072 Machine for transferring objects aligned in rows

US Patent 7416074 Belt conveying device, image forming apparatus provided therewith and adjustment method of belt skew controller in belt conveyance device

US Patent 7416075 Telescoping conveyor with powered and steerable discharge section

US Patent 7416370 Method and apparatus for transporting a substrate using non-Newtonian fluid

US Patent 7419048 Transverse conveying screw for a harvesting front attachment

US Patent 7419558 Method for making prestressed tubular belt

US Patent RE40484 Tracking, propulsion and braking system for bridge tripper/hopper car

US Patent 7422411 Gripping mechanisms, apparatus and methods

US Patent 7424943 Portable low profile drive-over truck dump conveyor system

US Patent 7426991 Adjustable vibratory feeder

US Patent 7427185 Method and apparatus for loading stacks of cartons of frozen animal products onto vessels using a carrier

US Patent 7428957 Order picking station and order picking method

US Patent 7431141 Basket positioning system for multi-chamber washer

US Patent 7431537 High capacity particulate loader and transfer apparatus

US Patent 7434857 Chuck device of container, transportation device with the same, and chuck claw for the transportation device

US Patent 7435039 Device for producing a predetermined orientation

US Patent 7445109 Feed roll construction

US Patent 7445110 Bailing apparatus with handle return device

US Patent 7448488 Abrasion sensing type conveyor chain and a method of judging degree of its abrasion

US Patent 7448489 Apparatus for transporting workpieces in presses

US Patent 7448491 Combine header belt tensioning apparatus and method

US Patent 7448831 Fluidising mat, container and container liner with such a mat

US Patent 7451979 High throughput sheet accumulator

US Patent 7452166 Device for conveying coating powder and method for conveying powder with the conveying device

US Patent 7452178 Unit and method for forming packs of products for a packaging machine

US Patent 7455164 Expandable and collapsible structure with rollers

US Patent 7455167 Holding device

US Patent 7455481 Pneumatic carrier

US Patent 7458454 Three-dimensional motion using single-pathway based actuators

US Patent 7458761 Apparatus and method for flipping electronic components

US Patent 7461739 Systems and methods for diverting objects

US Patent 7465130 Powder feed pump and appropriate operating system

US Patent 7465142 Method and apparatus for picking up a semiconductor chip, method and apparatus for removing a semiconductor chip from a dicing tape, and a method of forming a perforated dicing tape

US Patent 7467705 Unit for use in automatic container return systems

US Patent 7469517 Closure transferring mechanism

US Patent 7472782 Rotary feeder

US Patent 7472785 Conveyor system with automatic incline

US Patent 7472786 Non-contact conveying device using superconducting magnetic levitation

US Patent 7475765 Self-adjusting conveyor system

US Patent 7475768 Accumulation device and box packing system having same

US Patent 7476060 Bulk material handling system and portable loading apparatus thereof

US Patent 7481309 Method of separating, synchronizing and compacting packed groups of articles

US Patent 7488141 Automated control methods for dry bulk material transfer

US Patent 7494003 Outfeed mechanism for starwheel type glass inspection machine

US Patent 7497315 Escalator drive system failure detection and brake activation

US Patent 7497316 Sortation conveyor apparatus and methods

US Patent 7497323 Machine for aligning and equipping articles

US Patent 7500552 Transporting device with transporting belt

US Patent 7500555 Link plate for a metal waste conveyer

US Patent 7500809 Security system

US Patent 7503450 Long roller slip conveyor

US Patent 7506741 Wheel conveyor

US Patent 7506751 Conveyor systems for diverting objects

US Patent 7510070 Reciprocating forward-feed device for the clocked linear forward-feed of stacks of goods over a transport path

US Patent 7510071 Reciprocating slat conveyor with cleanout apparatus

US Patent 7513356 Positive displacement sorter

US Patent 7513716 Workpiece conveyor and method of conveying workpiece

US Patent 7514064 Free-flowing sulfur transport, storage and use to produce energy, fertilizer or hydrogen without carbon dioxide

US Patent 11186444 Apparatus for unscrambling randomly arranged containers

US Patent 7516839 Conveyor-technology device

US Patent 7520376 Conveyor system for work pieces or objects

US Patent 7520378 Chain driven conveyor having automatic tensioning street sweeping method and system

US Patent 7524145 Method and device for the pneumatic transport of preferably linen

