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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D586408 | Separable goat figure | 02/10/2009 |
| 7472662 | Vacuum pump for agricultural seeding equipment A vacuum pump for a seed planter includes a housing, an impeller rotated within the housing, and a motor or other drive. The housing has a central inlet and a circumferentially arranged outlet passage. The impeller vanes define air paths that are open to the outlet ... | 01/06/2009 |
| D584005 | Helmet visor system | 12/30/2008 |
| D583107 | Visor system for helmet | 12/16/2008 |
| 7455517 | Apparatus for proportioning meat product for packaging A food patty molding machine has a reciprocating mold plate. A moldable food product is pumped through a fill passage into a cavity of the mold plate when the mold plate is in its fill position. A fill plate, interposed in the fill passage immediately adjacent the m... | 11/25/2008 |
| D578962 | Battery holder | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422425 | Drive system for a knockout apparatus for a patty-forming machine A knockout drive system for a food patty molding machine includes an electric motor; a rotary-to-linear motion converting apparatus operatively connected to the electric motor; and at least one knockout member operatively connected between the rotary-to-linear motio... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416753 | Breather system for a reciprocating mold plate patty-forming machine A breather air and food product fines pumping system for a reciprocating mold plate food product forming machine pumps air and fines to a collection area. A pumping surface is provided by a rearward facing surface of the mold plate. A pumping chamber is arranged bet... | 08/26/2008 |
| D575736 | Battery holder | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411137 | Automatic sealing arrangement for weigh scale for food processing apparatus A sealing arrangement is provided for a product weigh scale for a food processing apparatus the weigh scale including a support for supporting a product, a member that carries the support, and a weight sensor that senses vertical load on the member. The sealing arra... | 08/12/2008 |
| D574558 | Visor system for helmet | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404481 | Retaining pins for stacking conveyor for slicing machine A stacking conveyor for receiving slices cut from a food loaf or slab includes a frame, an endless belt conveying surface, a carrier, a plurality of pins, and a motive mechanism. The endless belt conveying surface is supported by the frame. The carrier is arranged b... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7377092 | Cutting reel adjusting system A control system for a cutting reel unit includes a height-of-cut adjusting system and a reel-to-bedknife clearance adjusting system. The height-of-cut adjusting system includes a first frame; a second frame; a cutting reel supported by the second frame; a bedknife ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7328542 | Loading apparatus for food stacks An apparatus is provided for loading stacked food product into packages. Open top containers are arranged in rows and movable into a loading station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable conveying surface, the conveying surface having an end region ex... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318723 | Frame for a patty-forming apparatus A frame structure is provided for a reciprocating mold plate type food product forming apparatus. The frame structure includes an angular strut configuration for resisting horizontal reciprocating forces caused by the reciprocating mold plate and associated drive, a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309228 | Hydraulic pump system for a patty-forming apparatus An improved hydraulic system is provided for a reciprocating mold plate, patty-forming apparatus wherein food product is delivered under pressure from a pump cylinder to mold plate cavities. The plunger is driven during a first phase by force from a hydraulic cylind... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299728 | Loaf end trimming station for slicing machine A loaf end trimming station for a high speed food loaf slicing machine, includes a frame, a first knife and a second knife spaced apart along the frame and oriented in positions corresponding to a lead end trimming location and a trailing end trimming location of a ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287648 | Battery holder and dispenser A battery holding and dispensing device holds a plurality of batteries, in an assortment of battery sizes. The battery holding and dispensing device includes a frame having a plurality of compartments sized and shaped to each receive a battery of a particular batter... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278344 | Shear mechanism for a slicing machine A slicing machine includes a machine frame having a food loaf delivery path arranged in a longitudinal direction, and a cutting assembly arranged in the delivery path. The cutting assembly has two longitudinally directed reciprocating blades facing upstream in the d... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270039 | Reload system for slicing machine A loaf reload mechanism for a slicing machine that includes a loaf-loading position wherein during a loading operation a loaf is placed in the loaf-loading position to be engaged by a gripper and driven into a cutting plane. The loaf reload mechanism includes a loaf... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267181 | Cultivating device A cultivator for aerating a ground surface. The cultivator has a support frame moveable relative to the ground surface and a follower first pivotally connected to the support frame by a first pair of spaced link arms. The link arms have two pairs of equidistantly sp... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255554 | Cooling air system for a patty-forming apparatus A cooling air system is provided for a patty-forming apparatus having a machine base that includes an enclosing wall and contains equipment within the machine base that generates heat, such as electric motors, electrical and control equipment. The machine base inclu... | 08/14/2007 |
