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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7537103 | Portal-type scraper reclaimer with bent reclaimer boom A portal-type scraper reclaimer having a support structure 10 and a boom 16. The support structure 10 includes end support members 12. The boom 16 has a main portion 17 and an end portion 15. The end portion 15... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7234909 | Apparatus for storage and unloading of granular material The object of the invention is an apparatus for storage of wood chips in a curved-top stockpile the apparatus consisting of a central tower, which supports a conveyor for loading the chips and a beam-like turning pile composer, and a unloading beam supported on grou... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7101140 | Apparatus for storage and unloading of granular material The object of the invention is an apparatus for storage of wood chips in a curved-top stockpile the apparatus consisting of a central tower which supports a conveyor for loading the chips and a beam-like turning pile composer, and a unloading beam supported on groun... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7000757 | Stacker reclaimer apparatus The present invention relates to an improved stacker reclaimer apparatus for building up and discharging bulk material. The improved stacker reclaimer apparatus includes only one stacker bearing to separate the stacker machine from the reclaimer machine. A torque re... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6203261 | Adjustable reclaiming device for moving bulk material A reclaimer for moving grains and other bulk material in a desired direction includes a substantially cylindrical column upstanding within a storage silo. A track, mounted on the storage silo above the floor, concentrically encircles the column. A motoriz... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5944168 | Crescent shaped support cover A crescent shaped support cover for an elongate material reclamation mechanism in a granular or powdered material storage enclosure, the support cover comprising: a first elongate tube having a longitudinal opening formed in its side along the full length... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5863174 | Apparatus for picking up poultry from breeding pens An automatic apparatus for picking up poultry in general from breeding pens and the like, including a pick-up assembly that is operatively associable with a transfer conveyor. The pick-up assembly comprises at least one conveyor with an inclined plane tha... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5667350 | Bulk ship unloader An apparatus for continuously unloading bulk material from a bulk container has a carriage displaceable longitudinally adjacent the bulk container and an outrigger having an inner end pivotable about longitudinal and vertical axes on the carriage and an o... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5626218 | Belt unloader provided with a screw feeder system In a belt unloader provided with a vertical carrier (53) for carrying bulk cargo vertically, a screw feeder system is supported by a supporting frame (14) connected to a body frame (18) such that the supporting frame is allowed to be tilted. The screw fee... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5613820 | Continuous-operation cargo-transfer equipment A continuous-operation cargo-transfer equipment. It comprises bulk-cargo uptake mechanisms (4a), an upright conveyor-constituted shaft (4), a boom (5) with a conveyor mounted on it that seesaws up and down on a turntable (6), a gantry (10) that travels ba... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5575603 | Bulk-ship unloading system An apparatus for unloading bulk material from a ship floating in a body of water has a carriage displaceable horizontally adjacent the ship, a turntable on the carriage, and a generally upright column having a lower end pivoted on the turntable and an upp... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5518353 | Arrangement in an unloading system An arrangement for unloading bulk material (1a) from holds (2a-2e) in a transport vessel (1), comprising a belt conveyor (3a, 3b, 3t) extending in the longitudinal direction of the ship close to the bottom (9) thereof, the belt conveyor supporting incline... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5366067 | Extraction device and storage area equipped with such a device An extraction device comprises an inclinable scraper shaft driven in rotation along a first vertical axis of rotation, thereby extracting bulk products stored over a storage area having at least one evacuation opening. The extraction device comprises a su... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5232326 | Apparatus for clearing a pile of bulk material This apparatus for clearing and removing the bulk material from a pile of bulk material comprises a movable bridge, at least one scraper arrangement which is movable along this bridge and a bulk material conveyor arrangement which is also supported by the... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5187097 | Composting system and composting method The disclosure is directed to a large composting system as well as to a new composting method for the automatic production of compost. A mobile layer rearranging unit includes a conveyor system which is changeable with respect to length can be remote-cont... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5180272 | Device and method for outloading bulk materials An apparatus for removing bulk materials from a laterally enclosed storage area wherein the apparatus may be substantially buried within the bulk material (11). The apparatus includes a support column (16) mounted at a base into a support floor (25). An a... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5099983 | Portable auger system apparatus and method for depositing gypsum into an irrigation ditch A portable sweep auger apparatus and method for controllably transferring predetermined continuous amounts of granular and powdered gypsum from a pile of gypsum to an irrigation ditch. The apparatus includes a base member, a driver member and an auger ass... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4998855 | Equipment for storing and unstoring bulk material An arrangement for storing and removing bulk material in a round pile, in which a truss is rotatable about a vertical axis on a substructure. The truss carries a material depositing belt and a bulk material receiver which is pivotable in a vertical direct... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4830177 | Bucket elevator-type continuous unloader A bucket elevator-type continuous unloader in which guide rails are provided on a frame of a horizontal scraping section and rollers engaging with each guide rail are provided for a train of elevator buckets, wherein the guide rails are adapted to be enga... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4784560 | Apparatus for trimming and emptying bulk material An apparatus for trimming and emptying bulk material in a cargo room (2) comprises two rake devices (18, 19) which at one end are connected to the lower end of a cargo lifter in the form of a vertical conveyor (16). The cargo lifter is suspended in a hous... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4762220 | Side scraper for a heap of loose material The invention relates to a side scraper which serves for the discharge of loose material from a heap of loose material and in which the free space between the surface of the heap to be cleared and the upper face of the scraper scoops is covered by a suppo... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4702366 | Bucket conveyor with a rotatable boom Bucket conveyor (13) with a rotatable boom, which comprises a frame (18) and a plurality of pulleys (21-22-23) on which an endless catenary (17) of buckets (20) is driven, the catenary (17) consisting of at least one chain (19) bearing a plurality of buck... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4565280 | Bucket conveyor Bucket conveyor to load heaped materials from a plane on which the heap lies onto another higher plane, comprising lengths of chain, junction links and buckets to carry aggregate, and a framework consisting of a substantially triangular metallic structure... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4548315 | Tethered vehicle for moving bulk material A tracked vehicle is tethered so that as it skids on a pile of bulk material, the cleated tracks transfer the material toward the tethered end. The tethering rope hitch point on the vehicle is translatable laterally to effect controlled sideward skiding f... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4540085 | Device for raking a storage heap An apparatus for a raking device which illustratively includes a harrow, which moves along a bridge in a reciprocating direction and which includes a mechanism for ensuring that any motion of an apex of the harrow is substantially linear as the harrow mov... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4537553 | Arrangement in a silo or the like for storing pulverulent, granular or lumpy material, such as coal A silo or the like for storing pulverulent, granular or lumpy material has a wall which encloses the silo storage space, a roof whose pitch substantially corresponds to the angle of repose of the material, an inlet opening in the silo roof, an outlet open... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4512458 | Bridge scraper for direct material feeding The invention relates to a bridge scraper for raking material from a storage heap onto a belt conveyor by means of a scraper chain mounted on a bridge which also carries a carriage which feeds material from the heap to the scraper chain. The speed of the ... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4417652 | Scraper arm A scraper arm apparatus for use especially with concrete mixers, including an endless chain provided at spaced apart intervals with scraper members and movable in a vertical plane about a support member, which is fixed to the opening of a hopper which rec... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4361222 | Apparatus for feeding longitudinal heterogenous goods An apparatus for feeding long tree parts piled with approximate parallelism to a processing machine having an infeed spaced from the pile for receiving the parts endwise, has an arm which is positioned at a level above the pile and so as to span the space... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4333560 | Apparatus for removing particulate material from a pile thereof Apparatus is provided for removing particulate material not normally larger than about 0.5 dm3 in volume such as wood chips, bark, coal, ore, slag, municipal waste or industrial waste, from a pile whose sides are at an angle of at least 40° to... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4318466 | Raker apparatus A raker boom supports a plurality of independently driven and mounted rotatable raker wheels which are applied to the face of a pile of material to dislodge and move the material downwardly toward a bucket wheel and conveyor for gathering and conveying th... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4312441 | Apparatus for removing particulate material from a pile Apparatus is provided for removing particulate material, such as wood chips, bark, municipal waste or industrial waste, from a pile thereof, comprising a support extending along the base of the pile and a carriage movable on the support along its longitud... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4284369 | Take-up head for bulk material conveyor installation The disclosure is directed to a take-up head for a conveyor installation that removes bulk material from the hold of a ship. The take-up head includes a vertical conveying tube carried by a frame, the lower end of the tube defining a take-up aperture. A r... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4264256 | Apparatus for removing bulk material from a dump A bridge is movable transversely to its longitudinal direction. A carrier extends in the longitudinal direction and is mounted on the bridge to be movable in said longitudinal direction. An inclined pole is connected to the carrier and extends upwardly to... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4248339 | Gantry scraper A gantry scraper for the clearing of dumps which can function in closed buildings and can clear substantially the entire area under the scraper. A vertically swingable scraping jib is provided in combination with a tensioned clearing rope or the like whic... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4240541 | Apparatus for moving materials Apparatus for removing or reclaiming material from a stockpile or other mass of material, comprising an elongate bladed member drivable to rotate about an axis longitudinal thereof, a frame carrying said bladed member and drivable to move the bladed membe... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4236857 | Apparatus for the continuous unloading of ships An apparatus for the continuous unloading of ships, having a traveling crane and a boom disposed for raising and lowering thereon and bearing a feeder for bulk material that is to be unloaded comprise a bucket elevator including a main frame and a lower s... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4231467 | Dry stacker and reclaimer There is disclosed a backstacker-reclaimer apparatus which includes a frame having a combined stacking and reclaiming boom. A plurality of spaced stacking and reclaiming flights are longitudinally driven about the boom by an endless chain drive. A conveyo... | 11/04/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4165202 | Apparatus for emptying bulk material from a storage chamber Apparatus for emptying bulk material from a storage chamber comprising a rake in the storage chamber for transporting material in one direction therein for external discharge from the chamber and a guide beam in the chamber extending transversely and supp... | 08/21/1979 |
