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Class 15/3.17 - Transverse axis work treating elements


Subclass of Class 15 - Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Definition: Devices in which the work treating element or elements rotate
No. of patents: 20
Last issue date: 04/26/2005


NumberTitleIssue Date
6883528Apparatus for cleaning eggs by conveying thereof upon multiple conveyors through washers which are vertically tiered
Apparatus for washing eggs including a housing with a first feed conveyor for receiving them through the housing inlet for conveying same to a second conveyor which transports them through an intermediate egg washer with various brushes and including a dispenser to ...
04/26/2005
6168671Rear scrub dual drive means for a sugar beet harvester
A rear scrub dual drive for a sugar beet harvester includes functionally-independent first and second variable speed actuators connected to respective first and second drive shafts of a rear scrub and further includes a fluid supply member, pump, and flow...
01/02/2001
5824356Method and apparatus for cleaning roots, tubers, bulbs, and the like
There is disclosed method and apparatus for cleaning roots, tubers, bulbs, and the like, for example, sugar beets, chicory, Jerusalem artichokes, dahlia, potato, and onions (hereinafter "articles"). In the apparatus, spaced horizontal rollers have helices...
10/20/1998
5634397Egg washer, breaker and separator system
An improved egg washing, breaking and separating system is constructed of two side-by-side washers feeding a corresponding pair of candlers. From the candlers, a respective pair of conveyor transition ramps lead to corresponding ones of a pair of stacked ...
06/03/1997
5483871Apparatus for spray washing fruit in a brush bed
Described is an apparatus and method, particularly applicable to a brush bed conveyor system, by which objects, typically citrus fruit, are washed or sprayed. A moveable high pressure spray manifold is contained within a manifold carriage and is disposed ...
01/16/1996
5460083Egg washer, breaker and separator system
An improved egg washing, breaking and separating system is constructed of two side-by-side washers feeding a corresponding pair of candlers. From the candlers, a respective pair of conveyor transition ramps lead to corresponding ones of a pair of stacked ...
10/24/1995
5396837Device for reducing peelable products such as potatoes in size to a predetermined shape
A device for reducing peelable products such as potatoes in size to a predetermined shape, consisting of at least one pair of mutually adjacent rotatably driven reducing elements, the outer surface of which has at least one constriction such that two oppo...
03/14/1995
5331702Golf ball washing apparatus and method
A golf ball washing apparatus and method includes a bin and a conveyor which takes rows of golf balls from the bin and conveys them up an inclined ramp. A plurality of reciprocating brush heads clean the balls and a fluid spray head sprays cleaning fluid ...
07/26/1994
5159734Apparatus for cleaning rolls
An apparatus for cleaning rolls comprising a plurality of cylindrical brushes that are rotated by a combination of sheaves and belts or their equivalent, which are powered by some form of a motor and uses a solvent to remove debris, such as residual fiber...
11/03/1992
5077854Apparatus for automatically cleaning and dispensing golf balls
The invention provides an apparatus for automatically cleaning and dispensing golf balls. The apparatus has a supply chute which connects to a cleaning apparatus and to a gravity operated sorting apparatus which incorporates a dispensing apparatus which f...
01/07/1992
5007335Apparatus for treating fresh fruit and the like to prevent and retard the growth of fungus
A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating fresh fruit to prevent and retard the growth of fungus. The techniques of the invention include simultaneously scrubbing the fresh fruit while drenching with a falling liquid containing a fungicide. Large ...
04/16/1991
4990353Method of pre-washing and after-washing tuberous products or peeling thereof and an apparatus for performing the method
In a method and apparatus for washing or peeling tuberous products including providing a bed of rotatable driven brushes in a container, supplying liquid into the container such that the undersides of the brushes extend into the liquid, disposing the tube...
02/05/1991
4985956Washing machine vapor exhaust
Apparatus for cleaning objects such as eggs and fruit. The apparatus comprises a housing, a roller conveyor having an upper run extending through the housing, one or more rotary brushes disposed over the upper run, one or more sprayers directed towards th...
01/22/1991
4793015Apparatus for cleaning eggs and like articles
An apparatus for cleaning eggs comprising a housing, a roller conveyor, at least the upper run of which extends through said housing, rotary brushes disposed above said upper run of the roller conveyor, at least one driving crank shaft for moving the brus...
12/27/1988
4791693Corn silking apparatus
A corn silking apparatus designed to remove the silk from ears of corn, which is characterized by a housing containing a drive gear and a driven, or idler gear. The drive gear is driven by an electric motor and carries a drive shaft and the idler gear car...
12/20/1988
4499623Egg cleaning apparatus
An egg washing means including a plurality of cylindrical brushes being mounted with complete freedom of rotational movement and in being driven axially for lateral movement across a conveyor which carries eggs therebelow. The eggs are washed by cleaning ...
02/19/1985
4242952Peeling apparatus
Apparatus for peeling steam-, lye- or otherwise pretreated tuberous fruits, provided with a plurality of slightly interspaced, parallel, rotation-drivable rollers which are circumferentially provided with peeling elements, such as brushes or embossments, ...
01/06/1981
4048689Meat cleaning machine
A meat cleaning machine having an improved meat driving cylinder which includes a series of concentrically arranged, axially spaced, meat driving rings having outwardly projecting teeth which define the outer surface of the cylinder, and a supporting fram...
09/20/1977
4008502Meat gripping and moving cylinder and mount therefor
Each of the meat gripping and moving cylinders in a meat scraping machine may be removed from the machine as a complete subassembly and disassembled quickly and easily for cleaning, without the need for tools. Each cylinder includes a carrier framework mo...
02/22/1977
3977035Pivoted drive and mount for meat scraping machine
The pivoted mount connecting two opposing sections of a meat scraping machine suspends the movable section for swinging gravity-induced movement toward the stationary section. The stationary section is the sole support for the movable section and wholly e...
08/31/1976
 
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