Class 209/682 - Aperture in chute or trough

Subclass of Class 209 - Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Definition: Methods and apparatus wherein said aperture is in a chute
No. of patents: 39
Last issue date: 03/15/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7905359	Device for delivering bulk material stored in a supply container The device for delivering bulk material consisting of individual products has a supply container for storing the individual products. A perforated plate is arranged downstream of the product outlet of the supply container on a base stand and serves to receive the in...	03/15/2011
7416086	In-line sorter for fasteners An in-line sorter for fasteners which includes a track for receiving the head of a fastener. Fasteners move along the track, past one or more stations which reject those fasteners which do not meet certain specifications. Specifically, four stations may be provided�...	08/26/2008
7073658	Unit for feeding solid drug forms to a conveyor line of a machine for filling capsules At least one solid drug form is fed into a capsule, housed inside a pocket on a first conveyor movable along an endless first path extending in a given first plane, by means of a seat on a second conveyor movable along an endless second path extending in a second pl...	07/11/2006
7059479	Apparatus for sorting pills An apparatus for sorting small cylindrical objects has a trough having a longitudinally extending groove along which the objects can slide. The groove is of generally rectangular upwardly open shape and has a pair of upright and horizontally spaced side walls and an...	06/13/2006
6953517	Plant for the treatment of residue In order to make it possible for an inhomogeneous residue generated in a pyrolysis plant to be separated continuously and in as fully graded a way as possible, specially selected components are combined with one anther in an advantageous configuration. An essential ...	10/11/2005
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
6685029	Bedding separator A tool designed for separating manure, loose hay and wet bedding from the stall of an animal. The tool comprises a rectangular frame supporting a plurality of spaced parallel rods. The rods extend downwardly at an angle from a wall of the stall such that ...	02/03/2004
6662953	Air pulse feeder A dispensing system that includes an apparatus comprised of a container with a support surface, an opening in the upper portion for receiving items, a passageway in the lower portion for dispensing items, a guide surface to direct items into the passagewa...	12/16/2003
6484882	Plant for the processing of residue from a thermal waste disposal plant In order to separate a carbon-containing fraction as completely as possible from a residue, for example a pyrolysis residue, a combustible constituent is first separated from a non-combustible constituent. A carbon-containing light fraction is subsequentl...	11/26/2002
6444935	High speed track shutter system for semi-conductor inspection The present invention provides a shutter system for use with an automated semiconductor chip handling device. The semiconductor chip handling device includes a track down which semiconductor chips travel. Reliefs are positioned on the track to prevent the...	09/03/2002
6360895	Separating device for elongate solid pieces A separating device for elongate solid pieces includes a vibrating base with longitudinal grooves having a depth which decreases in a conveying direction, to allow efficient separation of elongate solid pieces, in particular of short pieces of wire, and t...	03/26/2002
6241097	Bag splitter and separation assembly Disclosed is an assembly for splitting open contents-filled garbage bags selected from bags filled with yard waste and bags filled with cans and bottles. The assembly is composed of a flighted conveyor that conveys the filled garbage bags into a confined ...	06/05/2001
6112906	Ball separator system This invention is directed to a device for separating deformed balls from normal spherical balls prior to washing as is common in the ball pen industry. The device comprises an L-shaped tunnel which defines a slot on its lower surface. The slot feeds into...	09/05/2000
5915692	Paper eject passageway auto-switching device This invention discloses a paper eject passageway auto-switching device, which is installed in an information processing machine, suitable for automatically switching between two eject passageways for paper sheets from the processing unit. The paper eject...	06/29/1999
5860855	Disc size classifier and method A coin classification apparatus and method which is adaptable to a purse, wallet or as a separate coin purse. The apparatus comprises a plurality of stacked troughs, equalling the number of coin sizes to be classified. Each trough is equipped with a plura...	01/19/1999
5791493	Polysilicon particle classifying apparatus Apparatus for classifying high purity polysilicon particles includes a receptacle for holding the particles and a rotary member for feeding the particles from the receptacle. The rotary member defines at least a portion of a front wall of the receptacle a...	08/11/1998
5419442	Separating device for discriminating between defective and nondefective articles The separation device includes a container having a dome-shaped base and a peripheral wall surrounding the base to define a chamber for receiving a random mixture of defective and nondefective articles. A spiral-shaped ramp on the peripheral wall which su...	05/30/1995
5417331	Conveyance equipment for paper or the like, and paper money collection system in game island employing the same In a conveyance equipment having a conveyance path which serves to convey paper or the like, and an introduction path which merges with the conveyance path, for guiding to the conveyance path the paper or the like to be introduced into the conveyance syst...	05/23/1995
5318184	Sludge drying system A sludge drying system using exhaust air from a furnace in a direct heat, rotary drum dryer to simultaneously dry and pelletize the sludge. The dried sludge particles exiting the dryer is entrained in the exhaust air. The sludge particles are separated fr...	06/07/1994
