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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016119 | Apparatus and method for separating plastic film from waste In an apparatus for separating plastic film material from waste, a plurality of hooks is mounted on a hook carrier for circulating the hooks along a trajectory through an engagement area near a supply track and through a disengagement area downstream of the engageme... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7416084 | Apparatus for piercing garbage bags and collecting nonrigid, elongate objects and powder Provided is an apparatus comprising a screen assembly for sifting powder including a rear feeding device, a first conveyor adapted to convey garbage bags from the feeding device to the screen assembly, an inclined board extended downwardly from a front end of the sc... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7337893 | Preform feeder system, particularly of a receptacle blowing machine, comprising means for ejecting badly positioned preforms A preform feeder system, particularly for feeding blow machines with receptacles such as bottles, of the type including, from upstream to downstream in the longitudinal direction of travel of the preforms, at least one sorting and alignment device whose top end is p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7246707 | Two-slat design for a small piece remover A slat arrangement for use with an apparatus that removes undesirable pieces from a plurality of pieces based upon size. The slat arrangement comprises a plurality of slats, wherein adjacent slats define a plurality of pockets. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7213698 | Sensors for article sorter A sortation assembly includes a plurality of chutes which are movable along a continuous loop and along and over a plurality of sort stations. The chutes are operable to deposit articles, such as mail or flats mail or the like, to appropriate bins or trays positione... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7166814 | Sorting machine The sorting machine main body of a sorting machine is a slender machine provided with a chain conveyer along an upper and lower two level endless loop route, and includes an IN side turn back portion, a transfer portion, a sorting portion, an OUT side turn back port... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156236 | Machine for removing articles deposited on the ground A machine for removing articles such as debris and the like deposited on a tract of ground, comprising a wheel unit; a support frame mounted on said wheel unit, having means for advancing said machine along said tract of ground; a endless conveyor mounted on said su... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7007773 | Lubrication device A lubrication device lubricates traveling lubrication sites, such as on a belt (1), in particular, on a roller or chain belt (1). The lubrication device includes a lubricating apparatus (2) having a catch (C) that is capable of assuming a restin... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6932196 | Lubrication device A lubrication device lubricates traveling lubrication sites, such as on a belt (1), in particular, on a roller or chain belt (1). The lubrication device includes a lubricating apparatus (2) having a catch (C) that is capable of assuming a restin... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6866152 | System and method to separate cardboard components from bulk waste paper A conveyor device (2) is provided on which the bulk material containing both card board and paper is transported to a sorting station (5). At this point, the cardboard components are extracted mechanically. For this, the paper and cardboard components ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6575305 | Arrangement for identifying and removing associated preforms from a continuous transfer line An apparatus transfers performs traveling along an inclined path from an upper loading station to a lower unloading station. The apparatus includes a device that includes plural rotary forks which rotate so as to engage and remove from the inclined path p... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6444936 | Device for sorting products depending on measured parameter, and method for operating same The invention relates to a device for sorting any desired pieces of products in dependence on criteria, and a method for operating the same. It is the object of the invention to provide a solution which permits a very fast at least three-channel fractiona... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6394280 | Device for separating mixtures of valuable substances A device for removing flat materials from a mixture of valuable substances comprises a conveyor (1) on which the substance mixture is conveyed, and an extractor for extracting flat materials from the substance mixture in an extraction zone. The extractor ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6003680 | Waste separation device A waste separation device for removing wrappable materials such as film plastics, rags and rope from a moving stream of solid waste material which device consists of a pole like casing rotatable about it longitudinal axis housing an endless chain drive ca... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5758778 | Grain separator A grain separator to separate and remove contaminants such as dust and debris from grain including an intermediate separator housing having a grain inlet port to receive grain to be scoured from an external source, a grain outlet port to feed scoured grai... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5695071 | Small flats sorter A system and a method for sorting are provided for distributing articles, such as mail pieces or other flats, to predetermined destinations. At the destination, the particular article is raked by a raking assembly from a carrier for placement into a conta... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5597076 | Grain separator A grain separator to separate and remove contaminants such as dust and debris from grain including an intermediate separator housing having a grain inlet port to receive grain to be scoured from an external source, a grain outlet port to feed scoured grai... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5419457 | System for sorting mail pieces on multiple levels and a method for performing the same A system and a method for sorting are provided for distributing articles, such as mail pieces or other flats, to predetermined destinations. At the destination, the particular article is raked by a raking assembly from a carrier for placement into a conta... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5305896 | Apparatus for separating crossed garment hangers An apparatus for detangling a plurality of conventional garment hangers located on a common supporting rail, comprising a generally cylindrical elongated rigid barrel having a plurality of spaced elongated bristles fixedly attached to the barrel projectin... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5301816 | Method and apparatus for the separation of a material mixture and use of the apparatus A new separating method and a corresponding apparatus and the use of the apparatus for the environmentally sound separation of different material mixtures, are disclosed wherein, in addition to dynamic forces, the area pressure between the bodies to be so... