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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136706 | Screw feeder Screw feeder (1) for transporting and/or metering pulverulent or granular material, having a rotatably mounted feeder screw (3) for the transport of material from a storage vessel (2) to a discharge opening (6), and having a variable-spee... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8104648 | Mixing applicator An applicator mixes an additive with a fluid stream and dispenses the resultant mixture. The applicator includes a housing having a fluid inlet, a downstream auger chamber, a downstream mixing chamber, and a flow path fluidly connecting the fluid inlet to the mixing... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7832598 | Bulk foodstuff dispenser A bulk foodstuff dispenser for dispensing predetermined amounts of foodstuff from a hopper. An auger is driven by a handle capable of movement in two directions, while a clutch allows movement of the auger in only one direction. The forward movement of the handle ca... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7694857 | Fluid dispense pump with drip prevention mechanism and method for controlling same A material dispensing pump includes a drip prevention system and method so as to avoid undesired dripping of the dispensed fluid. In one example, the fluid path is sealed. Positive pressure is applied to the fluid during a dispensing operation to present the fluid t... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7648052 | Viscous medium feeder A viscous medium feeder, which has an inlet, an outlet, a tubular portion, a rotatable cylindrical shaft arranged in and extending coaxially with the tubular portion, and a drive motor connected to the shaft. The tubular portion has an internal thread, which is conn... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7461763 | Dispenser for solid flowable bulk material A dispenser for solid flowable material such as breakfast cereal having a storage hopper positioned above a rotatable auger dispenser. The storage hopper being provided with off-set baffles to prevent bridging of the flowable material in the hopper and to support th... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7416399 | Handheld extruder welding device Handheld extruder welding device for welding thermoplastic synthetic materials, including an extrusion screw with an attachment shaft and a device for the axial attachment of the extrusion screw with the attachment shaft to a gear-equipped drive system; where a one-... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395948 | Multiple tank fluid pumping system using a single pump Disclosed is a system for pumping of fluid by a single pump from a plurality of storage tanks in situations where some of the tanks should be pumped simultaneously at predefined, equal or unequal flow rates, and where some of the tanks should be pumped sequentially,... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383764 | Fountain that flows with fluidic material A fountain for heating and distributing fluidic material is manufactured using various processes and materials. In one embodiment, the fountain includes a heating element encased in an enclosure. A basin containing a medium, such as chocolate, is removably mounted t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374067 | Handheld extruder welding device Handheld extruder welding device for welding thermoplastic synthetic materials, including an extruder screw, a drive system for the extruder screw in an axial extension of the extruder screw, and a hot air unit with a blower, where the blower and the drive system ar... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367263 | Fountain A modular fountain assembly for controlling the temperature and flow of viscous fluid with a melting point between ambient and approximately 150 degrees Fahrenheit is disclosed. The modular assembly for controlling the heating and flow of fluid includes an enclosed ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7331482 | Dispense pump with heated pump housing and heated material reservoir A heated dispense pump overcomes the limitations of conventional systems providing for reliable and efficient heating of the dispensed material in a system that is compact, lightweight, and accurate. A pump housing and cartridge body are formed of a thermally conduc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325707 | Dispenser for a liquid or pasty product The invention relates to a liquid or pasty product dispenser comprising a mounted working piston. According to the invention, the dispenser comprises a hollow body with a piston mounted therein and a toothed wheel is connected to the piston by means of threads, said... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316335 | Material dispenser having a positive shutoff mechanism A replaceable auger assembly includes a body having at least one material inlet defined therein and an auger disposed within the body. The auger includes a helical portion disposed about a shaft portion and a positive shutoff mechanism. The positive shutoff mechanis... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316553 | Drive assembly for rotating and translating a shaft A drive assembly for rotating and translating a shaft comprising a hollow shaft motor and a fluid cylinder. The hollow shaft motor rotates the shaft and the fluid cylinder moves the shaft lengthwise. The drive is particularly useful in the injection unit of an injec... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311223 | Apparatus for dispensing a plurality of powders and method of compounding substances An apparatus for dispensing a plurality of powders, such as colorants for paint, caulking or grout or components of cosmetics, comprising a plurality of containers for holding the powders, a plurality of metering powder pumps, connected to a container or having a co... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299954 | Handheld extruder welding device A handheld extruder welding device is provided for welding thermoplastic synthetic materials by means of an extrusion screw with a feed zone and a conveying/plasticizing zone. In the area of the feed zone, a feed channel with a ridge running in longitudinal directio... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287673 | Automatic dosing device comprising a container and the use of such an automatic dosing device The present invention refers to a refill container unit for an automatic dosing device. The purpose of the automatic dosing device is to control the dosing of stored material kept inside the container unit. The object of the container unit according to the invention... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7275387 | Integrated ice and beverage dispenser An ice cube-making machine that is characterized by noiseless operation at the location where ice cubes are dispensed and be lightweight packages for ease of installation. The ice cube-making machine has an evaporator package, a separate compressor package and a sep... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7241132 | Backflow prevention device for in-line screw injection molding machine A screw tip is provided in front of a screw with a shaft interposed therebetween, and a check ring is fitted around the shaft. The check ring is separated from a front end portion of the screw when the screw is rotated in a forward direction. The check ring contacts... | 07/10/2007 |
