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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6805232 | Apparatus and method for directing and cushioning items during piling The invention is an apparatus and method for directing and cushioning a plurality of items, particularly potatoes, conveyed from an elevated source into a piling area beneath the elevated source. The apparatus includes: a frame connecting to the elevated source; an ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6135171 | Passive enclosure dust control system A material handling transfer system which utilizes passive dust control methods for containing and controlling fugitive dust emissions generated during a transfer operation. The present system includes an enclosure containment structure which houses a spe... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5682973 | Mail decelerating device A mail decelerating device wherein a straight channel with a V-shaped cross section is supplied by a conveyor channel with a number of mail items; the mail item is intercepted and directed by a deflecting element towards an inclined wall of the V-section ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5494150 | Conveyor belt system with shock-absorbing belt side travel control means A batter board is interposed between an upper conveyor belt, that is discharging granular material, and a lower conveyor belt that is receiving it. The batter board is adapted to deflect the downwardly arching stream of material, to laterally adjust the l... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5292388 | Conveyorized vacuum applicator and method therefor A method of and apparatus that is continuously automatically operative in an in-line system is described for applying under heat, vacuum and mechanical pressure a photoresist-forming layer to printed circuit boards that already have been prelaminated by t... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5154276 | Device for handling of returnable bottles The invention concerns a device (10) for handling of returnable bottles. The device comprises a dropping tube (12), through which a returnable bottle (P) is dropped from an upper position (E1), into a lower position (E2) by the force... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5109970 | Aggregate particle shield An aggregate particle shield for use as a wearliner or the like, in aggregate material transport devices such as line vibrating feeders, discharge chutes, or the like having a multiplicity of ceramic plugs upstanding in a polyurethane bed and arranged in ... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4807734 | Pellet-press-to-sintering-boat nuclear fuel pellet loading apparatus Apparatus for loading friable nuclear fuel pellets into a sintering boat from a pellet press which ejects newly made pellets. An inclined pellet chute (preferably a tube) receives the ejected pellets and discharges them against a first resilient brush whi... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4693355 | Automatic combinatorial weighting apparatus An automatic combinatorial weighing apparatus includes a double collection chute assembly disposed in delivery paths for passage of articles to be weighed. The double collection chute assembly includes an inner collection chute having an outlet and a pair... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4678076 | Transfer assembly of belt conveyor A transfer assembly of a belt conveyor comprises a discharge drum of the conveyor rigidly secured on a frame at the discharge end of the conveyor. Also on the discharge end of the conveyor is hinged a deflector shield which has a curvilinear portion whose... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4572350 | Apparatus for diverting stacks of sheets in paper processing machines A first transporting unit advances a series of stacks of paper sheets along a straight first path. A transfer conveyor can be lifted into the first path to divert selected stacks into the range of a second transporting unit which defines a second path mak... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4520918 | Method of and apparatus for preventing segregation of aggregate Apparatus for preventing segregation of aggregate includes a plurality of vertically disposed chutes at the discharge end of a conveyor, each chute being arranged to intercept a portion of aggregate leaving the conveyor, and direct it downwardly onto a co... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4380332 | Snubbing device for blank conveyor apparatus An improved conveyor system for transporting die-cut blanks from a rotary die cutter to a blank stacking device includes a blank take-up section comprising a spring biased take-up guide which insures that blanks are positively engaged by the conveyor syst... | 04/19/1983 |
