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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162010 | Circular filling machine particularly for slender and elongated products A circular filling machine particularly for slender and elongated products, comprising a carousel assembly which supports a plurality of filling funnels which can be inserted in corresponding containers supported by transfer pans, the filling machine further compris... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7578322 | Method and apparatus for dispensing powdered materials A method and apparatus for dispensing powdered material provides for processing a volume of powdered material to be dispensed so that density of the processed material is modified to substantially uniform density, and further for distributing multiple dosages of the... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7331364 | Respirator filter canisters and method of filling same A gas mask filter canister of varying shapes is filled by orienting the a fill opening to face upwardly, introducing into the fill opening a particulate filter material, and vibrating the filter canister at a frequency and amplitude, and for a time until a predeterm... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320344 | Device for compacting a flowable solid material A device and a method for compacting a flowable solid material have a compacting space provided with a supply opening for supplying material to be compacted to the compacting space and a discharge opening for discharging compacted material. A closure device for effe... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7273075 | Brush-sieve powder-fluidizing apparatus for feeding nano-size and ultra-fine powders A powder-fluidizing apparatus is presented which is applicable to feeding ultra-fine and nano-size powders, and powders with a broad particle size distribution, in a uniform manner over a long period of time. Generally, this is accomplished by using a rotating brush... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266936 | Agricultural bagger with shielded hopper agitation and method An agricultural bagger apparatus and method for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag including a moving hopper wall and+ mechanism for moving the wall at an input end of hopper. The wall moving mechanism and the moving wall of the hopper sweeps the feed ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252120 | Powder feed apparatus, system and method A powder feed apparatus and method for increasing the rate of flow of powder fed through a powder feed system to a powder press. The apparatus includes a housing having a powder feed chamber, with a powder ingress opening and a powder egress opening, and at least on... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249616 | Device for filling toner container Device for filling dry toner powder from a bag into a toner container, said device comprising a piping system with a flexible and compressible pipe and a peristaltic pump acting on said flexible and compressible pipe. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237576 | Bagging machines and methods for adjustably controlling packing density Bagging machines for bagging agricultural, compost, or other materials into an elongate bag for storage and/or composting are disclosed. The bagging machines include a mobile frame, a hopper, a rotary packing apparatus, and a material forming enclosure. The bagging ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7163032 | Developer filling method The developer cartridge 24 is mounted in the holder 101 of the toner filling device 100 with the toner injecting through-hole 70 of the developer cartridge 24 on top. At this time, the axis of the developer roller 31 is vert... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7118010 | Apparatus, systems and related methods for dispensing and /or evaluating dry powders Methods, systems, and computer program products flowably dispense meted amounts of dry powders using a flexing piezoelectric layer to transmit a vibratory signal to the dry powder to facilitate fluidic flow through a flow channel. The apparatus for dispensing dry po... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7069963 | Machine for volumetric filling of powders The invention discloses a method and a tool for exact metering and volumetric filling of finely divided dry powder medicament doses into preformed containers, whereby the doses and containers are adapted for administration by inhalation using a dry powder inhaler (D... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051771 | Method and apparatus for introducing powder into a pocket A method and apparatus for introducing powder into a pocket (32) using a dosator (10) having an elongate cavity with an open end and a plunger (12) opposite the open end moveable along the cavity so as to define, between the plunger (12) ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6951230 | Continuously variable length and shaped auger for powder fillers An apparatus for controlling the denseness of powder conveyed from a hopper through a funnel and into a container includes an auger that is positioned within the funnel that is rotatable and vertically movable. The rotation and vertical movement of the auger serves ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941980 | Apparatus and method for filling a receptacle with powder An apparatus for filling a receptacle comprises a reservoir adapted to contain a supply of powder pharmaceutical formulation, a holder adapted to hold a receptacle in a position where it may receive powder from the reservoir, an extension extending above the recepta... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6899147 | Filling device and method A filler material packing system for packing a granular or fragmental filler material in a bag-shaped hollow surface material includes a suction-type packing container, and means for delivering the filler material. The packing container has an inner space. At least ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6886612 | Method and apparatus for transferring a defined quantity of powder There is provided a method of transferring a defined quantity of powder comprising compacting a target area of powder; dipping a tube into the compacted target area of powder to fill the tube with a defined volume of powder; and transferring the defined volume of po... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6837281 | Apparatus and method for filling cavities with metered amounts of granular particles A method and apparatus for delivering predetermined amounts of material, the apparatus including a vertical drop chute, a filling chamber, a rotating wheel with pockets, a central stationary drum with at least one vacuum chamber and an air jet, and a vacuum rail for... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6827111 | Food processing machine with increased mold plate fill area and stroke A prior top fill food processing machine is converted to increase production without increasing operating speed. A tooling set and a drive mechanism cooperate to increase the mold plate stroke and fill area. The tooling includes a fill plate and a breather plate wit... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6810930 | Apparatus for metering powdered filling material An apparatus for metering powdered filling material has a filling material container whose bottom is provided with bores which cooperate with tamping plungers and transfer plungers. Underneath the bottom is a stop ring which functions as a counter support for the ta... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6776198 | Mobile automated bagging machine for in bulk material A mobile bulk materials bagging machine equipped to convert compacted bulk materials into baggable material of uniform consistency. The bagging machine includes a feed hopper which may be loaded with compacted bulk materials with heavy duty loaders. The bagging mach... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6763859 | Blow tube construction A blow tube for delivering particulate material from a container thereof to a mold to form a core has a unitary, elongate body formed of resiliently elastic material which enables the body to adjust and compensate for misalignment of the container and the mold. The ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6698465 | Process for filling powder, apparatus therefor and process for producing composite material A process for filling a powder includes the steps of charging a powder into a cavity of a container and, after the charging step, vibrating a swinging body on the powder which is held in the cavity, thereby filling the powder with a high density. Since th... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6688343 | Apparatus for filling insulation material and method thereof An apparatus for filling insulation material consists of a vibrating means; a lift driving means for lifting the vibrating means; a horizontal transporting means for horizontally transporting the vibrating means and the lift driving means along the guide ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6679301 | Powder packing method and apparatus therefor A powder packing apparatus of the present invention is capable of sending a gas uniformly into powder to thereby fluidize the powder with a minimum amount of gas. The gas conveys the fluidized powder to the bottom of a container that may have a small mout... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6585013 | Machine for filling capsules with at least one product A continuous machine for filling the bottom shells of capsules with at least one product has a conveyor for feeding the bottom shells along a given path; and at least one metering wheel having a number of metering devices, each for supplying a relative bo... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6581650 | Powder filling systems, apparatus and methods The invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for the metered transport of fine powders into receptacles. According to one exemplary method, the fine powder is first fluidized. At least a portion of the fluidized fine powder is then captured. The ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6474371 | Powder feeding apparatus, powder feeding method and powder pressing apparatus A powder pressing apparatus includes a powder feeding apparatus for supply of a powder such as a rare-earth alloy powder into a cavity of a tooling. The powder feeding apparatus includes a feeder box having a bottom face provided with an opening. Inside t... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6470921 | Rotary flow control device for bag filling machines A device for controlling the flow of a particulate material from a fill tube of a container filling system is herein disclosed. The rotary flow control device of the present invention includes a stationary plate having flow openings formed therethrough an... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6431407 | Container filling device An automatic container filler (20) having a frame (22) that supports a hopper (24). A dispensing unit (26) is located at the bottom of the hopper (24) that selectively feeds a fluent material, such as sand, into a plurality of discharge chutes (28). The a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6425422 | Dosing machine for hard gelatin capsules A carousel carries a holder with product to be dosed and includes a lower disc fitted with peripheral sets of dosing holes into which plungers insert and press in successive stages doses of product. The carousel also includes fixed bodies and radially mov... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6390330 | Apparatus for metering and dispensing powder into hard gelatin capsules or the like An apparatus for metering and dispensing powder into hard gelatin capsules or the like. The apparatus has a metering disk that rotates in advancing steps, with bores disposed in its base. The bores which cooperate with tamping plungers that move up and do... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6321800 | Powder feeding apparatus, powder feeding method and powder pressing apparatus A powder pressing apparatus includes a powder feeding apparatus for supply of a powder such as a rare-earth alloy powder into a cavity of a tooling. The powder feeding apparatus includes a feeder box having a bottom face provided with an opening. Inside t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6155028 | Method and apparatus for packing material A method for packing a material includes air tapping material contained in a feeding hopper to pack it into a container which is to be filled with the material, and separating the material in the feeding hopper and the container into a portion of the mate... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6145709 | Container filling device An automatic container filler (20) having a frame (22) that supports a hopper (24). A dispensing unit (26) is located at the bottom of the hopper (24) that selectively feeds a fluent material, such as sand, into a plurality of discharge chutes (28). The a... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6098675 | Apparatus for metering and dispensing powder into hard gelatin capsules or the like An apparatus for metering and dispensing powder into hard gelatin capsules or the like including an incrementally rotated product container. Bores that cooperate with stuffing dies and transfer dies are formed on the bottom of the product container. A rep... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6065509 | Method and apparatus for filling cavities A blind cavity is filled with a predetermined quantity of fine powder from a hopper by bringing the cavity into a position beneath the hopper and causing the predetermined quantity of powder to flow from the hopper into the cavity. The powder is in free f... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6053217 | Method of leveling and compacting candle wax A method for leveling and compacting candle wax using is a small, hand held, plastic and wood device to pack or tamp the surface wax of a larger diameter (4') glass-jar candle to an even level.... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6050308 | Device for filling powder into hard gelatin capsules or the like A device for filling powder into hard gelatine capsules or the like has an incrementally rotated metering disk. A spacer disk is disposed underneath the metering disk and is coupled to the metering disk. In order to change the volumes of the compressed ch... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5947169 | Oscillating valve for powders A method for filling a powder container is provided. The method includes the steps of placing a first powder container to be filled in filling relationship to a discharge feature in the vessel, directing the powder in the vessel toward a member located at... | 09/07/1999 |
