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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7650985 | Closure system for a trough A closure system for a trough comprising a first closure member and a second closure member, the first closure member being movable between a closed position, where it closes against the perimeter of a first opening in the bottom of a trough and an open position whe... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7364034 | Adjustable aperture apparatus that retains dust from bulk material directed through the apparatus An adjustable aperture apparatus on a bulk material transfer chute that transfers a flow of bulk material from a discharge conveyor to a separate receiving conveyor is automatically closed when no bulk material is being transferred by the transfer chute from the dis... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7293395 | Apparatus and method for inserting cup-shaped inserts into containers An apparatus and method for producing container assemblies having a cup-shaped insert disposed within a container. A container conveyor conveys a series of open containers along a lower horizontal path, the container conveyor bringing each container in turn to a sto... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7156263 | System and method for metering fibrous material A system and method are used to meter fibrous material into a concrete mixture. The system includes an endless conveyor belt rotatably supported on first and second rollers. Pick up members on the belt project into the direction of travel for collecting fibrous mate... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150349 | Mechanical device combined with airflow for untangling springs The object of the invention is a means for untangling springs (60) contained in a supply bin (12), characterized in that it comprises untangling means (14) with a rail (30) for receiving springs, provided with an open groove (36), ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6903279 | Guide troughs for weighing buckets and chutes A weigher for a packaging machine has buckets that deliver product batches. Each bucket includes a pair of spaced side walls between which a bottom extends, and over which the product passes. A bottom wall has at least one trough to control the trajectory of the pro... | 06/07/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6736258 | Apparatus for supplying raw materials at constant amounts An apparatus for supplying raw materials at constant amounts has a raw material tank for storing and feeding raw materials, a belt for transferring raw materials, a level control guide for defining a thickness of raw materials on the belt, and a belt cover. The appa... | 05/18/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6651801 | Horizontal to vertical transition device for sortation conveyor system A transition station for a sortation conveying system for transitioning randomly discharged horizontal articles into a vertically oriented position for stacking. The transition station includes a transition plate having a curved outer surface extending fr... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6640158 | Filling apparatus with feed diverter An apparatus for packaging solid particulate material is described that includes a deflectable, curved weigh pan with a given radius of curvature to receive a continuous flow of material and discharge the material along a first discharge pathway, the radi... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6622849 | Hopper door assembly and method for feeding bulk metal objects from a hopper An apparatus and method is provided for feeding bulk metal objects from a hopper supported by a frame. The hopper includes side panels that taper downwardly to form an interior chamber therebetween with upper and lower openings. Doors are hingedly attache... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6591972 | Grain leveling apparatus for uniformly filling a grain wagon The present invention features a grain distribution apparatus having a top loading intake hopper adapted for direct attachment to the discharge end of a grain auger or similar conveyor. A pair of hingedly connected, movable discharge spouts each receive a... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6497545 | Under floor unloading system for a crop storage bin A crop material is unloaded from a storage bin by providing a generally triangular pit arranged below the base pad surface of the bin into which crop material can fall from the bin through one of two openings in the base floor. Opening the door of one of ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6488142 | Apparatus and system for handling banderoles The invention relates to a banderole handling device including at least one cassette arranged for supplying banderoles to a banderoling machine, a closure for the discharge end of each cassette and including a cassette support, wherein each cassette is ar... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6401909 | Component picker The invention relates to a picker for electronic components (24, 25, 26), more particularly for picking and subsequently testing the components (24, 25, 26). The picker has a fixed feed rail (11) for accommodating a plurality of components (24, 25, 26) ar... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6318540 | Method of feeding cigarettes to a hopper outlet A method of feeding cigarettes, of a length considerably greater than their diameter, to an outlet of a hopper, whereby masses of cigarettes having a number of orientations are fed to an inlet, and the cigarettes are selected according to orientation by m... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6290055 | Device for orienting and achieving the optimal density of a quantity of elongated objects A device for orienting and achieving the optimal density of a quantity of elongated objects having a cleated conveyor belt with a substantially horizontal first portion upon which a pre-weighed product is deposited, an inclined middle portion, and a subst... | 09/18/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6199685 | Reject device for a high-speed packing machine A reject device (1) for a high-speed packaging machine (2), the device having an input opening (23) for a succession of packages (3) containing pourable food products and traveling along a supply path (A); a first guide surface (18) for guiding the packag... | 03/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6119842 | Article alignment device A combinatorial weighing apparatus that combines articles after aligning same. The articles are input to the apparatus via hoppers, which can be selectively discharged to an alignment tray based upon the weight of the articles within the hoppers. A predet... | 09/19/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6026948 | Conveying and feeding method and apparatus for film in a film cartridge A conveying and feeding apparatus for conveying and constantly feeding a film cartridge one by one so as to feed the next process where a plurality of cartridges are conveyed continuously to a cartridge housing unit or a printing machine. A conveying port... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5956908 | Concrete container A concrete container for introducing concrete into formworks includes an upwardly open vessel with a downwardly narrowing bottom portion with an outlet opening and a flexible pipe connected to the outlet opening for distributing the concrete. Underneath t... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5959258 | Multiple hopper weighing and transfer system A multiple hopper system for improved forming of solid, flowing product into sequential batches or charges, transferring the batches between the hoppers, combination weighing/selection and discharging to a packaging machine is provided. A computer senses ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5741106 | Materials handling system A materials handling system (30) for controlling the gravity discharge of material through a discharge opening (33) onto a conveyor (34) comprises a gate (40) extending across the discharge opening (33) and having a plurality of outlet openings (40.4) the... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5702221 | Materials handling system A materials handling system for controlling the gravity discharge of material through a discharge opening 33 onto a conveyor 34 comprises a gate 40 extending across the discharge opening 33 and having at least one but preferably a plurality of outlet open... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5682973 | Mail decelerating device A mail decelerating device wherein a straight channel with a V-shaped cross section is supplied by a conveyor channel with a number of mail items; the mail item is intercepted and directed by a deflecting element towards an inclined wall of the V-section ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5657902 | Vibratory feeder for granular materials In order to convey granular material from an upstream processing location, a vibratory feeder includes a conveyor having an inlet end and an outlet end disposed in spaced apart relation. The conveyor has the inlet end disposed in a position to receive the... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5622250 | Interface for discharging hopper contents onto feeder The interface is an apparatus that is attached to the outlet of a hopper to assist and control the discharge of particulate material onto the loading surface of a feeder, such as a moving belt. The interface results in a saving of 50 to 75 percent in the ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5588521 | Method and apparatus for material handling A material handling system is provided having a plurality of separately actuatable flow gates disposed between the storage bin and the unloading conveyor which are sequentially opened and closed by a sliding zipper-type cam member to carefully control the... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5426930 | Device for sequentially loading oriented tubes in a spinning machine A device for sequentially loading tubes in a spinning machine wherein the tubes are fed by a tube orientating device. The device disclosed includes a duct for guiding the fall of the tubes and provided at its lower end with a shutter which loads one tube ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5362040 | Device for transferring flat objects using a conveyor belt and drum arrangement The disclosed device allows individual transfer of flat objects from an input conveyor on which the objects move in a same plane according to a given direction into receptacles moving at right angles with respect to the direction. It is comprised of a seq... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5358371 | Pipe hauling and fusion trailer A pipe hauling trailer is described for hauling and dispensing individual sections of elongated pipe for joining in end-to-end relation to form a pipeline. The trailer also includes structure for mounting pipe section end joining machinery, so the pipelin... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5330332 | Manure transfer system An improved manure transfer system is disclosed. A collection hopper is located at a first location, preferably within a building, for collecting manure and animal waste products from the building. A piston pump apparatus directs and forces the collected ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5259723 | Feeding device for down hole tubulars A feeding device for down hole tubulars includes a frame which defines a support surface. First and second stops are arranged to reciprocate in stop guides between an upper position, in which the stops interrupt movement of a tubular, and a lower position... | 11/09/1993 |
