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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE40394 | Teleoperated robotic sorting system A method and apparatus are disclosed for classifying materials utilizing a computerized touch sensitive screen or other computerized pointing device for operator identification and electronic marking of spatial coordinates of materials to be extracted. An operator p... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7159373 | Installation for hydraulically filling crates with floating objects such as fruits and having a single double-acting pump The invention relates to an installation for hydraulically filling crates (1) with floating objects such as fruits, comprising a tank (2) for receiving at least one crate (1), a device (3) for loading/unloading a crate/crates into/from th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158167 | Video recording device for a targetable weapon A compact video image recording device which is mountable to a gun and useful for recording video images before and after the firing of the gun. The recording device includes a camera comprising a lens and a video image sensor. The video recording device is mounted ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140498 | Mail delivery system A mail case system facilitates sequence-sorting various types of mail together into individual bags that each represent delivery points. The mail case uses multi-bag inserts so that bags for a number of stops can be set up for sorting. At the end of the sorting oper... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7044348 | Modular storage system A storage system including an outer covering enclosing an interior modular unit containing separate storage units for a vehicle. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6976591 | Food-stuff physical characteristic sorting apparatus and method A foodstuff seed sorting endless belt conveyor apparatus for sorting out premium quality seeds from a seed mixture having both premium and inferior grade seeds on the basis of seed physical characteristics develops an orbital motion that is superimposed upon the nor... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6878896 | Synchronous semi-automatic parallel sorting The present invention reveals a sorting system for use in manual sorting, which presents a detached ephemeral display moving in a manner corresponding to the movement of the article, by which an article to be sorted can be quickly and easily identified. To accomplis... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6634507 | Cleaning system for tray The system for cleaning items by using washing baskets (7) comprises a stripping station (A), a tunnel washer (2) and, on the clean side, a station (B) for storing and unpacking items from the washing baskets, as well as a washing basket return equipment ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6382425 | Mobile system for recovering material from construction waste and demolition debris A mobile system for recovering materials from construction waste or demolition debris is provided. The system includes a mobile wheeled chassis that has at least one picking station. A grapple is mounted on the wheeled chassis for selectively retrieving w... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6305548 | Method and system for recycling discarded industrial products A discarded industrial product recycling system capable of acquiring pertinent data required for processings of discarded industrial products such as discarders, reception dates, persons responsible for disposal, disposal dates and so forth for selecting ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6261410 | Process for separating compressed material containing paper fibers Process and apparatus for separating compressed material containing paper fibers where the apparatus includes at least three hammer rollers arranged essentially in a same plane and each hammer roller includes rotatable hammers. The process includes rotati... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6149017 | Solid waste sorting device A station for sorting solid waste is provided with at least one transportation belt located outside of a waste loading and unloading zone and situated in a room of a superstructure mounted on a platform, an impervious housing inside the superstructure wit... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6124560 | Teleoperated robotic sorting system A method and apparatus are disclosed for classifying materials utilizing a computerized touch sensitive screen or other computerized pointing device for operator identification and electronic marking of spatial coordinates of materials to be extracted. An... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6079570 | Method and device for controlling an arrangement to distribute articles to be sorted to physical target locations An arrangement is provided for distributing articles to be sorted to physical target locations. The articles to be sorted are delivered to a number of receiving elements that move along a conveying path past the physical target locations. The receiving el... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6024227 | Tramp material removal from pulp feed systems Dense, tramp material, is efficiently separated in a comminuted cellulosic fibrous material feed system, for example in a chemical cellulose digester feed system, in a simple but effective matter. By merely utilizing a generally vertical conduit and a slu... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5971162 | Device for manually sorting waste A device including an annular rotary tray (1) surrounding a central space (4) housing a waste infeed and discharge assembly (14). An adjustable flap (10) selectively urges the waste on the rotary tray (1) towards the edge or the center thereof. A loading ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5957307 | Coding station for a mail sorting system A letter coding station for a mail sorting system. In order to ensure good ergonomics when coding letters at a coding location, letters which are to be separated and coded are brought in stacks, via a first conveying section, to the operator. The operator... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5746324 | Refuse sorting device for refuse storage rooms A refuse-sorting device for use at the base of a building's refuse chute, for aiding in category-sorting of refuse. The device includes an open-topped container which is fitted with an openable bottom element. The container is supported for disposition un... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5678697 | Sorting installation A sorting installation for useful products is proposed, which serves in particular to sort out reusable packaging materials. In order to achieve the sorting-out of individual types of packaging with maximum efficiency, the sorting-out of individual monofr... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5667079 | Automated multi-grade wastepaper recycle center sorting system An automated multi-grade wastepaper recycle center and sorting system is provided. The center is a multi-acre fenced-in complex having security that allows for recycling trucks to deliver multiple grades of wastepaper for separating and sorting to one loc... