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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7472785 | Conveyor system with automatic incline A conveyor assembly including a first conveyor frame configured to move along a path relative to a mounting frame and including a conveyor belt. The conveyor assembly further includes a second conveyor frame, connected to the first conveyor frame via a pivot, and co... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7334675 | Flexible discharge attachment for friction feeder A flexible discharge attachment for the discharge a feeding machine to deliver the items being discharged at different orientations ranging from horizontal to vertical. The attachment have a multiplicity of brackets each pivotally connected to each other for simulat... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7210280 | System and method for loading a cargo space with piece goods A machining system and unit, especially a welding cell, is provided for use for the machining of workpieces (2), especially body parts of vehicles. The machining system has one or more machining stations (15, 16) with robots (18, 19, 20) and at ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191889 | Remote controlled swing auger system A remote controlled swing auger system for efficiently manipulating a position of a swing auger. The remote controlled swing auger system includes a swing auger connectable to a main auger, a swing hopper connected to the swing auger, a plurality of front wheels and... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7090066 | Unloading system for particulate material This invention concerns a new grain unloading system using an integrated ramp, horizontal transfer conveyor and elevating system. The unit is towed, positioned and powered by an agricultural tractor. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7055297 | Vacuum packaging machine A vacuum packaging machine for performing a vacuum sealing operation on product packages, comprises a vertical stack of vacuum chambers 4 which each manage to receive at least one unsealed product package 2 and are operable to perform an independent va... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6390278 | Transfer mechanism for multiple level conveyor A transfer mechanism is provided for transferring a load between an upper conveyor extending along a first axis and a lower conveyor extending along a second axis, vertically displaced from the first axis. The transfer mechanism includes first and second ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6378686 | Vehicle-mounted conveyor system including powered rotating infeed conveyor A vehicle-mounted conveyor system including an infeed conveyor assembly mounted for powered rotation relative to the vehicle. The conveyor system includes a discharge conveyor assembly pivotally mounted to a main turret, which in turn is mounted to a prim... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6308819 | Advancing tailpiece The invention relates to an advancing tailpiece of a continuous belt conveyor system used in the mining industry. The advancing tailpiece is supported by telescopic booms extending from a support structure rising from the base of a tow car. The telescopin... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6269938 | Over/under line feed system An over/under line feed system in accordance with the present invention includes a conveyor assembly positioned adjacent a workstation. The conveyor assembly preferably includes upper and lower conveyors. The workstation includes a workstation support fra... | 08/07/2001 |
| 5529455 | Seed drill feed auger mounting assembly A mounting assembly is provided for a device for transporting seed from a hopper, upwardly along a conveyor, to a transversely extending seed trough. The mounting assembly includes a stand fixed relative to the seed trough and an elongated frame. The elon... | 06/25/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5234094 | Flexible feeder conveyor system A flexible feeder conveyor system for removing material from a stockpile and transporting the removed material to a fixed conveyor. The system includes an underconveyor positioned below an excavator and having a loading hopper attached to its forward end ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5190134 | Flexible mobile bridge conveyor A flexible mobile bridge conveyor has a plurality of carriages connected to each other to form a train. Each carriage has an axle with wheels mounted on opposite ends thereof and encased in a housing. A first frame section is fixedly connected to the axle... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5067867 | Conveyor for mixed freight handling system A mixed freight handling system, particularly for limited access areas such as an end-opening trailer at a dock, includes a telescoping conveyor overlapping a fixed conveyor and translatable into the trailer to receive hand liftable articles. A freight ma... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4924993 | Conveyor assembly The invention provides a conveyor assembly having a support structure and a first conveyor extending from the support structure. There is a first vertical pivot for permitting rotation of the first conveyor about the support structure in a generally horiz... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4813526 | Conveyor A mobile conveyor unit having first and second conveyors mounted on a drivable, wheeled chassis in back-to-back relation. At least one of the conveyors in the unit can be raised or lowered, extended or retracted, and swung laterally to increase the range ... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4776445 | Device for transferring the cup heap of debris onto a drift conveying means A device for transferring the debris cut by a cutting machine during mining operations onto a drift conveyer comprises a pair of bridge conveyers connected to each other. The first bridge conveyer has its receiving end pivotally connected to the cutting m... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4770589 | Cargo handling system Disclosed is a cargo handling system including cargo containers (10) having recesses (68) extending through the lower central region of the containers. The containers straddle and are transported over a route that is formed by four types of conveyor modul... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4714398 | Drive arrangement for a combine harvester unloading auger Drive transmission from the bottom auger of a combine grain tank to an outwardly and upwardly inclined swinging unloading auger-conveyor by means of (sequentially) a telescoping, double U-jointed drive shaft, an acute angle bevel gear box, and a jack shaf... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4712962 | Articulated boom mechanism for unloading bulk solid material from a ship An articulated boom mechanism is utilized for transporting material between a first position and a selectable second position. The boom mechanism is comprised of two boom members. One boom member has its one end mounted by a universal-type connection to a... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4702366 | Bucket conveyor with a rotatable boom Bucket conveyor (13) with a rotatable boom, which comprises a frame (18) and a plurality of pulleys (21-22-23) on which an endless catenary (17) of buckets (20) is driven, the catenary (17) consisting of at least one chain (19) bearing a plurality of buck... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4646906 | Apparatus for continuously conveying coal from a continuous miner to a remote floor conveyor Apparatus for use in conveying coal from the conveyor of a continuous miner to a spaced floor conveyor comprising first, second and third cooperating elongated scraper conveyor assemblies each having a coal receiving end and a coal discharging end. The re... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4603775 | Coupling grain augers A coupling between two auger conveyor tubes is formed from three linkages providing rotation about fixed axes arranged mutually at right angles. The coupling is formed by a pair of coaxial rings coupled by pivot pins, a second pivot pin connection and a r... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4211611 | Coke oven coal charging device A device for charging coke ovens of a horizontally disposed coke oven battery through charging chute in the roof of each coke oven which is openable at its top and from a coal supply which includes a circulating conveyor for circulating the coal in a path... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4129229 | Article dispensing apparatus An article dispensing apparatus is disclosed having a horizontally disposed conveyor mounted on a support for vertical movement so that the conveyor may receive articles from each of a plurality of superimposed storage shelves. A picking head for causing ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4058198 | Conveyor assembly A conveyor assembly comprises a main conveyor and a boom conveyor. A mounting is pivotally connected at the discharge end of said main conveyor for movement about a transverse axis relative to said main conveyor, said mounting having a rotatable support o... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4031997 | Mobile telescopical articulated cascade conveyor system for mining and automatic self-tramming wheel-mounted conveyor unit therefor A mobile conveyor system having a series of articulately interconnected mobile conveyor units arranged in cascade relationship for conveying mined material from a movable mining machine to a remote stationary floor conveyor. The series includes inbye and ... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4020953 | Apparatus for unloading particulate material, especially from ships An apparatus for unloading particulate material, especially from ships, having an arm system comprising a horizontal conveyor section and a vertical conveyor section, which sections are interconnected in a torsionally rigid but pivotal manner for mutual r... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4014430 | Automatic palletizer method and apparatus An improved method and apparatus for automatically loading a pallet including placing an empty pallet into loading position, loading items onto the pallet in a preselected arrangement, and removing the loaded pallet. The apparatus includes a conveyor syst... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3974907 | Flexible mobile conveyor A flexible mobile conveyor is provided which is particularly useful in deep mining operations. The conveyor comprises a plurality of carriages, a pair of wheels supporting each carriage, an endless conveyor mounted on each carriage, drive means on each ca... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3974908 | Bin sweeper A power driven auxiliary conveyor assembly used in conjunction with a standard grain auger for sweeping grain on a supporting surface toward the infeed end of the grain auger. The auxiliary conveyor assembly consists of a longitudinally extending material... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3954166 | Triple track bacon packing line This invention is concerned with conveying and weighing of unit packages which are desired to be packed in predetermined weights and is particularly concerned with foodstuffs which are required by law or other rules to be sold in stated weight packages. T... | 05/04/1976 |
