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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020686 | Recycling and environmental debris chute A method and apparatus for a recycling and environmental debris chute that directs leaf, debris and recycling or other materials into a container for collection, and more particularly a foldable chute formed from a single sheet of material and insertable into a coll... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8002102 | Apparatus for orienting stacks of trimmed molded articles and method A thermoformed article stack guiding apparatus is provided with a frame, a guide ramp and an array of juxtaposed article guide channels. The guide ramp receives and guides individual stacks of inter-nested articles exiting a female die of a thermoforming trim press ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7980377 | Mounting arrangement A mounting arrangement, for securing a protective component to a chute or conveyor structure, having a hook-shaped formation which engages with the protective component, a first beaded section located in a first undercut slot in a supporting base, and a retaining me... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7837020 | Liners configured for coupling to substrates by a plurality of techniques and methods A system for lining a substrate, such as a rock chute, includes a liner with an engagement aperture that is configured to receive an adapter and that includes an internal ledge that enables use of the adapter to secure the liner to the substrate. Such a system may a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7690493 | Debris removal system and method for stadiums and arenas Systems and methods to facilitate the cleaning of arenas, such as stadiums having different seating levels. Pivotable bins can collect and funnel trash from different levels such as the concourse level. A series of tubes or chutes can be fixed to the arena structura... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7455163 | Tablet packaging device A tablet packing apparatus arranged to prevent tablets from bouncing in a tablet drop guide path so that dropping time of the tablets can be shortened so as to be ready in time for packing. The tablet packing apparatus is provided with a tablet drop guide path (1... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7389865 | Chute for transporting sludge in a wastewater treatment system An abrasion resistant and chemical resistant damper is provided for installation in the sludge transport section of a wastewater treatment system of the type having a damper inlet chute and a damper outlet chute and a damper between the damper inlet chute and the da... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7361096 | Waterslide A slide is provided with a sliding surface along which a person may slide. The slide includes a bridging structure spanning the sliding surface and a valve mounted to the bridging structure and coupled to a source of water. A spray nozzle is selectively coupled thro... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7299913 | Drive unit for a vibrating spiral conveyor Drive unit for a vibrating spiral conveyor, consisting of a base part, with which an opposed-action part and a fastening part, the motion of which is coupled with that of a pot, are connected flexibly, the former over several first leaf spring elements and the latte... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7234582 | Coin guiding apparatus A coin guiding channel receives coins dispensed from a coin hopper. A base plate, a first spacer, a second spacer, and a supporting plate have surfaces defining a somewhat rectangular coin guiding channel along a longitudinal axis of the base plate. The supporting p... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232023 | Chute and chute liner A chute liner which has an elongate body which is formed from a resilient shock-absorbing material and which has an inner side and an outer side, at least one locating formation on the inner side, and at least one elongate flange which is located at least on one sid... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7198339 | Bathroom storage system A bathroom storage system convenient for storage of hair care items, such as hair blowers and hair curling irons wherein receptacles are positioned in a bathroom cabinet to extend around the sink and into the normally unused upper space of the cabinet; the items bei... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7134543 | Containment apparatus for multi-pass ovens A containment apparatus for a multi-pass oven consisting of guide rails and tapered guide chutes having side rails. A tapered guide chute directs product pieces from one conveyor to the center of a receiving region of an underlying conveyor. Guide rails are placed a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7090080 | Free wire reclaimer system for scrap tire processors An apparatus for providing free wire reclamation from a granulated stream of mixed metallic and nonmetallic material comprises a vibratory conveyor having a trough assembly mounted on a suspension system and coupled to a motor for causing the suspension system to vi... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7017727 | Exterior chute loaded wood transportation and storage device A transportation device for transferring material from a higher elevation at an outdoor location to a lower elevation at an indoor location, such as a basement, via a chute assembly, specifically an exterior chute loaded wood transportation and storage device. The c... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014030 | Modular substructure for material handling A structural frame assembly that is adapted to support a chute of a sorting machine, the frame assembly including two laterally spaced beams and at least one cross-beam interconnecting the two laterally spaced beams, the beams and the at least one cross-beam includi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013667 | Dispenser for refrigerator A dispenser for a refrigerator is provided which allows for more storage space inside the refrigerator, and which includes a locking mechanism which allows a drain pan of the dispenser to be removably attached. The dispenser includes a housing mounted on a front sur... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007500 | Dispenser of refrigerator A dispenser of a refrigerator comprises a dispensing chamber recessed in one of doors for opening and closing freezing and refrigerating compartments, a chute member pivotally mounted in the dispensing chamber and connected with a water supply pipe for supplying wat... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000753 | Bulkhead-mounted wood storage and transportation device A chute assembly for connecting an elevated area to a lower area, such as within a cellar entry enclosure, for transporting items. The chute assembly may also include a bin enclosure for storage of the items in addition to transporting them. