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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066114 | Differential impulse conveyor with improved drive A differential impulse conveyor (10) includes a tray (12) laterally moveable in a forward direction at a first speed and in a backward direction at a second speed greater than the first speed, thereby moving goods along the tray. A plurality of legs ( | 11/29/2011 |
| 7975837 | Conveyor with safety gate A conveyor (10) includes an elongate tray (12) for supporting goods thereon, and a powered drive (16) to move goods along the tray. In one embodiment, a gate (24) is supported on this tray for closing an opening in the tray or for opening... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7757836 | Food coating and topping applicator apparatus and methods of use thereof Apparatuses and methods for coating, topping, and conveying foods. The apparatus includes a first frame, spring assemblies, a vibrating assembly including an upper pan, a middle pan, a lower pan, and a second frame mounted to the lower pan with the spring assemblies... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7413073 | Piezo-driven parts feeder A moving table supports a parts conveying member. A fixed table is disposed below the moving table and supports the moving table so as to freely vibrate the moving table through a vibration generator. The vibration generator includes a first elastic member and a pie... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7228957 | Slip conveyor assembly A slip conveyor assembly (10) having a plurality of slip conveyors (11 to 16). Each slip conveyor (11 to 16) has a tray (18) providing a conveyor surface (20) along which product is delivered. The trays (18) ar... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222750 | Transfer and dosing device of pulverulent or granular material contained in a hopper A dosing device of a pulverulent material uses an oscillating drive mechanism with straight to-and-fro movement to extract and dose a pulverulent material contained in a hopper with a calibrated outlet aperture, and then to transfer the extracted mass to a removal p... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7186347 | Vibratory apparatus for separating liquid from liquid laden solid material A vibratory apparatus for separating a liquid from a liquid-laden solid material. The apparatus includes an inclined trough having a base with a first end and a second elevated with respect to the first end. A deck is attached to the trough base, the deck defining s... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185756 | Discharge device for worked material A discharge device for worked material is provided. The worked material produced by the press working is received on a chute arranged just below a lower die. The chute is driven to make a reciprocating motion within a substantially horizontal plane in response to a ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7086522 | Device for vibratory indexing of portioned pieces A portioned piece spacing apparatus having at least one contoured chute. The contoured chute having at least one angle of declination, a receiving area and an discharge tip. The at least one vibrating chute being coupled to a vibrating mechanism through an at least ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6851548 | Vibratory conveying apparatus adapted to be driven by a plurality of accumulatively phased pairs of rotating eccentric weights A vibratory conveying apparatus for conveying material. The apparatus includes a bed on which material is conveyed, a counterbalance supported on a plurality of isolation springs, a plurality of inclined drive springs extending between the bed and the counterbalance... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6834756 | Conveying system and method A conveyor assembly having a conveying member made substantially of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene material. The conveying member can be provided with a support structure for supporting the conveying member. At least one biasing member and at least one sec... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6782995 | Two-way vibratory conveyor and stabilizer rocker arm therefor A two-way vibratory conveyor includes at least one trough mounted on a base and a drive which reciprocally moves the trough(s). The conveyor, which in one embodiment has two interconnected troughs and in another embodiment has a single trough, includes a drive which... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6745893 | Bearing system for the swinging suspension of the swing frame of a conveyor grate A bearing system which is for suspending the swing frame of a conveyor grate in a swinging manner on a support structure. Two elastic spring rods are arranged next to each other in a common plane of swinging. The spring rods have a first end clamped in a fixed manne... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6702102 | Exciter mass assembly for a vibratory device An exciter mass assembly for vibratory processing equipment includes an exciter frame and at least one resilient member connecting the exciter frame to the vibratory processing equipment. A motor is supported by the exciter frame so that the exciter frame... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6631799 | Vibratory feeding system A vibratory feeding system includes a hopper, a tray and a vibrator. The hopper is disposed above the tray so that components can flow from the hopper to the tray. The vibrator is mounted to the tray, so that the tray can be vibrated to move components al... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6598734 | Vibratory distribution conveyor A vibratory conveyor has an eccentric shaft drive system mounted at an angle relative to horizontal plane defined by the conveyor deck. Rotation of the drive shafts and associated eccentric weight elements causes a net force to be imparted to the conveyor... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6161680 | Spring connection for vibratory conveyor A spring connection for a vibratory conveyor having a trough member including a side wall, includes two fasteners which are welded to the side wall. The connection includes a spring connection plate with corresponding fastener holes to receive the fastene... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6024210 | Electrically coupled multiple shaft drive system for vibrating equipment The control system of the present invention is particularly usable with extended vibration conveyors and permits the installation of a multiple of drive vibratory drive units comprised of one or more vibratroy modules. Each module comprises a motor, one o... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5314056 | High-speed vibratory alignment and singulation conveyor A vibratory feed device is described for producing a high-speed single-file stream of aligned food articles. The feed device comprises a vibratory guide trough extending longitudinally from a receiving end to a discharge end. The guide trough has inclined... | 05/24/1994 |
| 4979608 | Two trough, electromagnetically vibratory feeder A three mass, two trough feeder transfers articles on first and second troughs by vibrating the troughs. First and second leaf springs support the troughs on a base with the troughs in line with each other and with one trough overlapping the other. The ra... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4565279 | Product accumulating conveyor apparatus and method A vibratory apparatus and method is provided for cooling product as it is conveyed from one station to another. The vibratory apparatus has a conveyor with means for sensing a predetermined weight of product accumulated at a loading portion of the conveyo... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4226326 | Conveyor trough and pull rod for a shaker conveyor A shaker conveyor is disclosed which includes a conveyor trough supported for reciprocating movement and having drive means including a pull rod adapted to effect reciprocating movement of the conveyor in a manner to advance discrete particles therealong.... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4174776 | Vibration conveyor apparatus The apparatus is distinguished by that the bent boards of a feeding trough are connected to each other and to a vibrator above the bottom wall of the trough.... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4146123 | Stick aligning and conveying method and apparatus A method of aligning sticks in which the sticks are oscillated in a receiving zone where they are aligned and conveyed to a collecting zone where they are stacked in parallel side-by-side relationship. The collecting zone is vibrated to dispense the stick... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4134489 | Coupling device for a scraper conveyor tub The invention relates to a coupling device acting between to adjacent tubs of a scraping conveyor for mines in which each tub comprises two side members. The recesses for the abutment flanges, like the access openings, are laterally accessible. The retain... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4133424 | Connecting members for the ends of tubs of a scraper conveyor The invention relates to connecting members for the ends of adjacent tubs of a scraper conveyor for the use in mines in which each tub comprises two side members. The supporting partition of each connecting member has a rear face serving as a support for ... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4081075 | Fish flume apparatus Fast-assembly flume apparatus for transferring fish during fish loading and unloading operations. The apparatus includes a plurality of like, generally half-hexagonal flume members. These flume members are nestable to permit compact stowing and are positi... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4046249 | Vibration conveyor apparatus having cambered trough The apparatus is distinguished in that its feeding trough cambered in the direction from the loading end towards the unloading end thereof is arranged with its camber up so that its feeding surface is convex.... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3958687 | High-speed multi-channel feeder for tablets Herein is disclosed a feeding arrangement for high-speed multi-channel sensing and counting apparatus utilized in processing randomly-flowing discreet solid particular objects such as pharmaceutical tablets. An inclined vibrating feeder-tray is provided h... | 05/25/1976 |
