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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6651842 | Article dispensing machine and method An article dispensing apparatus is described. The dispensing apparatus includes a plurality of slats, each having one or more holders for holding and dispensing articles. Each slat has a cavity and an open end. Further, each holder includes an aperture th... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6422418 | Article dispensing machine and method An article dispensing apparatus is described. The dispensing apparatus includes a plurality of slats, each having one or more holders for holding and dispensing articles. Each slat has a cavity and an open end. Further, each holder includes an aperture th... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6267226 | Bucket elevator improvements A bucket elevator for use in grape harvesting which has buckets in sequential alignment which are each attached to a bucket elevator chain so that the orientation of each bucket will remain that of the chain to which it is attached. There are disclosures ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6009993 | Bucket conveyor apparatus having improved infeed station A bucket conveyor apparatus includes one or more conveyor chains, and a plurality of conveyor buckets which are pivotally mounted on the conveyor chains. While the buckets are positioned in spaced apart relationship along the chains, the present apparatus... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5833047 | Apron conveyor The invention relates to an apron conveyor whose mutually overlapping members, consisting of plates with side walls which connect vertically, are arranged on link chains and are partitioned in a way matching the chain divisions. The slats are provided in ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5641057 | Bucket elevator conveyors The bucket conveyor system is made up of buckets which are pivotally suspended between two chains and run around an endless circuit. The claims are made up of links being connected by pins in elongated holes. This chain can be compressed to make its lengt... | 06/24/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5526922 | High lift bucket A belt type conveyor includes buckets which include front and rear forward angling walls for nesting. The front walls act as a retaining wall and a pour chute for discharging material at the correct time and location. The buckets may also include rear por... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5143203 | Granular material transfer apparatus A conveyor/elevator for moving bulk granular materials from a first location, at a designated height, to a second location, at an elevated height. The apparatus includes an endless conveyor web which is tensioned and has oppositely facing elevating and re... | 09/01/1992 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4493413 | Bucket conveyor assembly A bucket conveyor assembly includes both a bucket endless conveyor and a cover endless conveyor, with the cover endless conveyor being located inside a horizontal section of the bucket endless conveyor. The cover endless conveyor is driven so that covers ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4232782 | Continuous conveyance system A continuous conveyance system comprising a series of ship-shaped conveyance containers whereby bulk load is conveyed, two pairs of endless chains adapted to support and carry said conveyance containers at both front and rear portions thereof, said pairs ... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4221764 | Horizontal extractor Horizontal basket extractors with a continuous conveyor with spaced baskets or cells are arranged with traveling splitters movable along the top and/or bottom runs of the conveyor synchronously with the baskets arranged to divert a continuous flow of soli... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4020956 | Live bottom pit for a solid waste disposal system A live bottom pit for a solid waste disposal system is disclosed in which an endless device or endless belt-like structure driven by a motor is positioned near the bottom of the pit and extends upward along one side of the pit at an angle in excess of 35 ... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4019625 | Bucket conveyor A bucket conveyor has buckets which are supported by transverse elements extending between two conveyor belts, each conveyor bucket being connected to the neighboring bucket at the transverse element but without pivotal movement between the buckets at thi... | 04/26/1977 |
