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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258225 | Method and apparatus for diverting material An apparatus for diverting material in a controlled manner comprising a diverter plate attached to a mounting assembly. The diverter plate is shaped for receiving falling material and facilitating the flow of the material onto a conveyance means or into storage. The... | 08/21/2007 |
| 5360092 | Fixture for positioning electrical components A method for positioning an electrical component for pick-up by a pick-and-place device which includes removing the electrical component directly from a storage tube through a window formed in the storage tube. The electrical components slide in the stora... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5325951 | Peripheral card header lead-in arrangement A peripheral card header (100) is disclosed including an alignment device (160) and a hold-down anchor (230). The peripheral card header (100) is for mounting on a surface (110) and has application in portable electronic devices, such as electronic organi... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4962839 | Ducting for transporting granular or powder substances under gravity, in particular on sites having silos An elementary length of the ducting comprises a pair of top and bottom plane panels (2, 3) and a pair of side panels (4, 5) having outwardly projecting longitudinal rims (8, 9, 12, 13) on their outside faces, the margins (10, 11, 14, 15) of the top and bo... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4574933 | Trough for open modular chute A trough and trough support for conveying liquids along open modular chuting is disclosed. The trough support is releasably secured to the sidewall of the open modular chute. The trough, in a preferred embodiment, is pleated to allow the trough to curve.... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4314600 | Apparatus for guiding and supporting a continuously cast slab The continuous casting installation is provided with freely rolling rollers which can be releaseably coupled to drive motors to impart a pushing force on the moving slab. The drive motors are mounted on slides which are reciprocated by a piston-cylinder u... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4313488 | Apparatus for guiding and supporting a continuously cast slab The freely rolling rolls are provided with distance wheels at the respective ends. Alternating rolls are provided with distance wheels which are fixedly mounted to the roll bodies while the remaining rolls are provided with distance wheels which are rotat... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4229133 | Lumber spacer and stick layer In abstract, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a lumber spacer which automatically separates lumber in parallel alignment, drops spacer sticks on top of the stacked lumber, and then stacks further lumber thereon. The stick layer portion o... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4151903 | Submersible pump raising and lowering tool A ladder type framework is removably supported on the open rim of a pipe embedded upright in the ground and extending therefrom. The frame has a plurality of spaced cross-members supported in generally horizontal position. A tube, cable, line, and the lik... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4027759 | Gravity conveyor system A gravity conveyor system wherein headed workpieces are transported individually along a downwardly inclined chuting structure by supporting the workpieces on work carriers of the roller type. The workpieces are supported on arms journalled in and extendi... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3978957 | Hollow guiding mast for a charging device of a core reactor A hollow tubular guiding mast made up of interconnected axial sections and adapted for reciprocably guiding the gripper or charging body for a core reactor. The mast includes reinforcing spars extending axially therein in the form of interconnected flat p... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3967712 | Work carrier for gravity conveyors A gravity conveyor of the chuting or rollerway type wherein workpieces of regular or irregular shape having easily damaged surfaces are supported within protective work carriers which roll or slide along the conveyor. The work carriers are of cylindrical ... | 07/06/1976 |
