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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7975824 | Method, apparatus and system for distributing dry bulk free-flowing material A system and method for changing a flow direction of dry bulk material which comprises constructing a steel clad ceramic elbow or pipe or planar flip gate and placing the same in a location where a flow direction change is desired and where abrasion will occur. The ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7021527 | Code compliant, trash and/or linen chute inlet door Permits retrofit trash and linen chute inlet door replacement without destruction of existing B-Label wall/door frame assemblies and introduces advancements never before seen in the chute industry: Compliance to updated U.L.® Standards for B-Label doors, smoke supp... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6854936 | Switching device for pneumatic conveyor The invention relates to a switching device for air conveyors for bottles, preforms or similar parts, which can be transported, suspended by their neck in the pneumatic conveyor, where the pneumatic conveyor presents fixed conveyor track sections. The switching devi... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6591972 | Grain leveling apparatus for uniformly filling a grain wagon The present invention features a grain distribution apparatus having a top loading intake hopper adapted for direct attachment to the discharge end of a grain auger or similar conveyor. A pair of hingedly connected, movable discharge spouts each receive a... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6276507 | Device at refuse chute Device at refuse chute comprising one shaft (1), provided with one or more inlet openings (2), which ends in a refuse chamber (4) or the like, and at least two subchannels (3a, 3b) arranged in the shaft for transfer of the waste, which are arranged to ope... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6269928 | Automatic bottom-hinged intake door An automatic chute closure for covering a chute opening wherein the chute closure includes a frame disposed around a chute opening, a chute door pivotally connected to the frame for movement between an opened and closed position, a door movement mechanism... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6257805 | Switching device for conveyor system installation A route switching apparatus for conveying articles, including a plurality of lines suitable for conveying the articles along respective separate paths and a body having a polygonal cross-section and pivotable about a longitudinal axis. The body is positio... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6186306 | Automatic bottom-hinged intake door An automatic chute closure for covering a chute opening wherein the chute closure includes a frame disposed around a chute opening, a chute door pivotally connected to the frame for movement between an opened and closed position, a door movement mechanism... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6062368 | Automatic bottom-hinged intake door An automatic chute closure for covering a chute opening wherein the chute closure includes a frame disposed around a chute opening, a chute door pivotally connected to the frame for movement between an opened and closed position, a door movement mechanism... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5887698 | Method and apparatus for sorting articles received from vertically spaced platforms of a moving transport device A hopper receives upper and lower articles delivered simultaneously from a mobile transport device having superimposed transport platforms. Disposed within the hopper are independently movable diverters for diverting the articles to proper outlets of the ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5730270 | Swiveling-deflector switching device A switching device with a swiveling deflector for delivering goods to be transported from one of at least two delivery channels. The swiveling deflector is positioned at the free end of a leaf spring clamped into a bearing block. The force is introduced i... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5277292 | Device for guiding coins A device for guiding a coin arriving in an entry (6) of the device to a selected one of a plurality of exits (12) of the device, comprising a movable guide (14) having a plurality of inlets (16) each leading to a common outlet (18), the guide being movabl... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5228577 | Apparatus for separating household trash An apparatus for separating selected categories of solid waste (trash) within a home or building and containing outside of the home or building the various recyclable and non-recyclable solid waste which accumulates within the home or building. The appara... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5139130 | Device for guiding coins A device for guiding a coin arriving in an entry (6) of the device to a selected one of a plurality of exits (12) of the device, comprising a movable guide (14) having a plurality of inlets (16) each leading to a common outlet (18), the guide being movabl... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5116185 | Vibratory tube-to-tube transfer system A vibratory tube-to-tube transfer system for transferring the contents of an input tube to an output tube is disclosed. The system includes an alignment fixture having an input section for receiving an input tube loaded with ICs and an output section for ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5090544 | Grain distributor A grain distributor (10) comprises a sector-shaped housing (12) with a plurality of hoppers (22) secured to the arcuate end of the housing (12) and a plurality of intake spouts (32) directed to the upper end of the housing (12). A plurality of swinging sp... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5067857 | Apparatus for diverting the movement of cylindrical bodies Apparatus for changing the direction of movement of cylindrical bodies which are moving over a support surface in a first path by forming an opening in the support surface and mounting a diversion gate for reciprocal movement between first and second loca... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4946357 | Diverter chute assembly for molding machine A diverter chute assembly for automatically separating the molded part from the runner in the injection molding process. The diverter chute assembly has a deflection plate pivotally mounted within a housing. The deflection plate is responsive to control s... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4863040 | Apparatus for separating a contaminated portion of bulk material from a flow of bulk material Contaminated portions of bulk material are removed from a flow of bulk material with the aid of a flow or drop pipe in a casing that is movable back and forth between a discharge position and a normal flow position. The flow or drop pipe is equipped with ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4838406 | Coin diverting assembly This coin divertor assembly includes a body providing a coin entry path and two coin exit paths. A gate member is mounted to the body at the end of the coin-entry path for selectively diverting a coin into one of the coin-exit paths. A holder maintains th... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4779807 | Apparatus and method for selecting between multiple feed material processing operations The machine has an inlet, multiple processing mechanisms for performing multiple feed material processing operations and a discharge mechanism disposed in flow communication with discharge sides of the respective processing mechanisms. The processing mech... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4771876 | Apparatus for channelling rows of articles into selected conveyors A re-routing apparatus for selectively channelling articles conveyed in at least two side-by-side arranged rows to one of a first and a second article advancing mechanism has an inclined chute arranged for simultaneously receiving articles belonging to di... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4697686 | Gate for splitting a flow of granular material A gate for adjustably splitting a flow of granular material comprises an inlet pipe (1) which discharges onto a pivotal baffle plate (5) in an intermediate piece (2) overlying a circular plate which is formed with openings leading through respective hoppe... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4690302 | Package and apparatus for dispensing electrical connectors A package for connectors and an apparatus for dispensing them. The package comprises an elongated tape or pair of tapes and a plurality of an elongated connector containing tubes secured to and extending across the tape or tapes. The apparatus comprises a... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4650057 | Encoder/diverter unit for coin-operated machine An encoder/diverter unit for use with a coin acceptor/rejector of a coin-actuated machine such as a gaming machine. The unit has the encoder portion coupled together with the diverter portion so that the encoder and diverter portions move with each other ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4599028 | Installation for charging a shaft furnace In a so-called bell less top type shaft furnace charging installation with rotary and angularly adjustable distribution chute (34) and one or more storage hoppers (18) which are offset with regard to the vertical central furnace axis, there are provided a... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4522291 | Seed flow divider attachment for seed drills An attachment for seed drills whereby a fraction of seed flow can be selectively diverted from an existing flow path to a secondary flow path and in which the diverted percentage of the seed flow can be delivered to a planting depth different from that se... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4422815 | Machine tool support and discharge apparatus Support and discharge apparatus (10) includes a pair of forward legs (20) which are pinned to the forward edge portion of a rectangularly-shaped table (14) and a pair of rear legs (22) pinned to the rear end portion of the table. Legs (20) and (22) are in... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4246739 | Fish sizing device A bifurcated funnel presents small fish in alternating orientation to a canning apparatus. The canning apparatus is moved incrementally forward to receive the oncoming fish by a distance equivalent to the width of that individual fish. A flap is disposed ... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4174920 | Solid fuel distributor A solid fuel distribution system for uniformly distributing fuel throughout a furnace comprising a novel dual-reciprocating spout assembly that is adapted to provide a substantially constant supply of fuel to a plurality of supply chutes. The spout assemb... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4122932 | Combination grain discharge chute construction for dump wagon An improved grain discharge chute for a hopper type grain wagon is attached to the wagon adjacent the side discharge door. The grain chute pivots between a side discharge position and a bottom discharge position. When in the side discharge position, the g... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4071966 | Apparatus for removing snow from roadway Apparatus for removing snow from the surface of a roadway to a disposal site as the roadway vehicle advances and scoops up the snow into a storage chamber. A primary conduit engaging the road surface coupled with a secondary conduit together carry the sno... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4027833 | Article transfer system A device for transferring article carriers from one carrier tube of a pneumatic transfer system to another carrier tube provided by a hopper movable along a guide. A plurality of gated incoming carrier tubes are positioned above the hopper. When the slide... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4024939 | Wagon box having side and center delivery from one opening A gravity type box for a farm wagon, in which the box has a single opening and provides either side or center delivery of flowable material from the box. The opening in the box is in a lower portion thereof and is closed by a sliding door. Two chutes are ... | 05/24/1977 |
