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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7253545 | Vibratory screening machine with single motor mounted to produce linear motion Disclosed within is a fist bracket comprising a base and a circumferential portion extending from the base in which the circumferential portion comprises an outer surface and an inner surface and the outer surface comprises a curved section and a planar section. Als... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7077271 | Secondary screen for concrete pump An apparatus for the removal of objects and other debris from cement that is pumped via a concrete pump includes a secondary screen that is pivotally attached at one end thereof to a concrete pump a predetermined distance above a grate that is disposed over a hopper... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7037437 | Dual filter system for filtering of injector fluids A filtering system used on a meat injection machine that injects pickling into meat products. The filter consists of a tank and a first and second rotary filter. The first rotary filter uses a wedge wire wound cylinder and augers having flutes that rotate to catch a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7001515 | Dual filter system for filtering of injector fluids A filtering system used on a meat injection machine that injects pickling into meat products. The filter consists of a tank and a first and second rotary filter. The first rotary filter uses a wedge wire wound cylinder and augers having flutes that rotate to catch a... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6892891 | Manure management system using sloped screen separator A manure management system that removes a large percentage of solids from a manure slurry when the slurry is run across a series of sloped screen separators. The sloped screen on the separator has very small openings. In addition, the separator has a water line with... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6213309 | Turret feed control apparatus for sorting and distributing articles in a process system An article processing apparatus having a plurality of input conveyors directing articles into a work station and a single turret sorting mechanism. The work station processes articles while, simultaneously, unprocessed articles are fed into the turret sor... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6129216 | Particle separation device and processes thereof An article including; a support member with a plurality of apertures therethrough; and a plurality of gate members attached by at least one end to at least one side of the support member, wherein each gate member is situated in close proximity to at least... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5509539 | Method for preparing injection molding compound pellets to remove molding compound dust and broken pellets An injection molding compound pellet cleaner 10 removes broken pellets and eliminates excessive dust from molding compound pellets for preparation of the pellets for processing in an automatic molding machine. The pellet cleaner includes a vacuum chamber ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5272999 | Litter box A litter box has a tray having a bottom and an outlet at one end of the tray and a sifting element disposed within the tray and having a screen portion and a solid portion, the screen portion being disposed at an angle, facing the outlet of the tray, of 9... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5167184 | Compacting and selecting machine for solid and ferrous of non-ferrous metallic refuse such as containers, cans, bottles, and similar A compacting and selecting machine for solid refuse such as containers and similar includes a loading hopper provided with a detector and guide of objects, a crushing press at the end of the hopper, a lateral conveyor belt to which the object leaving the ... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5167204 | Litter box A litter box has a tray having a bottom and an outlet at one end of the tray and a sifting element disposed within the tray and having a screen portion and a solid portion, the screen portion being disposed at an angle, facing the outlet of the tray, of 9... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5091077 | Trommel material air classifier A waste material classifier apparatus which employs a rotary trommel for stirring up the waste material in an air stream so that the conglomeration of waste is easily sorted into dirt and small particles easily sifted through the trommel pores, with air s... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5009370 | Municipal solid waste material sorting trommel system A municipal solid waste material sorting system comprises a multi-stage trommel having a relatively short first stage section with relatively small holes for screening out grit, dirt, coins, small stones and the like, a second substantially longer second ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4921106 | Selection device for sweet confections A selection device for candy, in which confections are dispensed loose onto a first table turning at relatively low speed and spiralled around a fixed guide before being scattered onto a second, annular table that is concentric and coplanar with the first... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4785761 | Mobile seed cleaning apparatus A mobile seed cleaning and/or separating apparatus has a wheeled, self-propelled chassis mounting a plurality of cleaning and/or separating stations. The stations are interconnected by conveyors which transport the seed through the apparatus. The cleaning... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4620634 | Sorting device A sorting device for sorting out a multiplicity of pieces such as tickets, for example, according to their size includes a frame, a drum rotatably mounted in the frame for storing therein pieces such as tickets having different sizes to be sorted out, a s... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4550677 | Sifter for breading apparatus A sifter for removing dough balls from breading, the sifter comprising a basket having foranamous side and bottom walls, the bottom wall being of conical configuration tapering downwardly to a centrally disposed discharge opening surrounded by a pair of s... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4519896 | Dry material sorting device A dry material sorting device for selectively sorting mixtures of granular material comprising component materials such as sand and gold having different specific gravities. The use of a horizontal wind tunnel to sort the materials is described. Use of a ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4494611 | Apparatus for processing soil for planting An improvement is presented in an apparatus for processing soil for planting wherein a separator are provided for initially separating rocks and other large objects from soil prior to crushing thereof, the separator comprising a plurality of respectively ... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4379509 | High efficiency sorting apparatus Apparatus for sorting items according to size wherein the items are dropped between a pair of opposed sorting discs having facing sides with the spacing between the sides varying radially of the discs, with withdrawing elements being interposed at various... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4323160 | Use of a vibrating screen to separate small live insects from agricultural commodities Small live insects are separated from green coffee beans or similar sized agricultural commodities by vibrating a screen on which the beans are placed at a frequency of at least 60 cycles per second. The insects are inactivated by the vibrations and fall ... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4295569 | Apparatus for sorting textile bobbins An apparatus for sorting textile bobbins into groups of empty bobbins and bobbins with residual yarn thereon, utilizing an inclined upwardly moving conveyor belt covered with card clothing for conveying upwardly and discharging therefrom bobbins having re... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4204951 | Apparatus for sorting capsules and the like In order to sort a quantity of hard gelatin capsules of the type having at least a top and bottom and being filled with powdery contents, and to remove therefrom defective capsules which do not have a top or which may be cut or deformed in some way, the a... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4181603 | Capsule sorting apparatus An apparatus is provided for sorting out pharmaceutical capsule components from assembled capsules and comprises a pair of spaced plates containing a plurality of holes which allow unassembled pharmaceutical caps and bodies to fall through the holes and y... | 01/01/1980 |
| 3997058 | Capsule inspection machine A capsule inspection machine has a horizontal ring with vertical openings having a minimum diameter equal to a predetermined maximum capsule cap diameter for the reception of individual capsules and a motor to rotate this ring. A capsule feeding device fe... | 12/14/1976 |