US Patent 7530778 High-Performance non-contact support platforms

US Patent 7533765 Shock absorbing device for passenger conveyors

US Patent 7537104 Methods for accumulating, moving, and palletizing articles

US Patent 7537105 Apparatus and methods for controlling spacing of conveyed objects

US Patent 7537106 Apparatus and methods for conveying objects

US Patent 7537418 Methods and systems for delivering lost circulation material into drilling pits

US Patent 7540366 Method for centering of rolls

US Patent 7540694 Vibratory conveyor

US Patent 7540695 Container

US Patent 7544017 Pneumatic sculpture

US Patent 7544018 Apparatus for pneumatic conveying of drill cuttings

US Patent 7544019 Powder injection system and method

US Patent 7546915 Square shaft linear actuator

US Patent 7547162 High capacity particulate loader and transfer apparatus

US Patent RE40766 Conveyer idler

US Patent 7552814 Object to be inspected including small diameter bottle

US Patent 7552818 Support means

US Patent 7553111 Fluidizing gravity conveyor with high temperature multi-layered fluid distributor member

US Patent 7553118 Diverter and method for moving bodies between levels of an assembly line or other structure

US Patent 7556472 Assembly for and method of housing an object, such as fuel cell balance of plant equipment, for transport to and storage at a user location

US Patent 7559422 Modular link or link section for use in forming a rodless conveyor belt

US Patent 7559725 Conveyor for and method of conveying heated material

US Patent 7562759 Passenger conveyor handrail with sliding material on toothed driven surface

US Patent 7562761 Slat driven positive displacement sorter

US Patent 7568571 Conveyor device

US Patent 7568575 Engine support system

US Patent 7571799 Feeding station for processing bulbous flowers

US Patent 7571800 Vibrating alignment conveyor

US Patent 7578395 Apparatus for eliminating the trimmings of rolls or logs of ribbonlike material

US Patent 7581634 Apparatus and method for loading food articles

US Patent 7581905 Vessel for storing particulate matter and discharge device for use in the same

US Patent 7588134 Deformable/inflatable wear liner

US Patent 7588139 Conveyor assembly

US Patent 7588410 Pneumatic conveyor and conveyor section having a curved conveyor path

US Patent 7591365 Networkable zone control modules and method and conveyor system incorporating the same

US Patent 7591367 Container unscrambler system having adjustable track

US Patent 7591368 Glass substrate carrier with a non-contact brake assembly

US Patent 7591613 Method and apparatus for transporting a substrate using non-newtonian fluid

US Patent 7594570 Belt-shaped tension element and guiding system for the handrail of an escalator or a people-mover

US Patent 7597191 Bulk material bed with improved conveyor

US Patent 7600747 Platen for cut sheet feeder

US Patent 7600950 Device to transfer catalyst from a low pressure vessel to a high pressure vessel and purge the transferred catalyst

US Patent 7604111 Modular endless conveyor belt

US Patent 7607527 Wheel conveyor

US Patent 7607529 Portable low profile drive-over truck dump conveyor system

US Patent 7611006 Conveyor systems and methods

US Patent 7611141 Top registered item transport system

US Patent 7611309 Multilayer hydrodynamic sheath flow structure

US Patent 7614491 Method and apparatus for the controlled transfer of unit loads

US Patent 7617921 Can manipulating system

US Patent 7617923 Roller-belt conveyor for moving articles across the conveyor

US Patent 7624855 Transporting system for packaging machine

US Patent 7628400 Conveying apparatus

US Patent 7631745 Apparatus for coating objects

US Patent 7631747 Conveyor induct system

US Patent 7635241 Support platform of non-contact transfer apparatus

US Patent 7637368 Guide for conveyor of articles

US Patent 7641038 Passenger conveyor handrail and method of manufacture

US Patent 7641043 Loading and unloading apparatus

US Patent 7648018 Article transport device

US Patent 7648328 Device for receiving and for transporting an article

US Patent 7650986 Shaker conveyor assembly having an electronically controllable stroke speed

US Patent 7651314 High-speed stacker

US Patent 7654385 Machine for front joining and sticking of oblong wood workpieces by toothed front joints and referential procedure

US Patent 7654778 Vacuum system for pickup unit

US Patent 7658271 Conveyor

US Patent 7658274 Switcher for product supply lines

US Patent 7658275 Carrier type conveying apparatus and conveying carrier connection system of the conveying apparatus

