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A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290499 | Self-cleaning pet litter box assembly A self-cleaning pet litter box has a conveyor to incrementally transport clumped litter material and solid pet waste to a waste receptacle. The conveyor has one end configured to extend into a pet litter container of the self-cleaning litter box and an opposite exit... | 11/06/2007 |
| 6913132 | Variable-capacity store for elongated elements A variable-capacity store (1; 50) for elongated elements (2), in particular tobacco articles, wherein an endless conveyor (8) has a conveying branch (9) for transferring the elongated elements (2) from an input station (3) t... | 07/05/2005 |
| 5562197 | Workpiece transfer system A system, method and apparatus for rapidly conveying workpieces successively through multiple stations by providing an integrated dual shuttle transfer mechanism conveyor operable in an intermittent repetitive lift and carry workpiece travel cycle mode. T... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5314330 | Walking hearth furnace A furnace is provided for continuous high-temperature heat processing in which a work product is conveyed through a furnace muffle by rectilinear beam motion. An inner and an outer beam are equipped with interleaved rods which are used to alternately lift... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5242046 | Clean surface conveyor with flexible sheath A mechanical conveyor system is provided with an exposed flexible membrane surface for use in clean room environments. The conveyor system may be one of varied subassemblies which transfer articles on the conveyor by small orbital motions. The exposed fle... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5209341 | Transfer device in a press Workpieces are transported step-by-step by of transport bars which are provided with grippers and which are longitudinally, transversally and vertically displaceable. In addition to their transversal movement in the horizontal direction, the transport bar... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5086912 | Ambulator for carpet rolls or the like An ambulator for conveying rolls of carpet from a first elevation to a second elevation in a continuous step-wise manner has a fixed frame including a pair of spaced apart inclined frame members having a multiplicity of steps extending thereon from the fi... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4938342 | Continuous conveying mechanism A continuous conveying mechanism especially adapted as the cooker for continuous grilling of hamburger patties and the like uses a shiftable grid which intermittently lifts the patties off a stationary grid and effects advancement after each lift-off unti... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4919254 | Walking beam apparatus and method A walking beam apparatus such as used in a reheat furnace for processing of steel slabs wherein a walking beam transfer structure includes a traversing beam assembly which is moveable both vertically and horizontally to contact, support, and laterally tra... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4853116 | Device for collecting and discharging solid matter A device for collecting and discharging solid matter from a liquid-solid mixture in a waste collecting stream having a grid structure including alternate stationary and displaceable bars, the displaceable bars being interconnected so as to rotate as one u... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4794863 | Motive structure for transporting workpieces An improved motive structure for transporting workpieces (wafers, chip, packages, etc.) between processing stations or tools in a manufacturing operation. The structure includes a first circular crankshaft assembly connected to center axles disposed at ri... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4787503 | Device for the conveyance of bulk material Device for the conveyance of material, in particular bulk material, comprises at least two parallel, mating trough-type conveyor elements which can move lengthwise relative to each other. Each conveyor element has an essentially U-shaped cross section. Th... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4730720 | Device for transporting cans The device for transporting fiber sliver cans employs pairs of rails for supporting a can during travel in a non-linear path. The pairs of rails are moved relative to each other in an endless path so that a can is supported on only one pair of rails durin... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4723651 | Device for transporting cans The fiber sliver can transporting device uses rails which are driven in an alternating manner to lift and roll a can along a horizontal guide plate in a step-wise manner with the can being guided by the vertical boards through a non-linear path.... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4714153 | Device for transporting cans The can transporting device transports the cans by using rails which are driven synchronously by crank drives. In one embodiment, the cans rest on a floorplate while the rails are moved so as to transport the cans in a forward step-wise manner along the f... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4653344 | Laterally-disengageable bearing system This bearing system has been developed primarily for long rotating shafts having a number of support points and supported objects. A beam is preferably extruded with a T-slot in one face. The slot receives the heads of mounting bolts securing a split bear... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4632618 | Feed storage for drill rods for a long-hole drilling apparatus A feed storage for drill rods for a long-hole drilling apparatus, said feed storage comprising a magazine provided with fixed guides (11) for storing drill rods (13) in parallel with each other, a delivery opening (14) defined by the guides for transferri... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4313783 | Computer controlled system for processing semiconductor wafers Automated reactor system and process for etching or otherwise processing semiconductor wafers in a plasma environment. The wafers are carried into and out of a reaction chamber by a conveyor and processed on an individual basis. Within the chamber, an ele... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4286422 | Walking beam bag loader Disclosed is a method and apparatus for loading articles, particularly meat articles, into containers. The apparatus comprises two groups of movably mounted beams cantilevered in a direction of article progression. One group of beams is movable in a verti... | 09/01/1981 |
| 3960276 | Transporter for flat workpieces In order to carry boards or plates between two locations, a rack spanning these locations supports a pair of independently elevatable track structures each comprising a group of parallel rails interleaved with those of the other track structure. The rails... | 06/01/1976 |
