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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7578395 | Apparatus for eliminating the trimmings of rolls or logs of ribbonlike material Apparatus for eliminating the trimmings of rolls or logs of ribbonlike material coming out of a cutting machine, where at least one roll or log is cut into rolls (14) and small rolls or trimmings (15) from the leading portion of the log and/or trimming... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7416086 | In-line sorter for fasteners An in-line sorter for fasteners which includes a track for receiving the head of a fastener. Fasteners move along the track, past one or more stations which reject those fasteners which do not meet certain specifications. Specifically, four stations may be providedâ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7350622 | Powdered graphite applicator The powdered graphite applicator includes a container with a lid at the upper end and a screen at the lower end. A plate is provided inside the container to define the bottom of the graphite chamber. The plate has an enlarged opening which is normally closed by a ga... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7318304 | Device for introducing pharmaceutical products into blister packs Pairs of first and second rolls are supported for rotation in a roll frame located below a pan for receiving pharmaceutical products loaded as bulk material, each first roll having a plurality of axially successive non-cylindrical sections separated from respective ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7057118 | Method and an apparatus for weighing portions The present invention provides an automatic method and apparatus for weighing into portions. Feeding of single units is performed by separating the feeding channels for rough feeding and fine feeding so that the feeding up to the weighing station is separated. When ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7028846 | Fish grading device A fish grading device is provided including a framework of substantially rigid elongate members pivotably interconnected to form a plurality of loops, wherein each the loop is formed from a plurality of the substantially rigid elongate members and defines an apertur... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7019224 | Powder weighing apparatus and powder weighing method A powder-weighing apparatus and a powder-weighing method having a high weighing speed and a high weighing accuracy are provided. For weighing powder within a predetermined allowable range of a target weight Wt, the powder-weighing apparatus may be configured to have... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017755 | Large coating lump removing device Rear ends of pushing rods 40 are axially connected to a support base 50, which is movably engaged with guide rails 60. A drive unit 70 is disposed to rotatably move wire belts 74 between wheels 73 and 71 at longitudin... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004332 | Articulating disc screen apparatus for recyclable materials A disc screen apparatus for classifying a stream of mixed recyclable materials of various sizes and shapes, including newspaper, clean mixed paper, magazines, plastic bottles, glass bottles and jars, cans, and the like. The apparatus has an inclined fixed first disc... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000779 | Separation device Device for separating fine fractions and coarse fractions from bulk goods, comprising a frame and a screen plane supported by it for supporting the coarse fraction and allowing the fine fraction to pass through, the screen plane being formed by a number of screen di... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6612446 | Roll for spreading and slowing down pourable materials A spreading roll for spreading out a chip fleece for producing wood chip material or similar panels, includes two disk-shaped end pieces (3, 7), plural thin spokes (6), rods, pipes or cords arranged extending between the end pieces, and pipe-shaped loose ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6401937 | Apparatus and method to separate corrugated paper from commingled waste An apparatus and method for separating recyclable corrugated paper from a stream of commingled waste. Commingled waste is loaded onto a conveyor with two alternating sets of jogger beams. A motor drives the jogger beams out of phase with respect to one an... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6305553 | Rolling screen gapping system The present invention provides a roller screen gapping system for a roller screen including a series of spaced parallel rolls mounted on pillow blocks at each end thereof, the pillow blocks slidable along respective bed plates transversely of the roll axe... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6264043 | Sizing table employing variable pitch augur A sizing table for a product such as potatoes which sorts product according to its size includes a frame which supports a plurality of horizontally extending parallel rotary spindles. A first group of the spindles supports tapered rollers while a second g... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6260713 | Cherry sizing process and apparatus A cherry sizing process and apparatus in which cherries are sized in stages, with each stage including substantially parallel rollers and with each stage having a gap different than the other stages. Preferably, the larger size cherries are removed before... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257414 | Roller sifting and dispersing machine A roller sifting or dispersing machine for the classification or dispersing of wood chips, fibers, or similar materials and to the utilization of an above-described roller sifting or dispersing machine. The roller sifting machine includes annular grooves ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6250478 | Stepped disc screens of unequal inclination angles for conveying and grading recycling materials A disc screen apparatus is disclosed for separating mixed recyclable materials of varying sizes and shapes. The disc screen apparatus has an enclosure or frame with an input, a container discharge location and a paper discharge location. A first plurality... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6234322 | Roller device to separate chips and particles of wood or material similar to wood of different gradings, and the relative forming machine employing the device Device incorporating rollers to separate particles of different gradings a plurality of adjacent rollers (11) forming a selection bed where each roller (11) has a surface conformation defining a plurality of circumferential peaks (12) alternating with cir... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6220452 | Table tennis ball-sorting device and table tennis apparatus In a table tennis ball-sorting device, a plurality of rails are disposed side by side in substantially a horizontal direction along the side of at least one playing surface of a table tennis table at intervals that are capable of having passed therethroug... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6206201 | Sorting apparatus for utensils A utensil sorting apparatus having a plurality of different buckets, each bucket being adapted to receive one type of utensil and to discharge it from a discharge port. Other utensils received by, for example, the cavity adapted to receive spoons are disc... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6128885 | Method of and system for producing and packaging film A process for producing packaged products from a film roll includes the steps of detecting whether an elongate film is defective or not, detecting whether a spool is defective or not, detecting whether an assembled cartridge is defective or not, and detec... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6129216 | Particle separation device and processes thereof An article including; a support member with a plurality of apertures therethrough; and a plurality of gate members attached by at least one end to at least one side of the support member, wherein each gate member is situated in close proximity to at least... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5909815 | Single drive, multi-screw sorter with pusher means The present invention is a sorter for products conveyed successively and continuously. The sorter components include a main screw rotated continuously by a drive shaft to arrange in order and convey products to be sorted. The main screw has helical groove... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5245768 | Backfill separator for ditching machine A separator is provided for use with a ditching machine to segregate rocks and coarse aggregates from the material excavated by the ditching machine s that the excavated material may be used as padding to protect the pipeline or other item positioned with... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5238124 | Apparatus for sorting hard gelatine capsules The apparatus makes use of a pair of rotating combs (11-14), the discs of the second comb being interposed between the discs of the first comb and positioned at the top between fixed guide plates (17). The discs of the first comb intercept the streams of ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5228576 | Device for sorting small articles A device for sorting small articles by size. A chute conveys the articles. A gap allows articles of less than a prescribed size through it. The gap is between the chute and a mechanism that extends across the slide. The mechanism detaches and conveys larg... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5150798 | Crumb removal system A crumb removal system has an inclined chute extending beneath a horizontal vibratory conveyor trough with an upper convex curved end of the inclined chute spaced in front of the discharge end of the conveyor trough. The spacing between the upper curved e... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5052562 | Method and apparatus for sorting round objects A method and apparatus for sorting round objects which are received in a first sorter in which objects not meeting a predetermined minimum dimension are passed out of the apparatus and taken away, whereas objects meeting the predetermined minimum dimensio... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4978010 | Fruit sizing apparatus A fruit sizing apparatus includes a guideway having an inclined surface extending from a base to a peak with a first channel adjacent to the peak and a second channel adjacent to the base. First and second endless moving belts are supported in part by the... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4954250 | Flatware separating apparatus A flatware separating apparatus comprising a track having a top surface for receiving and delivering different items of flatware along a selected path; a mechanism for contacting selected items of the flatware at a selected point along the path of the tra... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4660726 | Bar screen A bar screen for the separation by size of lump goods, such as wood chips, according to its thickness, and comprising parallel bars (1-5) provided with flights (6), where the bars are mutually movable.... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4651881 | Method and apparatus for rejecting too short and/or too low products, particularly fish fingers The invention relates to a method and apparatus for rejecting too short and/or too low products, particularly so-called fish fingers. Products (7, 8, 9) are advanced on at least one conveyor (1) towards a final position or stop (11) at a reception unit (3... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4593821 | Belt separator for blow molding parts A belt-type separator for effecting separation of blow-molded parts, which separator preferably includes at least two endless belts movably supported on and between a pair of horizontally spaced pulleys, one of which is a drive pulley. The belts, preferab... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4583644 | Fruit sizer A fruit sizer employs an in-feed chute which divides fruit among a plurality of sizing runs evenly. This is accomplished by locating the apices of the dividers with respect to a grade table, or other feed mechanism, so that the fruit is divided evenly. A ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4569446 | Method and apparatus for feeding a product including fines This relates to a method of and an apparatus for feeding a product which includes fines to a weigh hopper. In lieu of the usual feeder pan, the last feeder pan in the feeder system is a duplex feeder pan including an upper feeding pan or level and a lower... | 02/11/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4440179 | Stone trap for an axial flow rotary separator In an axial flow rotary separator, a transition zone between the infeed section and threshing sections is modified to serve as a stone trap or arresting and ejecting device. Radially aligned inner and outer stone collars carried by the separator rotor and... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4347675 | Dredging means having means for excluding oversized slender objects This invention provides dredging means having means to screen long slender particles wherein the long dimension extends in the direction of flow through a fluid-flow conduit. The screening means comprises a pair of opposing corrugated surfaces, the folds ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4182044 | Gauging device for tapered rollers or the like A gauging device for gauging tapered rollers or the like, comprising feeding means for feeding each roller to a gauging station, first and second lower knife edges or the like projecting upwardly at the gauging station for supporting each roller, an end k... | 01/08/1980 |
