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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281496 | Poultry-loading machine The invention describes a poultry-loading machine able to guide poultry into a cage, the cage having an opening and a bottom surface. The machine comprises: a main frame; a first conveyor belt for transporting the poultry from a first position into a second position... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278533 | Vehicle modular belt conveyor A pair of conveyors having a pair of launch conveyors and at least one pair of drive conveyors is disclosed using modular flat belts. The pair of launch conveyors has zero motion, when a vehicle is driven onto the pair of launch conveyors where the vehicle is placed... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7234590 | Ergonomic load table for washers A loading device for a tunnel washer having a primary conveyor for conveying articles to be washed through the tunnel washer. The loading device includes a frame having a pair of spaced apart legs attached thereto and a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt has an upper ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6976454 | Apparatus for loading fowl An apparatus for capturing and loading fowl having a mobile frame to which a forward conveyor and a rearward conveyor are pivotally mounted. The forward conveyor has plurality of fingered drums that are rotated to engage the fowl and place them on the conveyor for m... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6892677 | Method, apparatus and system for filling chicken cages This invention is a system and involved components for staging a series of multi-compartmented, multi-tier chicken cages and loading them in a chicken house for with a chickens loader that receives chickens urged by a revolving gathering head onto a first longitudin... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6655897 | Systems and methods for transporting young fowl from a hatchery to a growout house A portable device for transporting young fowl from a hatchery to a growout house within a climate-controlled compartment located on a delivery vehicle, wherein the portable device can be composed, in part, of a frame, at least one conveyor belt, at least ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6564752 | Poultry coop unloader, and methods A method and apparatus for emptying a turkey coop of its cargo. A support structure, moveable along rails, is aligned with the coop. A moveable carriage, supported by the support structure, is moved into the coop and the turkeys are surrounded and contain... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6564751 | Turkey loader A turkey loading apparatus (10) includes a transport conveyor (30) and a loading conveyor (50). The loading conveyor (50) is positioned underneath the transport conveyor (30) and moves from a retracted position to an extended position. The transport conve... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6487988 | Agitator apparatus for housed poultry A poultry agitator is operable for use in conjunction with long rectangular confined poultry houses equipped with a flow-through ventilation system. The agitator imitates the action of a human moving through a congregation of birds to encourage the birds ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6477987 | Method and apparatus for relocating live poultry A method and apparatus is disclosed for transporting a large number of live poultry from one location to another. Using a tray, the birds are loaded and transported to the new location where the tray is lifted upward and/or laterally into a position for u... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6347604 | Method and a device for moving chickens or other poultry A method for moving chickens or other poultry, wherein the chickens are moved upwards from the floor (3) by means of a conveyor (4), to a level on which the bottom of a collecting space (5) is positioned. A vehicle, in which the conveyor (4) and the colle... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6305327 | Newborn avian delivery method and apparatus Automation of delivery of newborn avian chicks into grow-out houses is accomplished by use of a delivery vehicle which has a powered telescoping conveyor mounted to this vehicle. The vehicle is positioned at one of the personnel doors of a grow-out house ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6109215 | Loading and unloading apparatus and method incorporating sliding floor system A method and apparatus for loading a batch of turkeys or other cargo into multilayer containers. A method of unloading the turkeys or cargo from the multilayer containers. Each container or coop includes a liftable gate at each end that enables access int... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6085697 | Device for conveying animals The invention relates to a method and a device for animal-appropriate conveying, in which animals are conveyed in conveying channels, the animals being advantageously conveyed separated from one another in columns and the animals are guided at a drive mec... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6048157 | Turkey coop unloading apparatus and method An improved method and apparatus for emptying a load of turkeys from multilayer containers is disclosed. Each container or coop includes a liftable gate that enables access into the container and a slidably moveable push member that may also comprise the ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5983837 | Bird counter A bird counter capable of separating, detecting, and counting birds. A counterrotating rotor mechanism having flexible fingers receives the birds into a space between the rotors substantially one at a time to separate the birds. The counterrotating rotor ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5735664 | Apparatus and method for unloading poultry from multilayer containers An apparatus and method for emptying a load of multilayer container columns is disclosed. A carriage is aligned in an unloading position relative to a container. The carriage includes a mechanism for opening a gate of the container, a mechanism for extend... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5626101 | Apparatus for continuous high speed loading of chicks into handling trays An apparatus for continuous high speed loading of chicks into handling trays positioned therebelow which includes two conveyors positioned above one another. The upper conveyor carries chicks thereon divided into a plurality of rows such as three or four ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5470194 | Method and apparatus for unloading a poultry transport container In a method for unloading a poultry transport container, which comprises at least one loading tray with a side unloading flap, the end of a discharge conveyor is applied from the side of the unloading flap closely above the loading tray. This end is gradu... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5101767 | Separator counter A live chicken separating and counting machine which has a single high level primary endless belt conveyor connected by a divergent fixed chute to twin lower level secondary conveyors of higher speed than the primary conveyor to further separate chickens;... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5070818 | Cattle conveyor A device (10) is disclosed for conveying cattle (12, 14, 16) along a path to a treatment position (18) by a conveyor assembly (20). The conveyor assembly (20) includes a conveyor belt (26) which supports the animal above the ground at its brisket so that ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4850308 | Animal handling apparatus Animal handling apparatus in the form of a closed track around which a number of carriages may run. Each carriage has a cradle for supporting an animal on its back, the cradle portion being rotatable relative to the remainder of the carriage. A catching b... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4569308 | Collecting apparatus primarily for catching and elevating for example live birds in a deep litter or open house situation Collecting apparatus for catching and elevating animate or inanimate objects comprises a mobile supporting framework mounting two elongate members (14, or 20, 21, or 30,31) adapted to be driven counter to one another and disposed with their axes parallel ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4380969 | Apparatus for unloading poultry Apparatus for unloading poultry onto a conveyor from a cage having an opening in the side thereof, wherein a frame adapted to be positioned adjacent to the conveyor supports a carriage for holding the cage, the carriage being movably mounted on the frame ... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4365591 | Livestock handling system and apparatus therefor Apparatus for handling small livestock such as chickens comprising open topped slideable drawers (12) in a rectangular housing (10) from which they are slid to allow for loading and subsequently for unloading onto a transfer conveyor (20). A roof (34) ove... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4112872 | Poultry cage system with poultry removal A plurality of cages are arranged side-by-side on a frame in one or more horizontally spaced rows and if desired in spaced vertical tiers. The commonly facing sides of each spaced row include coverable access openings and poultry confined in the cages are... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4008690 | Poultry cage system with poultry removal A plurality of cages are arranged side-by-side on a frame in one or more horizontally spaced rows and if desired in spaced vertical tiers. The commonly facing sides of each spaced row include coverable access openings and poultry confined in the cages are... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3994292 | Chick processing system An improved system for processing baby chicks so that they may receive necessary preliminary treatment before packaging in such manner as to reduce the amount of handling, to improve the efficiency of operation and to minimize injury to the chicks. The sy... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3942476 | Automatic coop loader Multiple fence units span a chicken house or the like and herd the animals toward a series of coops provided in a trench extending transversely across the house for selective introduction of the animals into the coops by means of overlying weight responsi... | 03/09/1976 |