US Patent 7661910 Hydraulic elevation apparatus and method

US Patent 7665597 Non-contact article rotating apparatus

US Patent 7669707 Material handling apparatus with integrated part sorter

US Patent 7669709 Guidance unit for conveyor belt

US Patent 7673736 Conveyor system with gate reader assembly

US Patent 7673738 Steerable/retractable cargo power drive unit

US Patent 7673740 Device for monitoring a conveyor

US Patent 7673743 Material handling apparatus

US Patent 7674077 Method of transporting tuberous vegetables

US Patent 7681712 Alignment conveyor apparatus

US Patent 7681714 Apparatus for dispensing gravel

US Patent 7681716 Work conveying apparatus, method for producing work and method for producing image forming apparatus

US Patent 7681718 Modular belt link having a detachably fixed reinforcement link

US Patent 7682125 Device for receiving and for transporting an article

US Patent 7686545 Bulk material storage facilities with access chases and/or internal filling structures

US Patent 7690494 Conveyor device having a filling device for vertical flow of material, without demixing, of powdered media

US Patent 7690501 Modular conveyor mat

US Patent 7690538 Apparatus and method for moving and placing granulate material

US Patent 7703600 Transport belt with link carcass

US Patent 7708131 Swing auger hopper drive

US Patent 7708132 Adjustment system for a speed reduction belt assembly

US Patent 7708134 Power conveyor with corner assembly and pallet therefor

US Patent 7708504 Pneumatic conveyance apparatus and process

US Patent 7712513 System and method for controlling casting shakeout retention

US Patent 7712604 Device for receiving and transporting articles

US Patent 7721873 Chain link for a circulating transport of a machine tool, and double end tenoner with guide chain formed from said chain links

US Patent 7721876 Adjustable side rails for article conveying system, and conveyor and system incorporating same

US Patent 7722027 Vacuum belt conveyor

US Patent 7725213 Sortation conveyor apparatus and methods

US Patent 7726463 Unit for grouping packages along a path

US Patent 7731009 Arrangement in the drive machinery of a travelator, method for changing the drive belt of the handrail belt of the handrail of a travelator, and support element of the handrail belt of the handrail of a travelator

US Patent 7731011 Method and apparatus for turning paper rolls

US Patent 7731014 Device for conveying a stack of flat objects

US Patent 7731016 Outfeed mechanism for starwheel type glass inspection machine

US Patent 7735627 Plastic bottle unscrambler with vacuum settling tables

US Patent 7735631 Mail processing system and method of delivering articles to delivery locations therein

US Patent 7740122 Workpiece transfer apparatus

US Patent 7743910 Systems for processing workpieces and mechanical arrangements for moving workpieces and/or workpiece remnants

US Patent 7743927 Adjustable slide width reducer for gravity slide sorter

US Patent 7748521 Conveyor-belt wear detector

US Patent 7748523 Automated handling line guide rail assembly

US Patent 7753192 Apparatus and method for orienting spheroidal containers and packaging beverages in spheroidal containers

US Patent 7757602 Product de-topper

US Patent 7762382 Method and a system for transferring of items

US Patent 7762386 Magnet assembly for a conveyor system

US Patent 7762391 Conveyor chain

US Patent 7766154 Apparatus and method for loading food articles

US Patent 7766159 Rod retaining snap rod with enlarged retaining ring

US Patent 7775339 Passenger conveyor

US Patent 7775343 Manufacturing device for use with a vibratory conveyor, and method for manufacturing a product

US Patent 7775344 Device for buffering products and a method of operating this

US Patent 7775346 Food buffet table system

US Patent 7775347 Assembly for hingedly coupling parts of a conveyor, and hinge pin

US Patent 7775757 Device for receiving and for transporting an article

US Patent 7779985 Method and device for conveying objects for processing

US Patent 7779988 Method for delivering a container to a marking apparatus

US Patent 7779994 Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling conveyor position

US Patent 7784601 Pallet-forming roller-belt conveyor

US Patent 7784604 Linear vibratory conveyor

US Patent 7790840 Crystallizing conveyor

US Patent 7793770 Conveyor wheel sliding system

US Patent 7793771 Device for pushing metallic goods

US Patent 7793776 Transmission device for scanner

US Patent 7793777 Belt installation guides

US Patent 7798308 Package alignment system for a conveyer

US Patent 7802670 Hand rail and guide rail for passenger conveyance system

US Patent 7802671 Apparatus for delivering a container to a marking apparatus

US Patent 7802676 Conveyor belt module with high friction conveying surface

US Patent 7806648 Transportation system and transportation method

US Patent 7811043 Belt loader extension ramp

US Patent 7819235 Venturi vacuum generator on an electric component handler

US Patent 7823718 Dynamic conveyance device

US Patent 7828135 Device for feeding sterile closures, which are delivered in bags, into a filling system for bottles or the like

