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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735620 | Dust buildup resistant access door and door frame of a bulk material handling system A bulk material handling system comprising an enclosure, a door frame, and an access door. The door frame is secured to a wall of the enclosure adjacent an access opening. The exterior surface of the door frame is devoid of horizontal surface portions when the enclo... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7350636 | Door assembly for a chute system A door assembly for a chute system comprising a door pivotally connected to a frame assembly mountable around an opening in a chute system. The door is manufactured from stainless steel and is free of welds. The door includes an automatic closer mounted to its inter... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7174602 | Vacuum trash insertion receptacle A vacuum trash insertion receptacle includes an aesthetically shaped housing providing a trash tube for the insertion and transportation of garbage to a trash receptacle assembly. A control assembly in communication with a gate monitoring assembly, an interactive mo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7118272 | Method and apparatus for optically detecting and locating a fire in an enclosed space Thermally reactive elements of an intumescent material that expands when heated above a trigger temperature are arranged in an enclosed space, e.g a freight compartment of an aircraft. An optical sensor in the enclosed space has a field of view encompassing the elem... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7017728 | Pneumatically actuated chute door and system employing the same A chute system having a pneumatically actuated access door where the door is journally mounted to an access port in the wall and communicates with the chute to direct objects inserted into the access port to the chute. When an operator actuates a switch, the door ma... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6924730 | Fire door control system and method including periodic system testing A fire door control system permits user input during regular use and during alarm conditions. The system utilizes primary and secondary power sources and incorporates a variety of preventive safeguards assuring that functionality of the fire door control system will... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920835 | Charity collection safe A collection safe is provided, especially for charitable donations, for installation in a wall of a building. The collection safe has a rectangular box formation and includes a first door on one side of the box for receiving donations and a second door on the opposi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6179109 | Conveyor device for shelf channels in shelf-storage systems A conveying apparatus (1) for shelf channels of shelf storage facilities comprises two parallely arranged, circulating conveying means (2) for receiving pallets (P). The conveying means (2) are partially designed as support roller chains (3) whose ends ar... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6102562 | Removable container insert An assembly providing a removable tapered insert for a particulate material container. A plurality of annularly spaced flat brackets are supported on and project inwardly of the container. The insert has tapered upper edge projections and is rotatable for... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5941362 | Drop delivery chute A drop delivery debris disposal chute formed of a continuous trough sectioned body having an open face, and a plurality of cover elements each secured to span the open face to constitute a respective part of a closure wall of the chute, wherein each of a ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5893697 | Automated system for selecting packages from a storage area A package dispenser that can be used in an automated system for filling orders, such as prescriptions for patients. The dispenser includes a magazine for holding a plurality of packages. The magazine includes a loading end and a dispensing end which has a... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5845784 | Jam resistant channel slide for sorting machine A multiple channel gravity-fed slide for a sorting machine is disclosed wherein the heights of the divider ribs between channels are at least high enough to define the channels and keep normally sized products flowing within the respective channels. At le... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5806759 | Recycling and waste disposal apparatus A waste disposal apparatus is built-in to a wall of a building so as to enable waste, which may be sorted into recyclable and non-recyclable waste within the building, to be dispensed into garbage bins (69) or the like located at the outside of the buildi... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5598914 | Removable sidewall for a molded spiral chute A plurality of spiral sidewall sections are provided and are connected to the center support pole of a spiral chute which is used to transport articles from an upper location to a lower location to provide a sidewall located between the original sidewall ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5501402 | Patching pan device The patching pan is a device for use with a truck having a material containment bed with a material distribution opening. The patching pan is rotatably and detachably mounted to the truck. In a first position, patching material is urged through the distri... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5472768 | Tubular section rolled up from a flexible sheet The present invention relates to a tubular section which may be constructed from a sheet having a pair of opposed edges. The opposed edges are releasably connectable such that the section may be stored in a relatively flat configuration. The screw fastene... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5451315 | Ore pass shaff water drainage means An ore pass rush eliminator is disclosed which includes, in the ore pass shaft, a channel formed in the base of the shaft whereby excess water can pass to waste to avoid any build up of such water. Further described are means whereby the channel may be ke... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5090546 | Door/ledge assembly for gravity chute A gravity conveyor chute section (10) includes a door/ledge assembly (20), having a ledge (30) which is hingedly attached to a sidewall (12) of the chute section below a side opening (16) into the chute section and first and second side supports (56, 58),... