Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7467585 | Apparatus for converting free-flowing feed material into granules, agglomerates, pellets, compacts, and the like The invention is directed to a device for converting free-flowing feed material by pressurization with a cylindrical compression chamber arranged around an axis and confined at its periphery by a ring element with passage openings, and accommodating a pressure eleme... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7387065 | Movable stuffing machine for the production of silage stored on the bottom by means of a tubular film A movable stuffing machine for producing silage is disclosed wherein the silage is stored on the bottom and is used for filling a tubular film. The stuffing machine comprises a stuffing wall (1) which is disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7357074 | Compression screw with combination single and double flights A screw for a compression dewatering device comprising an elongated shaft having axially spaced apart first and second ends, a conveying section at the first end of the shaft, having a single helical screw flight rigidly projecting from the shaft, a flightless trans... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7344033 | Solid-liquid separator To provide a solid-liquid separator in which a treatment object such as sludge can be transported without clogging, liquid can be efficiently separated from the treatment object, and a maintenance operation can be easily conducted. Movable plates 12 and fixed... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335311 | Sludge treatment An apparatus for treating sludge, comprises a press for dewatering the sludge, a compaction device for receiving and compacting sludge dewatered by the press, a shredder for receiving and shredding sludge compacted by the compaction device, and a tube conveyor for c... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7171893 | Rotary press A rotary press is supported on a frame allowing liquid and solid receivers to be placed underneath the rotary press. The rotary press has an outer ring and an inner drum. The inner drum has an upper and lower flange with a stripper ring retained between these flange... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7143690 | Screw compressor for compressing wet matter and a method for compressing and washing The invention relates to a screw compressor for compressing matter that passes through the screw compressor. The screw compressor comprises a screw having an outer thread with a pitch that decreases in the longitudinal direction of the screw, and a casing that encas... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7090483 | Direct-driven extruder and process for operating the same An extruder which converts preferably granular plastic material into the melted state and which includes an extruder screw rotating within a cylinder and connected to a drive unit having a motor and at least one rotor so that the drive unit provides torque for rotar... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080650 | Screenings washer A screenings washer having a hopper, a grinder downstream of the hopper, and a washer downstream of the grinder. The washer includes an auger rotor that receives the screenings ground by the grinder, a spray wash system that sprays a wash fluid directly onto a porti... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073433 | Auger dewatering system A system for transporting and dewatering solids in a fluid system. An auger is used to transport solids and provide first stage compaction. A dewatering plate having a restricted opening provides second stage compaction and dewatering. The auger maybe be shafted or ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059242 | Compactor position sensing for module builder An apparatus and method for cotton module building utilizing one or more augers on a compactor frame movable for compacting cotton in a cotton compacting chamber of the module builder. The auger or augers are rotatable for moving accumulated cotton in opposite direc... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7028610 | Compacting apparatus A machining waste metal recycling machine has an in-feed hopper. The hopper uses paired augers to move the waste metal through the hopper to a cutting and transporting auger. The hopper augers are powered independently from each other, and may be individually revers... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011112 | Diverter valve for an extruder, in particular a twin-screw extruder A diverter valve is provided for an extruder, especially a twin-screw extruder, that allows for the replacement of the extruder screws without dismounting the same. The diverter valve includes a valve housing with a first flow passage, which can be fastened indirect... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011018 | Material compaction apparatus The material compactor generally includes a feed apparatus and a final compaction apparatus. The final compaction apparatus generally includes a compaction chamber having confronting compression plates and an adjustably taperable portion. The area of the inner cavit... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6946072 | Method and apparatus for washing a fibre suspension A method for washing a fibre suspension with washing liquid, in which, in accordance with the invention, the fibre suspension is introduced into an annular treatment channel (24) that has an inlet end (72) and an outlet end (73) and is concentri... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6854382 | Device for extracting juice from plant A device for extracting juice from one of various plants (e.g., grass, soybeans, or wheat) comprises a motor, a hollow container, a spindle in the container and is rotatably coupled to the motor, a strainer surrounded a portion of the spindle and fastened in the con... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6792850 | Screw press The invention relates to a screw press for separating liquids from solid-liquid mixtures, especially pulp suspensions, which has a casing provided with liquid passages, especially divided into segments, a screw rotating inside the casing, a shaft, preferably hollow,... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6779692 | Apparatus and method for increasing density of finely divided particulate matter An apparatus for removing air from finely divided particulate material comprises a housing including a vent; an inlet to the housing; an outlet from the housing; a helix, rotatably mounted in the housing, the helix being adapted upon rotation to feed a particulate m... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6688217 | Twin screw extruder with conical non-parallel converging screws An improved twin screw extruder device (14) is provided which is capable of producing a wide variety of high quality extrudates having greatly varying final properties, without the need for extensive machine modifications. The extruder (14) includes a bar... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6651822 | Horizontal solids recycler Horizontal solids recycler to treat waste water comprising refuse solids from hog farms which comprises an intake and loading hopper adapted to establish a uniform curtain of the waste water, a mesh to which an over flow of the waste water is directed, a ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6637323 | Juice extractor A juice extractor including a helical spindle connected to a power driven source, and a housing having an inlet in the upper part and an outlet in the lower part. The helical spindle includes a fine grinding portion and a refine grinding portion. At the e... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6588331 | Screw press inlet section A screw press inlet section comprises a housing defining a radial inlet opening leading to an axially extending chamber through which a screw is rotatably mounted for conveying and dewatering a solid-liquid mixture fed into the chamber through the inlet o... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6516590 | Bagging machine having feed control A system for compacting organic material such as silage and inserting compacted material into an elongate plastic bag. A feed table delivers material to a rotor that propels and compacts material into an inlet of a tunnel. A proportional valve controlling... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6451213 | Methods and apparatus for de-watering sludge An apparatus for de-watering sludge. A main shaft is rotated about a longitudinal axis at a first rate. A screw shaft coupled to the main shaft is rotated about the longitudinal axis at the first rate. Screw flighting coupled to the screw shaft is rotated... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6395187 | Horizontal solids recycler Horizontal solids recycler to treat waste water comprising refuse solids from hog farms which comprises an intake and loading hopper adapted to establish a uniform curtain of the waste water, a mesh to which an over flow of the waste water is directed, a ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6241902 | Methods and apparatus for de-watering sludge An apparatus for de-watering sludge. A main shaft is rotated about a longitudinal axis at a first rate. A screw shaft coupled to the main shaft is rotated about the longitudinal axis at the first rate. Screw flighting coupled to the screw shaft is rotated... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6217710 | Process for regulating a screw press The invention refers to a process for regulating a screw press, particularly for dewatering a pulp suspension. It is mainly characterized by the speed being varied as a function of the torque.... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6186060 | Auger compactor for vegetation An auger compactor is described in which a hopper is provided to feed vegetation into the intake end of a compression chamber which leads from the intake end opening into the hopper to a discharge end. A first helical auger flight extends along an auger a... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6095032 | Coffee grinding, portioning, and pressing device A coffee grinding, portioning, and pressing device (10) includes a coffee bean storage container (20) and coffee grinding mills (24) located under the storage container. Coffee ground by the mills is delivered from the grinding mills (24) into a ground co... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5960711 | Screw compressor and outlet portion for screw compressor The invention relates to a conical screw press for compressing and for removing liquid from bulk material, comprising a screw with a screw thread and a core in a housing, structure for rotating the screw in the housing, an inlet opening for the bulk mater... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5906154 | Juice extractor Juice extractor, is disclosed, for crushing fruits or leaves, or root of green vegetable for extracting green juice, wherein, considering the incomplete juice extraction of the related art juice extractor, the present invention is provided with thread end... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5881749 | Apparatus for cleaning pasta presses An apparatus for cleaning pasta presses, particularly for the "in situ" cleaning of the screws of screw-type machines, kneader mixers and the like in the pasta industry. This is effected without dismantling the machine by conveying cleaning liquids throug... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5868068 | Enclosed type two-stage garbage compaction and storage structure An enclosed type two-stage garbage compaction and storage structure, in particular a structure having both a hydraulic cylinder and a rotary inner cylinder provided with guide plates to compact garbage in two stages. The structure includes a housing, the ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5857405 | Apparatus and method for separating solid matter from a liquid An apparatus for separating solid matter from a liquid has a rotatably driven conveyor spiral with one end projecting into a container, such as a gutter, in which a liquid containing solids flows. The spiral conveyor conveys the liquid from the container ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857406 | Screw press for separating liquids from solid-liquid mixtures A screw press for separating liquids from solid-liquid mixtures, especially pulp suspensions, which has a casing 2 provided with liquid passages, especially divided into segments 3, 3', as well as having a screw 4 rotating inside the casing, a shaft 5, pr... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5845566 | Multi-slot closed type powerful garbage compression structure A multi-slot closed type powerful garbage compression structure including a housing, an inner cylinder internally provided with guide plates and being inclined forwardly, and a push bar behind the inner cylinder. The housing is provided with four slots at... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5847382 | Bone detector A device for detecting bone fragments in deboned poultry carried on a conveyor belt of flexible clear plastic material. Fluorescent lights are positioned under the conveyor. A second conveyor positioned above the first conveyor is made up of a linked seri... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5826500 | Apparatus for treating oil-bearing material An apparatus and method for treating oil-bearing material which includes an extruder having an elongated enclosure with an inlet end. The extruder also includes a worm assembly for working and advancing the material through the enclosure from the inlet en... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5772968 | Apparatus and method for hydrolyzing keratinaceous material A hydrolyzer system, apparatus, and method for effecting the continuous conversion of offal, feathers, hair, and other keratinaceous material into usable protein products for further commercial usage. The hydrolyzer system includes a feed screw conveyor, ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5756098 | Methods for the extraction of phytochemicals from fibrous plants in the absence of solvent Methods and apparatus are provided for the recovery of organic compounds from fibrous plant materials. Organic compounds which can be recovered from the fibrous plant materials include plant metabolites, such as arabinogalactan and phenols, which can be i... | 05/26/1998 |