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5222675 | Seed cotton module handler with wet and/or dirty cotton separator A cotton module handling system includes one or more feeder beds delivering seed cotton modules into a feeder head to disintegrate the module into a large number of small clumps of cotton, seed and plant trash for transport into a gin. A shaver assembly i... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5154298 | System for sorting pickle chips and the like A system for mechanically sorting pickle chips with holes from those without holes. Pickle chips with holes are hooked on rotating hooks, separated out, gravity dropped off the hooks and conveyed to a location where they are processed into relish. The hoo... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5123543 | Apparatus for separating angel hair Apparatus for separating angel hair from bulk material includes a hollow drum which is partly immersed in the flow of bulk material and rotates in such a manner that the immersed part of the drum moves in opposite direction to the bulk material flow. The ... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5121841 | Method and apparatus for separating and feeding seed cotton modules A method and apparatus for separating an uncontaminated portion of a seed cotton module from a water-contaminated face stratum are disclosed. The technique includes conveying a contaminated cotton module toward a housing having a plurality of rotating fib... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4874097 | Mechanism for separating the closed pistachio nuts from the open pistachio nuts of aegina and rotten legumes Good legumes or pistachio nuts are separated from those to be discarded by feeding the pistachios or legumes to a longitudinally inclined trough between a laterally inclined plate and a rotating cylinder, such cylinder having outwardly projecting edges al... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4854454 | Apparatus and method for segregating parts The present invention is an apparatus for segregating desired articles of predetermined dimensions from a jumbled flow of such articles and unwanted pieces longer than the predetermined dimensions. The apparatus includes structure, tilted relative to the ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4763793 | Installation for sorting articles by weight and shape A sorting installation for separating a first type of articles from a second type of articles fed mixed to the sorting installation. The articles of the first type are relatively light and substantially two-dimensional, while the articles of the second ty... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4760925 | Refuse sorting apparatus A sorting installation for separating a first type of articles (relatively light and substantially two-dimensional) from a second type of articles (relatively heavy and substantially three-dimensional), includes a travelling conveyor belt having an articl... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4752009 | Apparatus for segregating parts The present invention is an apparatus for segregating desired parts of predetermined dimension from a jumbled flow of such parts and by-product runners. The apparatus includes structure that defines a path for restricting the jumbled flow to a fixed-flow ... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4699275 | Apparatus for separating foreign bodies from granular feeds An apparatus for separating larger foreign bodies from a granular feed including a conveyor for moving a mixture of the larger foreign bodies and the granular feed, is provided. The apparatus comprises a wheel having an axis of rotation, a circumference a... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4676380 | Apparatus and method for segregating parts An improved device and method for segregating molded parts and runners flowing from a molding operation is disclosed. The device includes a restricted flow space, an array of fingers filling the space and movable therein to capture and lift runners away f... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4574735 | Electronic litter system Apparatus for receiving and disposing of animal wastes and particularly the bodily wastes of cats, include an upper chamber adapted to hold a supply of preferably nonabsorbant litter material, a rake assembly for separating waste products from the litter ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4494611 | Apparatus for processing soil for planting An improvement is presented in an apparatus for processing soil for planting wherein a separator are provided for initially separating rocks and other large objects from soil prior to crushing thereof, the separator comprising a plurality of respectively ... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4484684 | Parts separator A parts separator for separating molded plastic parts from sprue-runner elements. The separator comprises a supporting frame, a hollow drum mounted for rotation about a first horizontal axis and constituting an outer separator element, and an inner separa... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4454030 | Sprue separator There is disclosed in the present application an apparatus for sorting acceptable molded parts from material coming from a molding machine and requiring to be reprocessed or recycled. The present apparatus includes an auger formed with closely spaced flig... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4438851 | Method and apparatus for the sorting out of plastic foils from a mixture of refuse Method and apparatus for the sorting out of plastic foil from a mixture of refuse previously divested of heavy materials such as stone, glass and iron. The mixture is conducted in a thin layer, using moderate feeding power, past pointed spines on a reel, ... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4265151 | Apparatus for removing long strands from chopped strand material Two horizontally spaced parallel shafts (27,28) are rotatably mounted on a base plate (24) having an aperture (27a) therethrough. Each shaft has a plurality of rows of radially extending fingers (36). A casing (38,40) around the fingered portions of the s... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4232506 | Method and apparatus for recovering tomatoes from severed vines, employing a rotated and oscillated shaker Method and apparatus for mechanically removing tomatoes from their vines after the vines have been severed from their roots and lifted aboveground. The severed and lifted vines are fed in between a rotary shaker and stationary guides, for example, a rotar... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4225427 | Sorting apparatus for a stock suspension obtained from waste paper A sorting apparatus for a stock suspension obtained from waste paper, comprising a separation container having a free liquid surface for the separation of heavy weight particles and floating particles. Arranged after the separation container is a segregat... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4219381 | Method of treating waste paper for obtaining a stock suspension for the production of new paper and apparatus for the performance of the aforesaid method A method and apparatus for treating waste paper by pulping or defibering the paper in a stock pulper or slusher while infeeding water, wherein there are removed in succession, externally of the stock pulper, heavy weight particles, floatable substances an... | 08/26/1980 |
