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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7770713 | Storage hopper, and combination weighing device and packaging device provided with the same A storage hopper temporarily stores articles supplied from above and then discharges the articles downward. The storage hopper includes a holding member of an article holding change mechanism in a storage portion. The holding member changes a state in which the arti... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766156 | Abutment module A abutment module for automatic processing and conveying equipment having an abutment member arranged on a base for objects moving in a movement plane in a current direction of working motion. The abutment member being able to be moved in and out of the movement pla... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7305777 | Auger for snow throw machine A snow throwing machine including a housing, an engine, an impeller and an auger for collecting snow and directing it to the impeller. The auger including an auger shaft disposed transversely in the housing and drivable by the engine, and a plurality of flytes mount... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303058 | Telescoping spout for agricultural harvester An adjustable height spout for an agricultural harvester may be remotely actuated by an operator. The spout may be positioned to match a height of a receptacle into which grain from the harvester is being transferred. An agricultural harvester including an adjustabl... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7240782 | Device and method for feeding a bolt-like element to a processing unit A device for feeding a bolt-shaped element having a head and a shank to a processing unit, in particular for feeding a screw to a die head of a press. The bolt-shaped element can be fed along a firing direction of the device and the latter has a conveyer channel, wh... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7204164 | Apparatus for testing powder properties The powder analytical apparatus of the invention includes a hopper that is connected to a controllable agitator by a separable link. The hopper has an exit port at its lower end that is at an acute angle to the axis of the hopper. A planar gate is mounted parallel t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195440 | Agricultural silo auger system apparatus and method An auger assembly that has three individual augers that function cooperatively to transport silage within a silo. Specifically, the auger assembly is used to manipulate silage during the loading and unloading of a silo. The first and third augers have the same fligh... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7150350 | Processing apparatus with conveying unit for continuously conveying heat pipes A processing apparatus for continuously conveying heat pipes includes a feeder, a conveying unit and at least one processing station. The feeder includes a processing stage, which includes a feeding end and an exiting end opposite to the feeding end. A feeding direc... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7086522 | Device for vibratory indexing of portioned pieces A portioned piece spacing apparatus having at least one contoured chute. The contoured chute having at least one angle of declination, a receiving area and an discharge tip. The at least one vibrating chute being coupled to a vibrating mechanism through an at least ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070846 | Carpet constructions, systems, and methods A textile substrate such as patterned carpet for coordinating with other flooring is provided. The substrate includes a multi-colored pattern produced by a process for coloring substrates, using the application of liquid colorants, in which the assignment of color i... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055673 | Device for feeding threadlike objects such as hooks for garment hangers, a system for conveying and feeding garment hangers and a method for feeding threadlike objects The invention relates to a device (1) for feeding threadlike objects (2) such as hooks for garment hangers (3). The device (1) comprises a guide rail (4) along which threadlike objects (2) are to be conveyed, a feeder elemen... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040489 | Object orienting and sorting apparatus An object sorting and orienting apparatus is for sorting, orienting and discharging a plurality of objects, such as, container closures dispensed from a hopper. An endless conveyor transports the closures from a loading area, through an intermediate area, to a disch... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6911245 | Carpet constructions and methods A textile substrate for coordinating with other flooring is provided. The substrate includes a multi-colored pattern produced by a process for coloring substrates, using the application of liquid colorants, in which the assignment of color is done on a pixel-by-pixe... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6848568 | Bulk material distribution system A method, apparatus and software product for moving bulk materials effectively through a path gate in a distribution system provides at least two independently operable conveyors aligned in series such that the end of the first conveyor is adjacent to the beginning ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6774318 | Removable material hopper assembly and method of using same to eliminate residual ingredient material A removable material hopper assembly for gravimetric batch blenders including a hopper, a metering assembly and a releasable securing assembly. The hopper is removable from the blender, and includes a metering slide gate that can be used to tightly seal off the bott... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6675952 | Lumber bin A lumber bin has live bin walls. The lumber bin may be used in lumber sorting. The bin has upstream and downstream walls located above a conveyor. A lumber support in the bin has an elevator mechanism and can be lowered to a discharge position in which lu... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6390280 | Feed hopper with baffle plates A feed hopper for loading a conveyor with bulk pellet-like items is disclosed. The hopper has a chamber with a top opening for receiving the items and a bottom opening positioned above the conveyor for discharging the items. A plurality of baffle plates a... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6360787 | Dispensing mechanism for a produce packaging machine A dispensing mechanism for metering produce into "clam shell" type containers carried past the dispensing mechanism by a conveyer, as part of an automated conveyer driven packaging system. The dispensing mechanism includes a side mounted hopper, a guide s... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6357985 | System for the automatic loading and/or unloading of products A system for the automatic loading and/or unloading of products comprises a store (13, 19) with shelves inclined and provided with a mobile transversal blocking means (9, 12), and at least one traveling lift (3) provided with mobile bearing tops (4), also... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6293388 | Trolley retention abutment for overhead conveying system Overhead conveying system trolleys supported by canted driven rollers engage on and form spiral loci of engagement with a rotated drive shaft in a powered section, and each has a top wheel used to lift the driven rollers off of the drive shaft as the trol... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6276516 | Flow control device A flow control device 7A for use with apparatus 1 for discharging granular material from storage, which has an inlet adapted to receive granular material from the storage, a containment chute 7 for receiving material from the inlet and for discharging the... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6257394 | Part-conveying apparatus A part-conveying apparatus allows parts to align and slide down a sloped chute without stacking therein. The part-conveying apparatus has a chute sloped to align and slide down parts, and a first mobile blade for slidably supporting the parts in a bottom ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6202821 | Gravity motivated flow-rail A gravity flow rail conveyor and picking system comprises a plurality of conveyor rail lanes having module or pallet support surfaces that rise at a suitable gravity flow angle from a selectively erected abutment chock. When erected, the chock abutment pr... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6170670 | Methods of and apparatus for feeding granular material An apparatus for feeding a granular catalyst to a destination such as a reactor at a constant feeding rate uniformly charges the catalyst material into the device. The granular catalyst is loaded into individual compartments of a hopper and is ejected at ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6116407 | Container closure flow control An apparatus for controlling a flow of gravity fed, magnetic container closures along a path includes an electromagnet proximal to the path. The electromagnet captures at least one container closure flowing along the path in a magnetic field when the elec... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5390429 | Particulate material feeder A particulate material feeder is provided having a material dispensing hopper cooperating with a continuous conveyor revolving in a vertical plane having a plurality of spaced flights operating over a horizontal bedplate for controlled feeding of material... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5360316 | Flats pieces singulation apparatus A flats singulation apparatus includes a input buffer section having a substantially horizontal ramp which is adapted to support thereon a stack of flats mailpieces on edge. The buffer section includes a moving belt and ram plate for moving the stack of f... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5316128 | Particulate material feeder A particulate material feeder is provided having a material dispensing hopper cooperating with a continuous conveyor revolving in a vertical plane having a plurality of spaced flights operating over a horizontal bedplate for controlled feeding of material... | 05/31/1994 |
| 4919251 | Conveyor escapement An apparatus for controlling the travel of articles along a conveyor track. The apparatus includes a frame (14) positioned relative to the conveyor track (11), and having a downstream end and an upstream end. A first pair of gates (20) extends from the do... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4541228 | Apparatus for packaging portions of elongate articles The apparatus comprises an inclined chute to which the articles are delivered in portions and from which they slide down into a tray which oscillates in a horizontal direction together with the chute. The tray is open at its end remote from the chute and ... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4497480 | Ejector mechanism for incomplete fascicles in a conveyor line The invention contemplates mechanism for ejecting incomplete fascicles (H) which are astride a transport rail (1) and are carried along by driver means (3, 4) moving in the lengthwise direction of this transport rail. The ejector mechanism has a guide rai... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4323178 | Apparatus to provide an even layer or loose material to a suction conveyor An apparatus for supplying loose material for making tile-like elements comprising, a conveyor for receiving a continuous layer of the loose material, a loose material supply apparatus for supplying the continuous layer of loose material to the conveyor a... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4310089 | Conveyor for transport of bags of refuse A conveyor for transport of bags of refuse comprising a feed tube in which bags of refuse are introduced and transported from one end to the other and a feed screw in the tube for driving the bags of refuse through the tube. The feed screw is constructed ... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4250987 | Flow control gate apparatus This invention is a flow control gate apparatus mounted between a discharge opening of a hopper assembly and between a portion of a conveyor assembly operable to control amount of grain or the like being discharged into the interior of the conveyor means.... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4245735 | Device for portioning logs or similar objects A device for transferring logs one by one from an inlet side to an outlet side, comprising two pairs of disks, each pair comprising two disks supported on separate parallel shafts to carry out continuous reciprocating rotary movements in opposite directio... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4201287 | Drag chain conveyor The invention concerns a drag chain conveyor with bulk material discharge openings that can be closed in a gas-tight fashion, with a slide plate, along with a slide box that is closed to the outside, and an actuation mechanism for opening and closing the ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4199054 | Door opening mechanism for feed conveyor A door opener mechanism for the side doors in a feed or grain elevator or conveyor in which the doors are hinged to the sides of the conveyor includes a crank arm pivotally connected to the conveyor at a point intermediate the side walls to provide rotati... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4149622 | Mail selection and metering device A device is described for capturing certain predetermined types of mail pieces from a moving mail flow and for regulating the subsequent delivery thereof to processing equipment. The device is comprised of a receiving station and a delivery station linked... | 04/17/1979 |
