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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6675990 | Piston device for dispensing controlled amounts of pasty substances A piston device for dispensing controlled amounts of pasty substances, such as ice creams, that is connectable to the freezing chamber of an ice cream making machine. Said device comprises a cylindrical closing element mounted rotatably about its axis in ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6409051 | Method and apparatus for dispensing a fluid media An apparatus for dispensing media is provided. The apparatus has a rotating element having a cylindrical bore with a first end and a second end where the rotating element rotates the first end and the second end. The apparatus also includes a housing whic... | 06/25/2002 |
| 5441342 | Apparatus for kneading portioned dough pieces An apparatus for kneading portioned dough pieces comprises a drum (2) rotating around a horizontal axis and being provided on its periphery with alternatively disposed receiving openings (3,4) of different size for the dough to be kneaded. In each receivi... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5314095 | Device for the metering of granular or powdered products The material to be metered fills the cylinder 1 when it is in front of the admission orifice 31, whereupon the cylinder 1 moves opposite the delivery orifice 32 where the piston 2 describes a movement towards top dead center in order to eject said materia... | 05/24/1994 |
| 4778079 | Method and apparatus for selectively controlling the divided discharge of a paste substance from the cavities in a dispensing carrier A method and apparatus of controlling the dividing of a paste composition from the dispensing cavities in a carrier in which floatable pistons in the cavities regulate the amount of paste composition which is discharged from the respective dispensing cavi... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4684040 | Rotary volumetric piston dispenser with adjustable camming assembly, and rinsing device A rotary volumetric piston dispenser is provided which receives material from a manifold assembly, portions that material while it traverses a path to a dispensing location, and dispenses the portioned material at the dispensing location. The rotary volum... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4634026 | Bread dough dispensing machine A bread dough dispensing machine consisting of a drum (2) with a cylindrical hole (3) which runs from end to end and in which a piston (4) moves, both the drum (2) and the piston (4) having alternating movement which is transmitted to the drum (2) through... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4542835 | Method for filling containers with metered quantities of powdered materials The present invention concerns a method for obtaining a uniform dose for filling containers with metered quantities of powdered materials. The powdered materials are drawn from a rotating container by a plurality of dosing devices which are advanced by a ... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4496075 | Rotary metering and dispensing apparatus A metering sleeve having radial openings in which radially extending plungers reciprocate to vary the effective volume of the openings, and a weight within the sleeve and connected to the plungers to reciprocate the latter in response to rotation of the s... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4462740 | Rotary charger A material-feeding apparatus having a casing provided with inlet and outlet openings. The casing encloses a rotor provided with circumferentially-arranged cylinders each fitted with a free piston. The cylinders progressively register with the inlet openin... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4425107 | Rotatable dispensing wheel The charcoal wheel is provided with pnuematic means for forcing the pistons outwardly to dispense charcoal and a second pneumatic means for the retraction of the pistons. The pneumatic ejection of the pistons permits a high speed output, for example 6000 ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4176765 | Self-cleaning bucket wheel lock Self-cleaning bucket wheel lock comprising several cells or compartments. The apparatus which permits coalescent material to be introduced into a closed apparatus comprises a casing with a material inlet and discharge outlet, and a rotor basket. The rotor... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4078704 | Coal feed lock A coal feed lock is provided for dispensing coal to a high pressure gas producer with nominal loss of high pressure gas. The coal feed lock comprises a rotor member with a diametral bore therethrough. A hydraulically activated piston is slidably mounted i... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4047901 | Feeder for coal-gasification reactor A device for feeding granular and dust coal to a coal-gasifying reactor which operates under a pressure of 5 to 150 bars. A stationary housing is connected to the coal inlet of the reactor and a lock chamber member is rotatedly mounted therein. The lock c... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4009788 | Apparatus for transferring fuel between spaces which are at differential pressures Two spaces are provided, one of which is at a higher pressure than the other. A transfer arrangement serves for transferring a finely divided solid material, e.g., a combustible fuel, from one to the other space, usually from the lower-pressure space into... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3970288 | Metering device and mixing apparatus The invention relates in the first instance to apparatus for dispensing granular material, for example plastics granules dosed with a coloring agent. Granular material and the coloring agent are located in supply hoppers and metering means feed predetermi... | 07/20/1976 |
