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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971702 | Auger hopper support device A hopper support device supports a hopper on an agricultural granular material conveying auger such that the hopper can be readily separated from the auger or the hopper can remain adequately supported on the auger when the auger is displaced. The hopper support dev... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7392895 | Agitating element for discharging poorly pourable bulk materials In a method and a device for discharging poorly pourable bulk materials from a receptacle, the material is first rendered free-flowing via a helically shaped agitating element (worm conveyer) and secondly discharged from the receptacle via a spiral shaped agitation ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7168554 | Grain cart and auger construction A folding auger assembly. The auger assembly includes at least one auger housing configured to receive at least one driveshaft. The auger assembly further includes flighting connected to each driveshaft, a lower drive assembly configured to operatively couple the dr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7051865 | Auger flight support An auger flight support includes a mounting portion having an arcuate concave surface adapted to be fixedly mounted around at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface of an auger shaft adjacent to a flight extending along a helical path around the shaft, ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6976819 | Tank having multiple screw-type transfer augers A multi-screw auger equipped tank comprises opposing sides sloping downward and inwardly toward one another. A plurality of shaftless screw transfer augers run along the tank bottom. Drivers and transmissions coupled to the transfer augers permit simultaneous rotati... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6952936 | Refrigerator and ice maker apparatus An ice maker assembly includes, in an exemplary embodiment, an ice bucket that has a bottom wall, opposing side walls extending from the bottom wall, a front wall, and a back wall. The bottom wall, side walls, front wall, and back wall define an ice collection cavit... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951230 | Continuously variable length and shaped auger for powder fillers An apparatus for controlling the denseness of powder conveyed from a hopper through a funnel and into a container includes an auger that is positioned within the funnel that is rotatable and vertically movable. The rotation and vertical movement of the auger serves ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6860379 | Component arranging and delivering apparatus A component discharge portion is provided on the upper end of a non-end delivery belt having an upward inclined delivery surface and driven and rotated, and a component delivery path is connected to a component discharge portion and delivers a component in a predete... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6808354 | Tank having multiple screw-type transfer augers A multi-screw auger equipped tank comprises opposing sides sloping downward and inwardly toward one another. A plurality of shaftless screw transfer augers run along the tank bottom. Drivers and transmissions coupled to the transfer augers permit simultaneous rotati... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6698578 | Granular material conveyor Disclosed is an improved conveyor. The invention provides an apparatus for conveying material having an elongated tube with an input end and a discharge end, an intake hopper having a front end secured to the input end of the tube and an endless belt for ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6561342 | Granular material conveyor Disclosed is an improved conveyor. The invention provides an apparatus for conveying material having an elongated tube with an input end and a discharge end, an intake hopper having a front end secured to the input end of the tube and an endless belt for ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6415909 | Apparatus for transporting bulk materials An apparatus for conveying bulk material generally consisting of a support and a guide means defining a passageway. The passageway has a vertical section and a horizontal section cantilevered to the vertical section. A endless rope assembly passes around ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6158627 | Device for feeding liquid-containing material to a separator A device feeds curable, liquid containing material, especially residual concrete, residual mortar and the like, to a separator for separating the material into defined individual components. The feeding device includes a receiving trough for the material,... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6095053 | Bulk spike loading system A bulk loader conveys rigid, stick-like articles in bulk. The bulk loader has a bin for holding a plurality of the articles and a trough connected to a bin having an entrance portion for receiving the articles from the bin and a discharge portion for disc... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6068108 | Chip screw conveyor with feed assist A screw conveyer for conveying metal turnings from a machining operation. The chip screw conveyor includes an auger-like screw configured to move metal turnings in a given direction. The conveyor includes a tubular housing and an input chute defining an i... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6017182 | Auger unit for a granular material transport wagon A wheel supported wagon includes a gravity discharge container or hopper for directing grain, feed, dry fertilizer or other granular material into a receiving box mounted on the side of the hopper. An inclined elongated auger unit includes a tubular condu... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5871619 | Plug seal discharge system for distillation apparatus A discharge system for a destructive distillation apparatus wherein the discharge solids act as plug to avoid the unwanted flow of product gas or ambient air therethrough while effectively discharging finely divided, disperse solids material from a contin... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5845762 | Auger boot The present invention provides an auger boot for use with a grain auger particularly of the type for use when manually delivering grain to the inlet of a grain auger. The auger boot delivers grain to the inlet of a grain auger, can be easily placed in pos... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5800116 | Auger assembly for conveying granular material A gravity box grain cart has an auger assembly for conveying granular material. The auger assembly includes an auger with an axis and a helical flight along the axis, with the auger having a feed end, a discharge end and a central auger section therebetwe... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5735386 | Tube and belt conveyor A belt conveyor comprises an elongate tube with an upper run of the belt passing through the tube from a hopper at a lower exposed feed portion of the belt. The feeding of the material from the hopper onto the belt and into the tube is enhanced by the add... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5714043 | Liquid seal bulk feeder for destructive distillation A combination liquid seal and spiral auger conveyor feeding system which provides both a liquid seal, effective under normal operating conditions, with a sealed spiral auger conveyor, which is effective to seal against the surge flow of distillation gases... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5639202 | Refuse bag opener A bag opening machine includes a trough and a feed screw that is rotatably mounted in the trough to advance bags that at least partially fit between the flight of the feed screw along the length of the trough. There are a pair of restrictions that the bag... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5615990 | Auger unit for a granular material transport wagon A wheel supported wagon includes a gravity discharge container or hopper for directing grain, feed, dry fertilizer or other granular material into a receiving box mounted on the side of the hopper. An inclined elongated auger unit includes a tubular condu... | 04/01/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5480070 | Conveying arrangement for the dosed conveyance of bulk material A conveying arrangement for the dosed conveyance of bulk material from one metallurgical vessel into another through a conveying channel. The conveying channel has an entry opening and a discharge opening. A conveyor worm is rotatably located in the conve... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5468113 | One-piece folding auger for bulk material tender A one-piece folding auger system for use with a bulk material tender using an elongated auger having its end mounted to a first device by a first pivotal mount that allows the auger to rotate forward and backward by way of a hydraulic cylinder. The first ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5409344 | Portable grain cart auger system A cart for transporting grain and the like and unloading the grain using an auger system. The system has two augers, a lower auger that elevates the grain from the cart's grain storage hopper and deposits it into an upper auger that carries the grain out ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5404993 | Collapsible auger conveyor hopper bottom A collapsible hopper is used with a conveyor, for example a grain auger. The hopper is fastened onto the bottom end of the auger to surround the inlet. It has a flaccid side wall that is normally supported in a raised condition by a top, rigid hoop connec... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5383325 | Device for feeding spherical bodies into a container A device for feeding a specific number of spheres into a container from a supply conduit via a sphere-metering device so that a predetermined number of spheres reaches a container. The metering device has a groove that is aligned with the outlet of the su... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5370236 | Separator device to separate dense particulate matter from less dense particulate matter A separator apparatus to separate less dense particulate material from dense particulate material has a tank for containing fluid which has sidewalls and a sloping bottom with upper and lower ends. A vertically oriented housing is secured to the tank and ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5328015 | Auger assembly for feed bin An improved auger design comprises a one-piece assembly with bearings at both the inboard and outboard ends of the auger flight to self-support the auger flight within a discharge tube of the feed bin. Furthermore, a single mounting plate secures the auge... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5301844 | Dry solids materials feeder with vibrating mechanism and a method of vibrating various component parts of the feeder A volumetric dry solids materials feeder comprises a supply hopper, a feed trough disposed below the hopper, and an auger disposed in the feed trough to feed out the material. The trough is anchored to a vibration base, on which is mounted a vibratory mec... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5285250 | Waste toner collecting device for electrophotographic equipment A waste toner collecting device incorporated in electrophotographic equipment of the type electrostatically forming a latent image on a photoconductive element, developing the latent image by a toner, and transferring the resulted toner image to a recordi... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5253746 | Auger assembly for a bulk seed transport bin A bulk seed transport bin includes an enclosed storage container mounted on a frame. An auger extends upwardly out of a roof portion of the container and has an upper dispensing port. The auger includes a lower end extending through the interior of the co... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5219103 | Refrigerator coffee dispenser having an auger and a pick-up wheel An apparatus for the storage and dispensing of particulate coffee in a domestic refrigerator comprising a sealed bin for preserving the freshness of the particulate coffee and a manually operated transfer mechanism for dispensing the coffee into a contain... | 06/15/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5167318 | Removable power sweep A bin clean-out system for circular grain bins having flat floors includes an in-floor auger with a central inlet and an outlet outside of the bin. A bin sweep is connected to the in-floor auger by two right angled gear drives and a splined connection bet... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5154326 | Vibrator and screw combined conveying device used in weighing of powder A conveying device used in weighing apparatus for conveying powder comprising a conveying cylinder which is subjected to a vibrational movement by a vibrator to finely control the powder exited from the cylinder. Inside the conveying cylinder, there is a ... | 10/13/1992 |
