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...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162148 | Weight filling device for small objects A weight filling device for filling small objects comprising a vibrating feed assembly, at least two bins in a side by side orientation, and a chute assembly. The feed assembly includes feed stations having a feed tray with a large feed portion and a small feed port... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7959008 | Method and device for screening out particles The invention relates to a method and a device for screening first particles out of a granulate comprised of first and second particles by conveying the granulate along a first screen surface which extends outward from a vibrating device, wherein the first particles... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7617938 | Elastic sieving technique and corresponding large-sized elastic vibration screen An elastic sieving method and corresponding large-sized elastic vibration screen. The present invention utilizes a screening surface and a separate sieving machine. A screen mat located on the sieve box is connected to multiple small rectangular screens. While the m... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7510084 | Material separation device and method A material separation device for use in an internal area of a material handling system. The separation device includes a separator member with a body with a plurality of material passageways extending therethrough. The separator member includes a material exit porti... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7380672 | Flow diverter and exhaust blower for vibrating screen separator assembly A flow diverter and a vacuum blower for vibrating screen separator assembly. The flow diverter decelerates and increases the exposed surface of materials. The exhaust blower removes vapors from the materials. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380673 | Flow diverter and exhaust blower for vibrating screen separator assembly A flow diverter and a vacuum blower for vibrating screen separator assembly. The flow diverter decelerates and increases the exposed surface of materials. The exhaust blower removes vapors from the materials. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7347391 | Waste processing apparatus and method The present invention includes an apparatus and method for processing solid waste products. The apparatus comprises a rotatably mounted cylindrical vessel having a first end, a second end and an interior surface, at least one end terminating in a hatch that may be o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331469 | Vibratory separator with automatically adjustable beach A vibratory separator having a basket for supporting screen apparatus for treating material, the basket pivotably mounted on a base, vibratory apparatus connected to the basket for vibrating the basket, the material forming a pool on the screen apparatus, and a beac... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7278540 | Adjustable basket vibratory separator A vibratory separator having a base, a basket movably mounted on the base and for supporting screen apparatus for treating material introduced into the vibratory separator, the basket on a base and pivotable with respect thereto, vibratory apparatus connected to the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7240800 | Vibratory sand reclaiming apparatus having normal and reject modes An attrition mill for reclaiming foundry sand from deposited material having lumps of used foundry sand and included material includes a housing defining a chamber for receiving the lumps of used foundry sand and included material. A base is disposed within the hous... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7222717 | Device for collecting and recycling articles directed to feeding channels A hopper releases articles onto a selecting sieve which selects and keeps complying articles, separating them from defective and/or fragmented ones and from powders. A linear conveyor, situated downstream of the selecting sieve, receives the complying articles for s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216767 | Screen basket and shale shakers A screen mounting basket for a vibratory separator for separating components of material introduced into the basket, the vibratory separator including a collection receptacle beneath the basket, the basket including two opposed spaced-apart side walls having first e... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198156 | Dam basket for vibratory separators A vibratory separator and a screen mounting basket for a vibratory separator for separating components of material introduced into the basket, the vibratory separator including a collection receptacle beneath the basket, at least one screen assembly mounted in the b... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195121 | Sifting device A sifting device including a sieve box (1), which is caused to oscillate using a drive (4), as a fundamental oscillation system having essentially horizontal first transverse carriers (1.3) and a supplementary oscillation system (2), atta... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7150358 | Shaker screen clamping and sealing assembly An assembly for sealing a shaker screen assembly in a shaker separator includes a substantially inflexible gasket affixed to each screen support and a flexible gasket affixed to each screen support such that the screen frame rests atop the gaskets on the support aro... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7093719 | Transportable, self-contained, recirculation, wash plant A combination of prospecting equipment and apparatus, for the purpose of collecting precious minerals from mineral bearing sand and gravel, located in regions that are arid in nature, have little water or limited water usage, due to environmental concerns. The Wash ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7040488 | Screens and seals for vibratory separators A vibratory separator having a basket for supporting screen assembly apparatus, the basket having an interior surface, vibrator apparatus connected to the basket to vibrate it and the screen assembly apparatus releasably secured thereto, seal apparatus connected to ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025210 | Method and apparatus for attenuating sound from vibratory screening machines A method of attenuating the sound emanating from a bank of a plurality of vibrating screens of a plurality of vibrating screening machines including the steps of providing a master pulse of known phase and frequency, comparing the phase and frequency of a plurality ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6976591 | Food-stuff physical characteristic sorting apparatus and method A foodstuff seed sorting endless belt conveyor apparatus for sorting out premium quality seeds from a seed mixture having both premium and inferior grade seeds on the basis of seed physical characteristics develops an orbital motion that is superimposed upon the nor... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6953121 | Vibrating screen A vibrating screen assembly supported by springs is provided which is used to size separate rock and other material. The present invention includes increasing the natural frequency of the screen assembly by stiffening the individual screen decks of the screen assemb... