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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918158 | Baler with automatic sensor calibration A baler comprises a baling chamber and a sensor arrangement. The sensor arrangement comprises at least one sensor arranged to provide information about a mechanical property of a bale built in the baling chamber and a control unit receiving signals from the sensor. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7895944 | Baling systems and methods Bailing systems and methods for bailing a material into bales. The bailing systems may include a movement mechanism, a compactor disposed downstream of the movement mechanism and a controller in wired or wireless communication with the movement mechanism and the com... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7878114 | Synchronized unloading system and method for a cotton harvester with on-board module builder A procedure and system for unloading a compacted cotton module from an on-board module builder of a cotton harvester, which in an automatic mode utilizes a controller to automatically monitor ground speed and operate unloading apparatus at a synchronized ratio to gr... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7536948 | Can crushing device A can crushing device, which crushes the can along its cylindrical axis, supports the can on a can platform, dents the side of the can and flattens the can. A can chute or feed hopper feeds cans to the crush chamber, while various collection devices receive the crus... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7481158 | Apparatus and method for baling lint cotton fibers An apparatus and method for producing a bale of lint cotton fiber by pre-compressing each consecutive charge of fiber fed from the lint slide to a predetermined and uniform density. The apparatus includes a supply chamber predisposed with both vertical and horizonta... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7434506 | Propane bottle recycler A propane bottle recycler comprising a bottle station, first and second propane collection tank, compressor, liquid propane storage tank, bottle crusher, and crushed bottle storage compartment. The bottle station comprises a bottle manifold and bottle station frame,... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428837 | Tandem press line, operation control method for tandem press line, and work transportation device for tandem press line A rotating speed of a main motor (61) of a second press (3) is regulated so that an angular difference between a press angle of a first press (2) and a press angle of a second press (3) is constant. Further, when the work is carried-out f... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7410568 | Sludge treatment An apparatus for treating sludge, comprises a press for dewatering the sludge, a compaction device for receiving and compacting sludge dewatered by the press, a shredder for receiving and shredding sludge compacted by the compaction device, and a tube conveyor for c... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398728 | Baling press A baling press having a rectangular pressing space in which a pressing piston is movably disposed. The pressing space includes a crop material inlet in which the crop material to be pressed enters the pressing space from the feed channel. The material is pre-pressed... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7353753 | Control arrangement A rotobaler is provided with an inclination sensor that recognizes an inclination to the side as well as in the longitudinal direction. This inclination sensor generates a signal coupled to a computer that, in turn, controls a display arrangement in order to indicat... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335311 | Sludge treatment An apparatus for treating sludge, comprises a press for dewatering the sludge, a compaction device for receiving and compacting sludge dewatered by the press, a shredder for receiving and shredding sludge compacted by the compaction device, and a tube conveyor for c... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325629 | Method and system for processing oil and gas well cuttings utilizing existing slurry processing equipment A method for integrating a batch cement process with a cuttings reinjection process, the method comprising: equipping a batch cement skid with a particle classifier and a grinding pump, such that the batch cement skid sequentially implements the cuttings reinjection... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324883 | System and method to detect a failed shear bolt supporting a concave of an agricultural combine A system and method for detecting existence of a failed or broken shear bolt supporting all or a portion of a concave of a threshing system of an agricultural combine and utilizing information relating to rates of movement and absence of movement of a concave to det... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314141 | Folding belt filter A belt filter for effecting separation of liquid from solids where, at the collection zone, a filter belt or belts is changed shape so as to provide a supporting shape to bold liquid, which is then fed into a nipping zone. In an embodiment there is a single belt use... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303160 | System and method for processing waste on a continuous basis A system for processing waste on a continuous basis comprises an infeed assembly, a vessel held at a non-ambient pressure and/or temperature, and an outfeed assembly. The infeed assembly includes: a sleeve where waste is delivered; a gate construction that moves bet... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7282884 | Procedure for driving a moveable part of an item of furniture A method of driving a moveable part and, in particular, a drawer by a drive unit and, in particular, an electric drive unit. At least over a partial length of track (S2), forming part of the total track traversed by the moveable part, the force exerted on... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275906 | Waste/recyclables loading machine A waste loading device for loading waste/recyclables into a container includes a base portion positionable at a loading station, a loading tube extending from the base portion and a pushing member. The loading tube has a discharge end and is configured to be receive... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7222805 | Shredder with cage relief A materials processing system adapted for the reduction of metallic materials including a material feed portion configured to convey materials to a mill portion comprising a motor driven rotor in close running fit with a cage mounted grate through which reduced mate... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204956 | Method for controlling the operation of a heat-disinfecting device for waste, viz. biologically hazardous waste The invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of such a heat-disinfecting device for waste, viz. biologically hazardous waste, on the one hand, including a mold inside which is placed waste and, on the other hand, being designed capable of ensuring... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7189306 | Process of treating lignocellulosic material to produce bio-ethanol This invention relates to a process of treating a lignocellulosic material to produce bio-ethanol. The process includes the steps of: (a) exposing the lignocellulosic material to conditions including a pH not less than about 8, and steam at a first pressure, to prod... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180026 | Device for a reverse vending machine for bottles and cans In a reverse vending machine the feed opening (22) in the front cover (14), for bottles and cans, is without a fixed connection to pipework, etc. At the same time, an opening (26) for emptying remnants is formed in the front cover (14), i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174602 | Vacuum trash insertion receptacle A vacuum trash insertion receptacle includes an aesthetically shaped housing providing a trash tube for the insertion and transportation of garbage to a trash receptacle assembly. A control assembly in communication with a gate monitoring assembly, an interactive mo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166229 | Method and apparatus for extracting liquid present in a humid mass A system for extracting a liquid by pressing a humid mass, the system including at least one extraction channel, while extraction channel being provided with at least one inlet allowing to feed the extraction channel with the humid mass to be treated; with walls pro... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162856 | Cotton accumulator for a cotton receiver of a cotton harvesting machine A cotton receiver for a cotton harvesting machine and a method of operation of the same. The receiver includes a cotton compacting chamber, a precompacting area above the chamber, and an accumulator deployable upwardly from the precompacting area to increase the cot... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153077 | Increasing railcar capacity with auger In an embodiment, a device for increasing railcar capacity is disclosed. The device includes one or more augers that transfer and pack bulk materials into a railcar. In an embodiment, the one or more augers are compression augers. In another embodiment, the device i... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7123485 | Techniques for moving a power supply within an electronic cabinet An electronic cabinet includes a base, and an electronic cabinet frame which extends vertically from the base. The electronic cabinet frame is configured to support electronic circuitry. The electronic cabinet further includes a power supply positioning assembly hav... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104191 | Method of maximizing baler throughput A method is provided for determining the throughput of a parallelepiped agricultural baler. The baler has a feed duct communicating between a crop pick-up assembly and a baling chamber and the feed duct serves as a pre-compression chamber to accumulate crop to a pre... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7082975 | Method of bending wood materials and an apparatus for bending wood materials The method of bending wood materials inserts cylindrical or board shaped wood material of uniform lateral cross-section into a bending template shaping channel via a driving mechanism to bend the wood material in the shaping channel. Further, the bending method of t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7007598 | Public access trash compactor A trash compactor includes a loading vestibule which extends forwardly of a cabinet. Pivotally mounted to a lower edge of the vestibule entrance is a carriage having a panel which functions as a vestibule lid. When the lid is pivoted downwardly, a distal panel of th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6948424 | Material compaction apparatus The material compactor in accordance with the present invention generally includes a feed apparatus, a preliminary compaction apparatus, and a final compaction apparatus. The final compaction apparatus generally includes a compaction chamber having an adjustably tap... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941860 | Method of briquetting metal chips and briquetting press A method and a briquetting press for briquetting metal chips, wherein stable briquettes/pressed component are produced. The actual length (Lact) of the pressed component is obtained by applying pressure (Pmax/Preq) using at least one... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938662 | Bonding machine for lamellar pieces of wood to be joined to a board and method for pressing lamellar pieces of wood to boards A bonding machine for lamellar pieces of wood to be joined to a board has at least one clamping and pressing device and at least one drive. The clamping and pressing device has at least two pressing members which are configured to be loaded independently of one anot... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925929 | Screw press A screw press provided with a rear excess fluid outlet is described herein. The rear excess fluid outlet includes a circular screen provided at a longitudinal end of the screw press body, near a material inlet. Scraper blade assemblies are provided to prevent the sc... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923114 | Can crusher A compressing device is provided that is suitable for crushing cans. A compressing device is provided that includes a plurality of linear drive actuators located along side a compression chamber to both reduce height/size of the compressing device, and provide a mor... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915736 | Baler calculating device A baler is described which has a collection chamber or duct and a baling chamber. Crop material enters the duct until a pre-determined level has been reached at which time a stuffer transfers the pre-compressed crop to the baling chamber. A control system is provide... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6789469 | Bundling assembly for strapping machine A bundling assembly for use with a strapping machine that is configured to position a strap material around a load and tension the strap material around the load includes first and second moving belts positioned at the strapping machine entrance in opposing relation... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6782595 | Method for briquetting metal chips and briquetting press A method and a briquetting press for briquetting metal chips wherein stable briquettes/pressed components are produced. The actual length (Lact) of the pressed component is obtained by applying pressure (Pmax/Preq) using at least one... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6684762 | Method of reducing the volume of empty packaging and compression device for empty packaging The invention relates to a method and a device for compressing empty packaging waste. The compression stroke is characterized by three different possibly positions and the compression device is situated on or above a container for collecting empty packagi... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684763 | Method and apparatus for crushing and sorting cans A method and apparatus are provided for crushing and sorting cans to collect waste cans in an optimal weight-to-volume ratio are provided. The method includes determining whether or not an object is supplied to a can crushing device and whether or the sup... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6658997 | Apparatus for producing waste compressed solid An apparatus for producing a waste compressed solid according to the invention is provided with a hopper having an opening for receiving a waste in an upper side thereof and a discharge port in a bottom side, a feed screw conveyor for transferring the was... | 12/09/2003 |
