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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735697 | Output device for container Output device for a container (6) which includes a bottom and a surrounding wall, having a hub (1) and at least two arms (3) fixed to the hub (1). The invention is characterized in that each arm (3) is designed with at least one ou... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7374069 | Edible food product dispensing system and methods of using the same A dispensing system for dispensing a viscous, flowable food product such, for example, as a condiment, comprises an axially extending container that defines an opening and an interior chamber for receiving and storing the food product. A discharge assembly is couple... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7318537 | Method and apparatus for controlling the speed and/or direction of movement of a screw discharger This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling the speed and/or direction of movement (A, B) of a screw discharger (1, 11, 101, 201). According to the invention, the bending load on the screw (2, 12, 102, 202) of the screw discharg... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314342 | Cement hopper attachment for skid steer loader The cement hopper attachment includes a raised hopper supported atop two uprights extending from a rectangular base. The hopper has a forward mounted gate and cement chute. A hydraulic cylinder operatively connected to the skid steer's auxiliary hydraulic controls a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311265 | Hand-held spraying apparatus having a multi-compartment liquid-holding reservoir A liquid reservoir of a hand-held, air-assisted spray apparatus is characterized by a plurality (i.e., two or more) of liquid-holding compartments. Each liquid-holding compartment is connected through an outlet port into fluid communication with the flow channel of ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7275664 | Self aligning self engaging hopper drive Disclosed is a self-aligning auger drive assembly. The assembly includes a hopper with an auger supported therein. A shaft is connected to and extends from the auger externally from the hopper. A coupling is associated with the shaft and is operatively associated wi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7140311 | Vacuum pump for agricultural seeding equipment A vacuum pump for a seed planter includes a housing, an impeller rotated within the housing, and a motor or other drive. The housing has a central inlet and a circumferentially arranged outlet passage. The impeller vanes define air paths that are open to the outlet ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7021504 | Apparatus for dispensing free-flowing material Apparatus for dispensing a free-flowing material comprising a container for receiving the material, a pump connected to the container for conveying the material to a port from which free-flowing material can be dispensed. The pump includes at least one rotatable pum... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013917 | Rotary valve A high-speed, high pressure rotary valve is provided comprising a valve body, a valve element which includes a plurality of passageways therethrough that is configured to be rotatably disposed within the valve body, and means for rotating the valve element within th... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6955722 | Method and apparatus for application of a material to a substrate An apparatus for applying a material to a substrate includes a housing having an inlet passage, a plurality of exit openings, and a recess in fluid communication between the inlet passage and the exit openings. A valve element is disposed in the recess wherein the v... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6877644 | Device for dispensing flowable material components A device for dosed dispensing of flowable material components comprises supply containers receiving the material components and having an outlet and with at least one removal element having an inlet. Each material component can be removed from the supply container i... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6860410 | Powder and grain feeder A powder and grain feeder includes an outer cylinder and upper and lower inner cylinders sharing a centerline, the upper portion of the outer cylinder and the upper inner cylinder are connected by an upper annular plate, the lower portion of the outer cylinder and t... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6845735 | Pet feeder A pet feeder for dispensing a supply of pet food includes a food dish and a food storage reservoir. The food storage reservoir is disposed adjacent the food dish and is adapted for holding a supply of the food. A top wall and a floor define the reservoir. The food d... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6568564 | Soft tube dispenser apparatus A dispenser apparatus is provided for dispensing the contents of a soft tube, e.g. a toothpaste tube, and includes a base member. A bearing assembly is attached to the base top. A handle assembly includes a manually turnable handle and a reel support axle... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6527147 | Apparatus and process for dispensing dunnage A system for providing dunnage to packages as the packages are formed is disclosed. The system includes a dunnage forming machine having a work station for inflating and sealing plastic pouches to form dunnage units. An accumulator is positioned below the... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523726 | Apparatus and method for controlled feeding of particulate material An apparatus for feeding a particulate material. There is a drum having a peripheral surface and a central axis which is rotatable about its central axis. There is a first particulate material retaining wall which has an inner and outer edge. This wall is... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6416261 | Rotary plate feeder A rotary plate feeder valve for use in pressurized pneumatic conveying systems. The valve comprises a rotary plate that is fed from a central inlet and has one or more discharge outlets. Material transfer is controlled by rotary plate speed, depth of depo... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6398046 | Drum roller dispenser for dry particles, particularly polymeric erosion control agents The present invention relates to a device for dispensing dry particles into a body of water using a direct current power source delivering about six volts or less. The present invention further relates to an irrigation process using the device for the del... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6375035 | Material feeder, dispensing member and method A material feeder having a flexible rotary dispensing member allows precise control over quantity and flow character of material being dispensed. Also, provided are a flexible dispensing member for a rotary material feeder, and a method of adjusting a dis... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6257444 | Precision dispensing apparatus and method A precision dispenser comprising a housing having a longitudinal axis, a chamber therein and an outlet from which a controlled amount of fluid leaves the chamber to be deposited on a surface. An impeller is mounted within the housing about the longitudina... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6214113 | Gumming device A gumming device wherein two coaxial disks of equal diameter are rotated synchronously at continuous speed, and define in between, a central cavity communicating on one side with a tank of liquid gum under pressure, and on the other side with the outside ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6116474 | Metering valve and method for the metered delivery of pasty mediums A metering valve for delivering pasty mediums includes a valve housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, with a variable flow restrictor therebetween. The flow restrictor has one or more holes for connecting the inlet opening to the outlet op... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6109481 | Powder atomizer A powder atomizer comprises a pan, and an element journaled for rotation about an axis. The pan partially surrounds the element, and therewith defines a venturi into which powder is fed. The venturi has an inlet and a spaced outlet. A motor rotates the el... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6062439 | Rotary valve with improved sealing means A rotary valve with a rotor shroud and a cylinder wall. The rotary valve is sealed by injecting a fluid to compress a packing seal into sealing engagement with the rotor shroud and the cylinder wall.... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6062426 | Ice storage/dispensing apparatus An ice storage and dispensing apparatus includes a container (10) defining an inlet aperture (15) for receiving frozen product and an outlet aperture (30) for dispensing frozen product. A platform (16) is movably mounted within a lower end of the containe... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6029853 | Dispersing method, dispersing apparatus and dispersing system having dispersing apparatus A dispersing system comprises a dispersing apparatus, a storage tank for storing a dispersing medium and a liquid containing a material to be treated, and conduits for connecting the dispersing apparatus in fluid communication with the storage tank. The d... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5964184 | Continuous operating distribution hopper A continuously operating reciprocating hopper for continuously supplying feed to an automated feed distribution apparatus of the type having a continuous conveyor which movably traverses through a trough comprises a hopper bin for receiving a supply of fe... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5958136 | Device for powdering a product A device for powdering a product arranged on a transport, in particular for powdering new strip-shaped or plate-shaped glass by means of at least one application beam overhanging the transport, the application beam having a storage space supplied with a d... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5931355 | Disposable rotary microvalve A novel motor controlled microvalve dispenser includes a body section through which fluid, e.g., adhesives, epoxies, fluxes solder pastes, for example, is accurately dispensed as a dot or bead or other shape, all of a predetermined dimension. The housing ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5927555 | Pump support apparatus for a melter tank for thermoplastic material and mounting structure therefor An apparatus for melting and dispensing thermoplastic materials such as thermoplastic adhesives referred to as "hot melt" adhesives. More specifically the apparatus includes a pump support which extends downwardly into a melter tank and which supports a r... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5857589 | Method and apparatus for accurately dispensing liquids and solids A system for metering and dispensing single and plural component liquids and solids as described herein. The dispensing system has a microprocessor-based control system and volumetrically efficient non-reciprocating pumps which provide a very accurate con... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5837276 | Apparatus for the delivery of elongate solid drug compositions The invention features an implantable device for the automatic delivery of an active ingredient according to an adjustable delivery profile. The device includes a housing; a reservoir operatively connected to the housing and arranged to store an elongate ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5829646 | Ice dispenser and combination ice and beverage dispenser An apparatus for dispensing ice includes a bin and a shroud that contains a recess for housing a wheel. The shroud mounts to a front wall of the bin and includes a chute that communicates exterior to the bin. The shroud further includes a curved plate tha... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5769276 | Powder atomizer An improved powder atomizer comprising a cylindrical pan, a cylindrical resiliently deformable element, which is journaled for rotation about an axis within the pan. The pan is mounted coaxially of the element. The element and pan define a cylindrically s... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5743639 | Ingredient feeder with closely spaced enrobing chamber and blender assembly An ingredient feeder meters a selected amount of ingredient into a flowable food product including an enrobing chamber subtended by a blending tube. The blending tube houses an agitator assembly that moves the continuous flow of ingredient in both axial a... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5702183 | Discharge apparatus having orbitally moving discharge ring A silo-like container includes an apparatus for discharging material within the container. The container interior bottom member leaves an annular opening with respect to the container walls, through which opening material may fall to be collected. A prefe... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5687780 | Method of feeding catalyst and apparatus for the same A rotation driving system drives unitedly and rotatably sprinkle rotors, which the disk sprinkle rotors having plural partitive members extending in predetermined distances in a radial direction to the rotating axis are arranged in multistage state with a... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5667099 | Method and apparatus for powder distribution Previously weighed powder is radially scattered by centrifugal force. The scattered powder is introduced into a plurality of powder chambers via a plurality of powder inlets arranged along the circumferential direction. The powder, dispersed almost unifor... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5622467 | Discharge means for a silo A discharge mechanism for a silo comprising an entry chamber adapted to be in communication with the silo interior and having a directing member mounted in the entry chamber, for rotary movement about a vertical axis, to direct flowable material in the en... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5454524 | Material feeding apparatus A disc feeder for delivering material in controlled amounts to utilization equipment. The disc which carries material to a material discharge opening is disposed at an angle to the horizontal and the shearing baffle which controls the amount of material c... | 10/03/1995 |
