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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6966417 | Coin chute The invention is related to a coin chute for transporting coins in a coin processing machine. The coin chute includes a first surface, a second surface, and a rolling surface. The rolling surface connects the first surface and the second surface to form generally a ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6520374 | Curvy slide delivery chute in a machine for vending products A curvy slide delivery chute for use in a machine for vending products includes an elongated body having a central hole formed therein, a pair of recessed channels formed in the body and provided in a wavy longitudinal configuration in the body on opposit... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6145649 | Device for flexible guiding of conveyed products The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for flexible guiding of conveyed products (i.e., signatures) from one location to another. In order to reduce the impact forces imparted onto a conveyed product, a flexible guide is deformable whe... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6070709 | Distributor apparatus A distributor apparatus (sorter) which distributes items supplied thereto to individual delivery locations, wherein the delivery locations are in the form of heat-insulated storage chutes (2).... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5921368 | Linked carrier gravity conveyor A gravity conveyor has a train of spaced apart load carriers distributed around a closed circuit trackway. The trackway is inclined downwardly from a loading end to an unloading end. The carriers are connected together into a train by segments of chain, s... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5702027 | Bag dispensing device A bag dispensing device comprising an elongate, tubular housing defining open top and bottom ends. Extending between the top and bottom ends is a passage for receiving and storing a plurality of bags. Extending through the passage and from the open top an... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5092444 | Constant speed decline belt conveyor A longitudinally-extending constant speed decline belt conveyor for conveying a load along a downwardly sloped planar surface thereon. An endless traction belt rotatable about terminal rollers at the ends thereof, has an upper run extending in the longitu... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4662511 | Pallet track with speed retarder A pallet track for supporting a plurality of pallets for gravity movement along an inclined path with the pallet tracks including a speed retarder or brake associated with an endless chain conveyor assembly having an upper flight supportingly engaging the... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4529660 | Liner material and method A laminated material and method, a liner using the material, and several methods of manufacturing the material.... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4432686 | Apparatus for placing packets of tube sections in the stacking magazine of a rotary applicator In an apparatus for placing packets of tube sections in the stacking magazine of a rotary applicator, a pivotable arm is divided between the stacking magazine and conveyor belt for supplying the tube section packets. The arm carries a longitudinally displ... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4363391 | Feed pipe for conveying sticky bulk material A feed pipe for conveying sticky bulk material from a bunker outlet vertically downward to a conveyor apparatus wherein the feed pipe is comprised of a plurality of truncated conical sections tapering downwards, the axial length and the diameter of the tu... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4293062 | Conveyor belt assembly for a display rack An improved conveyor belt assembly that gravity feeds a column of containers one after another to the front edge of a display rack's shelf as that column's lead containers are successively removed by customers, the conveyor belt having certain specific fr... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4228903 | Gravity feed can dispenser for beverage coolers A gravity feed can dispenser for use in a commercial cooler is provided with integral means permitting two or more dispensers to be stacked in interlocked relationship, and further integral means permitting two dispensers to be connected side by side. The... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4128177 | Display rack with improved shelf assembly A display rack with an improved shelf assembly that gravity feeds a column of containers one after another to the front edge of a shelf as that column's lead containers are successively removed by customers. The shelf assembly includes a conveyor belt ori... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4022336 | Apparatus for conveying bulk material This invention relates to apparatus for conveying bulk materials, such as minerals, down a vertical or steeply inclined path of descent. An endless conveyor carries the material downwards by gravity, and at the same time drives an energy transformation un... | 05/10/1977 |