Class 198/540 - Gravity discharge material holder is source of supply, discharging by gravity to power-driven section

Subclass of Class 198 - Conveyors: power-driven
Definition: Apparatus wherein the system comprises a gravity discharge
No. of patents: 30
Last issue date: 03/15/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7905342	Supply unit A supply unit including a funnel-shaped container for receiving a quantity of unsorted, or randomly oriented, nuts and bolts, a conveyor that is driven, in a reciprocating manner, along an inwardly tapering interior wall of the container. The upper carrying surface ...	03/15/2011
7681714	Apparatus for dispensing gravel Gravel is fed into and spread onto the floor of a newly constructed basement by a hanging frame which attaches to a window sill and supports a hydraulically driven conveyor belt with a feed spout at a feed end of the conveyor belt and a guidance belt mounted on top ...	03/23/2010
7210598	Authomated pill-dispensing apparatus An under-counter portable automatic pill-dispensing apparatus includes a double array of storage units for storing pills in bulk, a retriever between the two arrays for retrieving selected storage units, and a pill-dispensing module for unloading pills into a vial. ...	05/01/2007
6669461	Takeout and transfer apparatus for a wheel blow molding machine Apparatus and method for transferring hollow blow molded articles from a vertically disposed wheel blow molding machine to a horizontally-disposed takeaway conveyor. Each mold on the wheel releases multiple blown articles at the six o'clock position on th...	12/30/2003
6637584	Component carrying device A component carrying device has a simple constitution, and is capable of lining up components and carrying them in one direction with high reliability. The device comprises a guide groove for lining up components into one line and guiding them; a carrying...	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
6558245	Coin dispenser assembly with improved coin transport surfaces A coin dispensing assembly with an improved coin transport surface facilitates a sliding movement of coins within a hopper through the use of a low friction wall surface for contacting the coins as they move towards a coin feed mechanism. The wall surface...	05/06/2003
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
6340279	Conveyor system with a funnel for flowable bulk material A conveyor system for moving flowable bulk material is equipped with a funnel (12) that has a circular funnel inlet (13) formed by a cylindrical wall section (16') and an orthogonal funnel outlet (14) formed by eight funnel walls (18; 17, 17A; 17', 17") c...	01/22/2002
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
5762712	Sprinkling device for metered application of super absorbing swelling substances A sprinkling device for applying powdery to granulated materials, particularly super-absorbing swelling substances (SAP-material) to a continuously moving material web in the manufacture of suction cores for sanitary napkins, disposable diapers, etc. The ...	06/09/1998
5367836	Automatic drill loader An automatic drill loader is used with a drill grinding machine to automatically present drills to the drill grinding machine workhead for being ground thereat and to carry ground drills to a storage receptacle. The automatic drill loader comprises a maga...	11/29/1994
5154280	Skirtboard system for conveyors A conveyor system having a conveyor belt (21) having a substantially horizontal segment with hopper walls (26) overlying the segment and providing a hopper channel (25) terminating at a distance above the belt to provide clearance space below the hopper w...	10/13/1992
5065857	Method in handling of returnable bottles and device for handling of returnable bottles The invention concerns a method in handling of returnable bottles (P), wherein the returnable bottle is dropped vertically from an upper space (E1) into a lower space (E2) and wherein the returnable bottle is transferred from the dro...	11/19/1991
4953684	Stopper elevator conveyor A device for transferring small discrete objects such as pharmaceutical stoppers and caps including a frame movably positionable at a predetermined location for delivery of the objects and an angularly displaced conveyor on the frame having a discharge ch...	09/04/1990
4790484	Apparatus for distributing granular material Spreading apparatus for attachment to a vehicle for distributing granular materials such as fertilizer and the like, using air as the distributing medium. The spreading apparatus includes a rear-mounted boom and an air system in which the material distrib...	12/13/1988
