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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314131 | Elevating conveyor An elevating conveyor for flowable material comprises an inlet (14) and an outlet (20) at opposite ends of a tubular barrel (1) surrounding a helical elevating member (2). Elevating member (2) is restrained against rotation about a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311214 | Clean room crane assembly A hoist assembly for use in a clean room includes a hoist body which is received in a hoist cover cavity of a hoist cover. A rigging is coupled to a winch of the hoist body and to an attaching member attachable to a load. The rigging is received in a rigging cavity ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7287637 | Conveyor system for minimizing product damage during collection A conveyor system is provided to limit the vertical fall experienced by a product transported along the conveyor and falling into a collection bin. A sensor in a fixed position relative to the product conveying plane of the conveyor measures product collection heigh... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7080960 | Apparatus and method for transporting waste materials An apparatus for transporting solid waste drill cuttings material produced in the drilling of an oil or gas well, the apparatus including: a waste supply apparatus; a feeder to transport the material; a pneumatic conveying apparatus to which the material is transfer... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7032741 | Conveyor system having a speed control chute A package sorting conveyor apparatus comprising: a conveying track; a conveyor chute downstream from said conveying track; a speed control device for controlling the speed of packages in said chute; and at least one unloading station downstream from said conveyor ch... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6994205 | Apparatus for controlling the deposition of feed material on a deposition build-up surface An apparatus 40 for controlling the deposition of feed material, such as coal 24, on a deposition build-up surface 64 subjected to deposition loading of feed material is provided for use in a feeder arrangement having an endless conveyor 42 | 02/07/2006 |
| 6656033 | Coin dispensing apparatus for circulating overflowing coins A coin dispensing apparatus includes a first coin storage member with a coin dispensing unit operatively connected for dispensing coins. A second coin storage member is connected to the first coin storage member for receiving an overflow of coins. A coin ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6241072 | Bottle manufacturing hopper system An object loader system is provided for loading objects from storage into an object processing application. A first conveyor receives the objects from storage, and a second conveyor receives the objects from the first conveyor system at a predetermined lo... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6199684 | Bulk materials loading device Bulk material is fed by a conveyor (10) into a hopper at the upper end of an upright extendible conduit (12). A fractionally opening gate (14) at the lower end of the conduit controls the rate at which the material in the conduit is discharged onto a disc... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6138817 | Gravity feed grading unit A grading unit divides a supply of objects into constituent portions and directs the divided portions to various predefined locations. At least one passageway is defined, being sufficiently inclined so that the supply of objects flows through the unit sol... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6019147 | Transfer apparatus for bulk solids Apparatus having a let-down tube for dust free gravity transfer of bulk solids between upper and lower containers. A spool engageable with a discharge opening on the upper container has a lower end for slidably receiving an end of the let-down tube, the o... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5836721 | Powder coating apparatus A powder coating apparatus feeds fine powdered coating material such as thermoplastic type material to a succession of discrete articles passing by the apparatus which includes a vibratory feeder bowl and a spiral track for delivering a substantially cons... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5687858 | High-rise shelving In high-rise shelving, in the region of a feed or removal opening (2) there is disposed a collapsible table (7), to which a shelf-rack (5) can be temporarily transferred. The table (7) assumes, in addition to the supporting function, the function of an ac... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5494150 | Conveyor belt system with shock-absorbing belt side travel control means A batter board is interposed between an upper conveyor belt, that is discharging granular material, and a lower conveyor belt that is receiving it. The batter board is adapted to deflect the downwardly arching stream of material, to laterally adjust the l... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5353911 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the flow of solid materials A method and apparatus for monitoring the flow of bulk material in a bulk materials handling system is disclosed. A critical stage in the system is identified in which variations in flowability of the material might result in the entire system flow being ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5265713 | Endless belt product feeding system A particulate product conveying apparatus includes a first endless belt, a portion of which moves in a generally horizontal direction, and second and third endless belts disposed at horizontally spaced-apart locations on either side of the first belt wher... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5248042 | Resilient wire-wrapped, and adjustably tensioned screen drum with drum overload-preventing feedback control A mobile screening apparatus includes a horizontal rotary drum preferably fed by underflow from a prescreening device that is reversible endless belt of screening grizzly bars. The belt reverses for expelling oversize material caught between bars. Force n... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5232082 | Pinless belt feeder This invention relates to a device for volumetric flow control of particulate and fiber-like materials, specifically tobacco. More particularly, this invention relates to an apparatus having a contractible chute or a tilting conveyor. The discharge end of... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5183147 | Chemical handling system A system for handling agricultural chemicals, such as herbicides, pesticides, and the like which are supplied in dry form. A refillable tank includes an integral, internal auger that horizontally extends through the bottom portion of the tank and is adapt... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5145054 | Vibratory feeder voltage control A control for regulating the AC voltage provide to a vibratory feeder, which includes electronic circuitry for generating a "desired" voltage signal, feedback circuitry for generating an "actual" voltage signal, a logic circuit for comparing the "desired"... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5004400 | Automatic rate matching system An automatic rate matching system is provided such that the delivery of bulk material is matched with the quantity of bulk material required by a process. An optical probe is used which determines the depth of material delivered into a hopper, prior to it... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4948321 | Automated storage system A horizontal storage silo or bin for particulate matter such as, for example, peanuts and cereal, includes a moving apron or floor and a dam for gently receiving product, controlling product deposit into the silo and supporting the rear face of the produc... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4940131 | Material handling system and control valve thereof A rotary valve for use in a particulate material handling system having an elevated device for holding a supply of the particulate material, a lower material receiving device and a remote control device. The rotary valve includes a housing having a rotor ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4871058 | Machine control apparatus using wire capacitance sensor A system for controlling the operating speed of a can machine having an input conveyor for temporarily storing cans while moving them along a path toward the machine includes a metal wire capacitance sensor. The wire may be arranged either as a linear sen... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4867298 | Conveyor system for planar panel A conveyor system for conveying planar panels in single file. The conveyor system can be used for receiving panels from bulk storage to a workstation. The conveyor system includes a conveyor belt apparatus located to receive the panels at its upstream end... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4832172 | Storage and discharge apparatus An improved storage and discharge apparatus (10) for receiving items to be stored and selectively discharging same. The storage and discharge apparatus (10) comprises a depositary (14) for receiving items to be stored, the depository (14) defining a forwa... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4776747 | High speed integrated circuit handler An integrated circuit handler provides very high throughput rates and very low manual labor requirements. A sleeve handler portion provides nearly all of the sleeve handling needs of the handler, receiving periodic inputs of a plurality of sleeves, orient... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4774840 | Detector for rod-like articles The position of a rod-like article of the tobacco industry is detected by measuring the delay in receiving sound transmitted towards and reflected from the article. In a preferred arrangement a stack level detector comprises a transmitter (22) for pulsed ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4744453 | Apparatus for temporary storage of cigarettes or the like Apparatus for temporary storage of cigarettes has a collecting vessel with a lateral inlet for a mass flow of parallel cigarettes and with a vertical duct at the bottom for evacuation of a mass flow of cigarettes. The top portion of the vessel carries two... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4729105 | Continuous processing system with accumulator model for product flow control A continuous processing system for performing production operations on a plurality of unit products using at least two discrete processing machines including: an upstream processing machine; a downstream processing machine; an accumulator for transferring... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4661663 | Tilt switch A novel suspended tilt switch method and apparatus for use in transporting bulk material and including a switch assembly having a plurality of parallel connected, position sensitive switch elements mounted in a predetermined configuration to provide norma... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4651758 | Apparatus for detecting foreign objects in the distributor of a cigarette maker The distributor of a cigarette maker has an upwardly travelling conveyor which transports particles of tobacco past a rotating paddle wheel serving to remove the surplus of particles and to return the removed surplus into the magazine of the distributor. ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4651867 | Apparatus for discharging free-flowing and viscous materials from a belt conveyor An apparatus for discharging free-flowing and viscous materials from a belt conveyor comprises a discharge end of a conveyor having a discharge roll. a frame means is provided at the discharge end of the conveyor and supports a guide means provided downst... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4609096 | Loader/unloader assembly for vertical stores conveyor having unload position safety cut-off A loader/unloader assembly for use with a vertical tiltable platform stores conveyor having a horizontal load position, a vertical stowed position and an intermediate inclined unload position. The load platform contains guide pins cooperating with a race ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4602711 | Apparatus for feeding cylindrical workpieces to a workplace A device for feeding cylindrical components such as diodes, resistors or capacitors includes a buffer container for receiving components from a storage container, a horizontal exit track at the bottom of the buffer container, a delivery container for rece... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4567410 | Capacitive article density monitor A capacitance article density monitor which is adjusted to have a zero voltage output when no articles are positioned adjacent a sensor and wherein the output of the circuit may be utilized directly to control a variable speed drive for a machine to which... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4555011 | Conveying rod-like articles A flexible membrane (54) confines the rod-like articles in a transition zone (10) (which may be the filling head of a tray filler). The membrane is extended or retracted under tension in response to pressure of articles in the zone. The amount of extensio... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4531630 | Load sensor A load sensor for a concrete conveyor having a tremie which sounds a signal and releases the tremie in case the tremie becomes overloaded. The device has a U-shaped deflection yoke between the tremie and the conveyor which deflects under the weight of the... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4497400 | Load-unload device--limit overload sensing device A load-unload device is disclosed for use in a vertical conveyor system hng means for sensing a jam condition between a downward moving conveyor tray and an article that has failed to remove from the load-unload device. The device includes linkage means ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4487310 | Metal detector device for auger feed granulators A metal detector device for an auger feed granulator is provided in association with the auger trough and comprises a plurality of first conductive plate elements in spaced-apart disposition axially along the bottom portion of the auger trough and a plura... | 12/11/1984 |
