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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354235 | Discharge elbow for a forage harvester A discharge elbow for a forage harvester. The discharge elbow includes a frame-shaped support assembly and at least one locking element attached to the inside of the support assembly. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7258225 | Method and apparatus for diverting material An apparatus for diverting material in a controlled manner comprising a diverter plate attached to a mounting assembly. The diverter plate is shaped for receiving falling material and facilitating the flow of the material onto a conveyance means or into storage. The... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7238543 | Methods for marking a bare semiconductor die including applying a tape having energy-markable properties A method used for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The present method comprises reducing the cros... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228956 | Bulk material precision transfer chute apparatus A bulk material precision transfer chute apparatus transfers a flow of material from a discharge conveyor to a separate receiving conveyor. The apparatus receives a flow of material from the discharge conveyor and transfers that material to a receiving conveyor depo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219794 | Adjustable guide chute and method for processing containers A container feeding system is shown having an unscrambler having an unscrambler bowl providing a track or channel that is adjustable such that it can accommodate bottles of varying sizes. The system also comprises an adjustable chute that is also adjustable and havi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7094618 | Methods for marking a packaged semiconductor die including applying tape and subsequently marking the tape The present invention provides a method and apparatus for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The pr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6904671 | Integrated circuit chip handling apparatus and method The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for handling integrated circuit (IC) chips such as thin small outline package (TSOP) IC chips. Embodiments of the invention are directed toward removal of TSOPs from device under test (DUT) boards. By use of... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6471461 | Adjustable position slide for transporting articles An adjustable sliding assembly. The sliding assembly includes an article sliding surface, the sliding surface having a proximal end pivotally connectable to a work surface and a free distal end; and a support member pivotally connected to the sliding surf... | 10/29/2002 |
| 5466103 | Article unloading system and method An article unloading system for unloading articles from an article rack includes a pair of unloading ramps which are removably and pivotably attached to the rack beneath an upper article slot in the rack. The ramps are connected by a cross-member which is... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5299900 | Installation for charging a shaft furnace An installation is proposed for charging a shaft furnace comprising a rotating and pivoting distribution chute. The chute is supported in a removable manner by two lateral side plates of a "U"-shaped stirrup piece. When a first ring securely fastened to a... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5127507 | Offset assembly for a gravity conveyor chute An offset assembly (20) for a gravity-conveyor chute (10) includes offset upstream and downstream tubes (18 and 22) which are hingedly attached one to the other, with an upstream end opening (66) of the offset downstream tube being significantly larger th... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4969314 | Cup bagger chute The present invention provides a machine for bagging contained liquid products and includes a product dispenser, a product bagger and a chute from the product dispenser to the product bagger. The chute is designed to eliminate or at least substantially el... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4877246 | Mixing and dispensing apparatus for game The device mixes and selects a plurality of game balls sequentially and includes a rotating chamber which contains a plurality of balls located in the bottom portion thereof. The chamber has a plurality of cups mounted interiorly thereof, the cups being c... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4732263 | Bulk feeder for electronic components A nonmagnetic bulk feeder for feeding electronic components one at a time into a lead forming machine or the like comprises a hopper and a chute for loading the components into the hopper. A conveyor is mounted for movement along the bottom wall of the ho... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4718531 | Electrical connector pick-up station An electrical connector pick-up station for use, for example, with a pick and place robot having a pick-up head for picking up electrical connectors and for placing them on a circuit board, comprises a base, upon which is mounted for tilting movement abou... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4712664 | Load-out construction device A load-out construction device (10) is provided for conveying debris from a building (12) having a roof (14), floors and an exterior wall (16). The load-out construction device (10) includes a hopper (18). The load-out construction device (10) further inc... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4711334 | Telescopic chute for mixer discharge A telescoping extension chute has a first semicircular section with an inlet end for pivotal connection to a main chute on a mixer truck and a pair of tubular tracks attached along upper longitudinal edges. An intermediate section with a semicircular cros... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4538735 | Apparatus for separating solids of different shapes Apparatus for separating spherically-shaped solids from irregularly-shaped solids comprising a rotatable separating table having a frustoconically shaped upper surface, the angle of inclination of the upper surface with the horizontal being such that sphe... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4493767 | Conveyor belt for transporting slag material from a filtering apparatus A conveyor belt assembly is presented for use in conjunction with a rotary drum filtration apparatus, the conveyor belt passing longitudinally through the drum. The conveyor belt assembly comprises two movable frame sections and an associated conveyor bel... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4426182 | Tubular handling apparatus An apparatus for transferring tubulars between the floor of a drilling rig and a pipe rack including an elongated main support frame adapted to be positioned in proximity to the pipe rack, a lift trough positioned longitudinally of the support frame and h... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4401242 | Dual delivery hopper discharge apparatus A hopper discharge apparatus for delivering the contents of a hopper from a hopper side port to alternative delivery points directly under and alongside the hopper utilizing a center delivery chute for directing the hopper contents to the delivery point u... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4326618 | Safety feed table release mechanism A feed table for serially conveying sheets from the stack location magazine of an offset press to its printing head is pivotally mounted at its end adjacent the magazine. The other table end adjacent the printer head is mounted to the printer head housing... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4276975 | Inclination maintaining system for a discharge chute An inclination maintaining system for a discharge chute of a ready-mix concrete truck or the like including a body on which the chute is pivotally mounted for movement about an axis extending horizontally and transversely of the chute, the system having s... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4250986 | Grain chute A removable grain chute is provided with an integral unitary attachment member adapted for removably attaching the chute to the bottom edge of a truck body or box. The attachment member includes an upwardly turned lip at the end of a rigid extension of th... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4213829 | Retractable hood for transfer of coke This invention relates to an improved hood for transfer of coke which prevents binding of the retractable section when it is raised or lowered. The outer surface of the fixed hood section is of circular arc-shape and has at least one track extending there... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4146232 | Automatic golf ball teeing device An automatic golf ball teeing apparatus having a hollow golf ball conveying arm which is pivotal at one of its ends about an axis between a first golf ball receiving position and a second golf ball depositing position. When the arm is in the first positio... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4124108 | Grain dispensing arrangement An arrangement for dispensing grain, or other like material, characterized by (1) a cushion box communicating with a material passageway, at a material receiving bin, in a ball and socket relationship, including a material outlet and a slot for eliminatin... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4123044 | Tunnel furnace A tunnel furnace comprises an elongate hollow structure inclined to have one end higher than the other and is reciprocable about an axis parallel to its length, heaters for heating material to be treated being incorporated in the structure.... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4058239 | Gravity feed box A feed box includes a chamber defined by oppositely positioned downwardly and inwardly sloping end walls, a vertical side wall and a bottom wall extending downwardly and laterally across said box to the vertical side wall. The vertical side wall may have ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4053068 | Apparatus for transferring hot coke into a coke quenching car Associated with a coke quenching car, preferably a one-spot car, is a coke guide that carries a distributor trough. The distributor trough is pivotably mounted so that when the coke guide is racked out to transfer coke into the quenching car, the distribu... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4040529 | Grain flow propelled grain spreader A grain propelled grain spreader having a hopper disposed beneath an opening in the upper end of a grain bin and having slides disposed beneath and receiving grain from a hopper, the slides extending downwardly and outwardly from the hopper so that grain ... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4032024 | Apparatus for distribution of charge material in shaft furnaces, particularly high pressure blast furnaces An apparatus is provided for the even distribution of charge material in shaft furnaces, particularly high pressure blast furnaces. The apparatus includes a stationary hopper with a distributor pipe hinged universally below it. The universal swivel hinge ... | 06/28/1977 |
| 3976176 | Spiral chute device A spiral chute device, especially for use in conveying seed materials to storage chambers. The spiral chute device is employed for guiding the seed material downwardly in the storage chamber to prevent the seed material from undergoing free fall which cou... | 08/24/1976 |
