Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181568 | Bulk bag conditioning system A Bulk Bag Material Conditioning System that includes a main conditioner frame and a plurality of bulk bag conditioner assemblies engaged to the upper portion of the main conditioner frame where the bulk bag conditioner assemblies travel a non-linear path, typically... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181569 | Loose material and garden debris lifting and compacting device and method of use A debris removal and compacting tool includes a lifting device having a flexible sheet with a first edge secured to a first support member, a second edge secured to a second support member, and a compaction device including a first surface attachable to the lifting ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171846 | Method and apparatus for forming self-supporting bales of metal cans Apparatus for forming a self-supporting ale of metal cans comprising a baler adapted to compact metal cans into a bale. Opposite side walls of the baler include an array along each side wall of parallel open-face grooves. A platen having defined along each of its op... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166874 | Vibration severity monitor to control press operating shutheight and process operating conditions A system monitors vibration activity in a press machine environment and generates a signal indicative of vibration level severity. An accelerometer can provide measured peak acceleration data that serves as an indication of vibration level. The vibration measurement... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8136444 | Method for pressing and forming a raw material into a granulated material and an apparatus thereof A method and apparatus for pressing and forming a raw material into a granulated material having a uniform shape by a pair of rolls (1, 2), wherein at least one of the rolls of the pair of rolls has a predetermined number of holes (16) for forming the ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8113110 | Square baler for simultaneously forming multiple bales A square baler includes a crop feed duct defining a pre-compression chamber which is curved upwardly and rearwardly from an open forward end and an inlet located across the bottom of a baling chamber. A pair of vertical partitions extend between top and bottom walls... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113111 | Device and method for preventing a tool from breaking during fine blanking and/or forming a work piece A device and method are provided for preventing a tool from breaking during fine blanking and/or forming in a press. The device includes a fine blanking head positioned above a ram that carries out a stroke movement. The fine blanking head includes, among other thin... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100052 | Press machine including bottom dead center position correction control section A press machine includes a bottom dead center position correction control section, a speed state determination section that determines the actual press speed, a control cycle count setting section, and a mode selection control section that selects a single-cycle con... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096234 | Apparatus and method for wood mulch bales The present subject matter provides methods and apparatus for packaging wood mulch. Examples include a wood mulch bale produced using a method comprising compressing wood mulch at a pressure of between 12,000 pounds and 60,000 pounds to form a volume of compressed w... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096235 | Solar-powered waste compactor, method of powering a waste compactor, and hydraulic unit therefor A hydraulic power device usable to power a compactor ram of a waste compactor is provided. The hydraulic power device includes a pump assembly having first and second pumps for providing pressurized hydraulic fluid to at least one hydraulic cylinder and piston assem... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096233 | Servo press line operation method and servo press line operation control device A servo press line operation control device includes a normal press operation control section, a normal transfer operation control section, an upward movement step delay determination section, a downstream-side transfer step delay correction control section, an upst... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8056473 | Method for the operation of a motor-driven hand-held pressing apparatus, and hand-held pressing apparatus A hydraulic pressing unit includes a hydraulic pump, supply and hydraulic chambers, moving and stationary parts, a restoring spring, and a return valve provided within or attached to a housing. The moving part is displaced from a starting position into a pressing po... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8047131 | Press machine, control apparatus and control method of press machine A control apparatus of a press machine in which a motor performance torque is fluctuated in accordance with a rotational angle of the rotating body in the case of rotating the motor at a fixed instruction speed. The control apparatus includes an angle detecting appa... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8001886 | Method of making a beverage ingredient filter Beverage ingredient filter (10) having a inwardly located, filtering, section (12) of water permeable filter paper (11) and an outwardly located, water impervious, nonfiltering outer section (14) joined to the surrounding the inner filter... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7987776 | Engineered woody biomass baling system A woody biomass baler having a baling chamber adapted to receive woody biomass material, a compression system adapted to compact the material into a rectangular bale in the chamber, and an ejection system adapted to move the bale from the chamber, wherein the baling... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987777 | Engineered tall grass biomass baling system A biomass baler having a baling chamber adapted to receive tall grass biomass material, a compression system adapted to compact the material into a rectangular bale in the chamber, and an ejection system adapted to move the bale from the chamber, wherein the baling ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7963217 | Apparatus and method for producing display panel An apparatus for manufacturing a display panel includes a pair of pressing jigs respectively having pressing surfaces that overlap each other. A pair of film substrates, each having a display region defined thereon, are molded into a curved shape by holding the pair... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7926419 | System and method for controlling compactor systems An integrated system for: complete waste compactor/container operational control; remote fullness monitoring; and, remote performance and maintenance diagnostics. Such diagnostic information is transferred wirelessly or otherwise to one or more recipients, so as to ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7913616 | Ram position detection method, ram drive method, ram drive device, and press machine having the ram drive device A ram driving method including the steps of fixing one end of a large-diameter piston rod integral with a large-diameter piston reciprocably included in a large-diameter cylinder attached integrally to a ram to a fixing unit, connecting one end of a small-diameter p... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7748316 | Method of adding moisture to a double compressed bale Disclosed is a method of adding moisture to a double compressed bale. The method includes the steps of receiving a forage and separating the forage to form a separated forage. The method further includes applying a moisture stream to the separated forage to form a m... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7717034 | Pallet nail press and method A pallet nail press for embedding outwardly extended fasteners of a pallet, particularly a block-type pallet having a top surface formed by a plurality of top-deck panels. The press includes a main support frame and an anvil surface having a plurality of plates resi... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7703391 | Round baler with scale and moisture meter A large round baler equipped with moisture sensing apparatus and a bale scale to improve information useful in baling and using bales. Moisture sensing begins after the bale reaches a predetermined diameter. A history of bale weights is used to estimate how much ten... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7681497 | Method and apparatus for charging and discharging a cycle press with a board The invention concerns a method for feeding and removing a board to/from a gap of a periodically operating press. The board to be pressed is fed grip-supported to the gap of the press from one side and a board pressed in the previous operating cycle is removed grip-... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7677169 | Apparatus and method using imaging in building a cotton module A cotton module building apparatus, utilizing imaging apparatus operable for capturing real-time images of the module building process, including accumulated cotton in the module building chamber, cotton inflow, and the in-process cotton module, and a method for bui... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7617768 | Method and apparatus in conjunction with a shoe press A method for changing the distribution of the loading pressure prevailing in the press nip of a shoe press, which shoe press includes a number of adjacent loading elements (K) acting on the press shoe (70), the first end of the elements being supported on the... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7500429 | Split marine trash compactor system A split-trash compacting system for a vessel having a plurality of compartments comprising a trash compacting assembly disposed in a first compartment of the vessel readily accessible to persons on the vessel for receiving and compacting trash. At least one fluid ac... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7444931 | Portable can crushing and pickup device A combination can crushing and retrieving device having a circular or tubular housing containing a plunger and having a rectangular opening in its side wall. The housing has a knife-edged slightly concave indent on the bottom of the housing, which indent generally c... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7434505 | Servo press control system and servo press control method High production processing and high accuracy processing are selectively performed with a single press. To this end, there are provided a system and method for controlling a servo press 1 in which an eccentric rotation mechanism 20 is driven by a servo ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421945 | Juice extractor including fruit feeder decoupling detector and associated methods A fruit juice extractor may include a load sensitive coupler coupling a drive motor to a drive shaft during normal operation, and decoupling the drive motor from the drive shaft when the fruit feed members become jammed. The extractor may also include a decoupling d... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7401547 | Bale set-down system A bale set-down system and method for setting down bales from an agricultural baling press onto a field includes placing down of at least one bale on a ground, and setting down at least one another bale in a direct vicinity of the first mentioned bale that has alrea... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395755 | Container crusher and method of use thereof An aesthetic and useful device for enclosing a vacuum pump within a framed enclosure for the evacuation of air from used containers is herein disclosed. An enclosure for a vacuum pump comprises a latching access door, a lid, and a container-staging area that extends... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7377214 | Apparatus and method for temporarily compressing loose, multiply bent, pieces of scrap sheet metal into compacted wafers The bulk volume of large numbers of loose, separated, multiply bent, irregularly shaped scrap sheet metal is temporarily reduced, for transportation and storage of the metal for recycling purposes, by compressing the metal into temporary, compacted wafers formed of ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370573 | Method and apparatus for forming modules from harvested crops Module builder including holding chamber, wheeled frame towable behind a harvester; compaction chamber, compaction device, forming chamber, door assembly. The compaction chamber having compaction surface oriented between and substantially perpendicular to compaction... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373217 | Apparatus for slicing a food product and method therefore Apparatus and method for slicing a food product having a non-uniform cross-sectional area. A laser line scanner scans the cut face of the food product. A line scan camera receives light reflected from the cut face of the food product. The line scan camera is positio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369916 | Drill press A power tool control system connected with a drill press provides a system for determining operational settings for the drill press and/or structural factors of a workpiece to be operated upon by the drill press. For instance, the power tool control system may estab... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360391 | Control device for servo die cushion A control device, for a servo die cushion, for precisely performing force control without using a force detector. The control device includes a slide position detecting part for detecting the position of the slide, a storing part for storing information representing... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359762 | Measurement and alignment device including a display system A graphical user interface communicatively coupled with a non-contact measurement and alignment device enables user control over and display of the readings from the non-contact measurement and alignment device. In operation with a power tool, the graphical user int... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7331168 | Baler A baler with a rectangular baling chamber and in which a baling piston is accommodated. A supply channel with a supply arrangement for the conveying and compressing of crop in the supply channel and for bringing the compressed harvested crop into the baling chamber ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331120 | Throughflow cylinder A throughflow cylinder made at least partly of fiber-reinforced plastic including glass fibers, aramide fibers, carbon fibers, and/or carbon-reinforced plastic (CRP). The matrix material of the fiber-reinforced plastic includes a material heat resistant at least up ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325488 | Method of pressing a ceramic stacked layer structure A pressing device and a pressing method, wherein the method includes the steps of accommodating a stacked layer structure in a recess in a die body, and pressing the stacked layer structure in the recess of the die body between a bottom plate of the die body that fo... | 02/05/2008 |
