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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7144316 | Auger device for an auger device for a nozzle of a sausage-making machine An auger device for a nozzle of a sausage-making machine has a body with a top, a proximal end and a distal end, an inlet, an outlet, an elongated auger, a mounting ring and a casing holder. The inlet is formed on the top of the body. The outlet is formed on the dis... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6834779 | Dispensing canister The invention relates to a dispensing canister that improves dosing consistency and powder evacuation, particularly when dry powdered beverage-forming or food-forming material having poor intrinsic flowing properties are to be dispensed. The canister includes a rese... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6722406 | Toner filling apparatus and method including a nozzle having post-cutoff vibrator assembly A method and an apparatus are provided for cleanly cutting off filling of a container with toner without post-cutoff dribbling. The apparatus for the method includes (a) a conduit member having a discharging end; (b) a conveyor device for moving the toner from the h... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6375035 | Material feeder, dispensing member and method A material feeder having a flexible rotary dispensing member allows precise control over quantity and flow character of material being dispensed. Also, provided are a flexible dispensing member for a rotary material feeder, and a method of adjusting a dis... | 04/23/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6196278 | Powder filling utilizing vibrofluidization A method for filling a powder container, including the steps of placing a first powder container to be filled in filling relationship to a supply of powder in a vessel, vibrofluidizing the powder in the vessel to improve its flow properties, dispensing po... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6029853 | Dispersing method, dispersing apparatus and dispersing system having dispersing apparatus A dispersing system comprises a dispersing apparatus, a storage tank for storing a dispersing medium and a liquid containing a material to be treated, and conduits for connecting the dispersing apparatus in fluid communication with the storage tank. The d... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5950868 | Eccentric nozzle for powder filling systems An apparatus for assisting in filling a container from a hopper containing a supply of powder is provided. The hopper defines a longitudinal axis thereof. The apparatus includes a conduit rotatably connected to the hopper and extending downwardly therefro... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5950869 | Pivoting nozzle for powder filling systems An apparatus for assisting in filling a container from a hopper containing a supply of powder is provided. The apparatus includes a conduit flexibly connected to the hopper and extending downwardly therefrom. The conduit is adapted to permit a flow of pow... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5909829 | Vibratory filler for powders A method for filling a powder container is provided. The method includes the steps of placing a first powder container to be filled in filling relationship to a supply of powder in a vessel, mechanically exciting the powder in the vessel to improve its fl... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5381967 | Hopper which is vibrated so as to dispense product A flexible hopper made of rubber or other suitable flexible material which is driven by a motor through an eccentric drive so as to cause the hopper and a drive auger to vibrate to more readily dispense product in the hopper. One or more flexible fingers ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5180083 | Gel dispenser apparatus for expressing a flammable gel A flammable gel is arranged for extrusion through a nozzle of the associated container, wherein the container includes support legs pivotally mounted about a cylindrical collar secured to the container adjacent a top portion of the container, with the col... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5054658 | Mortar dispenser The mortar dispenser disclosed herein utilizes a rotating auger extending through a feed barrel at the bottom of a supply hopper to force mortar through a nozzle attached to the barrel for use in tuck pointing. Formation of a rotating plug which would obs... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4850515 | Particulate material storing and dispensing hopper structure An elongate, horizontally upwardly opening particulate material storing receptacle with vertical front and end walls, upwardly projecting side walls, a longitudinally extending bottom wall, a material discharge opening at the front end of the receptacle, ... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4790457 | Sanitary foodstuff dispenser with baffle A dispenser for dispensing solid snack foods and the like comprises a closed container defining a chamber adapted to be at least partially filled with a snack food. A measuring cup is mounted on the container for receiving a measured quantity of the snack... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4558659 | Particle dispensing system An apparatus in which an auger, coupled to a hopper storing toner particles, dispenses toner particles substantially uniformly into a developer mixture. The auger comprises a tubular member having a plurality of apertures therein for discharging toner par... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4330233 | Flow control apparatus for silage unloader In the silo unloader art, wherein a bottom unloader is used, and specifically an unloader of the generally central discharge type, wherein an auger delivers silage to the central zone of a silo, as the auger rotates on its own axis, and sweeps across the ... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4114814 | Agricultural implement The invention relates to an agricultural implement comprising a tool oscillating about a vertical axis, for example a spreading pipe of a fertilizer distributor, a mechanism for producing the oscillatory movement of the tool being formed by a rotatably dr... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4029237 | Sand spreader A spreader is described, primarily for use in distributing sand and the like on ice and snow-covered sidewalks. The spreader has a frame supported on ground wheels and a sand hopper is provided on the frame. An auger is mounted at a lower end of the hoppe... | 06/14/1977 |
