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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938613 | Grain unloading conveyor with directable spout and closure apparatus and system An unloading conveyor apparatus and system for an agricultural harvester including a spout controllably directable for enabling distributing grain in a desired manner within a region of a receiving storage container, or a transporting truck, wagon, or other vehicle,... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7237501 | Means and apparatus for one person to load and unload a marine vessel from a trailer without assistance from other individuals An electronic control system is provided to permit one-person loading and unloading of a vessel from a trailer. The control moves the vessel using bow, stern and fore/aft thrusters that are supplied by the boat manufacturer. Operator inputs to the system controller ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7104478 | Material spreading device A material spreading device for spreading material over a targeted area includes a receiving portion for receiving a plurality of bags of material, a hopper assembly and a material moving device. The material spreading device is configured for use on a vehicle. The ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7086216 | Machine for gathering ground strewn articles A machine for removing articles strewn on a tract of ground generally consisting of a wheel unit; a support frame mounted on the wheel unit, having means for advancing the machine along the tract of ground; an endless conveyor mounted on the support frame, having me... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6945385 | Square bale feeder attachment for flat-bed vehicles A preferred embodiment of a bed assembly for flat bed trucks has a square bale retriever at the rear of the flat bed that includes a pair of lift arms adapted to grasp a bale by its opposite ends and lift it up off the ground and onto a transverse feeder located at ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6598629 | Sanding truck sandbagging apparatus A sandbagging manufacturing apparatus designed to be used with standard sanding trucks normally used with a broadcast spreader. The truck includes a large hopper with a hydraulically controlled conveyor belt located longitudinally inside the large hopper ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6494671 | Method and apparatus for collectively changing components at component supply section A transfer rack 15 loaded with a seriate number of component supply cassettes 14 to be handled collectively is carried and retained on a truck 61 so that it can be taken in and out of the truck 61. The transfer rack 15 is passed between the truck 61 and a... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6129500 | Reciprocating conveyor In a trailer, a conveyor comprises a floor and two walls, each comprising a band and series of rollers. All the rollers of the walls are identical. The rollers of the floor are not. The first roller of the floor, at the discharge end, has a diameter large... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6116838 | Mechanical hay distributor An improved hay distributor is provided that distributes large rectangular hay bales or flakes of hay, operating on a conveyor principle wherein the bales are slowly advanced from the bed of the vehicle to its edge as the vehicle is driven, whereupon by m... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6019562 | Bale loading system A bale loading system comprising a bale carrier and a method for loading, transporting, and unloading large bales of agricultural material. The bales can be either round or rectangular bales. The bale carrier is towed to a bale in a field. The bale is pos... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5997233 | Mechanical hay distributor A hay distributor is provided that distributes large rectangular hay bales or flakes of hay, operating on a conveyor principle wherein the bales are slowly advanced from the bed of the vehicle to its edge as the vehicle is driven, whereupon by mechanical ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5873396 | Sandbag-filling apparatus A vehicle comprising a motor for providing drive power to the vehicle, a hydraulic system powered by the motor, a container for containing a bulk quantity of fluent matter, and matter-dispensing apparatus comprising the hopper for receiving fluent matter ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5857822 | Ejection and compacting system for refuse truck A packing and ejecting system for a front or side loading refuse vehicle for packing refuse from a charging hopper into an associated storage body and fully ejecting the refuse from a rearward portion of the storage body without tilting the storage body. ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5501567 | Refuse vehicles This invention pertains to a combined refuse vehicle and refuse side loaded and recycling curbside collector vehicle. Recycled materials may be placed either in (i) a hopper which is elevated and tilted to discharge into the upper, open end of a recycling... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5341746 | Transport wagon comprising a wagon frame supported on on-track undercarriages A transport wagon (1) is provided with a wagon frame (4) supported on on-track undercarriages (2) and a conveyor belt (8) extending in the longitudinal direction of the wagon and arranged so as to be inclined relative to the track plane, forming a lower-l... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5297483 | Work conveyor Left side panels and right side panel are produced in a left side panel production line and a right side panel production line, respectively By vertical lifters, each left side panel and each right side panel are lifted at the delivery stations and then t... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5269604 | Slurry hauling vehicle A trailer provides a slurry hauling tank having an auger mounted for swinging movement inside the tank. A rotary hydraulic motor inside the tank drives the auger and is powered by fluid delivered through a rotary fitting extending through the tank wall. R... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5100277 | Method of and apparatus for transferring materials A material transfer machine includes a slat conveyor of substantially the width of a feed hopper of a paving machine. The slat conveyor is supported by caster wheels to be disposed at an incline having a material intake end at a lower end thereof and a di... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5015120 | Methods and apparatus for making an asphalt-aggregate pavement An apparatus and method for delivering asphalt-aggregate material from a plurality of supply trucks to a finishing machine. In a preferred form of the invention, the apparatus is a self-propelled storage vehicle including a hopper having a capacity substa... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4909698 | Bale handling apparatus A bale handling system which avoids the necessity of using a thrower mechanism. A loading chute guides the bales from the baler to the hay basket. The chute guides the bales of hay up and into the hay basket without any mechanical assistance being provide... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4869637 | Plant transfer mechanism An improved transfer mechanism for extracting and transporting plants from a high density incubating tray to a singulated constant velocity conveyed path in which each plant is gripped by planting fingers is disclosed. The planter is moved across a field ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4854802 | Plant transfer mechanism An improved transfer mechanism for extracting and transporting plants from a high density incubating tray to a singulated constant velocity conveyed path in which each plant is gripped by planting fingers is set forth. The planter is moved across a field ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4787797 | Apparatus for handling and unwinding round bales Apparatus for handling and unwinding round bales of loose fibrous material such as hay, silage and the like comprises a wheeled frame and a turntable mounted for rotation on the frame, the turntable being adapted to receive and retain a round bale such th... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4778322 | Round bale retriever/feeder A multi-function bale handling apparatus for use on small trucks or other farm vehicles is defined by a metal frame, which is mounted on the vehicle, a loading device defined by a prong pivotally mounted on the end of an arm, which is also pivotally mount... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4726728 | Self-unloading bale box A self-unloading bale box has a conveyor mounted in the floor of the box along one side. The conveyor is covered by a series of covering plates that are raised to expose an increasingly larger length of the conveyor as the box is unloaded. The bales are p... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4531880 | Silage distributor movable by means of a vehicle A movable silage block divider, comprising a truck provided on one side with a tiltable loading member and on the opposite side with a drawbar for coupling to a tractor, and further provided with screw conveyor rolls for loosening the silage block and for... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4363590 | Power operated boat loading/unloading marine trailer A boat is supported on a wheeled trailer frame by idler rollers and by powered rollers, of a self-adjusting type, located adjacent the rear end of the trailer frame from which the boat is loaded or unloaded. The powered rollers are driven by drive motors ... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4321004 | Self-loading carpet cart A self-loading and unloading carpet cart is a light-weight, two-wheeled, tiltable cart having an endless belt conveyor centered above and between the wheels. A dual-drum winch is mounted forwardly of the wheels. For loading a carpet roll on the conveyor, ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4318660 | Work transfer assembly A work transfer assembly including a transfer car movable along a path for transporting a workpiece carrier between separate processing stations positioned along the path. The car includes a push-pull chain made up of a plurality of links with one of the ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4306650 | Agricultural bale pick-up means Bale pick-up means comprising a frame, bale elevator means mounted on the frame and operable to lift a bale from the ground, and bale holding means operable constantly to engage a bale being elevated and to hold the bale in contact with the elevator means... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4248565 | Livestock feeding apparatus For distributing feed to livestock, a vehicle frame is movable along the ground and upstanding therefrom is a bin into which the feed initially is received. An opening is defined in one wall of the bin. A conveyor effectively forms at least a portion of a... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4241879 | Drive system for a manure spreader A novel drive system for a manure spreader is disclosed wherein an infinitely adjustable variable speed drive mechanism transfers power from the power input shaft to the apron assembly and a constant speed drive mechanism transfers power from the same pow... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4227463 | Apparatus for removing and installing batteries An apparatus for removing and intalling batteries from equipment, such as a lift truck. The apparatus includes a mobile frame and a bed is mounted for vertical movement on the frame so that the bed can be moved to a position at the same level as the floor... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4185731 | Apparatus for collecting solid and loose-waste materials An apparatus for collecting solid-waste material, the apparatus being arranged to be used in conjunction with a moving collection vehicle, wherein the apparatus includes an improved pick-up means adapted to pick up waste material, whether the material is ... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4171180 | Fast acting clutching and de-clutching mechanism A fast acting clutching and de-clutching mechanism in combination with a safety apparatus for a forage wagon is disclosed. Two interconnected alternative input drive shafts, one of the unloading from the front of the wagon and the other for the unloading ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170426 | Bale disintegrator and method Bales made from successive charges of material packed against one another are readily separable into relatively discrete "flakes" corresponding to the charges of material from which the bale is built. By passing the bale over the top edge of an incline ju... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4162726 | Sod harvesting machine having means for conveying and stacking sod pads A self-propelled sod harvesting machine includes a cutter head which separates a strip of sod from the ground, an elevator for raising the sod strip on the machine, and a blade assembly for cutting individual sod pads from the strip. A conveyer for the so... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4154406 | Forage wagon including apparatus for disengaging driven parts A forage wagon or the like having components driven by a power take-off shaft and including apparatus for selectively disengaging the power take-off shaft and the driven parts. The disengaging apparatus includes a safety clutch having a circular drive clu... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4140229 | Coal cutter vehicle A reclaimer apparatus is positioned in an elongated bulk material containing hopper or cargo hold of the type having opposed side walls which slope downwardly and inwardly toward the hopper bottom, the latter having a series of longitudinally extending di... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4124131 | Arrangement for sliding the load carrier of a long trailer to and fro A mechanism for moving a slidable load carrier to and fro along a trailer includes a hydraulic double-acting servomotor having a piston rod which selectively engages with one or other of two sets of oppositely directed lugs, in the form of ratchet teeth, ... | 11/07/1978 |
