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Class 221/180 - Oscillating pivoted chute section


Subclass of Class 221 - Article dispensing
Definition: Devices in which the moving chute part has a rocking motion
No. of patents: 7
Last issue date: 05/09/2006


NumberTitleIssue Date
7042557Sample supplying device for a dry particle-size distribution measuring apparatus and method
A dry particle-size distribution measuring apparatus and method is provided for suspending a plurality of bristle members across a support surface of a dispensing trough with bristles being arranged to contact and disperse any clusters of particles to a primary stat...
05/09/2006
6904920Method and apparatus for cleaning containers
A machine for cleaning containers such as flat media carriers has inside and outside arrays of nozzles arranged to spray a cleaning solution onto containers supported on a spinning rotor in a chamber. The cleaning solution, a mixture of water and a detergent or surf...
06/14/2005
4907718Method of and apparatus for feeding tacks to shoe lasting machines
Apparatus for feeding tacks to a heel lasting machine has one or more slideways which deliver series of successive tacks from discrete receptacles to selected axially parallel flutes in the peripheral surface of a rotor in such a way that the shanks of th...
03/13/1990
4748877Supply apparatus for supplying a screw or a similar article
A supply apparatus for supplying a screw, a rivet, or the like includes a chute in which one edge portion of an upper opening of a guide slit formed therein is located inside a stock section or thereabove, so that screws in an abnormal position can be rem...
06/07/1988
4591141Pivot point sheet feeder
Disclosed is a sheet feeder for supplying single sheets of paper to a printer's paper feeding mechanism. The sheet feeder is pivotably mounted so that the paper supply is maintained in contact with a fixed position feed roller. The feed roller is actuated...
05/27/1986
4469709Method for automatically feeding first products onto second products
Products such as small chocolate bars, intended to be uniformly aligned on other products passing on a conveyor, such as pieces of dough in the manufacture of chocolate-filled cookies, are placed in a hopper having resiliently mounted walls. Beneath the h...
09/04/1984
4450948Apparatus for supplying headed parts
An apparatus for supplying headed parts from a hopper to a chute has a pickup or scooper blade movable by an actuator mechanism between a first position in which a second groove in the pickup blade is out of alignment with a first groove in the chute and ...
05/29/1984
 
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