4669605	Conveying system A conveying system particularly for solid municipal waste to be subjected to air classification as provided which comprises a ram tube conveyor. The ram tube conveyor includes a cylindrical casing connected at its forward end to an outwardly tapered tube ...	06/02/1987
4651868	Vibratory conveyor A conveyor arrangement for assembly parts comprises a rectilinear vibratory conveyor track comprising two conveyor track parts constituting guide members for the assembly parts, a device for feeding the assembly parts to the conveyor track, a base plate s...	03/24/1987
4446992	Fixed quantity feed apparatus A feed apparatus in which a feed chute upstanding with its four sides surrounded, and opened at its top and bottom ends is vibratably supported and a vibrator is provided for applying vibration to the feed chute to thereby enable discharge of articles fed...	05/08/1984
4381989	Method of and apparatus for the mixing and processing of fragile material and fragmented solids Fragile agglomerates with crushed rock fragments, such as fines which are subsequently agglomerated and which result in the crushing of rock fragments, such as oil shale prepared for retorting are mixed and delivered onto conveying means, such as a travel...	05/03/1983
4380284	Chip conveyer A chip conveyer which comprises a cylindrical trough having a discharge gate at one end thereof and a plurality of feed openings to receive metal chip and a plurality of endless chains laid within the trough thereby metal chip is transmitted from feed ope...	04/19/1983
4273266	Method and apparatus for discharging material from bulk containers The apparatus comprises a bulk container having a discharge opening in its base, and vibratory tray feeder for conveying material from the discharge opening of the container to a second discharge opening. The tray feeder has an inlet connected to the disc...	06/16/1981
4252493	Method and apparatus for receiving bulk particulate materials involving dust control and reduced air contamination The disclosure embraces a method of and apparatus for receiving bulk particulate materials from a material supply carrier into a hopper construction in which the hopper construction includes a multicellular or multitubular arrangement providing for free f...	02/24/1981
4145981	Vibrating seed planter delivery chute for singular seed dispensing An automatic seed planter which includes an elongate, upwardly-opening V-shaped trough with front and rear ends defining a longitudinally extending, upwardly opening seed-conducting channel, a seed receiving chamber at the front end of the trough, elongat...	03/27/1979
4096938	Apparatus for transferring cigarettes on a cigarette packaging machine A supply and transfer mechanism for use on a cigarette packaging machine including a hopper for receiving a supply of cigarettes, said hopper having a reservoir portion and a vein section. The vein section channels the cigarettes from the reservoir portio...	06/27/1978
3995734	Manure transfer apparatus A pumping system for conveying animal waste from a livestock housing to a remote storage area includes a hopper which is conveniently located in a pit adjacent to a chain driven barn cleaner or the like, a vertically oriented upwardly open pumping chamber...	12/07/1976
3990588	Bulk flow belt feeder gate with interlocked striker plate A bulk flow belt feeder gate for discharging a bulk material such as mineral ore or the like from a ship hold or the like onto an unloading conveyor belt beneath the ship hold, and a cooperating striker plate positioned immediately contiguous the downstre...	11/09/1976
3980189	Method and apparatus for homogenizing, stockpiling and sampling particulate material A dead heap or pile is prepared on a circular surface in the form of a sector defined by two radii of the circular surface. With respect to the median plane of the dead heap, such heap has two slopes, each with an inclination equal to that at which partic...	09/14/1976
3972407	Transfer mechanism for round parts A transfer mechanism for transferring a round part such as a drill from a first station to a second station with intermediate accumulating storage wherein a horizontally reciprocating slide has a pair of horizontally displaced transverse V-shaped grooves....	08/03/1976
3949861	Packaging weighted groups of articles An apparatus for feeding substantially equally weighted groups of articles to a packaging apparatus in a timed continuous sequence. The articles are initially fed individually to a plurality of hoppers, each of which has means to weigh the articles therei...	04/13/1976

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Class 198/540 - Gravity discharge material holder is source of supply, discharging by gravity to power-driven section