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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347007 | Low pressure high capacity dryer for resins and other granular and powdery materials A vacuum dryer and method for drying granular or powdery material including at least one canister for holding said material being movable among a series of locations including material heating and vacuum drying locations, means for moving said canister among said lo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7323643 | In-feed control and dispersion apparatus for fresh food This invention relates to an in-feed control and dispersion apparatus, in the field of fresh food product industry. The apparatus receives a product from an in-feed device and delivers it to one or more receiver units. The apparatus includes a first product dispersi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312408 | Granular material weighing hoppers containing pinch values or flipping-type hoppers Each of a plurality of scale units 10 that constitute a combination weigher is provided with a cut gate 11 attached to a lower portion of a powdery- or granular-material hopper 12, a feeding hopper 13 for temporarily retaining a powdery o... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7234247 | Low pressure dryer A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material includes a plurality of canisters rotatable about a common vertical axis serially among material heating, vacuum drying and material inventory discharge positions; pneumatic piston-cylinder means for rotating the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7170158 | Double-sided circuit board and multi-chip package including such a circuit board and method for manufacture A multi-chip package comprises a double-sided circuit board having first and second surfaces. Each surface has a package area and a peripheral area. Each package area has a chip mounting area on which a chip is attached, and a bonding area with which the chip is ele... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7154055 | Method and apparatus for dividing portions An apparatus and method for continuously producing constant weight portions of semi-solid matter, such as bread dough, from a large mass through a dividing mechanism whereby portions are formed on a receptacle which receives the portion so that an accurate weight in... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7076990 | Load cell type weight measuring device A load cell type weight measuring device includes a load cell formed of a strain member provided with a plurality of strain gauges and deforming according to a load applied to a load receptacle. The load cell type weight measuring device converts an output of a Whea... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075019 | Measuring and dispensing system for solid dry flowable materials An apparatus for measuring and dispensing solid dry flowable materials, comprising a supply container (10), a reserve hopper (18), a means for connecting said supply container (10) to said reserve hopper (18), a means for weighing said re... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066689 | Vacuum loading system Apparatus for providing granular material to a loading hopper preparatory to processing includes a receptacle receiving material prior to processing thereof by machinery supplied by the hopper with a top including a first valve for selectably connecting the receptac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057722 | Method and apparatus for determining the homogeneity of a granulation during tableting An apparatus for detecting the homogeneity of a pharmaceutical mixture has a hopper for containing a mixture of two or more pharmaceutical components and that is situated within a production line of preparation of a pharmaceutical dosage form. A spectroscope is moun... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053317 | Hopper and weighing apparatus equipped with the same The object of the present invention is to provide a hopper having a simplified structure that can prevent fragments of component parts generated by vibrations and bolts, nuts, etc., that have fallen out of place from intermixing with the articles in the weighing hop... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7038145 | Combinational weighing apparatus with side mounted article supply members The present invention provides a combination weighing apparatus that can rapidly supply articles to the weighing units side by rapidly supplying articles to a plurality of supply units. Combination weighing apparatus (1) is provided with a plurality of weigh ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7010932 | Ice discharging mechanism part of ice storage chamber An ice discharging mechanism for an ice storage box including a swinging solenoid (24) mounted by means of a swing shaft (23) fixed onto arm portions (22) of a bracket (21). A support plate (27) is welded onto a lower part of the b... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6806429 | Bulk flow measurement system A grain flow measuring system for a flow rate of grain moving along a generally vertical grain flow path. The weight of grain conveyed along the flow path is measured when the grain impinges baffle elements, thereby generating a force corresponding to the grain weig... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6774318 | Removable material hopper assembly and method of using same to eliminate residual ingredient material A removable material hopper assembly for gravimetric batch blenders including a hopper, a metering assembly and a releasable securing assembly. The hopper is removable from the blender, and includes a metering slide gate that can be used to tightly seal off the bott... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6478162 | Weight sorter The invention provides a weight selecting apparatus capable of automatically performing calibration, and provides a weight selecting apparatus capable of certainly carrying objects to be inspected with a relatively simple mechanism and performing weight m... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6474372 | Weighing apparatus The apparatus is for batching different flowable materials, e.g. "small chemicals" in the correct proportions by weight. A plurality of bulk material supply stations 14 are connected to a compact, space filling array of weighing hoppers 18 via relatively ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6472615 | Bulk flow measurement system A grain flow measuring system for a flow rate of grain moving along a grain flow path. The grain flow measuring system includes a frame, a load cell, a flow conditioning portion, and a flow measuring portion. The frame is mounted with respect to the grain... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6462288 | Metering device A metering device comprises a scale barrel, a weight part, and a shut mechanism. The scale barrel is composed of a stationary box plate and a movable box plate pivotally connecting with each other. At least a weighing platform is provided at an inner side... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6447674 | Gravity flow sludge load-out system A gravity flow sludge load-out system for rapid and accurate loading-out of large volumes of treated biosolids from a wastewater dewatering plant, said system includes a plurality of hoppers 12, 14 supported by a main structure 16 having a plurality of ve... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6420665 | Method for sampling powdery products in measured amounts and installation comprising same A device for metering dosed quantities of pulverulent products having a tank for storing the pulverulent products and a tubular duct extending to the tank. The tubular duct has a metering component for measuring the pulverulent product in the tank. The tu... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6417464 | Extended range feeders An attachment for a feeder conveyor with the attachment comprising an angularly positionable gate that is angularly postionable within the trough of a feeder with the postionable gate having a secondary metering outlet so that when the postionable gate is... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6271486 | Weighing machines A hopper for a weighing machine which has a tubular body and a closing valve which is comprised of several plates which are pivotably mounted around the bottom of the hopper for movement in a plane transverse to the axis of the hopper. The plates are simu... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6262377 | Method and a system for building up weighed-out portions of object Based on a non-orderly flow of supplied articles, which may also be sticky articles of food, there is effected in a compulsory manner an isolation of mutually separated small article portions, which are moved through a weighing station (20) and thereafter... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6235998 | Stopper gate for product conveyor An improved method and apparatus for distributing a food product, such as potato chips, which reduces the problem of staling. A plurality of stopper gates are placed adjacent to a plurality of slide doors on the downstream end of a distribution conveyor s... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6188029 | Weighing apparatus having improved hopper detachability To simplify the structure of a hopper side of a weighing apparatus, brackets 24, 34 are fitted to gates 22, 32 of pool hoppers 8 or weighing hoppers 9 and rollers 28, 38 are rotatably provided on extensions 24a, 34a thereof. On a body B side of the weighi... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6121556 | Granular material weighing system A granular material weighing system intended primarily for weighing gunpowder, but which is not limited to this application. A volumetric powder measure is used to simultaneously dispense a previously weighed batch of granular material into its final cont... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6114636 | Apparatus for weighing small articles such as gelatin capsules The capsules or other products (1) are fed by a vertically arranged tube-shaped conveyor (4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 112, 13) in single file and taken up one at a time by a tangential wheel (16) which is fitted with reference teeth (18), with each tooth supporting... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6057514 | Removable hopper with material shut-off A gravimetric weigh scale blender having a plurality of hoppers 41, 42 and 43 discharging into a weigh chamber 14. The hoppers are funnel-shaped, each terminating in a discharge opening which permits flow of material from the hopper through a metering dev... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6011223 | Container comprising a flexible internal part The invention relates to a container with a flexible internal part (6), particularly suitable for weighing bulk material, comprising a closure mechanism within the exit area of the internal part (6) as well as at least two partial exits (18, 19) to be cha... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5804772 | Apparatus and method for dispensing batches of articles Apparatus and a method for aggregating a desired number of articles without individually counting out each article to achieve the desired number. A stream of the articles is discharged into a weigh hopper until substantially a predetermined weight of arti... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5780779 | Granule gate and granule weighing machine incorporating the same A gate for supplying granule to and removing it from the other apparatus, Which comprises: a drive source (2); a fixed gate (6) having multiple feeder holes arranged such that granule can pass through; a movable gate (7) that is attached such that it can ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5765655 | Combinational weighing machine with a discharge chute having article guiding surface A combinational weighing machine has not only a plurality of weighing devices for weighing articles and outputting signals indicative of their weight values and a control system for calculating combinations of the weight values, selecting a combination of... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5736683 | Multiple hopper weighing and transfer system The first of the in-series hoppers of the system is carried by a scale to determine the weight of the product batch; a transfer hopper being next in line and finally a holding hopper. A computer senses the batch weight and assigns the weight in sequence f... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5705776 | Food weighing apparatus An apparatus for weighing a softened solid rapidly and precisely, wherein no excessive force is exerted on, and no shock is given to, the load cell. The apparatus has a simplified structure including 1/4 cylindrical weighing containers so that the apparat... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5637836 | Constant-rate feeder of powdery material and method for producing compressed powdery product A constant-rate feeding device can weigh out, with high accuracy and at a high rate, a powdery material containing fibrous substances and thus having a high entangling tendency, such as a material for a friction member. A powdery material A supplied from ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5622250 | Interface for discharging hopper contents onto feeder The interface is an apparatus that is attached to the outlet of a hopper to assist and control the discharge of particulate material onto the loading surface of a feeder, such as a moving belt. The interface results in a saving of 50 to 75 percent in the ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5345041 | Apparatus for dispensing and weighing granular material Granular material stored in a hopper is dispensed therefrom by a rotatable auger which conveys the material to a discharge port for dropping into an underlying container. The container is supported by pivoted arms which are operably connected to a weighin... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5341307 | Apparatus and method for controlling flow rate in vibratory feeders A method and apparatus for controlling the actuator in a vibratory weigh feeding system, to adjust the discharge rate. The vibratory weigh feeding system has a material containers an actuator for vibrating the container, weighing apparatus for sensing the... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5260880 | Loss-in-weight feeder system A loss-in-weight feeder for discharging a flowable material from a reservoir through a controllable discharge member, including a closed loop controller configured to compare the actual rate at which material is discharged from the reservoir to a desired ... | 11/09/1993 |
