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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181770 | Downloader conveyor for apples and like objects A downloader conveyor is described and claimed. The downloader conveyor comprises an endless belt to which a plurality of cups is pivotally attached. The cups are adapted to receive apples or like relatively delicate objects. As the cups containing the apples descen... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8028822 | Automatic distributed vending system Invention describes apparatus automating distributed item processing including pharmacy. Apparatus includes: portable vending cartridges, automatic vending modules, controllers. Cartridge contains conveyor transporting items inside carriers. Cartridges slide-into re... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7258223 | Pallet conveyor with chain drive recirculating in a horizontal plane A conveyor using a drive chain to drive pallets along a closed loop path on a track lying in a horizontal plane through inside and outside turns so that the conveyor may transport parts along non aligned stations. An advance and a return run extend parallel to each ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7051866 | Cafeteria tray accumulator A cafeteria tray accumulator includes a plurality of tray holding cages that are suspended from a drive track that moves in a loop with one transverse leg disposed above another transverse leg. Each tray-holding cage includes a plurality of shelves that hold cafeter... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6615974 | Flexible chain for use in a conveyor system A flexible chain for a single-strand bucket-type chain conveyor has inner link plates arranged in parallel pairs. The inner link plates are connected by two chain bolts, forming an inner chain link. The bolts extend through the two inner link plates and t... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6334527 | 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... | 01/01/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6086065 | Apparatus for feeding sheets from a sheet store An arrangement for feeding sheets from a sheet store to either one of a plurality of stations includes a movable carriage which receives sheets fed from the store and which has driving cogwheels for coaction with a fixed cog railway outside the carriage. ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5884752 | Elevator system The invention relates to apparatus for conveying material between a lower station and an upper station. The apparatus includes a bucket (16) for containing material to be conveyed, a guide channel (15) between the upper station and the lower station, a lo... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5575937 | Molded bakery proofer tray A molded proofer tray (10) for use in commercial bakeries, includes threaded inserts (28) molded directly into the outer end (14) walls for removably receiving mounting pins (30) to facilitate repair if damaged. A female embodiment (40) is also provided.... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5526921 | Intersecting bi-directional buckets for a bucket elevator system A bucket elevator system capable of being driven bi-directionally. The system having a plurality of pivoted buckets supported between two endless chains. Each bucket having a primary guide boss with an upper surface and a guide surface thereon. Guides arr... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5477955 | Conveying system for foodstuffs A conveying system (10) for the classification and sorting of foodstuffs comprising a conveyor (11) comprising at least one endless chain (15) driven by spaced apart drive sprockets (12 and 13), a plurality of chain clips (40) moulded in plastics and clip... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5441145 | Elevator device A substantially vertical elevator (5) for the transport of round and/or spherical objects, for example golf balls, between different levels, the elevator including a conveyor belt (11) which extends between an upper roller at an upper level and a lower ro... | 08/15/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5105933 | Disc/cam type tipping mechanism for bucket conveyor A tipping mechanism for buckets carried by a conveyor or elevator. Each bucket 28 is attached to a chain 26 by a swing link 29 and each bucket carries a sector shape cam 30. As the buckets are carried around a sprocket 27 the cam 30 contacts a peg 31, so ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4969314 | Cup bagger chute The present invention provides a machine for bagging contained liquid products and includes a product dispenser, a product bagger and a chute from the product dispenser to the product bagger. The chute is designed to eliminate or at least substantially el... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4961489 | Product handling system A system for the processing and handling of products including the method and apparatus therefor. A conveyor includes rocker elements fixed thereto which may be selectively tipped by means of an actuator and camming surface to off-load products conveyed i... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4944387 | Bucket conveyor system A bucket conveyor system 13 for a harvesting machine which can move along a row of plants. The bucket conveyor system has a pair of parallel endless roller chains 18 guided for movement along a generally rectangular path 17, and open-topped buckets 19 con... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4940129 | Apparatus for regrouping articles from a first conveyor to a second conveyor A conveyor apparatus for regrouping articles from parallel-arranged first columns to form parallel-arranged second columns includes a first conveyor carrying the first columns of articles; two horizontally spaced endless carrier elements circulating in a ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4924998 | Storage mechanism for sorted articles A frame is positioned about a vertical axis (z). A helical track composed of track sections (72) is supported on the frame and extends about the vertical axis (z). The helical track has a lower entrance end and an upper exit end. An endless conveyor (EC) ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4890722 | Method and apparatus for conveying materials A conveyor system comprising a series of buckets supported by a chain along a predetermined endless path having straight portions and at least one internal curve. An individual pivoting arm supports a respective bucket on the chain. Each pivoting arm is p... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4874281 | Method of making up batches of small items, and an installation implementing the method The installation comprises a delivery conveyor (4) for delivering unit items in buckets (5). A station (3) injects unit items onto the delivery conveyor. A sorting conveyor (6) carries packs (8) corresponding to respective batches to be made up. The sorti... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4838410 | Chain and chain track for rotating conveyor bucket A bucket conveyor comprising a plurality of buckets, a chain on which the buckets are mounted in series, a chain track on which the chain is mounted for movement thereon, a drive for moving the chain whereby the buckets are moved along a circuitous convey... | 06/13/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4817782 | Heavy duty conveyor bucket with auxiliary support means A bucket conveyor comprising a plurality of buckets, a chain on which the buckets are mounted in cantilevered relation to one side of the chain by an outwardly-extending bucket spindle connecting the chain to one side of the bucket, a chain track on which... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4805780 | Sorting machine, in particlar for small parcels A sorting machine with trays which are moved in an endless path extending in a vertical plane in such a manner that the trays face upwardly both in the lower and upper run of the path, the trays being pivotally suspended between two synchronously driven c... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4770287 | Bucket conveyor A bucket conveyor with a pair of parallel draw elements between which the buckets are supported on spindles about which they rotate pendulum fashion. Forward rollers are mounted on the ends of the spindles and rear rollers are mounted at the opposite edge... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4750606 | Bucket tipping apparatus with increased dwell time for bucket in inverted position An apparatus for tipping a bucket carried by a conveyor chain around a circuit to empty the contents thereof at a predetermined location. The apparatus is characterized by providing a dwell time to the bucket in its inverted position as the bucket is rota... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4722433 | Conveyor or elevator system A bucket elevator includes a continuous driven chain supporting inter-engaging buckets on swinging links. The links carry rollers which travel along guidance tracks which diverge from the track which guides the chain. Thus, the buckets pass around a curve... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4683029 | Circular solvent extractor A circular solvent extractor useful in a commercial process for the removal of bitumen from tar or oil sands or other solvent extraction processes requiring high tonnage throughput. The extractor comprises two major segments that are stationary, namely, a... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4607745 | Pendulum-mounted bucket with control cam for a bucket conveyor A bucket conveyor wherein the buckets are pivotable about transverse horizontal axes and have first cam faces which slope upwardly and rearwardly counter to the direction of movement of the buckets. The cam faces of successive buckets can be engaged by a ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4604814 | Apparatus for cooling or drying coarse-grained bulk material The subject matter of the invention relates to apparatus for cooling or drying coarse-grained bulk material, comprising a plurality of trays mounted one above the other for rotation about a common axis, each tray being divided into a plurality of segments... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4586613 | Method and apparatus for sorting fruits and vegetables In a method and an apparatus for sorting fruits and vegetables which is arranged to convey fruits and vegetables of various shapes such as spheroidal shapes, spherical massive shapes, non-spherical massive shapes or amorphous shapes one by one on a tray d... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4585126 | Method and apparatus for high speed processing of fruit or the like A method and apparatus are disclosed for high-speed processing of fruit or the like wherein the fruit is initially accumulated and aligned at a pick-up point for capture in spaced-apart pockets of a singulation conveyor at the pick-up point to maintain th... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4558602 | Large capacity sample bucket and bucket sampler having low clearance A sample bucket is disclosed for intercepting a sample while cutting through a flow of particulate material. The bucket is in the form of a receptacle having an open mouth and a suitable depth for retaining a desired gross sample without overflow thereof.... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4509635 | Sorting system A sorting system for generally flat articles includes a number of receptacles (2) mounted on a conveyor (1) each of which is disposed to receive and convey an article to be carried lying with its surface of maximum size perpendicular to the conveyor line ... | 04/09/1985 |
