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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7661537 | Multi-finger clamshell disc A multi-fingered clamshell disc is taught that is used with an apparatus for classifying a stream of mixed recyclable materials. The disc includes a body with outwardly extending fingers, a centrally located square opening, a tapered notch and a tapered slot, with t... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7549544 | Agitator and mechanical bucket for use therewith A motor driven agitator comprises a frame and a plurality of shafts rotatably coupled within the frame. The plurality of shafts are operationally coupled to the motor. The axes of the plurality of shafts are substantially parallel when coupled within the frame. The ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7261209 | Multi-disc module and method of application A modular multi-disc assembly for use in material separation screens and a method of application to those screens are provided. The modular multi-disc assembly includes an inner securing hub that clamps onto the drive shaft of a material separation screen. The modul... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7117996 | Adjustable object size grader An adjustable apparatus for sizing objects, mainly delicate foods, by the rotation of a set of at least 7 rollers, each roller having one less tooth so that the rollers move at progressively higher revolutions per minute, from the in-feed shear roller of 144 revolut... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6986425 | Apparatus and method to separate elements or materials of different sizes Apparatus (10) and method to separate a loose mass formed by elements or materials (11) of different sizes, such as woody strands or wafers, comprising a separation chamber (13) into which the mass is inserted, a plurality of riddling rolls (... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6679387 | Roll apparatus for spreading wood chips Roll set for handling, particularly screening and spreading, different materials such as wood chips and shavings, the roll set including at least two parallel-mounted, rotatable rolls, whereby the interroll gaps are adapted to pass the material being hand... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6460706 | Disc screen apparatus with air manifold Air is directed downwardly from at least one laterally extending air manifold to push newspaper in a stream of mixed recyclable materials against the discs of an inclined disc screen to ensure that the newspaper is conveyed upwardly over an output end of ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6375565 | Apparatus for slicing seed stock A tuber seed cutting apparatus includes a cutting section, a transport section, and a conveyor section. The cutting section includes a plurality of coulter blades coaxially spaced apart on a common axis. The transport section comprises a transport bed hav... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6318560 | Removable disc construction for disc screen apparatus 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... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6296124 | Screening device for bulk materials A screening device for separating fractions of bulk materials, and has at least one screening floor, with a plurality of shafts aligned parallel to each other, which rotate at the same speed, in the same direction of rotation. Screening stars are mounted ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6241100 | Laterally reinforced produce roller The present invention comprises a novel roller for use on agricultural produce grading, sorting, cleaning and conveying equipment. The roller comprises a cylindrical hub having protruding fingers thereon which extend outward from the hub in a direction pe... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6237778 | Agricultural separating device and agricultural separator An agricultural separating device has a starshaft (7) comprising a row of resilient starwheels (2) mounted on a rotatable shaft. Rings (5) formed of a rigid material (e.g. nylon or polypropylenes), and having an outer diameter such that they extend radial... | 05/29/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6012276 | Cane separator for dried-on-the-vine raisin harvester A harvester (10) includes a separator (22) to help separate unwanted plant material from a crop. Separator (22) includes a series of paddles (46) which are rotated in unison by a drive system (50). The crop, which will often comprise a vine or tree crop, ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5558234 | Product size grading system A product size grading system comprises a roller bed having a plurality of rotary shafts wherein each shaft supports product sizing roller members. A motorized transmission is coupled to the plurality of rotary shafts and drives the rotary shafts in a uni... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5425459 | Stone separation table for potatoes and other root crops A stone separation table (30,70) selectively separates and drops stones, clods, and dirt (27) between selected rollers while conveying potatoes (33) or other root crops from one side of the table to the other. The stone separation table incorporates sets ... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5109988 | Machine and method for sorting out fines, pins, and over-thick wood chips Fines, pins, and over-thick wood chips are separated from wood chip material by using a series of three roller screens having chip agitating and conveying protuberances. The screens are arranged and adapted such that over-thick chips are separated by the ... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5012933 | Machine and method for sorting out over-thick wood chips Wood chips having an acceptable thickness pass between the rollers of a roller screen for collection and over-thick chips discharge from one end of the roller screen for recycling. The rollers have chip agitating protuberances, preferably of pyramidal sha... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4903845 | Machine and method for separating fines from wood chips Fines are separated from wood chips by feeding the chips onto the infeed end of a bed formed by a plurality of knurled rollers separated by narrow gaps and rotated in the same direction. The chips are tumbled by the knurls, and the fines settle into the s... | 02/27/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4600106 | Separation of molded parts from connectors A driven, rotatable cylinder (11-1) spaced from a counterstructure (11-4, 11-2&3, 11b-2,3&4, 11c-2&2', 11B-2, 11C-2, 11-5, 11-6) to permit parts or connectors (P or C) to fall between the rotatable cylinder and the counterstructure. A continuous drive bel... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4557388 | Agricultural roll for conveying and sorting machines An improved agricultural machine roll of the tapered revolving type wherein such tapered roll has a series of ribs forming a frusto-conical traction surface. The upper extremity of these ribs have provided, at least proximate thereto, a series of nubs tha... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4421021 | Citrus juice extractor having means for separating juice pulp and rag from peel Improvements in a fruit processing juice extractor in which fruit is fed by a feed wheel to conveyors having elastomer cups for holding the fruits and moving them against a stationary cutting knife to provide severed sections which are transported to rota... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4350251 | Apparatus and method for selectively ejecting malformed articles A mechanism that is suitable for incorporation in an apparatus for handling articles in a closely-spaced array to remove malformed pieces from those properly formed. The invention is especially useful in systems for treating dough pieces, particularly tho... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4301930 | Disk screen, modular disk assembly and method In a disk screen apparatus of the type having a series of corotating shafts, each of which has a longitudinal series of concentric screen disks which mesh with the screen disks of the adjacent shafts, the screen disks are carried by tubular modules mounte... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4240902 | Apparatus for removing foreign matter from cotton An apparatus for removing foreign matter from cotton includes an elongated frame having a plurality of rollers rotatably supported in closely spaced side-by-side relation therealong for conveying cotton over the rollers from one end of the frame to the ot... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4037723 | Disk separator A separator of the type having interleaved rotating discs is constructed with a first shaft having a locating ring welded to the longitudinal midpoint thereof and a second shaft parallel to the first shaft having a feed disc welded to its longitudinal mid... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3985233 | Vibratory seedling cleaner A seedling cleaning system has an infeed end and an outfeed end with an agitating conveying surface therebetween in order to shake and remove the soil from seedlings while continuously conveying them. A plurality of agitating cams are laterally spaced alo... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3941249 | Axial sorting device A sorting apparatus capable of dividing lightweight axial components according to length. A pair of discs are separated by a predetermined distance and tilted above the horizontal plane with the second lower disc containing a backstop positioned on its ou... | 03/02/1976 |
