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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7893366 | Method of weigh batching for selected batch formula and batch size A method of weigh batching for batch formulae using a number of ingredients conveyed to a weigh hopper by a number of different conveyers. Free fall weights and conveyor delivery speeds for each of the ingredients and each of the conveyors used to convey each ingred... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7683271 | System for accurately weighing solids and control mechanism for same A system for accurately weighing a mass of material, including a closed chamber (20) having a gas inlet (22) and a gas outlet (24). A scale (30) is disposed in the closed chamber (20). An inert gas supply, under positive pressure, ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7645948 | Solids handling apparatus and method An apparatus for weighing and dispensing a mass of material, including a closed chamber, a scale disposed in the closed chamber; and a receptacle disposed in the closed chamber and operatively connected to the scale. The receptacle has an inlet, an outlet, and a val... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7605333 | Vacuum powered addition system A method for adding material to an FCC unit is provided. In one embodiment, a method for adding material to an FCC unit includes providing a first vessel under low pressure containing a first material, moving the material through a first eductor to the FCC unit, and... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7541549 | Vacuum transfer apparatus having load isolation weighing system including a rigid pipe section pivotally mounted to a support frame A vacuum transfer system having a weighing hopper mounted via at least one load cell to a frame. The weighing hopper is provided with an inlet connected via a product line to a product inlet hopper and a sliding outlet gate. An actuator valve is operatively connecte... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7534970 | Counterbalanced dispensing system A system and method of measuring and dispensing material in a container is disclosed. The system may comprise a container, a feeder, a frame, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The container is configured to contain the material. The feeder receives and conveys ma... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7479606 | Gravimetric metering device with independently suspended rotating impeller blades The invention aims at obtaining a simplified and compact construction of a gravimetric metering device (1) for bulk products, comprising a large discharge section per activation zone (A) and transfer zone (F) for supplying the bulk product into a rotor (2 | 01/20/2009 |
| 7439455 | Measuring catalyst(s) for filling reactor tubes in reactor vessels A plurality of reactor tubes contained in a reactor vessel are filled with at least one catalyst by automatically measuring the catalyst by weight with equipment located at the site of the reactor vessel, and dispensing the measured catalyst into a plurality of reac... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7368671 | Vacuum conveying apparatus with a weighing or metering device A Vacuum conveying apparatus with a weighing and metering device, comprises a separation container (10), acted on by a vacuum, for intermittent intermediate storage of material conveyed in a suction gas flow, a force isolation means for entry of conveyed mate... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368669 | Scale that automatically increases the number of displayed digits as the measured weight approaches the target weight It is possible to rapidly and accurately reach a target value while putting a material to be weighed. In step S1, a target value is set. Putting in of a material is started. Control is passed to step S2 and step S3 and a numerical value A at the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358451 | Apparatus and method for dispensing small quantities of particles There is disclosed an apparatus and method which is capable of dispensing very small (typically less than 5 mg) quantities of particles to a high accuracy in a repeatable way and without undue wastage. Also, the need for advanced particle formulation is reduced. The... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7323644 | Apparatus for measuring weight of powdered and granular materials A weight measuring apparatus housing therein a load cell for measuring the weight of material stored in a material storage tank in which the tank has a material feeding opening. The tank includes a shoulder frame fixed to only the tank and a support arm penetrating ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7282651 | Method and apparatus for weighing fragile items A system for weighing items sequentially delivered by a feeder subsystem in order to discharge batches of items having a desired target weight; and more particularly to a method and apparatus particularly configured to handle fragile items, e.g. strawberries, cherri... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7228990 | Unitized fibrous construct dispensing system The present invention is directed to a method and system for transporting and dispensing fibers into an aggregate mix, and more specifically, to a method and system for transporting and dispensing unitized fibrous constructs into a mix without affecting the structur... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7211746 | Weigh-pan metering and blending method and apparatus A weigh-pan metering and blending apparatus having a holding chamber for receiving fiber from a fiber distributer and providing temporary storage of the fiber. The metering chamber meters the fiber received from the holding chamber, wherein the metering chamber incl... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7196276 | Truck mounted scale apparatus A truck-mounted scale mechanism can provide an accurate measurement of the weight of loose material dispensed from a delivery truck. The scale mechanism is supported on the tailgate of the delivery truck for transport from one job site to another. A winch provides a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7173196 | Installation for filling receptacles by weight with filler spouts being engaged in the receptacles An installation for filling receptacles by weight, the installation comprising a platform having secured thereto at least one filler spout and a weighing device which is vertically below the filler spout and which comprises a receptacle support member associated wit... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7118010 | Apparatus, systems and related methods for dispensing and /or evaluating dry powders Methods, systems, and computer program products flowably dispense meted amounts of dry powders using a flexing piezoelectric layer to transmit a vibratory signal to the dry powder to facilitate fluidic flow through a flow channel. The apparatus for dispensing dry po... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7075018 | Mixing fibrous constituents A method and device for mixing and weighing fibrous material in a weighing cycle includes removing the fibrous material from fiber bales and transporting the fiber material with a feed device into a weighing container. The weighing container is proceeded by a pre-fi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7048018 | Head and a process for filling containers with powder material A filler head (1) carried by the carousel of a rotary powder filling machine comprises a dispensing element (3) by which a predetermined quantity of powder material is directed into a container (2) positioned on a platform assembly (7, 5)... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7035715 | Apparatus and process for dustless handling of powdered clay to produce a clay/water slurry Apparatus and process for producing a clay slurry from raw clay in a substantially dust-free manner including a water-driven vacuum eductor for metering the removal of clay from a super bag container and mixing the clay with a carrier water that also serves as the m... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6987228 | Apparatus and method for dispensing small quantities of particles There is disclosed an apparatus and method which is capable of dispensing very small (typically less than 5 mg) quantities of particles to a high accuracy in a repeatable way and without undue wastage. Also, the need for advanced particle formulation is reduced. The... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6981619 | High precision metering and/or additioning device, particularly for granular materials Method and device for metering granular materials which comprises a least one dispensing element, driving means arranged to control the dispensing element, sensing means designed to detect the amount of granules delivered by the dispensing element, and a program con... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6911607 | Dosing device The invention relates to a dosing device for mixing additive into a basic flow, comprising: a passage for the basic flow; an inlet for the additive in the passage; a container for the additive connected to the inlet via a dosing mechanism and having a controllable d... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6696649 | Weight inspecting apparatus The total weight of a plurality of resin products is set as a reference value, and a first upper-limit threshold and a first lower-limit threshold are respectively stored in a control circuit 38 on the upper limit side and the lower limit side with respec... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6689959 | Weighing device A weighing device for the determination of weight of a fiber material is provided. The weighing device includes multiple weighing arms. Each of the weighing arms is pivotably supported on one end. Also, each of the weighing arms is supported on an opposit... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6674019 | Display and operating element for an electronic scale A display and operating element (1) for an electronic scale with a display area (2, 3) in which the weighing results and values, parameters or selection lists can be displayed for user prompting either separated spatially or in succession over time, and h... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6674022 | Apparatus and method for transferring and weighing powder materials using pipette transfer devices The present invention provides an apparatus for automatically transferring and weighing a powder material. The apparatus comprises a weigh station including a device for weighing the powder material in a container. A transfer device for collecting and dis... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6640158 | Filling apparatus with feed diverter An apparatus for packaging solid particulate material is described that includes a deflectable, curved weigh pan with a given radius of curvature to receive a continuous flow of material and discharge the material along a first discharge pathway, the radi... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6541063 | Calibration of a dispensing system The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for controlling the quanatity of material dispensed from dispensing systems. In one aspect of the present invention, a dispensing system includes a weight scale upon which material is dispensed fr... | 04/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6441321 | Method for controlling weight of divided 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 variations in the weight of each portion are minimized by providing a signal prop... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6441322 | Method for controlling an amount of material delivered during a material transfer A method for controlling an amount of material delivered during a material transfer. This method includes the steps of inputting a target amount for a material to be delivered from a source location to a target location, updating the target amount during ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6399902 | Inline flux measurement system This invention is directed to controlling the amount of flux dispensed onto the surface of an IC component. The component is continually weighed and data is fed back to a controller that controls the dispensing of flux onto the IC component. When the prop... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6387330 | Method and apparatus for storing and dispensing reagents A method and device for storing and dispensing specified subsets from a collection of tens, hundreds or thousands of different reagents to specified locations within microtitre trays or microarray substrates or the like. The reagents of interest are store... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6380495 | Method for controlling an amount of material delivered during a material transfer A method for controlling an amount of material delivered during a material transfer. This method includes the steps of inputting a target amount for a material to be delivered from a source location to a target location, updating the target amount during ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6340501 | Device and method for manufacturing an optical recording medium A manufacturing device of an optical recording medium having a plurality of recording layers formed on a substrate is provided. The manufacturing device includes a vacuum pre-treatment chamber(52), a plurality of recording layer forming chambers (54, 56) ... | 01/22/2002 |
