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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7743909 | Conveying installation for transporting goods by way of a conveyor belt A conveying installation for transporting goods has a conveyor belt that is guided over deflecting drums in a loading station and in an unloading station. The conveyor belt is mounted to the underside of supporting bars which are oriented transversely to the movemen... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7424946 | Roller cleaning system A roller cleaning system (10) for an oven (20) equipped with a series of motorized rollers (21) each of which is in turn connected to a relative motor-reducer (24) for rotation activation, in turn connected to a relative frequency convert... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7416110 | Apparatus for collecting particulate material An apparatus for collecting particulate material has a collection tray (1) and a fire-resistant collection reservoir (21, 22, 23). A scraper blade (24) is attached to a carriage (7) which is arranged to be driven by an electrical motor al... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7308980 | Method for distributing a conveyor belt cleaner A method of distributing and assembling a conveyor belt cleaner comprises manufacturing a first key component at a first point of fabrication in a longer than needed standard length, obtaining a first common component at a second point of fabrication, cutting the fi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7255223 | Mixture with a smooth throughput A transport device for transporting a transportable product, especially a bulk-type product, includes an essentially cylindrical chamber containing at least one shaft which extends along the cylindrical chamber and comprises a plurality of first transport elements f... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7234586 | Self-cleaning foodstuff conveyors A conveyor suitable for use, e.g., in food processing apparatus, includes particular procedures and arrangements for decontaminating the surface of the conveyor. The conveyor surface is subject first to a mechanical cleaning, e.g., by spraying of liquid followed by ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225915 | Mountable cleaning apparatus for commercial conveyors A first embodiment of this invention is a cleaning apparatus for a commercial conveyor belt that is mounted on a conveyor table. The cleaning apparatus is a housing that includes a spraying tube for dispensing a cleaning solution and a novel wiping device. The wipin... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207431 | Conveyor belt drip pan assembly A conveyor belt drip pan assembly having a deck frame with a main surface section for receiving falling particles from a traveling conveyor belt. Elongated upright ramp members are secured to the sides of the deck frame. A scraper blade is reciprocally movable by a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7159706 | Self cleaning conveyor with roller scraper and debris reduction skirt Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for a street sweeper having a conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly has a pair of rollers and a conveyor belt connected therebetween. The conveyor assembly is provided with debris skirts to lift the edge of the conveyor ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7093706 | Conveyor belt cleaning system A conveyor belt cleaner is provided that is particularly well-suited for high temperature applications. The cleaner includes a blade mount that has a layback arm mounting the cleaning blade and which can simultaneously deflect horizontally and vertically via changes... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083039 | Conveyor cleaning apparatus A conveyor apparatus has a conveyor cleaner assembly proximate the delivery end. The cleaner assembly has first and second parallel rotating brushes having an axis of rotation substantially transverse to the conveyor direction of travel and rotating in the same dire... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7055675 | Conveyor belt cleaning system An assembly for cleaning a conveyor belt system is disclosed. The cleaning assembly is for a conveyor belt system with the type having first and second endless belts which each traverse a separate belt travel path and together define a generally upright article tran... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055674 | Self-cleaning enclosed belt conveyor for loose materials The self-cleaning enclosed belt conveyor for loose materials comprises a mobile belt (10) operatively connected to proper containment walls (2), where mechanical means (1, 15) are provided for, connected to said conveyor belt (10), wherei... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7021455 | Wet chip pick-up assembly A wet chip pick-up assembly includes a slotted rotary drum. A comb member is seated for movement in each of the drum slots. A friction drive assembly frictionally engages the drum causing the drum to rotate which, in turn, causes the comb members to rotate. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994508 | Method and arrangement for handling parent reels In this publication it is described a method and an arrangement for moving parent reels (1) between at least two handling stations with the aid of a parent reel cart (2, 3), wherein at least one of the stations a parent reel (1) is carried on ca... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971503 | Conveyor belt cleaning apparatus A conveyor belt cleaning apparatus includes a debris-removal stage, a washing stage, a rinsing stage, and a water removal stage all positioned in a multi-chambered drawer with each of the four stages is provided with an isolated bin within that drawer. The various s... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964331 | Cantilever mounted rotary brush conveyor belt cleaner The cantilever mounted rotary brush conveyor belt cleaner is mounted on one side of a conveyor apparatus, with the rotary brush extending beneath the head pulley and the return strand of the belt to remove foreign material adhering to the belt. The unit includes a s... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945383 | Dispensing applicator and method of use A solvent dispensing mechanism is fluidically coupled to create a substantially uniform wet region of a belt surface scrubber. Mechanisms for selectively engaging and disengaging the scrubber ensure free belt travel during flexible material transport and the cleanin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932210 | Self-cleaning oscillating conveyor for deburring, dedusting and the onward transport of small parts A self-cleaning oscillating conveyor includes a vertical tube and a conveyor channel that is helically wound upwardly around the vertical tube with a corresponding electromagnetic oscillating unit and a casing tube, which surrounds the exterior of the conveyor chann... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926133 | Scraper blade for conveyor belts A two piece scraper blade is provided that includes a scraper member that is releasably connected to a base member. The scraper member can be of a different material than the base member to provide various advantages including with respect to its wear resistance. Fu... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923312 | Dual-web transport belt cleaning apparatus and method A method and apparatus for cleaning a perforated, transport belt has belt surface cleaner mechanisms that include a pair of moveable, consumable webs. A scrubbing of the belt by a wet web is followed by a scrubbing of the belt by a dry, absorbent web. A solvent disp... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902053 | Conveyor belt alignment system A conveyor belt alignment system for maintaining a maintaining a conveyor belt's alignment under various operating conditions. The conveyor belt alignment system includes a mounting plate for attaching to a structure, a first plate attached to a second plate, wherei... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6708817 | Drive and tensioning station of a chain scraper conveyor A drive and tensioning station (10) of a chain scraper conveyor for mining operations with a machine frame base (20) having side cheeks (21) and a conveyor base (22), connected to a line of pans of the chain scraper conveyor, with a tensi... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6615973 | Cart for loading, unloading and transporting a toolbox The present invention is a cart that facilitates the unloading and loading of a toolbox from a vehicle used to transport the toolbox from one jobsite to another. Fundamentally, the cart comprises a support frame, with u-shaped wheel channels atop the fram... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6601692 | Device for cleaning endless conveyors A device is provided for cleaning an endless conveyor. The device includes an endless brush belt engageable with the endless conveyor. A tension mechanism is provided for placing a tension on the endless brush belt. A clutch mechanism is operatively conne... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6578701 | Apparatus for cleaning clips on web transport device An apparatus for automatically cleaning the clips on a web processing apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a scraper for scraping the web supporting surface of the clips on the web transporting machine, and also desirably includes a clip opener,... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6547060 | Conveying device The present invention concerns a conveying device with an endless conveyor belt, which has catches extending essentially transverse to the conveying direction. In order to further develop a previously known conveying device so that small bulk articles, wh... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6533102 | Device for cleaning a conveyor belt The vessel or vessels (7, 7', 7") in contact with the solvent used for cleaning the conveyor (T) are designed and arranged in such a way that they are enclosed, and the portion of conveyor belt which is wetted with solvent is also isolated by suitable mea... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6527103 | Cleaning device for guides of escalator steps or moving walkway plates A cleaning device for guide elements in the form of slide blocks utilized in escalators and moving walkways allows contaminants in escalators and moving walkways allows contaminants, which accumulate on the escalator and moving walkway base plates, agains... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6357578 | Trailer floor cleaning system A system for cleaning the floor of a self-unloading trailer of residual particulate material comprises in combination with moving slats of a typical self-unloading trailer three rails each fashioned to be attached to the top of a slat, and a wedge-shaped ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6321900 | Power take off from an endless conveyor A hydraulic power take off device for an endless conveyor belt system having an upper material run and a lower return run, said device being arranged to generate hydraulic fluid at pressure to maintain a self adjusting force to belt cleaning equipment, an... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6279726 | Self-cleaning drive mechanism for driving conveyor belts An improved self-cleaning drive mechanism for driving a conveyor belt including a rotatable drive gear having a plurality of receiving grooves adapted to engage and drive the conveyor belt, the plurality of receiving grooves being disposed along a periphe... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6099427 | Self-cleaning pulley device and toner image reproduction machine including same A self-cleaning pulley device includes a cylindrical member including a body portion having an outer surface; a series of spaced apart recesses formed from the outer surface into the body portion, each recess of the series of recesses having a root portio... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6056111 | Blade holder for conveyor belt reversible scraper blade A reversible belt scraper blade is supported on the support arms of a belt scraper by attachment fittings that permit the blade to be rotated, in place, while the weight of the blade is carried on the belt scraper arms.... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5893450 | Roller conveyor cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning the rollers of a roller conveyor. The apparatus comprises a platform frictionally engaging a plurality of the rollers such that the apparatus is conveyed along the roller conveyor by the rotation of the rollers, and a first clean... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5657853 | Belt conveyors having cleaning rollers The disclosed conveyor-belt cleaning assembly includes a ribbed cleaning roller that is restrained by a blocking device against moving closer to the belt than an operating position at which the ribs of the cleaning roller sweep at high speed along or clos... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5657852 | Screw conveyor for tacky media A screw conveyor for tacky media has members such as chains disposed in rest positions extending into the trough laterally of the screw axis. These members are engaged and deflected by the screw blade as it progresses along said axis. The members are subj... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5588536 | Dredge with bi-directional grizzly A water based dredge includes a grizzly with a sieve and a pair of bi-directional rakes. The rakes translate relative to the stationary sieve to slide waste or recoverable material off of the grid and onto a refuse barge or material processing apparatus, ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5497872 | Method and apparatus for cleaning conveyor belts A conveyor belt is cleaned of debris left by conveyed materials, by a high-speed spiral-ribbed roller; contacting portions of the belt and the cleaning roller are of polymeric material, in particular polyurethane. The speed of the ribs is vastly greater t... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5427251 | Tipping grid for floating dredges A tipping grid assembly includes a frame in which a tipping grid is supported and a scraper disposed above and reciprocatingly movable with respect to the tipping grid. The scraper includes a bridge having top and bottom chords, and teeth on the bottom ch... | 06/27/1995 |
