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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006827 | Transporting particulate material A material transporting system comprises a material transporting apparatus (100) including a material transporting apparatus hopper structure (200, 202), which comprises at least one rotary transporting apparatus; a stationary hub structure (900... | 08/30/2011 |
| 6948610 | Cargo loading apparatus A cargo loading apparatus and method tightly and efficiently disperse material pieces such as wood chips into a cargo space. The loading apparatus includes an elongated symmetrical body such as an elongated cylinder having vanes or blades along the surface thereof. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6922983 | Elevator slats for an agricultural harvesting machine An agricultural harvesting machine that comprises a crop processing mechanism and an elevator assembly for conveying harvested crop material to the crop processing mechanism is provided. The elevator assembly comprises an elevator housing, an elevator mechanism moun... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6615976 | Control apparatus for conveyor of particulate material A device for controlling the conveyance of particulate material on a conveyor belt comprises a frame with an endless belt attached thereto. The apparatus is positioned above the conveyor belt and in frictional contact therewith whereby the motion of the c... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6453649 | Device and method for feeding an article or several articles into a package A carrier (4) with articles (2) provided thereon is moved quickly toward a package (3) and is slowed down at the package (3) such that by utilizing the articles (2) kinetic energy, they slide off the carrier (4) and move into the package (3). The carrier ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6332543 | Apparatus for converting a continuously supplied material flow into a single layer There is provided an apparatus which can simplify, expedite and enhance the segregation of undesirable particles from desirable particles in a multiple-layer flow wherein the desirable and undesirable particles are randomly intermixed with each other. Thi... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6250471 | Sorting apparatuses and sorting methods The present invention relates to sorting apparatuses and sorting methods. According to one aspect of the present invention, a sorting apparatus includes an intake section configured to receive plural articles to be sorted; an exhaust section located downs... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5713456 | Bulk product stabilizing belt conveyor A bulk product stabilization conveyor 10 is described having a continuous-length wide belt 30 extending in an upper flight 44 and in a lower flight 46 between an infeed end 32 and an outfeed end 34. The outfeed end 34 is elevationally below the infeed end... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5669511 | Grain sorting apparatus A grain sorting apparatus includes a conveyor belt mechanism for conveying grains, fed by a feed mechanism onto a conveying surface separately from each other at an upstream region with respect to a conveying direction, to a downstream end so that the gra... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5423408 | Moving walkway A moving walkway comprising at least one fiat slider belt (6) entrained around rollers (8) and a termination plate (2) at the discharge end of the belt (6). The termination plate (2) may be an end plate or a transfer plate. The configuration of the termin... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5402876 | Apparatus and method for transporting and metering particulate materials into fluid pressure An improved apparatus for transporting and metering particulate material including a transport duct having an inlet, an outlet, and at least one moving surface located therebetween having a downstream facing drive surface. The apparatus further includes d... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5289911 | Material slinger The material slinger includes an upper section with feed hopper suitable for rotatably connecting to a vertically disposed feed chute or tube. Affixed below the feed hopper is a pivotal main body which can be repositioned to alter the angle of the dispens... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5273166 | Apparatus for sorting opaque foreign article from among transparent bodies An opaque foreign article sorting apparatus which can sort an opaque foreign article during dropping from a conveyor precisely with a high degree of accuracy. Objects including transparent bodies in which opaque foreign articles may mix are scanned, durin... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5257691 | Arrangement for transferring castable material without pipes from a feeding means to a destination An arrangement for transferring castable material without pipes or conduits from a feeding point to a destination, particularly in underground mining. The arrangement includes a driven centrifugal wheel with blades. The centrifugal wheel is radially open ... | 11/02/1993 |
| 4597491 | Truck loading apparatus and method A method and apparatus for the high volume loading of produce or other material into a bulk container such as a truck or rail car. The invention includes an endless belt driven across the opening of a hopper, and a driven rotor assembly utilizing a series... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4548315 | Tethered vehicle for moving bulk material A tracked vehicle is tethered so that as it skids on a pile of bulk material, the cleated tracks transfer the material toward the tethered end. The tethering rope hitch point on the vehicle is translatable laterally to effect controlled sideward skiding f... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4390092 | Anti-slip bale thrower The thrower is attached to the discharge end of a baler in position to receive bales successively issuing therefrom. A pair of generally superimposed conveyors of the thrower operate at relatively high speeds compared to the speed at which the bales issue... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4162725 | Bale thrower An improved bale thrower for use with a hay baler is disclosed. The thrower affixes to the discharge end of the bale case of the baler and can be selectively pivoted vertically about at least one horizontal axis between a first operative position for dire... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4081074 | Bulk material dispensing device An inertial bulk material dispensing device for transporting and propellantly dispensing bulk material including an endless belt movably supported along a conveyor path, an impeller wheel drivingly positioned to engage the endless belt and to drive the sa... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4015722 | Stacking machine and method A machine and method disclosed for stacking articles adjacent the end of a conveyor having angularly conjoined article panels. The machine comprises a pair of endless chains mounted for orbital movement about opposite sides of a flight path extending from... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3983207 | Method for manufacturing molded products Method for the manufacturing of molded products from pre-formed clods of kneadable material in which the preformed clods are transported to a molding station, whereat molds are supplied in succession at a lower level. A stationary guide is disposed above ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3967719 | Combine conveyor means This invention comprises novel combine conveyor means having novel transverse slat or flight means adapted to engage and drag fresh cut unthreshed grain along at a uniform velocity and then eject the same at an increased velocity at an exit end of the con... | 07/06/1976 |
