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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6474521 | Multiple-compartment storage chest for vehicles A storage chest for vehicles comprises a box defining an opening and being sized for mounting to a motor vehicle; a door openably closing off the opening; a plurality of containers sized and shaped to receive and hold one or more items; a motorized drive ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6108947 | Bucket dredger Bucket dredger, comprising: a swivelling ladder connected to a vessel, a driven upper wheel at the top end and a polygonal lower wheel (7) at the lower end of the ladder, one or more endless chains (6) which are guided along both wheels, and buckets (9) c... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5119939 | Bucket conveyor frame A bucket conveyor frame. At least one horizontal section and one vertical section are connected by a curved section. Each section has a central support tube. A plurality of plates connected to the support tube lie in approximately vertical planes. Upper a... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4998482 | Aerial tramway and method for relieving induced torque An aerial tramway having a pair of side-by-side, substantially parallel, movable haul ropes and at least one load carrying unit attached between the haul ropes for advancement therewith. A plurality of detachment assemblies are positioned periodically alo... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4988250 | Bucket elevator type continuous ship unloader A bucket elevator type continuous ship unloader is used for both a sidewise shovelling operation and a catenary cleaning up operation. In this ship unloader, a bucket chain is wound around sprockets respectively provided at the front and rear ends of a ho... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4958721 | Inclined bucket elevator A bucket conveyor having a guide track, a plurality of independent buckets slidably engaged with the guide track and a driving mechanism that directly engages each bucket of the plurality of buckets during their movement around the guide track. The guide ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4860884 | Bucket conveyor, particularly for unloading ships A bucket conveyor including self-scooping bucket elements, a support structure, and a mechanism for displacing the elements over a closed path along the support structure for conveying bulk material from a region below the structure to a region in the vic... | 08/29/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4830177 | Bucket elevator-type continuous unloader A bucket elevator-type continuous unloader in which guide rails are provided on a frame of a horizontal scraping section and rollers engaging with each guide rail are provided for a train of elevator buckets, wherein the guide rails are adapted to be enga... | 05/16/1989 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4719059 | Process of handling and transferring a molded product A material handling device for transferring a formed good from an injection molding machine includes a pair of spaced tracks. Inner ends of the tracks are positioned below a mold carried by the machine with the track positioned transversely to opening and... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4671783 | Wheel and chain power transmission machine This invention relates to a method for transmitting power to and from wheels via a train of links. The wheels have cam actuated members that effectively control the radial position of individual links as they enter, travel around, and exit the said wheels... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4505378 | Conveyor pocket gripping apparatus A conveyor apparatus for successively receiving single newspapers being advanced by a conveyor loading device and advancing the same to a downstream location for additional processing. The apparatus includes an endless conveyor track having a conveyor cha... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4370931 | Transportation system utilizing a stretchable train of cars and stretchable bandconveyors A transportation system comprises a plurality of successive load carrying components, means for moving the components along a closed-loop path and means for controlling the speed of the components and their distance apart. The controlling means is operabl... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4024947 | Bulk material conveyor A bulk material conveying apparatus consisting of an endless chain of elongated containers is disclosed. Each container has a closed end and an open end, with orientation of the containers alternating so that in a horizontal traveling position, open ends ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4004679 | Mechanical shovels A new mechanical shovel adapted for mounting on a vehicle and for shovelling continuously onto a conveyor consists of a plurality of buckets pivotally mounted equidistantly around an axis to two spaced coaxial cam disc members rotatable by a drive about a... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3943644 | Mining dredge having endless bucket conveyor and flexible guide train A device for mining the bottom of a body of water for ores and minerals, having a flexible combined guide train and conveying train assembly suspended between a drive unit on board a ship and a receiving unit. The latter is towed along the bottom, so as t... | 03/16/1976 |
