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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416670 | Dual-cell mechanical flotation system with intermittent skimming It has been discovered that a mechanical flotation system (10) having only two cells (18, 20) can be nearly as efficient as one having more cells, yet provide an apparatus with a considerably smaller footprint, significantly reduced capital and operati... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7331469 | Vibratory separator with automatically adjustable beach A vibratory separator having a basket for supporting screen apparatus for treating material, the basket pivotably mounted on a base, vibratory apparatus connected to the basket for vibrating the basket, the material forming a pool on the screen apparatus, and a beac... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7290414 | Integrated laundry suspension system A suspension system for use in a laundry washing machine to suspend a tub assembly from a base portion of a cabinet. The suspension system includes a support frame interconnected to an outer tub of the tub assembly and an isolation damper assembly for resiliently co... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278540 | Adjustable basket vibratory separator A vibratory separator having a base, a basket movably mounted on the base and for supporting screen apparatus for treating material introduced into the vibratory separator, the basket on a base and pivotable with respect thereto, vibratory apparatus connected to the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7039976 | Braking control system for a washing machine An inner tub of a washing machine is rapidly braked during a portion of a deceleration phase following an extraction phase of an overall spin cycle. A controller establishes the braking operation over a critical speed band or resonant frequency zone during which exc... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6681430 | Method and system for mechanizing simultaneous multi-actuator actions applied to dynamic balancing A method and system for dynamically balancing a rotating system based on a plurality of simultaneous and discrete control actions that place mass at predetermined locations within the rotating system so as to achieve balance is disclosed. A balance contro... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6590960 | Computed tomography apparatus with integrated unbalanced mass detection A computed tomography apparatus has a gantry that is rotatable around a rotational axis and a detector permanently disposed relative to the gantry, for determining an unbalanced mass of the gantry and a calculating unit for calculating the location or loc... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6397988 | Pivoting vibration absorber including a torsional spring and pipeline system utilizing same Vibration absorbers are provided which utilize a torsional spring and a dynamic mass to control vibrations that occur within the structure to which they are attached. Additionally, pipeline systems are provided which utilize such vibration absorbers inclu... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6327732 | Fluid balancing ring and method for using same A fluid balancing ring includes a plurality of partitions forming a circular array of sub-chambers around its circumference. A valve is associated with each of the partitions and is movable in response to the centrifugal force of the rotating balance ring... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6295678 | Method for pre-balancing a rotating drum having a temporarily shifting unbalance The process for making an automatic balancing unit outbalance an unbalance condition in a rotating system, particularly a clothes washing machine with an outer casing an a suspended oscillating washing assembly comprising a wash tub, a cylindrically-shape... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6119547 | Automatic balancing device An automatic balancing device for rotary units or systems. The automatic balancing device includes an annular housing, and an annular outer race track disposed in the annular housing. The outer race track is concentric with and attachable to the rotary sy... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6089053 | Washing machine with improved anchoring means for the washing assembly A household-type washing machine or similar appliance in which the washing assembly (3) is anchored to the stationary structure (1) by one or more anchoring devices (2). Each anchoring device includes at least two elastic elements (10, 20) arranged in ser... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5893281 | Tethering system for a clothes washing machine having a hung-strut suspension A tethering system is provided for a washing machine having a hung strut suspension. The tethering system includes a pair of pulleys or cams pivotally mounted in the cabinet. A pair of subframe straps are secured between the cams and the subframe of the h... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5850746 | Dewatering apparatus of automatic washing machine A dewatering apparatus of an automatic washing machine includes: an unbalance sensor mounted on a controller mounted into a top cover for sensing unbalance of a washing tub during a dewatering cycle; a magnet mounted on the washing machine door and a hall... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5829084 | Method and system for balancing an upright washing machine A method and system for balancing a load in an upright washing machine. A liquid ballast system is used that includes liquid filling channels with liquid filling slots that fill individual self-contained cells spaced equally around the top rim of the spin... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5813253 | Arrangement for balancing of a body rotatable about an axis In an arrangement for balancing of a main mass (14) having an imbalance and rotating about an axis (18) balancing masses (23; 24) are used which are relatively freely movable with respect to the main mass (14) and disposed in at least one closed path (22)... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5782110 | Clothes washing machine with balancing device A washing machine includes a spin basket rotatable about a vertical axis and having a dynamic balancer mounted thereon. The balancer includes coaxial annular passageways arranged horizontally next to one another. Each passageway contains oil and a group o... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5768730 | Drum type washing machine and dryer A drum type washing machine includes a plurality of injection nozzles for linearly injecting a washing liquid toward laundry in a drum which is rotatable about a horizontal shaft. The drum type washing machine includes decision unit for deciding an amplit... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5709109 | Drum type clothes washer having a fluid balancing mechanism A drum-type clothes washing machine includes an outer tub, and an inner tub rotatable relative to the outer tub about a horizontal axis of rotation. The inner tub is tapered, with a larger diameter disposed at one end thereof. A balancer having an inner c... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5681474 | Low-pressure chromatography column with automatically movable lid This invention relates to a low-pressure chromatography column 1 having a diameter of more than 30 cm, and essentially consisting of a vertical cylinder 13 having a base plate 12, a lower sintered disk 3 arranged above the base plate 12, an upper sintered... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5582040 | Water balancing apparatus for horizontal axis and vertical axis laundry appliances A balancing apparatus for counterbalancing an unbalanced load in a rotating or spinning drum such as a clothes basket in a washing machine. The balancing apparatus includes a drive plate fixed to the drive shaft of the spinning drum. Balancing tanks dispo... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5561993 | Self balancing rotatable apparatus A system for balancing a rotatable member is provided by measuring forces and motion via accelerations at various locations of the system. The forces and moments are balanced through the use of matrix manipulation to determine appropriate counterbalance f... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5460017 | Weight compensating apparatus A counterbalancing apparatus for dynamically balancing an out of balance rotating member. A first series of weights having identical size and weight are mounted to freely move within a first groove or race when the apparatus is rotating after being mounte... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5375437 | Out-of-balance condition detecting system with lid actuated switching assembly An out-of-balance condition detecting system with a lid actuated switching assembly for interrupting operation of a washing machine upon detection of an out-of-balance (OOB) condition or upon a lid of the washing machine being open. The system includes pn... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5375282 | System and method for detecting and interrupting an out-of-balance condition in a washing machine A system and method are provided for detecting and interrupting an out-of-balance (OOB) condition in a washing machine. The system includes pneumatic generating units for generating a predetermined fluidic pressure in response to excursions of a tub of th... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5345792 | Balancer for an automatic washer A dynamic balancer for a laundry apparatus having a rotatable drum for receiving a clothes load. The rotatable drum has a horizontal geometric axis and is rotatably supported to rotate about its horizontal geometric axis. The rotatable drum includes a gen... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5271165 | Increased capacity disc dryer An improved disc dryer for aggregate material which operates by rotating and impacting a tilted pan which holds the material being dried. Increased capacity is attained by transverse stabilizers on the impactor assembly, adjustable pressure air shock moun... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5190645 | Automatically adjusting shale shaker or the like A shale shaker or the like comprises a hollow body having an inlet and an outlet. A screen is mounted generally horizontally in the hollow body between the inlet and the outlet. A motive assembly is operatively connected to the screen for repetitively mov... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5108626 | Process for recovering course particles from tailings A process for the recovery of coal particles having a maximum dimension of less than 2 mm from coal tailings including the steps of forming a slurry (101) of tailings having a pulp density of from 10 to 30% by weight; feeding the slurry into a hydrocyclon... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5050407 | Combination unbalanced load and lid switch assembly A combination unbalanced load and lid switch assembly for an automatic washing machine. A switch is mounted to the side wall of a box-like housing with a spring clip that has a pair of legs extending through horizontal holes in the switch. The switch hous... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4991412 | Oscillatory support for drum washing machines An oscillatory support for drum washing machines having a horizontal axis of rotation comprises a washer unit (1) supported on a base plate (4) via at least two spring struts (2) disposed at either side of the vertical plane passing through the axis of ro... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4991247 | Method of balancing a container which rotates about an essentially horizontal axis According to a method of balancing a container (10) which is rotating about an essentially horizontal axis, preferably a washing machine drum, the container is provided with cavities (15) evenly distributed along the periphery thereof and having openings ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4981585 | Centrifuge system and fluid container therefor A disk shaped cassette for centrifugal fluid separation, particularly blood separation, and a drive system for high speed rotation of the cassette. The cassette is driven at speeds which permit very rapid separation of the blood in times on the order of s... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4910502 | Device for detecting the unbalance of a rotating machine from a predetermined threshold A device for detecting the unbalance of a rotating machine from a predetermined threshold. This device includes a pendulum formed from a vertical rod made of an elastically deformable metal, the upper end of which is embedded in an insulating support fixe... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4855042 | Apparatus for minimizing reactive forces on a gimbal-mounted centrifuge A neutralizer ring for dynamically balancing a gimbal-mounted overhung centrifuge, wherein the neutralizer ring must have a particular mass and location in accordance with the parameters of a given system and a method for determining the mass and location... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4640770 | Apparatus for extracting water from solid fines or the like A batch-type centrifugal system utilizes a gimbal-like suspension at the end of a rotating shaft distal an attached bowl at the other end of the shaft. The shaft rotates within an elongated bearing which is supported proximal the bowl by a support which i... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4528827 | Extractor drum balancer A drum defining a center axis is journalled from a support for rotation about its center axis through the utilization of resilient means permitting the axis and drum to gyrate about a center position of the axis responsive to dynamic imbalance of the drum... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4522620 | Method and apparatus for measuring the quantity of solid material in a centrifuge cylinder Accurate, contact-free measurement, outside the processing area, of the quantity of solid material in a centrifuge cylinder used in reprocessing nuclear fuel solutions. A mechanical vibration system consisting of the centrifuge cylinder and of a supplemen... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4517695 | Method and apparatus for balancing of out-of-balance forces in centrifuges or combined washing machines-spin driers A method and apparatus for balancing of out-of-balance forces in centrifuges or combined washing machines-spin driers comprising a drum with horizontal rotation axis initially being brought to a relatively low speed of rotation, which is at least of the m... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4481108 | Belt filter A belt type filter is disclosed in which a length of disposable filter sheet material is dispensed from a roll to extend through the interior space of a tank, over a pervious section of the tank bottom communicating with a collection chamber receiving fil... | 11/06/1984 |
