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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7779991 | Bidirectional bulk material gathering apparatus and methods for gathering bulk materials A material gathering apparatus with a bucket; a motor having a shaft; and a plurality of blades; in which the hydraulic motor is fixed below the bucket; and the plurality of blades are fixed within the bucket and are rotatable clockwise or counterclockwise around th... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7325543 | Covering material for solar thermal power generating system and solar thermal power generating system formed by spreading the covering material A covering material for solar thermal power generation system, characterized in that it is made of a film which has a tensile yield strength of at least 10 N/mm2 according to JIS K7127, a solar radiation transmittance of at least 85% according to JIS R310... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7226011 | Stacker reclaimer method and apparatus This invention provides an apparatus for handling bulk material as located at circular or linear storage site. More specifically, a reclaimer apparatus is described having a platform mounted on one or more wheel track assemblies arranged to roll on at least one rail... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7131538 | Material classifier having a scoop wheel A material classifier for classifying a liquid-solid mixture containing solid material to be separated. The material classifier includes a tank and an angularly mounted scoop wheel for scooping solid material which has settled on the bottom of the tank. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7097027 | Scoop for transferring granular material A scoop includes a molded one-piece plastic scoop body having a bottom wall portion and a sidewall portion that extends from the bottom wall portion and that cooperates with the bottom wall portion to confine a material-holding space for holding granular material to... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7080730 | Conveyor assembly The invention provides an apparatus including a conveying member defining a loop that may be used for transferring a product into a container. The conveying member can be a belt, a chain, or plurality of hinged plates. The invention also includes first and second su... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6945386 | Bucket elevator conveyors A bucket elevator conveyor system of the straight horizontal, “C” and “Z” configurations. In these bucket elevator conveyor systems, loading of the buckets can occur anywhere along the horizontal run adjacent the take-up end and discharge of the buckets can ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6802503 | Transport mechanism of sorting machine for large thin objects In a transport mechanism of a sorting machine for large thin objects, objects to be transported (paper sheets such as postal matter) stored in transport boxes can be made collectable into smaller collection boxes than the transport boxes. The transport boxes storing... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6523675 | Circulating mailing item container in a sorting device The invention relates to a mail-item container of a sorting device for the controlled transfer of a flat mail item into stationary sorting containers, the container having a stationary wall part and a movable wall part that is disposed at the front in the... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6471042 | Transporting device for food products The invention relates to a transporting device for transporting food products to be processed. The transporting device includes at least one advancing element for advancing carriers of food products for processing that are fixed to the advancing element a... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6237745 | Bucket conveyor A bucket conveyor for conveying loose grain in different directions, comprising a bucket having: an opening leading to the interior of the bucket; and a dead space constituting part of the interior at the rear, the space not filled with loose grain when g... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6227378 | Sorting system for groups of items having recirculation A sorting system is disclosed, for example for mail items. In the disclosed system, a circulating storage system can receive items from an inlet, and deposit them in an appropriate output receptacle which has been allocated to items in a particular group.... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6032786 | Filling arrangement for a bulk unloader The invention concerns a filling arrangement (12) for a bulk unloader having a conveyor belt travelling in an endless path and provided with material receiving pockets (9). The arrangement is characterised by a filler wheel (31) having an essentially hori... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5984081 | Continuous unloader A continuous unloader includes upper sprockets, lower sprockets located below the upper sprockets, and front sprockets located in front of the lower sprockets. An endless bucket conveyer is operatively taken on the upper, lower and front sprockets. A supp... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5819909 | Apparatus for receiving and transporting flat articles An apparatus for receiving and transporting flat articles respectively supplied by an overhead loader includes a conveying device comprising a first traction mechanism and transport containers attached to the first traction mechanism. The transport contai... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5755317 | Method and apparatus for separating a stream of units of product into discrete groups This invention pertains to apparatus and methods for receiving a stream of units of product, such as from a manufacturing operation, separating the stream into discrete groups of product, in a product carrier bucket, and typically presenting each group fo... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5564878 | Apparatus and method for continuous handling of bulk materials This apparatus relates to a materials handling apparatus that has a plurality of open-sided buckets arranged to travel along a first path having a first sense. The buckets are loadable when traveling along a first portion of the first path. An endless bel... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5435429 | Conveyor The invention relates to a conveyor provided with a frame and with at least one carrier guided by a guide mechanism, which can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor by a driving mechanism. At least some of the carriers support sliding pie... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5435430 | Bucket conveying method and apparatus There is utilized a particular bucket conveyor apparatus for the transport of fragile articles such as cookies and crackers from an input feed point to a multiple number of discharge areas. At the discharge areas the bucket conveyors are tilted rearwardly... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5339943 | Bucket lift distribution system A bulk material handling conveyor system having a set of buckets carried in a continuous manner from an infeed zone where the buckets are filled with product by way of a metering vibratory feeder to an unloading zone and back to the infeed zone. The bucke... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5186223 | Filling system An improved filling system for containers of mixtures of liquid and solid material where the liquid/solid ratio is critical is disclosed. A prior art problem was that sticky solid material would adhere to the receptacle or bucket in which it was delivered... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5056649 | Mechanism for inverting carrier An inverting mechanism according to the present invention comprises an inverting body for inverting which includes a plate member fixed to each of a plurality of carriers connected to an endless chain and four inverting elements rotatably supported on eac... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5024568 | Bulk material reclaiming apparatus A cargo reclaiming apparatus that may be fitted to a ship for emptying bulk solid material from the holds or to a warehouse for emptying such material from storage bins. The apparatus has a gantry movable across the top of the storage containers, a rotata... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4989722 | Apparatus for transporting yarn packages An endless belt is driven between two yarn processing machines. A plurality of package carrier members are mounted at spaced intervals to the endless belt by pivot connections which permit the carrier members to travel in freely pivotal hang disposition. ... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4917796 | Lift with automated dump A lift apparatus adapted for reliable, substantially maintenance-free operation in material transfer systems, including systems that are subject to considerable contamination. The lift apparatus includes an open top container, a support plate for normally... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4903821 | Intermittent drum feeder with adjustable loading position A feed mechanism for use with a bucket conveyor in which spaced-apart buckets are supported between spaced-parallel conveyor chains. The mechanism has a cylindrical trough with a feed auger extending across the chains. The trough has a discharge slot in i... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4892179 | Bucket distribution system A bucket distribution system for receiving products at an infeed station and selectively discharging the products at a plurality of distribution stations. A plurality of buckets travel in a continuous path and each receive a predetermined portion of produ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4825998 | Apparatus for emptying a conveyor bucket An apparatus for tipping about a horizontal axis a bucket carried by a conveyor chain around a circuit to fill the bucket with contents at a predetermined location and empty the contents thereof at a predetermined location. The apparatus comprises a bucke... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4796748 | Continuous bucket conveyor system A continuous bucket conveyor/elevator is provided which comprises a series of buckets mounted on at least one endless cable. The cable or cables and attached buckets are urged forward by means of an adjacent driving mechanism, such as, a pneumatic or hydr... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4738578 | Bulk material reclaiming apparatus A cargo reclaiming apparatus that may be fitted to a ship for emptying bulk solid material from the holds or to a warehouse for emptying such material from storage bins. The apparatus has a gantry movable across the top of the storage containers, a rotata... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4674623 | Bucket elevator including means for modifying bucket speed in the loading zone The invention relates to an elevator having buckets (14) disposed at regular intervals along a drive belt (1) which co-operates with guide units (11) for guiding the belt round a path which is concave towards the said most distant points (14b) of the buck... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4456119 | Device for elevating a liquid A device for elevating water by means of a vertical chain (5,21) of buckets (10,20) supported and driven by an upper reversing wheel (7,25), the lower part of the bucket chain (5,21) running through a filling tank (1,15) having a height adjustable overflo... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4401206 | Arrangement for continuously excavating ground and conveying excavated earth in the vertical direction A continuous vertical the ground-excavating arrangement which comprises a guide post for being driven vertically into the ground deeper than the desired excavation depth so that said guide post can stand independently of excavation, a lower earth loading ... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4392310 | Drying apparatus A particulate dryer is disclosed in which upwardly moving hot gases contact downwardly moving particulate matter. The particulate matter is supported by rotating trays which, due to the absence of support at their outer ends at selected loci are caused to... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4354592 | Self-cleaning apparatus for removing material from a rotating drum Self-cleaning apparatus for removing material from a rotating drum. Buckets are associated with a scraper which is maintained in a substantially fixed position relative to the local gravitational force vector. The scraper is maintained in said position by... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4352423 | Conveying apparatus An apparatus for the thermal treatment of commodities packed in containers, such as tins or glass jars, comprises a treatment chamber or space through which a conveyor travels in a loop-shaped path, which path extends outside this chamber. The conveyor co... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4336877 | Foldable unloading machine The disclosed unloading machine, which is foldable in height to facilitate its insertion into a ship or the like, comprises an endless train of circular buckets, with axial tension elements therebetween, a foldable vertical leg including two parallel guid... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4333561 | Elevator head material guide means An elevator having a bucket conveyor for moving material, as grain, from a hopper to a discharge location. The conveyor has an endless belt trained about idler and drive pulleys. A plurality of cups secured to the belt carry columns of material from the h... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4318467 | Conveyors A bucket conveyor includes a plurality of spaced buckets which pass through a loading zone with gaps between adjacent buckets. Flexible sheets are enclosed at their leading ends to a fixed part of the conveyor and extend over the buckets in the loading zo... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4214386 | Bucket wheel excavator with vibrating buckets A bucket wheel type excavator is provided in which a vibrating movement is imparted to the individual cutting components of each bucket on the wheel. Moreover, each such imparting movement to the individual teeth or cutting components is from a single exc... | 07/29/1980 |