| RE39639 | Liftable grout hopper and dispenser A grout hopper and dispenser which may be raised on a fork lift so that grout may be placed in a concrete block wall. The grout hopper and dispenser includes an auger in the bottom thereof which forces the grout out through a tube which is connected to a flexible tu... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7188754 | Automatic dosing device and the use of such an automatic dosing device The present invention refers to an automatic dosing device. The purpose of the device is to store and dose material, kept inside a container part, and to make it possible for an operator to refill the container with material. The automatic dosing device therefore co... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178698 | Container with discharging device Containers for collecting and discharging particulate lignocellulosic material are disclosed, including a cylindrical upper portion, a lower portion tapering towards a bottom elongated space, an exit pipe below the bottom, a pair of parallel screws mounted on parall... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178745 | Dispense tip with vented outlets In a fluid pump and cartridge assembly, a cartridge includes a material inlet port, a material outlet port, and a feed screw. The feed screw delivers fluid to be dispensed from the fluid inlet to the outlet port. The fluid inlet is preferably elongated in a directio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7152762 | Control valve A control valve for controlling the flow of fluent material from a machine, the machine having a frame including a hopper and a tube mounted to the hopper, an auger within the tube and a hose mounted to the tube. The control valve has a clamp, which has a first arm ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134573 | Apparatus for dispensing a plurality of powders and method of compounding substances An apparatus for dispensing a plurality of powders or flowable materials, such as colorants for paint, caulking or grout or components of cosmetics, comprising a plurality of containers for holding the powders or flowable materials, a plurality of metering pumps, co... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128107 | Device for dispensing flowable material components A device for dosed allocation of a flowable material component with at least one supply container for receiving the material component has an outlet and an associated removal device having an inlet via which the material component can be removed from the supply cont... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7093456 | Drive device of automatic ice machine A drive device of an automatic ice machine turns over an ice tray in which ice has been made. This is done to separate the ice. The drive device includes a motor, a first output shaft and a second output shaft having positional relation of mutually crossing, and a r... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055723 | Device and system for dispensing or aspirating/dispensing liquid samples The invention relates to a device (1) for dispensing or aspirating/dispensing liquid samples, including a pump (2) and a micro-ejection device (3), the micro-ejection device (3) having a pulse generator (4) with a chamber (5... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048157 | Metering machine A metering machine comprising a frame receiving a hopper, at least one duct opening out into the hopper in the vicinity of a bottom thereof and receiving firstly a portion of a transfer screw extending at the bottom of the hopper, and at least one metering cylinder ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028448 | Dispensing apparatus and method of dispensing A dispensing apparatus is provided suitable for dispensing at least first and second components in desired ratios especially for multi-component packaged food products. The apparatus comprises a hopper having an outlet at its lower end and a first auger having a hol... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017363 | Ice supply system of refrigerator An ice supply system of a refrigerator is provided. The ice supply system of the refrigerator includes an icemaker, a container, a crusher and an ice discharger. The icemaker produces the ice by using cool air of the freezer and drops the ice to a lower part of ther... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014640 | Bone graft delivery device and method of use A dispensing device for granule bone graft of varying and/or irregular shape is characterized by a body defining a handle/hopper portion, a dispensing portion, and a feed system. The subject device permits reloading or refilling of bone graft at the time of use of t... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011292 | Bi-leaved valve apparatus Bi-leaved valve apparatus for controlling bulk material flow from a bulk material metering apparatus. A bi-leaved valve apparatus comprises a cylindrical flow tube defining an axial material passageway, an outlet and a flow tube actuation surface. A valve support is... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000853 | System and method for control of fluid dispense pump In a fluid pump and cartridge assembly, a cartridge includes a material inlet port, a material outlet port, and a feed screw. The feed screw delivers fluid to be dispensed from the fluid inlet to the outlet port. The fluid inlet is preferably elongated in a directio... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997346 | Apparatus and method for reducing buildup of particulate matter in particulate-matter-delivery systems The present disclosure provides approaches for reducing buildup of particulate-matter in particulate-matter-delivery systems. In some embodiments, a trough-shaped feeder is provided in which a rectangular-to-elliptical conduit extends from the trough-shaped feeder. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6983867 | Fluid dispense pump with drip prevention mechanism and method for controlling same A material dispensing pump includes a drip prevention system and method so as to avoid undesired dripping of the dispensed fluid. In one example, the fluid path is sealed. Positive pressure is applied to the fluid during a dispensing operation to present the fluid t... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6973802 | Ice supply device and refrigerator having the same An ice supply device and a refrigerator having the same. The ice supply device includes an ice tray provided with an outlet for discharging ice cubes therethrough at one side thereof, a conveying device installed in the ice tray and rotated to convey the ice cubes t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966456 | System for feeding portions of material to an injection molding machine A method for calculating the average weight of each of a plurality of portions of material fed from a hopper. The method is carried out by: first weighing the hopper; after the first weighing, dispensing a given plurality of portions of material; then, in a second w... | 11/22/2005 |
