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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325672 | Device for stopping a continuous product stream of a rotary press A device for stopping a continuous product stream of the products of a rotary press, with a height conveyor which has a lower loading region to which the products are supplied via a first conveying means, and an upper delivery region, from which the products are con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 6490782 | Automated in-line filter changing apparatus An automated filter changing system comprises a rotatable filter dispensing assembly and a filter clamping assembly. The filter dispensing device receives filter storage magazines in which a plurality of filters are initially stored in the form of connect... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6234344 | Candy racer A candy racer designed so that a child can observe a piece of candy racing along a track within a plastic housing. The track is formed by an inner housing with a spiral surrounding the inner housing so that candy follows the spiral from an upper reservoir... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6109420 | Unit for transferring and tipping sealed packages containing pourable food products A unit (1) for feeding a succession of sealed packages (2) containing pourable food products along a first path (P) from a supply station (4) to an output station (5), and for simultaneously tipping the packages (2) from a supply position in which the pac... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6092641 | Method and device for vertically conveying packets of cigarettes A method and device for vertically conveying packets of cigarettes, whereby packets of cigarettes, fed successively to an input of a guide, are transferred to an output of the guide by means of a screw lifting member rotating about a respective axis; the ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6073749 | Method and unit for conveying packets of cigarettes A method and unit for conveying packets of cigarettes, whereby packets of cigarettes, supplied successively to an input of a guide, are transferred to an output of the guide by means of a screw device rotating about a respective axis of rotation; the guid... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5595383 | Transport unit for a stack of letters having a stationary helical slide A transport unit having a shaft for receiving a stack of letters includes a stationary helical slide forming a bottom of the shaft and having an approximately vertical axis. The helical slide has an upper and a lower end each defining a transfer point for... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5421513 | Conveying device for exact metering, wherein at least one projecting body is rotated in an inner, disrupted threaded groove, and a use therefor A conveying device for metering of bulk material includes a sleeve having an interior region having an inner threaded groove. The threaded groove is disrupted by a plurality of cross-wise extending compensating grooves. The conveying device further includ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5362456 | Device for sterilizing products packed in cylindrical containers A device for sterilizing products packed in cylindrical containers, includes an elongate, essentially cylindrical housing and an essentially cylindrical rotor located therein which can be driven via a central shaft. The circumferential wall of the housing... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5297668 | Conveyor for raising and lowering containers including means for manually removing containers therefrom A vertical conveyor comprising a centrally rotatable column having a plurality of spaced apart container pusher bars extending therefrom. A helical container support bed extends around the central column and is positioned outwardly therefrom for supportin... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5291987 | Conveyor for raising and lowering articles A conveyor for raising or lowering articles thereon comprising a vertically disposed central column which is rotatable about a vertical axis and which has a plurality of radially spaced apart push bar assemblies mounted thereon. A spiral bed extends aroun... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5259302 | Automatic deep fry apparatus A deep fry apparatus for automatically and sequentially deep frying food articles below the surface of a hot fluid and at different depths or multi-levels in the fluid. An automatic feeder mechanism for feeding food articles to the deep fry apparatus is a... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5070999 | Helical conveyor/accumulator A helical conveyor/accumulator includes a side flexing track wound in a helical pattern around a rotary drum. The drum includes longitudinal grooves that carry articles along the helically disposed track as the drum rotates. The grooves have article engag... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5057288 | Device for sterilizing products packed in cylindrical containers A device for sterilizing products packed in cylindrical containers, includes an elongate, essentially cylindrical housing and an essentially cylindrical rotor located therein which can be driven via a central shaft. The circumferential wall of the housing... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4879841 | Conveyor A trough which spirals in several turns in a plane about a vertical central axis has an arrangement of rails superimposed on it so the rails radiate from the vertical central axis and divide the trough into cells. Potted plants are placed in the cells, in... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4756403 | Device for lowering and lifting containers The device has a rotary drum provided with a plurality of guide recesses, an outer cylindrical plate surrounding the rotary drum and a helical bar disposed between the outer peripheral surface of the drum and the plate. Containers are lowered and lifted a... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4577651 | Device for cleaning containers A device for cleaning containers, especially bottle containers. To make it more compact while ensuring thorough cleaning it is characterized by a container intake (2), by a subsequent helical guide (6) for the containers (1), by at least one container car... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4560086 | Helical elevating dispenser for round objects such as candies A dispenser is provided which includes a generally upright body having an external helical groove journalled for rotation in a preferably transparent outer sleeve. Resilient fingers in the groove or on the inside of the sleeve project into the groove spac... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4363245 | Sampling apparatus A liquid sampling apparatus includes a sample carrier supporting a plurality of sample containers arrayed in a generally spiral pattern for successive passage through a sampling station at which a sampling tube removes a small quantity of liquid from each... | 12/14/1982 |
