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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162150 | Seafood grading apparatus A grading apparatus for grading objects such as in particular fish or shrimp in respect of their size, comprising a plurality of juxtaposed substantially parallel endless conveyor belts (27), wherein the width (9) separating adjacent conveyor belts is ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7159373 | Installation for hydraulically filling crates with floating objects such as fruits and having a single double-acting pump The invention relates to an installation for hydraulically filling crates (1) with floating objects such as fruits, comprising a tank (2) for receiving at least one crate (1), a device (3) for loading/unloading a crate/crates into/from th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7111742 | Device for separating postal items according to thickness classes The invention relates to a device for separating flat postal items according to thickness classes. A rigid system of overlapping lamellae (5) on two continuous traction mechanisms (3) revolving on two deflection rollers (4) provides a lamella-ty... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6902067 | In-shell nut sorting and debris removal assembly An in-shell nut sorting and debris removal assembly for removing debris including empty shells and sorting out unacceptable in-shell nuts includes multiple spaced belt sorting assemblies to removed materials having desired size characteristics and send them into a c... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6820750 | Device for the elimination of trimmings of rolls or logs of material in strips A device for the elimination of trimmings of rolls or logs of ribbon-like material that can be connected below a cropper machine of at least one roll or log, in turn fed by a feed surface (11) of rolls (12) and top and/or tail crop ends (21), on... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6814080 | Apparatus for making a tobacco rod Apparatus for making one or more rod-like fillers of shredded tobacco for use in the making of cigarettes or the like employs one or two pneumatic conveyors having endless foraminous belts trained over pulleys and including elongated stretches below communicating pa... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6637598 | Foreign substance eliminating apparatus A foreign substance eliminating apparatus transfers raw material by passing the raw material between an upstream conveyor (6) and a downstream conveyor (8), and detects a foreign substance on the upstream transfer conveyor with a foreign substance detecto... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6622869 | Separating device for solids and method for separating solids In order to enable a reliable and continuous separation of a solid material, a separating device includes a moving belt which revolves around deflection rollers. Transverse strips and longitudinal strips are provided on the moving belt. The transverse and... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6340378 | Method for screening hot briquetted direct reduced iron A process and apparatus for separating briquettes and fragments in a product stream resulting from briquetting direct reduced iron. Separating and cooling of the briquettes and fragments are carried out simultaneously in an initial step with use of separa... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6321914 | Apparatus for grading objects such as fish A grading apparatus, especially for delicate material such as fish. The apparatus consists of a feeding device, ridged belts, rail guides for the transport and grading of material, grading compartments, a driving device and adjustment mechanism. The mater... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6065607 | Grading machine and equipment The invention relates to a method and equipment for grading by thickness sensitive objects (particularly fish), large and small, involving gentle treatment of the objects, using ridge belts which are drawn by a drive along guides which are wider at the ou... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5931312 | Produce sizing and sorting machine A sizing device is described using traveling conveying spool rollers. The rollers are of a configuration using various openings that allow the produce to be sized as to shape or cross section diameter. Rollers are constructed of a plastic polymer with a v... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5887729 | Automatic sorting apparatus The invention concerns an automatic sorting apparatus for sorting out pieces under process, such as fish and shellfish or industrial products, into different size groups. In the prior art automatic sorting apparatus, pieces under process are readily caugh... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5810175 | Adjustable size sorting apparatus for round produce An apparatus for sorting round produce by diameter size using a conventional transport conveyer assembly and including a sorting size adjustment mechanism to automatically adjust the produce sorting size and an anti-pinch mechanism to prevent damaging the... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5738223 | Screen conveyor belt A screen conveyor belt for farming equipment has a plurality of flat belt members having a longitudinal extension in the direction of travel of the screen conveyor belt and being arranged parallel to one another. Rod members extend perpendicular to the di... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5400909 | Device to discard short bars Device to discard short bars shorter than a predetermined length from a plurality of bars being fed by feeder that comprise a plurality of first conveyor chains (14a) and a matching plurality of second conveyor chains (14b), on which the bars (11) are pos... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5358095 | Removable conveyer flight A removable conveyor flight formed of a flight body 12 having downwardly extending arcuate clamp arms. A pair of opposing arcuately shaped rigid clamps (14) and (16) are embedded within the flight body. Formed integrally with clamps (14) and (16) are comp... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5341937 | Apparatus for separating recyclable waste An apparatus for separating recyclable waste which has a conveyor belt transport track, collecting belt under a section of the transport track, and belt guides positioned along a section of the transport track. The conveyor belt is provided with openings ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5213219 | Crop cleaner and separator The invention comprises a machine for cleaning various crops such as peanuts and separating debris therefrom which may be easily transported to the field when such crops are harvested. The machine includes a unique conveyor which is formed of spaced rods ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5199380 | System for separating newly hatched chicks from hatching debris System for separating newly hatched chicks from hatching debris is provided with comprising at least one movable belt constituted of rollers arranged parallel with respect to each other, but perpendicularly with respect to their direction of displacement,... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5143226 | Apparatus for sorting articles according to size Apparatus for sorting articles according to size comprising an endless conveyor (13) including a plurality of elongate conveyor members (16) pivotally linked to a pair of continuous chains (22) by rigid rods (24) located at each end of members (16). Chain... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4717027 | Vibratory belt separator for blow-molded parts A separator for blow-molded parts, which separator includes a plurality of endless belts movably supported between a pair of horizontally spaced pulleys, one of which is a drive pulley. The belts, preferably of circular cross section, have upper reaches e... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4546886 | Method and apparatus for sorting elongate articles A method and apparatus for sorting elongate articles by length is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first conveyor belt, a second conveyor belt, a holding mechanism located at the discharge end of the first conveyor belt and a grasping mechanism located... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4535894 | Separator apparatus for peanuts and other seed crops Apparatus for separating peanuts and like commodities from vines and debris entrained with the peanuts during the harvesting process includes an endless conveyor forming a screen structure made up of elongated platelike members interconnected by spaced ap... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4347937 | Machine for sorting objects by size A machine for sorting objects, such as for instance mushrooms, depending upon the size of the object includes an elongated supporting frame, a continuous carrier chain extending longitudinally on each side of the frame, there being apparatus for synchrono... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4281764 | Sorting apparatus for potatoes and the like An improved sorting apparatus for separating loose debris, rocks and clods of dirt from root crops such as potatoes includes a channelizing conveyor, a take-away conveyor having an inlet end positioned below the discharge end of the channelizing conveyor,... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4244165 | Harvester apparatus A harvester apparatus comprising a plurality of discrete stations disposed in operative communication relative to each other on a self-propelled mobile chassis to remove plants from the earth and separate the fruit or vegetable from the stem or vine inclu... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4076124 | Mechanical earthworm harvester A vibrating, moving, endless screen for separating earthworms from worm castings and bedding. An endless belt fabricated from a screen is placed on an incline and moved upwardly in the direction of the incline. A portion of the moving surface is vibrated ... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4075088 | Apparatus for grading objects according to size Apparatus for grading objects according to size comprises a grading array of spaced apart grading rollers which allow objects smaller than the roller spacing to pass between adjacent rollers but retain objects larger than the roller spacing. Support membe... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4047706 | Torch cutting system with automated work support mechanism An apparatus for removing slag during torch cutting of a metal work plate by an oxyacetylene torch which is remotely programmed to cut a predetermined pattern in a metal plate. The molten metal slag particles fall through an upper and lower section of a c... | 09/13/1977 |