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Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7222715 | Fruit handling equipment A conveying assembly for fruit handling, comprising a carriage (20) adapted to be attached to a conveying chain arranged to displace the carriage in a conveying direction, a cup (30) adapted to support a single piece of fruit, the cup being secured to ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210570 | Device for the dynamic weighing of postal items The device for dynamically weighing postal items (P) comprises a plate (1) floatingly mounted on a weight sensor, and a conveyor belt mounted on the plate to move the postal items in a longitudinal direction (D) of the conveyor. The conveyor has two parallel ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6964550 | Chain conveyor in the form of scales A chain conveyor for gravimetrically measuring/dosing materials, especially bulk materials. The conveyor includes a housing/trough in which at least two chain conveyors with strip-shaped driving elements attached thereto rotate, wherein a measuring bridge that is su... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6662930 | Apron weigh feeder An apron weigh feeder for use in the heavy bulk materials industry includes a feeder frame, a head drive shaft, a pair of tail traction wheels, and a plurality of carry and return rollers. A pair of drive sprockets is mounted on the head drive shaft. The ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6550582 | Method and apparatus for processing a large number of items with a self-service checkout terminal A self-service checkout terminal includes a terminal base having (i) a user side on which a user is positioned during operation of the self-service checkout terminal, (ii) a rear side which is opposite the user side, (iii) an upstream end portion, and (iv... | 04/22/2003 |
| 5826699 | Goods storage and conveyor system In order to be able to continuously operate a storage and conveyor system, consisting of two main conveyor tracks running parallel to each other and containing storage locations for goods in a minimum of space, in such a way as to allow retrieval of speci... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5749453 | Apparatus for orienting eggs on a second conveyor with their points to one side An apparatus for transferring eggs from a first roller conveyor (1) to a second conveyor (2), with an orienting operation taking place during the transfer, so that the eggs on the second conveyor (2) are all oriented with their points to one side, the rol... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5590976 | Mobile paving system using an aggregate moisture sensor and method of operation A mobile paving system (10) is provided that produces paving material while the mobile system (10) proceeds over a surface. The mobile paving system (10) includes an aggregate hopper (12) operable to hold aggregate for use in producing paving material and... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5330304 | Apparatus for handling elongated products Weighed, rod-like product is deposited into a receptacle having a bottom wall formed by an iris plate assembly, which may be vibrated and which opens on command to drop the product into one of two cylindrical holding canisters with clamshell doors on thei... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5277533 | Apparatus for handling elongate products Weighed, rod-like product is deposited into a receptacle having a bottom wall formed by an iris plate assembly, which may be vibrated and which opens on command to drop the product into one of two cylindrical holding canisters with clamshell doors on thei... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5176241 | High speed straight line weighing system A high speed container placement machine in which stationary units consisting of one feeder guide, one load cell and one discharge guide are placed in a spaced-apart relationship along the side of a supply conveyer traveling at a constant speed and carryi... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5044819 | Monitored paving system A paving system (10) is described which comprises an aggregate hopper (12), a mineral filler hopper (14), water tank (16), an emulsion tank (18) and an additive tank (20). Aggregate, mineral filler, water, emulsion and additive are conveyed from their res... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4317258 | Side suspension conveyor system for poultry Poultry carriers connected to a common overhead conveyor, travel along a pair of load supporting tracks through a weighing station. The tracks are laterally spaced from each other below the conveyor to reduce spacing between adjacent carriers in the direc... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4133455 | Weighing apparatus for continuously weighing a passing layer of fiber material in a metering device of a spinning preparatory machine Weighing apparatus for continuously weighing a throughpassing layer of fiber material in a metering device of a spinning preparatory machine with two pairs of rolls arranged at a distance from one another for supplying the layer of fiber material to and f... | 01/09/1979 |
