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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118174 | Device for delivering bulk material stored in a supply container A device for delivering bulk material consisting of individual products has a supply container for storing the bulk material of individual products, the supply container having a product outlet. A perforated plate is arranged downstream of the product outlet of the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 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 providedâ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7246707 | Two-slat design for a small piece remover A slat arrangement for use with an apparatus that removes undesirable pieces from a plurality of pieces based upon size. The slat arrangement comprises a plurality of slats, wherein adjacent slats define a plurality of pockets. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7131538 | Material classifier having a scoop wheel A material classifier for classifying a liquid-solid mixture containing solid material to be separated. The material classifier includes a tank and an angularly mounted scoop wheel for scooping solid material which has settled on the bottom of the tank. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6860181 | Automated manufacturing apparatus for aluminium window/door systems The present invention relates to the automated manufacture of frame components for window assemblies and the like. More particularly the invention includes: an automated apparatus for collating kits of frame components; an automated manufacturing system incorporatin... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6820750 | Device for the elimination of trimmings of rolls or logs of material in strips A device for the elimination of trimmings of rolls or logs of ribbon-like material that can be connected below a cropper machine of at least one roll or log, in turn fed by a feed surface (11) of rolls (12) and top and/or tail crop ends (21), on... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6739965 | High speed, high volume coin sorter A high-speed, high-volume coin sorter includes a coin feed device and a coin sorting device. The coin sorting device includes a number of stationary sorting plates, each plate associated with a respective coin denomination. Coins are successively driven along each s... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6398036 | Corn milling and separating device and method A table separator is provided, wherein the table separator comprises a plurality of solid-bottom trays and a plurality of dimples for facilitating separation of degerminated corn into endosperm and germ fractions, the dimples being aligned in linear juxta... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6016922 | Rotating lumber sorting device A rotating lumber sorting device has a rotatable transfer element provided on its periphery with a plurality of receptacles which are spaced from one another in a peripheral direction and have different widths substantially corresponding to different thic... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5558234 | Product size grading system A product size grading system comprises a roller bed having a plurality of rotary shafts wherein each shaft supports product sizing roller members. A motorized transmission is coupled to the plurality of rotary shafts and drives the rotary shafts in a uni... | 09/24/1996 |
| 4978443 | Separator disc A separator disc for use in a disc separator for separating a mixture of grain and/or grain-like particles according to particle length. The disc separator, of conventional construction, is characterized by a series of spaced parallel discs, mounted for r... | 12/18/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4466545 | Article grading apparatus Potatoes which are to be graded according to their size prior to further processing, for example in the manufacture of a snack food product, are deposited in a hopper 16 at the lower end of an upwardly inclined walking beam conveyor 18. Pockets 35, 37 for... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4441412 | Driving device of sorting cylinder for use in a rotary type rice hulling and sorting device A driving device of sorting cylinders for use in a rotary type rice hulling and sorting device, characterized by comprising a hulling part, a pneumatical sorting part and a rotary type sorting part provided with sorting cylinders rotatably installed there... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4415088 | Cylinder-type rotary sorting apparatus A machine for hulled grain employs a single horizontally disposed rotating hollow cylindrical body having its interior surface covered with a multiplicity of recesses designed to scoop up individual hulled grains at the bottom and to drop them out near th... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4228901 | Separator device for elongate objects advancing along a conveying path A separator device for separating from a succession of objects in a conveying path those objects having less than a desired length in the conveying direction, including an input channel via which the objects are conveyed to the separator device, an abutme... | 10/21/1980 |
| 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 |