5287391	Metering system A system for metering the feed of portions of nuclear fuel assemblies and comprising a declivitous screen for receiving the portions and separating the portions into larger and smaller components thereof. The separated components are independently fed int...	02/15/1994
5271508	Serving dish for stemmed grapes In the representative embodiment of the fruit server of the invention, a display container is arranged to support one or more bunches of grapes. Openings are arranged adjacent to a sloping wall portion of the container and respectively sized so that shoul...	12/21/1993
5255793	Separator for a material reducer A separator of reduced material, obtained for example by crushing refuse, separates and discharges materials based on size, by passing it over a plate with orifices. A water tank may also be added with conveyors for separating large and heavy pieces....	10/26/1993
5092471	Sorting and counting tray A tray for receiving a multiplicity of small objects, such as pills, nuts and bolts or sundry items, to be sorted and/or counted. The tray includes an integral funnel-shaped outlet for dispensing or discharging the sorted and counted objects. A series of ...	03/03/1992
4960195	Component-orienting apparatus A component-orienting apparatus provided with a plurality of parallel orienting passages for aligning a plurality of components such as rectangular-parallelopipedic electronic component chips in the same orientation as each other. Each of the orienting pa...	10/02/1990
4662522	Paper selecting apparatus A paper selecting apparatus includes an upstream side transportation passage having an inclined bottom surface(s) held in the inclined state in the transverse direction, a lower stage transportation passage extending in continuation from the downstream en...	05/05/1987
4607742	Conveying apparatus for crackers and related objects A horizontal trough for conveying polygonal objects, such as crackers, positioned in vertical planes having a trough opening in the trough bottom for culling out and exiting disoriented objects, the trough bottom opening and adjacent trough bottom support...	08/26/1986
4569446	Method and apparatus for feeding a product including fines This relates to a method of and an apparatus for feeding a product which includes fines to a weigh hopper. In lieu of the usual feeder pan, the last feeder pan in the feeder system is a duplex feeder pan including an upper feeding pan or level and a lower...	02/11/1986
4519507	Apparatus for separating tacks from surveillance tags A bi-level ramp supported under a table with an access slot has a plurality of laterally spaced longitudinal ribs providing a series of channels on the upper level for supporting and extracting surveillance tags while the channels contain a plurality of s...	05/28/1985
4391374	Method of and apparatus for separating elongated articles by length A separator including a vibratory surface having a transverse slot and a plate positioned within the slot to form a grading gap. The plate is mounted independent of said surface so that articles conveyed by said surface are decelerated before reaching the...	07/05/1983
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
4254878	Screen for separating objects by shape Mixed solid waste, such particularly as municipal waste, is subjected to treatment which separates the majority of the ferrous metal pieces from the other solids, and the invention provides apparatus for separating the resulting mass into (a) flat-shaped ...	03/10/1981
4239120	Device for the bunkering and assorted feeding of small parts A device for the bunkering and sorted feeding of small parts, particularly to processing machines, by which the small parts are removed from a bunker space in the bottom area of the bunker, which bunker space is refillable from the top, and via an interme...	12/16/1980
4216865	Whole fruit size grader A whole fruit size grader comprising a horizontally oscillating table having a generally horizontal flat area on which fruit to be sized is loaded and a sorting area which slopes therefrom downwardly to a prime size fruit collecting area or station. Said ...	08/12/1980
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
4150751	Tablet feeder for filling honeycomb-like cells of a tape A tablet feeder for filling cells arranged in longitudinal rows in a belt moving forward continuously, comprising a tablet container having a vertical axis cylindrical wall and a slightly convex base, at least one bracket member extending along a cylindri...	04/24/1979
3990580	Method and apparatus for sorting sultanas A sorting machine comprising a vertically inclined feed bed, a feeder for feeding objects to be sorted to an upper portion of said feed bed, the feed bed being adapted to be supplied with a fluid which fluidizes the objects thereon so that the latter flow...	11/09/1976
3977525	Mechanical removal of flat pod rogues from snap bean seed Flat pod rogues are removed from snap bean seed stock by a mechanical separation process wherein the seeds are first sized through a plurality of round holes and each size category is then further sized on slotted screens wherein the size of the slots is ...	08/31/1976
3967821	Ball separating device for pool tables and the like A device for separating a ball, such as a cue ball from other balls, for example numbered balls of slightly smaller diameter than the cue ball, in which the balls are guided by track elements, in a directionally stable relation, to a separating station, w...	07/06/1976
3956109	Automatic silverware sorting construction An apparatus for sorting silverware including a hopper for collecting the silverware in bulk amounts and a vibrating bed for gradually discharging the silverwave and conveying it to a sorting stage for dividing the different types of silverware. The sorti...	05/11/1976

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Class 209/682 - Aperture in chute or trough