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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367076 | Dry powder spreader A carpet cleaning machine for uniformly spreading a dry carpet cleaning powder onto a surface and working the dry carpet cleaning powder into the surface. The cleaning machine includes base having a hopper integrally formed therein, distribution slots on the bottom ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358451 | Apparatus and method for dispensing small quantities of particles There is disclosed an apparatus and method which is capable of dispensing very small (typically less than 5 mg) quantities of particles to a high accuracy in a repeatable way and without undue wastage. Also, the need for advanced particle formulation is reduced. The... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347007 | Low pressure high capacity dryer for resins and other granular and powdery materials A vacuum dryer and method for drying granular or powdery material including at least one canister for holding said material being movable among a series of locations including material heating and vacuum drying locations, means for moving said canister among said lo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316748 | Apparatus and method of dispensing small-scale powders An apparatus and method of dispensing small-scale powders for a variety of applications, including, for example, fabricating a three-dimensional heterogeneous small-scale device, includes using a feed mechanism that causes motion of the powder particles and the step... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7275498 | Flowable solids dispensing apparatus and method of use An apparatus and method for depositing flowable solids onto articles located on a moving conveyor. A flowable solid is placed on a vibrating trough and dispensed to an article on the moving conveyor through a slot in the trough. A third planar surface placed beneath... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266936 | Agricultural bagger with shielded hopper agitation and method An agricultural bagger apparatus and method for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag including a moving hopper wall and+ mechanism for moving the wall at an input end of hopper. The wall moving mechanism and the moving wall of the hopper sweeps the feed ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7234247 | Low pressure dryer A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material includes a plurality of canisters rotatable about a common vertical axis serially among material heating, vacuum drying and material inventory discharge positions; pneumatic piston-cylinder means for rotating the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7165878 | Ice cream and topping mixing attachment An ice cream and topping mixing attachment for being detachably connected to an ice cream dispenser for the mixing in of a topping ingredient with ice cream. The mixing attachment includes a mixing machine housing having a connector assembly, a topping chamber havin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7118010 | Apparatus, systems and related methods for dispensing and /or evaluating dry powders Methods, systems, and computer program products flowably dispense meted amounts of dry powders using a flexing piezoelectric layer to transmit a vibratory signal to the dry powder to facilitate fluidic flow through a flow channel. The apparatus for dispensing dry po... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6997973 | Cyclone with plug prevention Cyclone separator for separating wood pieces and gas that includes a deagglomerator mechanism that prevents wood piece masses, clumps, wads and the like from plugging or clogging up the system. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6708851 | Material activator for material dispensing bin A device for maintaining material flow that can be mounted on either the inside or outside surface of a material dispensing bin. The device includes a material disrupting slide, attached to a reciprocating piston rod that is actuated by a pneumatic or hydraulic cyli... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6620162 | Device for inserting fill material particles into body cavities An instrument for filling cavities in a body, such as a cavity within a reamed out spinal disc, with beads includes a cyclical agitator that functions to prompt the introduction of one bead at a time through the fill tube to prevent clogging and to promot... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6538953 | Semiconductor memory device A refresh address is set to a definite state prior to the rise of a clock signal, a refresh instruction is taken-in in synchronization with a clock signal and a refresh operation is performed according to the refresh instruction. Further, in a refresh ope... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6510966 | Rotary vibrating applicator for viscous materials An air driven vibrator is attached to a robotic applicator for sealants and adhesives. When the plane of vibration is normal to the axis of the dispenser, the vibration will impart a rotary motion to the applicator. When the plane of vibration is parallel... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6471096 | Method and apparatus for magnetically mediated controlled powder discharge A process and apparatus for promoting controlled flow of solid material generally comprises a container for holding the solid material and a number of magnetically hard permanent magnet particles within the solid material near the container outlet. The pa... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6382470 | Apparatus for delivering powder in a food dispenser system The invention relates to an apparatus for delivering powder in a beverage dispenser comprising a hopper for containing a mass of beverage powder. The hopper includes at least one flexible body member and an actuating mechanism coupled with the flexible bo... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6253968 | Method and device for dosing powdered materials A method is provided for dosing powdered material from a supply container having a vertically suspending discharge tube of an elastically deformable material, by squeezing said discharge tube at locations, which periodically move along a part of the disch... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253966 | Discharge booster for promoting a flow of bulk material A discharge booster for slow-flowing bulk material, which is to be unloaded from a container, whereby the container comprises a bottom, a discharge port at the bottom that may be sealed by a shutoff valve, a shaking device and a ventilation body. The vent... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6207052 | Method and apparatus for removing air locks within manually operated micro-filtration devices Currently microfiltration devices use hydrophillic membranes to sterilize liquids. Air locks may develop on the upstream side of the filter membrane within these apparatus. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing an air lock fro... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6123233 | Discharge arrangement for discharging bulk material from a receptacle A discharge arrangement for discharging bulk material through a discharge opening of a receptacle, such as a bin, includes a closure member that is movable from an open position into a closed position relative to the discharge opening. To this end, an act... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6116471 | Particulate material dispensing apparatus and method Improved apparatus and method are provided for the dispensing of particulate material from the gravitationally bottom discharge mouth of a hopper. In a presently preferred form, the particulate material moves downwardly first through a conically sided zon... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6057515 | Control apparatus for powder feeder Disclosed is the powder feeder in which the duty ratio XT corresponding to the target feed amount QT is calculated on the basis of the calibration curve obtained by the feeder calibration which is conducted before the start of powder... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6019899 | Method and apparatus for removing air locks within manually operated micro-filtration devices Currently microfiltration devices use hydrophillic membranes to sterilize liquids. Air locks may develop on the upstream side of the filter membrane within these apparatus. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing an air lock fro... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5971207 | Nozzle apparatus and method for dispensing powder coating material A nozzle apparatus and method for dispensing powdered material from a container such as a cardboard shipping box. The apparatus has a shaft with a tip in the shape of a slant-cut cylinder which is manually inserted into the container through the container... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5938075 | Powder feeder and method for driving powder feeder This invention provides a method for driving intermittently a vibrator having a resonance frequency with the resonance frequency in which the vibration of the resonance frequency is attenuated promptly after the ending of driving with the resonance freque... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5906294 | Powder supplying device utilizing an ultrasonic motor Noise caused by a mechanical vibration with a vibrator feeder is reduced in a small flow rate powder supplying device. An adverse effect caused by the noise is reduced and a flow rate accuracy is increased. Its responding characteristic is made fast. A po... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5875935 | Apparatus for assisting the discharge of slow-flowing bulk goods from containers In order to promote a gravity flow of bulk goods through a discharge opening of a container, a vibratable body is arranged to project into the container through the discharge opening and is vibrated. The vibratable body is sandwiched between a tubular fle... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5735439 | Apparatus for the metered discharge of bulk material from a flexible supply container especially in a dosing system A dosing mechanism is equipped with a bulk material container such as a silo which has at least one movable or flexible wall portion that is moved to help in the discharge of the bulk material through a discharge device. The motion of the discharge device... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5477307 | Apparatus for dispersing and/or transporting particulates An apparatus for dispersing and/or transporting/migrating particles such as toner that may be prone to agglomeration in a particle dispensing system. Movement and/or vibration of the dispersing and migrating plate member serves to break up, clear and prev... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5472117 | Flow facilitation and control system and related method Apparatus and a related method for facilitating and controlling the flow within, and out of a particulate matter bulk storage facility is provided. The apparatus includes a pre-shaped member, preferably in the form of a substantially impermeable plate, he... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5413254 | Vibratory feeder A feeder housing is suspended from a material supply bin and has lower and upper cylindrical members with the upper member isolated from the lower member by a flexible collar which also seals the cavity formed by the members. The lower member is suspended... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5337762 | Apparatus for storing and distributing comminuted tobacco An apparatus for temporarily storing and distributing comminuted tobacco to a plurality of consuming machines (particularly for distributing cut tobacco to cigarette rod making machines) has a circular tray which receives batches of comminuted tobacco at ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5211524 | Discharge apparatus for a silo An apparatus for discharging fine material from a silo with a cylindrical wall 2 and a bottom 3 provided with a central hole 11 and a discharge aperture 4, comprises: a cylindrical skirt 5 suspended from the wall above the bottom and having a crenellated ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5108012 | Dispenser for elongated foodstuffs, particularly pasta A device for dispensing predetermined quantities of, for example, spaghetti, includes a hopper containing a supply of the pasta. An outlet in the hopper deposits the spaghetti at the upper end of a vibrating slide. The vibration causes the spaghetti to mo... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5101532 | Powder dispensing and cleaning apparatus Method and apparatus for controlling dispensing of "dry" powdered compositions particularly carpet cleaning compositions wherein the confined finely divided particles descend in a stream under gravity and have oscillatory movement imparted thereto next be... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5095961 | Powder feeding device A feeding device having a hopper for storing and feeding a material having a low flowability such as powder, fibers or a mixture thereof. Comb-shaped obstruction plates are provided at the outlet side of the hopper so as to be slidable toward and away fro... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5058777 | Automatic method and apparatus for scattering wood pieces in production of a decorative board In production of a decorative board with overlaid wood pieces used for surface covering of various furniture, building materials and car interior decoration, wood pieces supplied from an overhead hopper by gravity are dispersed on a flat feeder by applica... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4979861 | Discharge apparatus for a silo In an apparatus for discharging a silo (1), at the bottom (3) of the silo, a discharge mechanism (9) with at least two arms is mounted in bearings on an eccentric trunnion (7) of a vertical drive shaft (5) centrally disposed in the silo. The movement of t... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4972970 | Method and apparatus for moving bulk material through a chute Bulk material that is difficult to feed, such as glass fibers, is fed from a storage bin into a feeding chute driven by a vibratory drive which vibrates the chute in a longitudinal direction of the chute, that is, in the feed advance direction of the chut... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4936489 | Process and apparatus for dispensing a particular solid A particulate solid is dispensed on to articles by depositing the particulate solid on a vibrating dispensing member having a slot cut therethrough, this slot making an acute angle within the direction in which the particulate solid moves along the dispen... | 06/26/1990 |