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5007581 | Garbage collection device A garbage collection device is disclosed which extends through an outside wall of a dwelling for the reception therein of recyclable garbage. The device includes a garbage receptacle which is disposed externally relative to the outside wall for the recept... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4784250 | Silo having double chute adaptation A silo having a conventional tubular construction including a plurality of openings in one sidewall thereof and covered by a U-shaped housing to form an access chute. Attached to the outside of this U-shaped housing is a second housing to form a discharge... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4735301 | Material transfer apparatus A tower silo has an upright enclosure providing a first passageway aligned with doorways open to the interior of the silo. A chute secured to the side of the enclosure has a second passageway for carrying material to the base of the silo. A reverse S-shap... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4712664 | Load-out construction device A load-out construction device (10) is provided for conveying debris from a building (12) having a roof (14), floors and an exterior wall (16). The load-out construction device (10) includes a hopper (18). The load-out construction device (10) further inc... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4702364 | Silo chute hopper attachment A silo chute hopper attachment that fits underneath an existing silo chute having a swivel end, and an upper hopper portion that has flanges slidably mounted onto brackets fixed to the silo wall so that the hopper slides in and out like a drawer underneat... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4694947 | Dump chute assembly A dump chute assembly includes an outer radially-shaped housing having an access door and an inner pivotally movable radially-shaped chute member. The inner chute member includes a sealing panel which seals the assembly from the incinerator chimney. Contr... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4679704 | Gravity pipe transport system This invention relates to apparatus for the pipe transport of material comprising non-slurried solids particles by means of a pipe which is generally upright. The material to be transported and also air are introduced at the top of the pipe. In order to p... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4640403 | Gravity-conveyor chute section A rectangularly-shaped debris-conveyor chute section (10) which can be nested with other sections to form a debris chute has a side opening (30) for receiving items to be conveyed by the chute. The side opening (30) has a rotatable door/ledge assembly (32... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4551051 | Apparatus for charging a rotary kiln with pneumatic tires A rotary kiln is charged with pneumatic tires by a lock chamber which carries two gates adapted to be opened in alternation. To ensure a desirable charging operation, the lock chamber provides a runway downwardly inclined towards the kiln inlet and having... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4416362 | Material discharge apparatus with improved discharge tube In a silo chute is mounted a flexible tube that extends from above the uppermost silo doorway to the lower end of the chute and that has a continuous slit extending substantially from top to bottom on the side toward the silo doorways. A zipper permits th... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4382498 | Silage handling system The present invention relates to silage handling system for the discharge chute of an upright silo. It comprises a flange member secureable to the lower extremity of a silo discharge chute about the periphery thereof with this flange member restricting th... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4373623 | Silo discharge chute Silo discharge chute forming means, or a silo including such means fixed astride an upright slot opening in its wall. The discharge chute is comprised of a vertically disposed series of doors, each larger than the silo opening but vertically segmented so ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4339024 | Dust-tight silo discharge pipe assembly An assembly for discharging ensilage from a silo, providing a substantially dust-tight path through which the ensilage may pass and also providing a discharge bag which need not be cut as the assembly is lowered within the silo. The assembly comprises an ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4281754 | Silo unloading chute A silo unloading chute is disclosed which is installed in a silo (10) so that silage may be unloaded through an access chute (22) provided for human access to the silo (10) without fouling the access chute (22) itself. Adjacent to each of the doors (16) i... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4278163 | Wall mounted log chute A wall mounted log chute for transferring fireplace logs through a wall of a dwelling is disclosed. An opening formed in the wall of a dwelling has a hopper hinged thereto. The hopper is movable from a first position wherein the hopper is opened at the ou... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4260313 | Silo discharge door frame for use with silo clean chute funnel A door frame for use in the discharge doors of silos which is adapted to be quickly moved from one frame to another as silage is removed from the silo, and which will support a hood or funnel used with clean chute systems for discharging silage from the s... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4170433 | Apparatus for emptying bulk material from a storage chamber Apparatus for emptying bulk material from a storage chamber comprising a first rake in the storage chamber for transporting material in the longitudinal direction, the first rake being movable vertically and transversely. A vertical transport device is mo... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4166524 | Closure for silo dormer An agricultural silo comprising a plurality of vertically spaced apart silage discharge orifices includes a double passage chute overlying the orifices. The chute includes a first passage permitting unobstructed operator access and a separate silage disch... | 09/04/1979 |
