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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7640854 | Timing assembly for a manufactured wood products press A timing assembly (200) for a manufactured wood products press (66) is provided. The manufactured wood products press includes a first drive shaft (120) coupled to a first platen (90) and second drive shaft (120) coupled to a secon... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7374414 | Rotary press Rotary press with a rotor, rotatingly drivable around a vertical axis of rotation, which has a die plate with die bores and upper and lower punches guided in guidings, radial cams for the upper and lower punches, at least one compression station with upper and lower... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7350459 | Foliage compactor An organic foliage compactor for compacting organic foliage into a bale is disclosed. The compactor includes a compactor frame and a compacting tube coupled to the compactor frame. The compacting tube includes a first end, a second end and a housing that defines an ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7281471 | Cotton harvester compacting chamber with walls which taper divergently toward a cotton unloading opening A cotton receiver of a cotton harvesting machine including a floor and opposing side walls defining a cotton compacting chamber, each of the side walls including a plurality of spaced apart perforations therethrough for passage of air from the chamber, and a door en... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7102316 | Mechanical press In a press having a plunger supported so as to be movable linearly back and forth by drive means which include at least one servomotor in combination with a rotatably supported inertia structure connected for rotation with the servomotor, the inertia structure has a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093534 | Method of manufacturing products of soymilk and apparatus of manufacturing the same The invention comprises the steps of storing immersed or smothered raw material of soy beans including hulls in a storage chamber provided at the front part of a cylinder barrel, subsequently passing the stored raw material of soybeans through screens furnished at t... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6782810 | Continuous press The invention relates to a continuously operating press for pressing planar products. The press comprises facing platens (7, 7′) between which the product (1) to be pressed is passed in order to subject the same to compression. The press further incl... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6536197 | Mobile cotton harvester with cotton module building capability A mobile, self-propelled cotton harvester having a cotton module building or packaging capability, having at least one harvesting unit; a compactor structure including a first surface or floor having a predetermined extent and other surfaces such as side ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 5979145 | Method and device for compressing and packaging compressible products A method and apparatus for compressing and packaging compressible materials. The compression is carried out continuously between parallel plates which come closer to each other as they advance. As the plates advance, the materials are accompanied by a low... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5653092 | Filling device for food cans This invention relates to a machine to ensure that the amount of food product in a can meets the volume and weight standards without altering the natural characteristics of the product necessary for the market. The invention encompasses a combination of s... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5462425 | Apparatus for demoisturizing coal An apparatus for mechanically separating water from coal includes a vibrating hopper, two contra-rotating cylinders, a solid collector, and a fluid collector. The hopper feeds hydrated coal or coal slurry to wells which are arranged along the surface of a... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5388503 | High speed food processing device A high speed food processing device wherein the device has a continuous moving belt of non-stick material for carrying the food product, and an upper and lower heat platens capable of moving with the food product so that there is no interruption of the fo... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5372062 | Method and a press for compressing material having two opposed transfer elements exacting a greater pressing force on the material during a forward motion than the pressing force exerted during a return motion A method and press for pressing material by way of feeding the material into a gap formed between two pressing surfaces, in which gap the cross section of the material flow is tapered in the forward transfer direction of the material. The material is pres... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5184547 | Equipment for compacting compressible wastes The invention concerns equipment for compacting compressible wastes such as paperboard, cardboard, wood wastes, household trash or the like and is designed in such a way to include a rotating drum and plunger combination so that the trash is moved at equa... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5134929 | Method and equipment for compressing material consisting of particles A method and apparatus for removing liquid from particles of compressible material includes feeding particles to two opposing press surfaces that are separated by a distance that decreases along a feeding direction wherein at least one of the press surfac... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4938126 | Tortilla press apparatus This invention relates to apparatus and methods for producing formed articles such as tortillas. Embodiments include apparatus comprising a non-sticking, heat tolerant, endless conveyor belt moving at desired constant speeds to position tortilla dough bal... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4762061 | Method of producing compressed roll of paper This invention relates to compression of a paper roll for reducing a volume thereof. The paper roll is introduced into a receiver which includes side wall members disposed in parallel with each other and leaning a given space therebetween, a wall member s... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4640734 | Method and apparatus for assembling large panels An apparatus for assembling large panels, e.g. solar panels, from smaller, preformed sections comprising a plurality of press tables which are coupled to a carousel structure whereby each table can be located at one work station and then moved through a s... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4599031 | Trash compactor and transporting mechanism This invention relates to an improved apparatus for refuse collection vehicles and in particular, an improved mechanism for compacting trash and loading the refuse collection vehicle with compressed refuse. A special rotary compactor operates to compact r... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4552189 | Machine and method for cleaning can flanges A machine for cleaning the flanges of cans. After fruit has been deposited in cans being carried by a conveyor, pistons that are slidably carried by a second conveyor are caused to enter each can. Each piston is so constructed that it severs fruit materia... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4454667 | Snow removal and compaction device A compact snow removal apparatus for continuously removing snow from a generally horizontal surface. The snow is then compacted to substantially remove all air and reduce it to ice or an ice-like substance. The apparatus employs several steps to achieve t... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4102252 | Continuous motion apparatus and method for sealing cartons Empty cartons are delivered by a high speed carton erecting apparatus to a carton squaring and bottom flap folding station. At this station, the cartons are engaged in succession by continuously moving extensible ram units having flap compression plates a... | 07/25/1978 |