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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7293303 | Method and device for repositioning patient in bed with safety features The invention described is a device and method for repositioning a patient in a bed. Bedding material positioned underneath the patient is wound by a ratchet system and a crossbeam that allows for the patient to be repositioned when the bedding material is drawn aro... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7244089 | Device for removing metallic objects from a railway bed A machine which travels on railroad rails includes a conveyor belt which transports metallic objects from a railway bed into a hopper. The conveyor belt revolves around a pair of rollers mounted on the framework of a conveyor belt assembly. One roller magnetically p... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7200881 | Transfer device A transfer device includes a lower mechanism and an upper mechanism stacked on the lower mechanism. The lower mechanism includes a first endless belt, and the upper mechanism includes a second endless belt. The first and the second endless belts are operable indepen... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7011328 | Transversely extending pivotal hitch mechanism Apparatus and method for applying temporary raised pavement markers (TRPM) to roadway surfaces comprises a conveyor upon a wheeled vehicle wherein an upstream end portion of the conveyor is able to extend, for example, over the rear bed portion of a roadwork vehicle... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6932209 | Transfer device, transfer device assembly, and accommodating device thereof A transfer device includes an upper mechanism and a lower mechanism associated with the upper mechanism. The upper mechanism includes a first endless belt that circulates in forward and reverse directions. The lower mechanism includes a second endless belt that circ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6916147 | Substrate storage cassette with substrate alignment feature A substrate storage cassette and a method of orienting a substrate disposed therein are provided. In one embodiment, the substrate storage cassette includes a plurality of flanges pairs disposed between a first lateral sidewall coupled in a spaced-apart relation to ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6488100 | Fluff roll for aeration core processing machine A core destroying machine utilizes a single processing rotor cooperable with an arcuate screen member to disintegrate aeration cores therebetween. The arcuate screen member is configured to discharge thatch from the single processing rotor in a generally ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6354429 | Agricultural crop material windrow inverting method and apparatus An apparatus for inverting a windrow of agricultural crop material on the ground as the apparatus moves along the windrow in a first direction has a lifting mechanism for lifting the crop material from the ground substantially without destroying the integ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6321849 | Apparatus for collecting/destroying aeration cores A core harvesting machine that can be mounted to the rear of a conventional aeration machine to receive green cores directly from the aeration machine without having the cores discharged to the ground. The core harvesting machine has a rotating brush core... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5934861 | Collection of lumber pieces from spaced stacks An apparatus for picking and conveying lumber pieces from the ground for example for removing stacked support lumber during laying of a pipe line comprises a tracked vehicle carrying a transport conveyer across the rear of the vehicle and a conveyer table... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5816336 | Apparatus and method for destroying wet/dry aeration cores An aeration machine is provided with a split tine assembly having a movable spoon portion that disengages from the tine to discharge a wet core therefrom. The movement of the spoon portion is controlled by a cam mechanism that controls the point of discha... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5639200 | Sweep drive unit A drive for a grain bin unloading sweep adapted to move the sweep around the bin in a series of steps. The operating mechanism includes a friction wheel adapted to ride on the floor of the bin to move the sweep flighting, and a pawl and ratchet to drive t... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5540321 | Apparatus and method for moving objects A means and method for moving objects (10) having a stand (12) and at least one support arm (14) movably connected to the stand (12). At least a pair of counter rotatable shafts (16 and 18) are connected with the support arm (14) and movable belts (20) fo... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5100280 | Magnetic roller and belt steel shot and grit pick up recovery machine A machine to collect iron or steel shot or ferrous grit from factory plant floors for reuse in blast machines or other industrial processes. Round doughnut like magnets mounted on a through shaft are stacked together with like North and South poles adjace... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4965993 | Plant harvester A mobile plant harvester for harvesting plants having foliage or vines such as cucumbers, includes an inclined main conveyor having an upper run and an inclined gripping conveyor supported by a vertically adjustable sub-frame and having an arcuate lower a... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4722283 | Magnetic pick up system for rail beds and method A magnetic pick up system for tie plates uses a pick up head having a rotatable wheel with a plurality of fingers pivotably attached to the wheel. The fingers, which are magnet pole pieces adapted to magnetically grip tie plates and lift them from the gro... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4597706 | Process and machine to mechanically pick up, store and place hollow cone markers used as lane guides The object of this invention is a machine which automatically collects hollow conical road markers, stores them, transports them and dispenses them in a line. This machine is comprised of a vehicle carrying a series of vertical cylindrical magazines open ... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4505633 | Overruning sprocket for bale wagon pickup An overrunning sprocket for the bale pickup mechanism on a bale wagon is disclosed wherein the drive sprocket for transferring rotational power from a drive shaft to the elevating mechanism in the bale pickup is rotatably mounted on the drive shaft for ro... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4368000 | Bale wagons A bale wagon comprising a main frame and bale pick-up apparatus mounted on the main frame, the bale pick-up apparatus comprising a subframe, bale elevator apparatus mounted on the subframe and operable to lift a bale from the ground on being engaged there... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4306650 | Agricultural bale pick-up means Bale pick-up means comprising a frame, bale elevator means mounted on the frame and operable to lift a bale from the ground, and bale holding means operable constantly to engage a bale being elevated and to hold the bale in contact with the elevator means... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4225429 | Vehicle for cleaning railway roadbeds of magnetic articles A vehicle for cleaning a railway roadbed of magnetic articles such as spikes, tie plates, rail support plates, bolts, and the like has a chassis supported by rail engaging wheels which are rotated by a hydraulic motor powered by an internal combustion eng... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4202157 | Selective down cotton retrieving belt A transversely slotted belt for a down cotton retrieving system includes a plurality of spaced, protruding island-like pads disposed along the outer surface of the belt. Each of the protruding pads is substantially bisected by one of the transverse slots,... | 05/13/1980 |
| 3951288 | Large round bale handling apparatus An apparatus for handling large round bales or the like includes a mobile frame adapted for movement across a field and a bed assembly mounted thereon. The bed assembly includes a plurality of elongated, laterally spaced rails capable of being disposed in... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3942307 | Billet elevator for sugar cane harvesters Chain and slat type elevator for pieces of chopped sugar cane in a sugar cane harvester has a slope of between 50° and 90° with respect to the horizontal. An endless belt of wire mesh above the working run of the elevator engages the cane pieces and pre... | 03/09/1976 |