US Patent 7836582 Printed circuit board assembly machine

US Patent 7837024 Packaging machine with system for supporting and positioning a plunger assembly

US Patent 7837029 Wear-resistant connector for a modular link conveyor belt

US Patent RE41962 Pneumatically actuated beltless conveyor

US Patent 7845482 Portable low profile drive-over truck dump conveyor system

US Patent 7845486 Conveyor apparatus

US Patent 7849997 Conveyor for and method of conveying heated material

US Patent 7850001 Low friction roller belt

US Patent 7850414 Linear transfer mechanism and transfer robot using the same

US Patent 7861848 Supply station of articles to a plurality of channels opening above a continuous blister strip

US Patent 7866456 Portable self-contained screw conveyor

US Patent 7866936 System and method for transferring mail between containers

US Patent RE42031 Pneumatically actuated beltless conveyor

US Patent 7870944 Device and method for a cartoning machine

US Patent 7870945 Process for sorting objects

US Patent 7874768 Pneumatic carrier

US Patent 7878319 Conveyor switch

US Patent 7878323 Conveyor

US Patent 7878335 Method and device for sorting irregularly shaped articles

US Patent 7886893 Beverage bottling plant with beverage bottle handling machines having beverage bottle transfer stations and a method of operation thereof

US Patent 7886896 Method of controlling the tension of a bin carousel chain

US Patent 7891480 Rail element for conveying suspended objects, preform-supply device comprising one such element and curved flat band which can be fixed to one such element

US Patent 7891482 Work carrier apparatus in assembly line

US Patent 7896194 Nut feeding method and nut feeder

US Patent 7896607 Method and system for adjusting a position of an object

US Patent 7905342 Supply unit

US Patent 7909153 Extendible conveyor system

US Patent 7909154 Pallet exchanger

US Patent 7914239 Conveyance system for web of packaging cushions

US Patent 7918326 Driving system for passenger transportation

US Patent 7918333 Assembly machine constructed with a light-weight module

US Patent 7922639 Taco shell nesting apparatus and method

US Patent 7926640 Transport device for continuously removing mined material

US Patent 7926644 Three-dimensional motion using single-pathway based actuators

US Patent 7931136 Jam sensor for shopping cart conveyor

US Patent 7931139 Pasteurizer with conveyor belt

US Patent 7931152 Shuffling apparatus and method for aligning wood logs in a conveyor

US Patent 7937921 Break-away finger for retracting finger auger

US Patent 7938246 Stop module, in particular for automatic machining and conveyor systems

US Patent 7938248 Friction conveyor system and workpiece carrier for a friction conveyor system

US Patent 7942256 Multi-stage process handling equipment

US Patent 7946405 Guide path for electronic components

US Patent 7946415 Convertible track system for support of conveyor belts

US Patent 7950520 Modular conveyor belt support idler

US Patent 7954619 Load sharing handrail drive apparatus

US Patent 7954629 Method and device for transferring a transporting hanger for garments to a following conveyor

US Patent 7954869 Pick and place apparatus

US Patent 7955031 Material supply system and method

US Patent 7963384 Automated order sequencing method and system

US Patent 7967124 Package stream indexer device

US Patent 7967129 Conveyor belt training idler with a locking mechanism

US Patent 7971701 Diagonal sorter

US Patent 7971704 Micropipette sorting and packaging system

US Patent 7975832 Transfer assembly for transferring glass articles

US Patent 7975840 Flat wire conveyor belt system

US Patent 7976019 High throughput sheet accumulator

US Patent 7980381 Alignment mechanism for food products

US Patent 7992702 Apparatus and method for transferring flexible containers

US Patent 7996104 Driver board control system for modular conveyor with address-based network for inter-conveyer communication

US Patent 7997401 Apparatus for displacing units relative to a transport track

US Patent 7997403 Mechanical interface

US Patent 7997417 Means in a reverse vending machine (RVM) for receiving, handling, sorting and storing returnable items or objects

US Patent 8002105 Arrangement for grouping into rows the products of a batch on a high speed conveyor belt