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5620102 | Conveyor sorting system for packages A method and apparatus are provided for directing a parcel to a correct station from a conveyer. A parcel guide is actuated to move transversely across the conveyer adjacent the correct station.... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5551576 | Disposal system foe use in tall buildings A system to separate and store trash which has been segregated into various categories for use in a multi-floor building. The system has a vertical waste chute with at least one access door to the chute located at each floor of the building. The chute has... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5499719 | Takeaway/correction conveyor system for food product machine A stand-alone takeaway and correction conveyor system for a food loaf slicer or other food product machine that produces groups of food products that must be held to close tolerance as to weight or some other readily measurable characteristic includes two... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5411147 | Dynamic landfill recycling system A dynamic landfill recycling system has wheels attachable to a plurality of refuse processing sections in one or more semi-trailer or other vehicular units. A refuse receiving section has a dump bed or one or more vehicular refuse bins to accept new refus... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5375722 | Carton monitoring system A carton glue monitoring system includes a conveyor moving a plurality of cartons in a first direction. An encoder provides pulses at a rate proportional to conveyor line speed. A glue applicator applies a glue strip having a fluorescent material added th... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5363972 | Conveyor apparatus with powered leveling roll A sorting conveyor is shown and described for moving composite material through the output gate of a bin and then past a sorting station to remove unwanted elements of the composite material. At the interior side of the output gate rests a powered levelin... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5263591 | Refuse recycling system A controllable refuse recycling system includes a conveyor for conveying refuse. The refuse is carried past a plurality of operating personnel who extract recyclable materials from the refuse, and deposit the extracted materials into separate deposit chut... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5249690 | Apparatus and method for sorting commingled waste materials for recycling An apparatus and method of selectively sorting commingled recyclable waste materials wherein the waste materials are continuously fed to a primary conveyor unit having a primary sorting conveyor and a primary return conveyor. A plurality of sorting statio... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5205417 | Sanitary trash recycling apparatus A sanitary trash recycling apparatus includes a pit for receiving unsorted refuse, a electromagnetic device for removing ferrous materials and stations for permitting manual sorting of recyclable materials. The stations for manually sorting materials incl... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5100537 | Waste recycling system A waste collecting and recycling system where a portable waste sorting apparatus is located at a first collecting location. Waste from a nearby locality is brought to the collecting location where the recyclable material is sorted out and carried to anoth... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4944411 | Position indicator device for conveyed object A position indicator device for conveyed objects having a checking area disposed in a conveying passage where a plurality of objects are unidirectionally conveyed while being aligned in a conveying direction and a direction normal thereto; an indicator ma... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4919798 | Method and an apparatus for sorting and ejecting articles A method and apparatus for sorting articles passing an inspection station and subsequently removing selected articles from a transporting track. The position of the articles to be removed is determined by means of a pointer positioned next to an article d... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4805778 | Method and apparatus for the manipulation of products An apparatus for the manipulation of products, comprising a conveyor for conveying a plurality of products in a prescribed path, a locator for emitting light at the position of a specific product out of the plurality of products being conveyed in a detect... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4561545 | Sorting conveyor Sorting apparatus conveying articles through an inspection station includes an operator manipulated indicator which cooperates with an orthogonal sensing matrix beneath the conveyor to provide position and article size information used to selectively actu... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4487321 | Article coding and separating system An article coding and separating system such as for instance, in which articles or defective eggs which are randomly dispersed in a plurality of similar articles are coded and their location identified. An elongated pivotally mounted pointer is disposed s... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4410091 | Article sorting apparatus and method Sorting apparatus, e.g. for root vegetables such as potatoes, comprises a roller table conveyor which has an inspection area onto which a video camera is directed. An operator uses a hand-held probe or wand incorporating a light source and provided with a... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4405049 | Capsule inspection device A medicinal capsule inspection device in which the capsules are arrayed end to end between adjacent rotating rollers and visually inspected as they are rotated by the rollers. The rollers are supported by and roll around a pair of circular ledges comprisi... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4378886 | Decomposition apparatus with reversible removal conveyor An apparatus for the aerobic decomposition of garbage, sludge, and similar organic waste materials having a reaction container (10) with vertically descending walls for the material to be decomposed, a discharge opening (12) extending over the entire cros... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4375855 | Transportable produce processing house A produce processing house such as a cabbage packing house is mounted on wheels and towable from location to location. Centrally of the house are superposed main conveyors which extend from a produce receiving section exterior of the house substantially t... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4348277 | Article sorting apparatus and method In apparatus for sorting potatoes a roller table conveyor conveys potatoes beneath a television camera which produces on a television monitor screen a picture of an inspection area of the roller table. An operator watching the monitor screen selects potat... | 09/07/1982 |
