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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806047 | Can crushing apparatus A can crushing apparatus includes a base and a receiving bin with an end wall and a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the base. The base has an aperture positioned adjacent to the end wall. A drive assembly is mounted to the base. The drive assembly include... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7421946 | Two stage oil filter press A two stage oil filter press having a housing with a precompression chamber and a main compression chamber together with a vertically reciprocating precompression ram and a horizontally reciprocating main compression ram powered by individual fluid cylinders. A feed... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6843171 | Product feed mechanism for hydraulic press A hydraulic press utilizes a product feed mechanism including a product lifting linkage capable of raising and lowering a product-holding platen while maintaining same in a precise horizontal position during such movement. The hydraulic drive for the lifting and low... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6675628 | Punch press To provide a punch press which can realize the high hit rate and the energy saving in the punch drive. A plate material transfer control means 32 and a ram axis control means 33 controlled synchronously are provided. The plate material is started to trans... | 01/13/2004 |
| 5941167 | Can crusher A portable can compactor of the present invention includes a housing, a chamber in the housing sized to accept aluminum beverage cans for compacting. A ram is reciprocally driven in the chamber to compact cans against a front wall or anvil of the chamber.... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5819644 | Automatic can smasher An automatic can smasher having a frame assembly with a pair of parallel channel members in a spaced relationship for receiving a can to be smashed. A motor is attached to the underside of the frame assembly. The motor drives a plunger arm assembly having... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5642661 | Recycling/crushing apparatus for cans A recycling/crushing apparatus for cans includes a frame housing having an inlet defined in an upper end thereof. A feeding device is mounted in the frame housing and includes an intermittently rotatable axle, a ratchet wheel mounted on the axle to rotate... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5488899 | Apparatus for preparation of cans for recycling An apparatus for preparing cans for recycling which automatically feeds cans one at a time into a cleaning station for cleaning and draining any remaining residue from the cans. At the completion of the cleaning cycle, the cleaned can is fed to a crushing... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5417154 | Systems for continuously and automatically crushing aluminum cans A system for crushing aluminum cans comprising a work table with four legs and wheels on a pair of the legs, a power cylinder mounted on the table for crushing aluminum cans, a power source mounted on the table for reciprocating the power cylinder, and al... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5363685 | Transfer device in a press Workpieces are transported step-by-step by means of transport bars which are provided with grippers and which are longitudinally and transversally displaceable only in cyclic relation to the reciprocating movement of a press. The transport bars have the c... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5327822 | Apparatus for crushing articles An apparatus for crushing articles such as metal cans. A fixed anvil is mounted on a frame and a ram is mounted for movement in a direction toward and away from the anvil to crush an article located therebetween. The articles are fed sequentially to the c... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5121685 | Can crusher A can crusher apparatus is presented for crushing aluminum cans into a crushed relationship wherein the upper and lower circular end faces are generally unaltered and aligned in a co-planar position, the crushed pattern accomplished by the result of placi... | 06/16/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4846057 | Screen printing machine with waste printing plate discharge means In a screen printing machine, its printing-plate discharge unit is provided with: a pair of printing-plate discharge rollers which may approach to a peripheral surface of a plate cylinder and may also draw therefrom; and a waste-paper container for receiv... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4825760 | Feed device for piston type bailer A piston type bailer for producing bales of agricultural material comprising a bailing chamber with a reciprocating pressing piston, a crank drive for reciprocating the pressing piston. A feeding element is arranged to feed agricultural material to the ba... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4658717 | Refuse compaction unit A refuse compaction unit comprises a refuse inlet, a compactor located below the refuse inlet and communicating therewith and an outlet communicating with the compactor on the opposite side thereof from the refuse inlet, the compactor being constituted of... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4350090 | Motorized and micro feed length adjustment for a press feed The invention relates to a mechanism for adjusting the feed length of a rack and pinion roll feed mechanism of the type generally used for feeding strip stock into presses. The feed length adjusting mechanism comprises a hub member connected to the press ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4294170 | Roll feed device for feeding material to a press A roll feed device for feeding a material to a press in a predetermined timed relationship to the operation of the press. The device includes a pair of feed rolls between which the material is fed, one being an idle roll and the other being a driven roll.... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4291618 | Method and apparatus for folding and crushing empty cylindrical cans An apparatus and method for folding and crushing empty cylindrical cans such that after being folded and crushed the can end faces are essentially coplanar. The apparatus comprises a flat stationary anvil and a flat parallel reciprocable platen defining t... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4216713 | Can crushing mechanism An apparatus for crushing cans uses a pair of guide rods having an anvil attached at each end, and a pair of sliding rams sliding on the guide rods. Can support wire members are positioned between each ram and anvil to support a can during crushing. A ram... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4134334 | Automated lock device for press feed belt drives In punching, cutting and forming presses and the like, electronic detecting means and/or sensors are provided so as to trip the press and prevent an operation when a mal-function occurs such as a tear in the strip material or a mis-alignment or a mis-feed... | 01/16/1979 |