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6971495 | Mass flow hopper and method of manufacture A method for forming a hopper in a storage structure includes mounting a form to a storage structure which bounds a compartment. The form can be flexible or rigid. A layer of cementitious material is applied over an exterior surface of the form so as to produce a ri... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6938749 | Discharge chute for concrete A light weight but strong extension chute for discharging concrete from a concrete transportation vehicle or a cement mix plant. An extension concrete chute comprising a chute assembly including a frame having a first end and a second end, with each end including an... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936216 | Melt launder The invention relates to a melt launder (1, 9, 10) comprising a bottom and edged, said melt launder being particularly meant to be used for tapping a molten phase, such as slag, from a smelting furnace, which melt launder is manufactured of copper or copper a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6918481 | Discharge chute for concrete A light weight but strong extension chute for discharging concrete from a concrete transportation vehicle or a cement mix plant. An extension concrete chute comprising a chute assembly including a frame having a first end and a second end, with each end including an... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6903279 | Guide troughs for weighing buckets and chutes A weigher for a packaging machine has buckets that deliver product batches. Each bucket includes a pair of spaced side walls between which a bottom extends, and over which the product passes. A bottom wall has at least one trough to control the trajectory of the pro... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6889711 | Tube for feeding fastening elements for a fastening apparatus The sealing apparatus (100) is used in a substantially vertical position by the user, who inserts a magazine pack containing nails into the hopper (101). After unlocking of the hopper (101), the nails slide in the flexible feed tube (10) ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6868953 | Concrete chute apparatus A concrete chute apparatus for preventing the accidental discharge of cement residue from the chute of a cement truck while the truck is moving is disclosed. To attain this, an abutment plate obstructs the opening of a cement truck caused by the folding of an articu... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6845858 | Concrete chute A concrete chute is extruded in two sections for permitting a light weight chute to be constructed wherein the sections are welded together and reinforced with a bottom stiffener for ensuring stability of the chute. A liner is designed to be installed from a distal ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6832677 | Cigarette channeling device with non-rectangular channel exit A channeling device is provided for transferring and compressing a bundle of cigarettes formed into a rectangular configuration by a hopper into a preformed container. The channeling device includes a base having a longitudinal axis and a longitudinal channel throug... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6776011 | Apparatus for conveying gobs of glass to a glass container forming machine An inclined trough assembly (10) or gob scoop (20, 40) for conveying, by gravity, formable gobs of glass at an elevated temperature to a section of a glass container forming machine of the I.S. type. The trough assembly has a trough member (12) ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6719118 | Fold-over chute safety device The spacing device mounted to a two-section chute system prevents inadvertent contact between the two chute sections. The spacing device includes a mounting flange and a blocking member positionable between first and second pivotally attached chute sections of a con... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6691852 | Method, apparatus and system for delivering dry bulk free-flowing material into a container A system and method for changing a flow rate and direction of dry bulk material supplied from an elevated source via an angled spout to an adjustable spout end having an oversized input sleeve with internal baffles therein.... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684999 | Impact liner for granular material An impact liner for providing a renewable impact surface for granular materials at the input or output end of a conveyer or along a screen deck. The impact liner is of molded elastomeric material and includes a base plate having a plurality of walls upsta... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6605785 | Combinatorial weighing and counting device with multi-part collecting chute A combination weighing and counting apparatus supplies articles for each combination weighing cycle, onto a collecting chute, quickly and in a cluster form, towards a discharge mouth without giving rise to a difference in speed, and discharges the article... | 08/12/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6510938 | Soft touch infeed The present invention provides a feed mechanism for feeding containers. The feed mechanism includes an infeed starwheel and a main turret starwheel, wherein the pitch line of the infeed starwheel and the pitch line of the main turret starwheel are non-int... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6454076 | Scissors chute A conveyor system has a housing with a plurality of horizontally extending lower support arms and a plurality of horizontally extending upper support arms spaced above the lower support arms and forming a plurality of guide sets. An upper pair of crossed ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6427822 | Paper chute A paper chute that is attachable to a desk or the like that includes an intake chute positionable the level of the desk and a discharge chute which is orientable toward the opening of a trash can so that papers and the like thrown into the chute opening a... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6367606 | Concrete chute with liner A concrete chute with liner includes a chute, a pair of rail tubes, a front flange, a rear flange, and a slide-in liner. A single rail tube is attached to each side of the chute. A front flange is attached to a front end of the chute. A rear flange is att... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6271485 | Article alignment device A combinatorial weighing apparatus that combines articles after aligning same. The articles are input to the apparatus via hoppers, which can be selectively discharged to an alignment tray based upon the weight of the articles within the hoppers. A predet... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6253898 | Equipment loading plank An equipment loading plank that is detachably mounted on a machine tool table and used for easy and safe installation and removal of equipment on and off the machine tool work tables. The equipment loading plank includes a flat rectangular shaped body wit... | 07/03/2001 |