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6892889 | Screen A screen system employs a resiliently mounted housing, a vibration generator mounted to the housing, a mounting frame fixed to the resiliently mounted housing and a support surface. This system receives a screen including a screen frame and pre-tensioned screen clot... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6889846 | Hybrid screen A hybrid incline/horizontal screen for separating particulate material into predetermined size fractions, the screen having multiple screen decks mounted on a frame, at least one uppermost screen deck having an inclined receiving end and a horizontal discharge end. ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6830155 | Vibratory screening apparatus There is provided screen apparatus comprising side walls having a lower edge portion configured to accept tubular screen support members. An upper edge extends from the inlet end of the side walls to an apex from which a declining edge extends to the foot of the sid... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6825136 | Filtering screens for vibratory separation equipment A filtering screen comprises a fine woven wirecloth filtering mesh (4) disposed above a coarse woven wirecloth support mesh (2). An intermediate woven wirecloth mesh (3) is disposed between the fine woven mesh (4) and the coarse woven mes... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6736269 | Device for collecting and recycling articles directed to feeding channels In a device for collecting and re-cycling articles sent toward feeding channels, a selecting member is situated downstream of a station where the articles are accumulated, for receiving, in a predetermined way, the articles from the accumulation station. The selecti... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6726023 | Method and arrangement for cleaning the screening device of a screen The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for cleaning the screening device (2) of a screen (1). The screen (1) comprises at least said screening device (2) which has openings for the separation of particles of different sizes ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715611 | Vibratory separator A vibratory separator for separating components of material introduced to the vibratory separator, the vibratory separator in one particular aspect being a shale shaker, the vibratory separator including a basket for holding screening apparatus, the basket having tw... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6581781 | Vibrator separator screens A screen assembly for a vibratory shaker, the screen assembly including at least two screening members, and the at least two screen members connected by sewing material. In one aspect of such a screen assembly the sewing material is thread in a stitch pat... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6508364 | Sieving device A sieving device and the operation of a sieving device are proposed. The sieving device has a supporting frame which can be made to vibrate and a vibration frame which is held so as to be able to vibrate freely in relation to said supporting frame. A simp... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6439391 | Vibratory separator with material heater A vibratory separator apparatus for separating components from a fluid material stream fed to the vibratory separator apparatus, the vibratory separator apparatus, in certain aspects, having separator apparatus for separating components of the fluid mater... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6412644 | Vibratory separator A vibratory separator for separating components of material introduced to the vibratory separator, the vibratory separator including a basket for holding screening apparatus, the basket having two sides spaced-apart by a first end at which the material is... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6375011 | Vibrating conveyor and method for conveying silicon fragments A method for conveying silicon fragments has the silicon fragments being conveyed over a conveyor surface, which is made from hyperpure silicon. There is a vibrating conveyor, and during the conveying, the sharp edges of the silicon fragments are rounded ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6286687 | Method and device for vibration screening Method and apparatus for the vibration screening of coating powders in particular, wherein a screening cloth is used, which is supported loosely on a screen frame and fixed to a clamping frame, wherein the screening cloth may additionally be supported on ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6269954 | Seal for adjoining screen assemblies in vibrating machinery A seal for adjoining screen assemblies for vibrating machinery, where each screen assembly has a frame. The frame includes a planar surface. A perforated plate with a plurality of screen cloths thereon is secured to the planar surface of the frame. A firs... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6267310 | Process for separating particles of cohesive material according to size A process for separating particles of a cohesive form of a polydisperse compound or composition comprising nevirapine, nevirapine hemihydrate, mexiletine or mexiletine hydrochloride according to size is disclosed which comprises milling and sizing the par... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5887724 | Methods of treating bi-modal fly ash to remove carbon A method of reducing the carbon content of a dry bi-modal fly ash includes subjecting the bi-modal fly ash to dry vibrating screen separation into a carbon rich component and a carbon depleted fly ash component with the carbon depleted fly ash component b... | 03/30/1999 |
| 4797204 | Automatic particle-size analyzer with divided drum An apparatus for automatic screen analysis of a granular material in which the material is screened from a polygonal drum which is divided crosswise into at least two chambers by a transverse partition. A first chamber has progressively coarser screens on... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4702826 | Screen cleaner for particle size analyzer Disclosed is a device for sequentially cleaning the screens of a particle size analyzer of the indexing drum type, as each screen moves out of the screening position. The cleaning member is preferably removed from the drum during each screening step. The ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4601819 | Sorting apparatus for fiber stock, especially for manufacturing paper The sorting apparatus contains a screen forming at least part of a circular-cylindrical surface and a rotor having a rotor shaft which is coaxially located at the lengthwise axis defined by the circular-cylindrical surface. The rotor possesses clearing bl... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4107035 | Three-plane balance gyro sifter A sifting and screening mechanism dynamically balanced in all three planes including a base, a screen assembly with an inclined screened frame having a screening surface with an inlet end and an outlet end, a linear bearing, a resilient mount assembly sup... | 08/15/1978 |