| D545150 | Multi-use cooking tool | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231757 | Method and apparatus for setting and maintaining reel-to-bedknife clearance A control system for a cutting reel unit includes a reel-to-bedknife clearance adjusting system. The reel-to-bedknife clearance adjusting system includes at least one actuator operatively connected between the reel and the bedknife, and a sound detector. A controlle... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222687 | Hood for off road work vehicle A hood for an off road work vehicle includes a thermoformed polymer outer top panel having a smooth outer surface, a thermoformed inner panel, the inner panel having laterally extending corrugations, and a pattern of adhesive arranged between the inner and outer top... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213525 | Nozzle assembly for product-on-demand delivery system A product-on-demand delivery system for an agricultural machine having a main hopper arrangement wherein each outlet nozzle of the main hopper nozzle manifold is connected to plural product hoses that are each in communication with an auxiliary product hopper of an ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210923 | Hopper system for a patty-forming apparatus A food product hopper assembly is provided for a food patty molding machine. The food product hopper of the assembly is configured for containing a supply of food product and is in flow-communication with a food delivery apparatus for discharging food product from t... | 05/01/2007 |
| D537098 | Protective goggles | 02/20/2007 |
| D537103 | Auxiliary spectacle for protective eyewear | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175417 | Apparatus for forming food patties having surface indentations A food patty-forming apparatus for forming food patties from pressurized food product includes a mold plate that is guided to reciprocate longitudinally between a fill position and a discharge position. The mold plate has a cavity that is open to the source of press... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163391 | Molding apparatus for forming food patties having top and bottom surface contours A mold plate for a reciprocating mold plate food patty-forming apparatus has at least one laterally contoured region extending longitudinally. The contoured region has a raised top surface and a raised bottom surface. The mold plate has at least one cavity through t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159372 | Sheet interleave system for patty-forming apparatus A sheet interleave system for a reciprocating mold plate patty-forming apparatus includes a hopper for holding sheets, a shuttle, a sheet transfer device, at least one precise position controlled motor, and a drive train. The shuttle has a sheet-holding frame that i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140311 | Vacuum pump for agricultural seeding equipment A vacuum pump for a seed planter includes a housing, an impeller rotated within the housing, and a motor or other drive. The housing has a central inlet and a circumferentially arranged outlet passage. The impeller vanes define air paths that are open to the outlet ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134562 | Trailer-mounted vibratory apparatus A trailer-mounted crane apparatus includes a trailer supported from a ground surface on at least two wheels. A hydraulically operated crane arm is mounted to the trailer and is extendable outwardly. A crane hydraulic power unit is mounted to the trailer and supplies... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125245 | Tube valve arrangement for a patty-forming machine A tube valve and manifold arrangement for switching food product pumps is incorporated into a molding machine. The tube valve includes either a central outlet or two selectable sets of progressively sized outlet openings, with the smallest outlet opening closest to ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121073 | Cutting reel adjusting system A control system for a cutting reel unit includes a height-of-cut adjusting system and a reel-to-bedknife clearance adjusting system. The height-of-cut adjusting system includes a first frame; a second frame; a cutting reel supported by the second frame; a bedknife ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114318 | Height-of-cut adjustment system for reel mower A system adjusts the height-of-cut of a cutting reel unit. The system includes a cutting reel; a first frame supported on at least one support element that is supported on, and is movable along, the ground; and a second frame supporting the cutting reel. The system ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7065936 | Fill and packaging apparatus An apparatus is provided for filling food product drafts into packages. A supply of open top containers are arranged in rows and carried by an elongated web of film and are movable by the web into a fill station. A shuttle conveyor has a retractable and extendable c... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055419 | System and method for optimizing slices from slicing apparatus A method for optimizing yield from a slicing apparatus, includes scanning and weighing a carcass, slab or loaf upstream of a slicing head of the slicing apparatus. The carcass, slab or loaf weight is divided by a desired pre-selected portion weight to determine the ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036248 | Pattern select valve for control levers of a title work vehicle A backhoe control pattern selection arrangement is provided for a backhoe controlled by two control levers. The two levers are operatively connected to hydraulic systems that operate the boom and crowd hydraulic cylinders. An electrically operated valve block is ele... | 05/02/2006 |
